Kitty Harris and Kate Stewart will play the Fairy Queens in Cinderella at the London Palladium, as the pantomime headed by Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders names the rest of its company ahead of the 5 December opening.
Kitty Harris and Kate Stewart have been cast as the Fairy Queens in Cinderella, this Christmas's pantomime at the London Palladium, WhatsOnStage reported this afternoon. Pierre Marchand joins them as The Great Marchand, and the full ensemble has now been confirmed alongside a trio of standbys.
The new names fill out a company built around Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, whose casting as the Ugly Sisters was already known. Running from 5 December 2026 to 10 January 2027, the production is the first time the double act have shared a West End stage in 17 years.
Several Palladium regulars are back as well. Julian Clary returns, this year as the Fairy Godfather, and Paul Zerdin, Nigel Havers and Rob Madge are in the line-up again. For Clary, Zerdin and Havers it is an eleventh Palladium pantomime since the tradition was revived at the venue in 2016. Hope Dawe plays Cinderella opposite Dex Lee as Prince Charming, neither of whom has appeared in a Palladium panto before.
The sixteen members of the ensemble are Keely Chamberlain, Danny Coburn, Spencer Darlastan-Jones, Demmileigh Foster, Lowri Hamilton, Emma Hunger, Thomas Inge, Tyler Lotzof, Louis Mackrodt, Callum Quinnen, Redmand Rance, Charlotte Scally, Charles Tatman, Zinzile Tshuma, Frankie Wright and Zirihi Zadi. Suzy Bloom, Christopher Hewitt and Christopher Howell cover as standbys.
Michael Harrison produces and directs for Crossroads Pantomimes. The show follows last year's tenth-anniversary title, Sleeping Beauty, which drew the biggest audiences the Palladium pantomime has had across its five-week season. Mark Walters designs the set, with costumes by Hugh Durrant, Teresa Nalton and Mike Coltman. Karen Bruce choreographs, Ben Cracknell lights the show, Matt Peploe is sound designer and George Dyer is responsible for the music.
Cinderella is booking now at the London Palladium from 5 December 2026 to 10 January 2027.
