Trick or Treat, what a Grand feat! Steve Royle finds Cinderella's Perfect Pumpkin

The Grand search for the perfect CINDERELLA pumpkin is now complete thanks to stand-up star Steve Royle! It’s a true Hallowe’en skele-bration!

Steve will play Cinderella’s ever-faithful friend and mischief-maker Buttons in this year’s spell-binding family pantomime at Blackpool Grand Theatre, and he has just found the most gourd-geous pumpkin for the magical carriage makeover.

Buttons scoured the homemade pumpkin patch at Partington’s Holiday Park in Staining to secure the most boo-tiful pumpkin for his beloved Cinderella, ensuring she'll be riding to the ball in style in Blackpool Grand Theatre’s fabulous family Christmas pantomime.

"Finding the perfect pumpkin isn’t just a squash-buckling adventure – it’s essential for any fairytale with a midnight deadline!" said Steve as he lifted the dazzling orange prize. "Only the best for our Cinderella, and this one is the pick of the patch!"

Cinderella’s captivating tale of magic, mayhem and misunderstandings will star TV sensation Hayley Tamaddon (Dancing on Ice, Emmerdale) sprinkling seasonal magic as The Fairy Godmother; top panto and stand-up comedy star Steve Royle as Buttons; dazzling Dame duo Jamie Morris & Tarot Joseph as the gorgeous Ugly Sisters; TikTok sensation and stage star Kitty Harris (Burlesque the Musical, Chicago) as Cinderella, and West End favourite Mark Faith (Mary Poppins, Dirty Dancing) as Baron Hardup, along with talented stage stars Toby Turpin (Cabaret, Anything Goes) as Prince Charming and Sam Ebenezer (The Mousetrap, Choir of Man) as Dandini, all live on the Grand Theatre’s famous stage.

Cinderella would love to go to the ball, but the Ugly Sisters, Melody and Harmony Hard-Up, have other ideas and they wickedly tear up Cinderella’s invitation! But all may not be lost!  Can Cinderella’s ‘bestest friend in the whole wide world’ Buttons, and her magical Fairy Godmother get Cinders to the ball? But she must be home by the stroke of midnight, or her true identity will be revealed to all…

The countdown to Cinderella's ball has begun… this is one fairytale ending you won’t want to miss. Tickets are flying off the shelves like broomsticks! Book yours now!

Cinderella dances into Blackpool Grand Theatre from Friday 6 December 2024 to Sunday 5 January 2025 starring TV’s Hayley Tamaddon; Britain’s Got Talent finalist Steve Royle; dazzling Dame duo Jamie Morris and Tarot Joseph; TikTok sensation and stage star Kitty Harris; West End favourite Mark Faith and talented stage stars Toby Turpin and Sam Ebenezer. And of course, the Sensational Shetland Ponies…

Book now as tickets are selling frighteningly fast with some performances already offering limited availability.

Please call the Box Office on 01253 290190 or visit www.BlackpoolGrand.co.uk for bookings and further information. Matinee and evening performances available.

• Accessible performances will also be available - with Audio-Described/Signed performances on Saturday 14 December at 2pm and Sunday 29 December 1pm
• An extra special relaxed pantomime performance on Sunday 29 December at 5pm for anyone who may benefit from a more chilled live environment and not being worried about making a noise, leaving and returning to their seat or accessing the toilets at any time during the performance.

LISTING

Cinderella pantomime

Grand Theatre, 33 Church Street, Blackpool FY1 1HT

Fri 6 Dec 2024 to Sun 5 Jan 2025. Times vary

Relaxed Performance – Sun 29 Dec at 5pm

Box Office 01253 290 190

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