SNOW WHITE Opens in St. Helens with Four Star Reviews

Christmas has officially arrived in St Helens as the Theatre Royal open their doors to their festive panto, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

The show opened on Saturday 2 December and has already had an incredible response, receiving rave reviews from the public and the Press.

Snow White will be entertaining audiences right across the holiday season until Sunday 14 January, after producers announced last week they were extending the show's run due to such overwhelming demand - with an additional five shows now on sale.

Snow White tells the story of the beautiful, kind-hearted girl and the jealous queen who will do anything to be named the fairest in the land instead.

The stellar cast at St Helens Theatre Royal is led by Wild at Heart and Coronation Street's Lucy-Jo Hudson as Snow White. She recently competed in the ITV show Dance, Dance, Dance reaching the final, and won Villain of the Year at the 2017 British Soap Awards for her performance in BBC1 soap Doctors.

Revealing who is the fairest of them all, comedy favourite and St Helens' own Johnny Vegas will appear via video projection as the face and voice of the magic mirror.

Meanwhile LIPA graduate Jack Rigby, who appeared in the Theatre Royal's 2015 panto, Cinderella, is back on stage breaking hearts as the handsome Prince.

Richard Hazlewood also returns after proving a big hit in the St Helens Easter panto Beauty and the Beast. This time he is Herman the Henchman, while providing lots of jovial hilarity is Lewis Devine as Muddles.

St Helens Theatre Royal's resident Dame Si Foster returns to take on the role of the Wicked Queen. And completing the all-star cast is the addition of seven real-life dwarfs, including mother and son Harry Potter actors Josh Bennett and Sarah Bennett, Danny Blackner who appeared in box office hits Star Wars VI - Return of The Jedi, Labyrinth and Muppet Treasure Island, Lucy Blenkiron, Jay Lusted who appeared in the BBC One Wales documentary Born Small: The Wedding, Charlotte Lyons, and finally, Peter Sunter.

Chantelle Nolan, Theatre Manager, said: "Wow, what an incredible week! Since we opened on Saturday we have had an amazing response from the public, everyone seems to be loving it. I honestly think it is our strongest panto yet. There really is something for everyone, the 3-D scene is proving very popular especially with the little ones and there is plenty of laughs for the adults too.

"We have seen such demand this year we decided to extend the run, and have added another five shows between 12-14 Jan, so there is even more opportunity for you to come along!"

With a fantastic 3-D interactive scene, real life dwarfs, magic mirrors, wicked queens and poisoned apples aplenty, audiences can expect all the usual fun and slapstick comedy capers all Regal Entertainments' pantos are known for.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is open now until Sunday 14 January 2018.

For more information, please visit: www.sthelenstheatreroyal.com.

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