Current CADS production

It's Panto Time!

 

Rehearsals have already started for the 2026 Royston Town Pantomime!

Once again, Duncan Moore is directing the show with Louise Atkins as Musical Director. Preparations began on Thursday 4 September with a read-through at the Coombes Community Centre on Burns Road when the choice of script was announced, and for 2026 we've gone with Dick Whittington! Auditions for the adult roles subsequently took place on 2 October at Icknield Walk First School, Royston and those for the juniors in the Drama Studio at King James Academy Royston on 16 October. Contrary to earlier announcements, we're pleased to say that we shall be performing the shows at King James Academy once again.

Performance dates and times will be:

  • Saturday 24 January - 2.00 p.m.
  • Saturday 24 January - 7.30 p.m.
  • Sunday 25 January 11.30 a.m.
  • Friday 30 January - 7.30 p.m.
  • Saturday 31 January - 2.00 p.m.
  • Saturday 31 January - 7.30 p.m.

Tickets will go on sale from 9.00 a.m. on Saturday 29 November and are priced, as last year, at £15 (or £10 for juniors, seniors and full-time students). From that date, you'll be able to book online via a link on this website or over the phone via our box office on 07856 599039.

The full cast list is as follows (as is traditional, names not shown in white are appearing with CADS for the first time).

Dick Whittington - Isabel Bass

Cat - Emma-Louise Battom

Alice - Colette Soanes

Fairy Bow Bells - Alison Bass

Dame Wilhemina Winkle - David Atkins

Jack Winkle - Rachael King

King Rat - Simon Firth

Flea - Patrick Key

Bratt - Luke Francis

Prattle - Kathy Young

Alderman Fitzwarren - Josh Rhodes

Pot Holes - Barbara Perry

Laird Little - Darren Dunford

Agnes - Michelle Marks

Victoria Line - Sara Geraghty

Kyle/Butler/Newspaper Boy - Ben Paterson

Ensemble (Londoners, sheep, rats, party-goers etc.) - Eduardo Andrade, Jo Buggey, Gabrielle Ellis, Liria Finlay Griffiths, Sophia France, Ben Grinsted, Freya Johnson, Sammie Knight, Holly McQueen, Katie Norton, Imogen Smith, Dave Willmott, Laura Willmott

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