The guest stars will appear in the Adults Only performances of the pantomime.
With extra Adult Only performances being added due to popular demand, the King’s Head Theatre has announced who will be making special appearances in Jack and the Beanstalk.
Each Adult Only performance will include one special guest star, who will join the cast as the ‘Magic Harp’, performing their own featured number as part of the show. They will also go on to join the cast for the all-singing, all-dancing closing number.
The musical theatre stars set to join the production include: Cassidy Janson (Beautiful; &Juliet; Chess) on Thursday 4 December; Francis Haugen (Legally Blonde; Instagram influencer) on Thursday 6 December; Steven Webb (Shucked; The Book of Mormon) on Thursday 11 December; and Oliver Award Nominee Adèle Anderson (Fascinating Aida; The Cabinet Minister) on Saturday 13 December. Also performing are Georgina Onuorah (Brigadoon; Shucked) on Tuesday 23 December; and SIX alumnae Danielle Steers (Hot Mess) on Saturday 27 December.
Meanwhile, in acknowledgement of the theatre’s history of and commitment to LGBTQ+ artists, many of the Adults Only performances will feature drag queens and kings. These include RuPaul’s Drag Race UK queens Veronica Green (Drag Race UK S3; Dragged to the Musicals) on Thursday 27 November, Kate Butch (Drag Race UK S5; Wuthering Shites) on Friday 28 November, Le Fil (Drag Race UK S4 & Canada vs. The World; Club NVRLND) on Tuesday 30 December and River Medway (Drag Race UK S4; Death Drop: Back in the Habit) on Saturday 3 January. They will be joined by Viola (Queen of the Universe) on Saturday 29 November, who is currently appearing on TV screens in Drag Race UK S7, and drag king Don One (Joe Lycett Live; Death Drop – The Play) on Saturday 20 December. The line up is completed by Ella Vaday (Drag Race UK S3) on Thursday 18 December, who returns to the King’s Head Theatre pantomime after leading the main cast as Peckham, one of the Ugly Sisters, in last year’s Cinderella.
The full cast for the production can be found here.
Heroes don’t always wear capes… but ours occasionally wears a cowpat! Young milkman Jack finds himself thrust into the limelight when his mum’s dairy farm, Angel Delight on Udder Street – and Islington itself – is threatened by a greedy old giant! Armed with only a can of squirty cream and a talent for puns, Jack is determined to do battle with the giant… But can he persuade the townsfolk of Islington – and his mum – that he’s up to the job?
This production of Jack and the Beanstalk is written and directed by Andrew Pollard, who created last year’s Cinderella. Joining him on the creative team are: composer Ben Barrow, Mike Lees as set & costume designer, lighting designer Alex Lewer, sound designer Matthew Giles, musical director Jordan Paul Clarke, choreographer Emily Golding-Ellis, production manager Carrie Croft and general manager James Quaife.
To book tickets visit: https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/jack-and-the-beanstalk-65fb