Palace panto is fully cast as stage stars sign up for show
This year’s panto at Kilmarnock’s Palace Theatre is now fully cast.
The spectacular production of Dick Whittington will see some familiar faces return to the stage with Fraser Boyle as Dame, Gary Morrison as Idle Jack and River City’s Sally Howitt as Fairy Bowbells.
The Palace Theatre are also delighted to welcome back James McAnerney who will be playing Alderman Fitzwarren, having been the baddie for the last two years as Dean Castle in Beauty and the Beast and the Demon King in Mother Goose.
James said he was delighted to be back at his ‘ second home’ for the festive season.
He said: “I enjoy being at the Palace for panto because the audience are so close to the stage you can see all their reactions really clearly.
“It always feels like a family working with Imagine at The Palace as the team they put together always get on so well.
“This year will be a big change for me not playing the baddie as I’m so used to getting booed from the Killie crowd.
“It will be nice to be able to be part of the story where happiness is happening rather than me trying to stop it all the time.”
David Haydn, who played Aladdin’s nemesis Abanazar in 2014 is heading back to Ayrshire to take on the role of the dastardly King Rat.
Amy Scott last appeared in the Palace panto back in 2008 in Mother Goose and is delighted to reprise the role of Alice Fitzwarren that she played at Eden Court in Inverness last year alongside Charlotte Forbes who is reprising her role of Dick Whittington from the same production.
Also joining the team as the feisty feline Tommy the Cat is Anna MacDonald.
Charlotte said: “This will be my first time appearing at the Palace Theatre and I am very excited to be taking to this iconic stage and working with some brilliant Scottish actors.
“Dick Whittington is such a great pantomime and he is such a fun character to play.
“Playing a principal boy is a huge challenge and it requires a lot of energy to portray their larger than life personalities but it is so rewarding when the audience gets behind you willing you to save the day.”
This year’s family pantomime production of Dick Whittington runs at the Palace Theatre in Kilmarnock from Saturday, November 25 until Saturday, December 31.
Tickets start from £ 10. To book and to find out more information call the Palace Theatre Box Office on 01563 554900 or visit www. eastayrshireleisure. com.