West End Performers Join The Cast Of SLEEPING BEAUTY TAKES A PRICK

Final casting has been announced for Sleeping Beauty Takes A Prick!, a sublimely silly and staggeringly rude fabulous festive treat bursting with big laughs, sensational songs, glorious designs  and all the panto trimmings!

Joining the previously announced Matthew Baldwin - loved and a little feared by = audiences for his unforgettable dame roles - as Queen Gertrude are:

Nikki Biddington - Faking Bad: A Parody Methsical (Turbine Theatre); ‘Bobby Cratchit’ in Ghosted: Another F***ing Christmas Carol (The Other Palace).

Natalia Brown - Ain’t Too Proud (West End); Hairspray (UK Tour); Florence Ballard, Motown: The Musical (UK Tour).

Matthew Gent - Cabaret (Playhouse); Sweeney Todd (Adelphi); The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s) and Les Misèrables (Queen’s).

Myles Hart - Doctor Gotswana in ‘The Book of Mormon’ (Prince of Wales). Nominated LGBTQIA+ Champion in the Black British Theatre Awards 2023.

Chris Lane - Sh!tfaced Shakespeare (Leicester Square Theatre, several No 1 UK Tours, and a tour of Australia; Ghosted (The Other Palace).

Tom Mann -  Above The Stag audience favourite for shows including Fanny & Stella and Grindr The Opera; Lucky Stiff (Union Theatre).

Jordan Stamatiadis - Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends: A Celebration (West End); Maria Friedman and Friends Legacy (Menier Chocolate Factory)

Fin Walton - Making  his professional debut.

Journey back in time to the tiny kingdom of Slutvia and a 21st birthday ball, where the haughty but horny widowed Queen Gertrude is on the prowl for a husband, and her son Prince Beauty searches for the boy of his dreams. When he stumbles on a prick in the palace garden, he wakes up in a modern world where palaces are run by the National Trust and the man of your dreams is somewhere on Grindr…

Sleeping Beauty Takes A Prick! is from the creative team behind the now-closed Above The Stag Theatre’s legendary Christmas shows, which placed gay characters front and centre in much-loved fairy­tales, adventures and legends. Widely acknowledged as a highlight of the festive theatre season and the most successful alternative pantomime series in the country, the team’s irreverent and inventive shows played packed-out runs for over a decade, the most recent playing 70 performances, building a large and loyal audience and winning critical acclaim, as well as praise from stars including Ian McKellen and Graham Norton.

Sleeping Beauty Takes A Prick! is written by Jon Bradfield and Martin Hooper with original songs by Jon Bradfield.

Creative team:

Director: Andrew Beckett
Set Designer: David Shields (Heathers The Musical, West End)
Costume Designers: Sandy Lloyd and Robert Draper
Lighting Designer: Jamie Platt (The last Five Years, West End; Jellyfish, Bush Theatre/National Theatre)
Orchestrator and musical director: Aaron Clingham (Grindr: The Opera, Above The Stag)
Sound Designer: Keegan Curran (Pippin, Charing Cross Theatre)
Producer: Oli Sones for He’s Behind You! Ltd

Test and expand your Broadway knowledge with our new game - The Broadway Match-Up! How well do you know your Broadway casting trivia?	Play the Daily Game, explore current shows, and delve into past decades like the 2000s, 80s, and the Golden Age. Challenge your friends and see where you rank!
How well do you know your Tony Awards history? Take our never-ending quiz of nominations and winner history and challenge your friends.	Can you beat your friends? Play today’s daily Broadway word game, featuring a new theatrically inspired word or phrase every day!