Rehearsals In Full Swing
Ahead Of Panto Launch
Snow
White
South
Shields Customs House
Wednesday
27 November until Sunday 5 January 2020
It’s show time! The curtain is set to rise on this year’s panto
at The Customs House this week and rehearsals are in full swing.
More
than 25,000 tickets have already been snapped up for Snow White, which is
looking to break the audience record set last year by Beauty and the Beast,
which was seen by more than 29,000 people.
And
while the finishing touches are being put to this year’s production, next
year’s panto has also been announced. Tickets for Rapunzel go on sale on
Thursday, November 28 – the date The Customs House officially celebrates its 25th
anniversary.
Snow
White was the first panto to be performed at The Customs House when it opened
in 1994 and is being brought back for the first time as part of the anniversary
celebrations.
Ray
Spencer, Executive Director of The Customs House, who co-writes the panto with
Graeme Thompson and also directs and stars as Dame Bella, is looking forward to
tackling the story for the first time in his 45 years of doing panto. Ray said: “I am very pleased with how the pantomime rehearsals
are going. Everyone is working so hard, both in the cast and behind the
scenes, to make our 25th anniversary show the most memorable yet.”
The
rest of the cast are Davey Hopper as Arbuthnot, Annie Guy as Snow White, Dale
Jewitt as Prince of the North, Steven Lee Hamilton as the Evil Queen, Bethan
Amber as the Mirror and Charlie Raine and Luke Maddison as skunks Sniffy and
Whiffy.
Steven
said: “We are all parts of a machine and for that machine to run smoothly, we
all have to work together as a team. A
three show day can be a hard slog nearing the end of the week, however you will
get the same energy and performance standard. You need each other for that –
the audience should never be robbed of a performance! I tend to go into panto
mode when we start and cut back on social events or ‘real life’ for a bit.
Christmas is a busy time, but the performance must always take priority.”
Luke
added: “Going into a professional panto environment should never be
underestimated, least of all a Customs House panto. The work and enthusiasm to
knock out 75 shows over Christmas is no small feat, but it’s the way in which
The Customs House goes about its business that makes me fall in love with it.
Mind, it’s going to be hot in that skunk suit!”
Tickets:
Snow White, sponsored by Hays Travel, runs from Wednesday 27
November until Sunday 5 January 2020. Performance times vary. Tickets, priced
from £9.99, are available from the box office on (0191) 454 1234 or online at www.customshouse.co.uk.
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