Ben Roddy News

Cinderella, this year's Marlowe pantomime, opens today (23 November). It stars Harry Reid, Phil Gallagher and Sally Lindsay, alongside local favourites Ben Roddy and Lloyd Hollett.

Cinderella, this year's Marlowe pantomime, opens on Friday (23 November). It stars Harry Reid, Phil Gallagher and Sally Lindsay, alongside local favourites Ben Roddy and Lloyd Hollett.

Auditions for Cinderella are being held at The Marlowe Studio from 9.30am on Saturday 8 September. Girls should be aged between nine and 15 (inclusive on 1 September) and be able to commit to the production from the start of rehearsals until the end of the run (8 November to 6 January).

Ben Roddy - best known as The Marlowe's pantomime dame - is to star in Return Of The Unknown, a major new work to mark the centenary of the Armistice.

CASTING has been announced for this year's Marlowe pantomime. Cinderella will star Harry Reid, Phil "Mister Maker" Gallagher and Sally Lindsay, along side Canterbury favourites, Ben Roddy and Lloyd Hollett.

Casting has been announced for Peter Pan, this year's Marlowe Theatre pantomime. Shaun Williamson, Wendi Peters and Gemma Hunt top the bill, along with Canterbury favourites, Ben Roddy and Lloyd Hollett.

Shaun Williamson, Wendi Peters and Gemma Hunt top the bill in Peter Pan, this year's Marlowe Theatre pantomime. They are joined by Canterbury favourites, Ben Roddy and Lloyd Hollett.

Talented boys and girls from Kent are being given the chance to appear in The Marlowe Theatre pantomime.

Casting has been announced for Peter Pan, this year's Marlowe Theatre pantomime. Shaun Williamson, Wendi Peters and Gemma Hunt top the bill, along with Canterbury favourites, Ben Roddy and Lloyd Hollett.

Marlowe pantomime dame Ben Roddy returns to the Canterbury theatre in a different guise next month (May).

It may be August, but the cast of this year's Marlowe Theatre pantomime have already started work.

Top television presenter Stephen Mulhern stars in the production at the Canterbury venue, which runs from Friday 25 November to Sunday 8 January. Stephen is a regular on our screens in programmes such as The Next Great Magician, Go For It!, Catchphrase, Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Britain's Got Talent and Big Star's Little Star. He is also co-presenter of Heart FM's Sunday morning show (with Emma Willis).

Canterbury's Marlowe Theatre celebrates its fifth birthday next week.

Star acts have been confirmed for The Marlowe Theatre's fifth anniversary gala next month.

STAR acts have been confirmed for The Marlowe Theatre's fifth anniversary gala next month (October). There will be performances from the National Theatre (War Horse), the Royal Shakespeare Company (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Northern Ballet (Jane Eyre), and Zoo Nation Youth Company. Also in the line up are the Philharmonia, The Marlowe's resident orchestra, poet Lemn Sissay, and scenes from West End musicals (to be announced). Pantomime will be represented by Ben Roddy, the evening's host, Stephen Mulhern, and Phil Gallagher.

It may be August, but the cast of this year's Marlowe Theatre pantomime have already started work.

THE MARLOWE Theatre, Canterbury, has announced details of its fifth anniversary celebrations in October, and everyone is invited to join in.

TOP television presenter Stephen Mulhern is the star of Dick Whittington, this year's Marlowe Theatre pantomime.

Brighton-based theatre company Talking Scarlet are building up an increasing repertoire of stage productions and there are currently four of their shows on the road. The play I had the pleasure of seeing last night was The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley. A comedy thriller written in 1923; it has been revived countless times over the last ninety years and considering it only took Ridley a week to write, that's rather impressive!

TV stars Rita Simons and Phil Gallagher were in Canterbury yesterday (Sunday) to launch this year's Marlowe Theatre pantomime.