{"id":50000,"date":"2024-04-22T11:47:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T09:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2028882"},"modified":"2024-04-22T12:57:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T10:57:54","slug":"cast-revealed-for-london-palladium-christmas-pantomime-2024-julian-clary-and-jane-mcdonald-star","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/cast-revealed-for-london-palladium-christmas-pantomime-2024-julian-clary-and-jane-mcdonald-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Cast revealed for London Palladium Christmas pantomime 2024: Julian Clary and Jane McDonald star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Julian Clary and his cast of merry men will be riding onto stage at the London Palladium this Christmas. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Olivia Garrett\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 22 April 2024 at 09:47 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The London Palladium pantomime is back for another festive season and this year\u2019s is set to bigger and merrier than ever before\u2026 oh yes it is!<\/p>\n<p>This Christmas, the iconic West End venue will be hosting a brand-new production of Robin Hood, featuring an absolutely stacked cast of comics, actors and theatre stars.<\/p>\n<p>Taking on the role of the Earl of Loxley himself is comedian and panto regular Julian Clary, who will be starring alongside Jane McDonald as Maid Marion \u2013 making her West End debut.<\/p>\n<p>Also taking to the stage as the Merry Men are: Paul Zerdin (Will Scarlet), Nigel Havers (Friar Tuck), Charlie Stemp (Alan-A-Dale) and Rob Madge (The Spirit of Sherwood), plus West End star Marisha Wallace as the infamous Sheriff of Nottingham and Tosh Wanogho-Maud as Little John.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Robin Hood? My dream role! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5vYcUyRgG0\">https:\/\/t.co\/5vYcUyRgG0<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Julian Clary (@JulianClary) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JulianClary\/status\/1782319501356179621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled to be making my debut in the iconic London Palladium panto, one of the highlights of the theatrical year,\u201d said McDonald. \u201cJulian and I are already falling in love off-stage, and we can\u2019t wait to bring this to Maid Marion and Robin Hood come Christmas!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The show will kick off on Saturday 7th December and run throughout the Christmas period, and director Michael Harrison has teased a \u201cspectacle on stage\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Audiences can expect: \u201csome of the most jaw-dropping special effects ever seen in the West End, giving the Palladium pantomime a totally new dimension\u201d plus \u201ca whole new meaning to the phrase \u2018Robin Hood\u2019s Camp\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, if you want to see Julian Clary riding through the glen, here\u2019s how to get tickets. Or, take a look at our full list of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/going-out\/tickets\/best-pantomimes-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">best UK pantomimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lwtheatres.co.uk\/whats-on\/robin-hood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer\">Buy Robin Hood tickets at LW Theatres<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>When can I see Robin Hood at the London Palladium?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The production will run from <strong>Saturday\u00a0<\/strong><strong>7th December 2024 to Sunday 12th January 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to get Robin Hood at the London Palladium tickets<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Tickets will go live at <a href=\"https:\/\/lwtheatres.co.uk\/whats-on\/robin-hood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer\">LW Theatres<\/a> on <strong>Friday 26th April at 10am<\/strong>. If you\u2019re desperate to get ahead of the curve, there will be a pre-sale on Thursday 25th.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lwtheatres.co.uk\/whats-on\/robin-hood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer\">Buy Robin Hood tickets at LW Theatres<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more theatre magic, here\u2019s the best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/going-out\/tickets\/musicals-on-tour-uk\/\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer\">musicals on tour UK<\/a> and the best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/going-out\/tickets\/open-air-theatre-shows\/\" rel=\"noopener\">open air theatre shows<\/a>. Plus, the best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/going-out\/best-kids-theatre-shows\/\" rel=\"noopener\">kids theatre shows<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Julian Clary and his cast of merry men will be riding onto stage at the London Palladium this Christmas. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":50001,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/cast-revealed-for-london-palladium-christmas-pantomime-2024-julian-clary-and-jane-mcdonald-star.jpg",852,580,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/cast-revealed-for-london-palladium-christmas-pantomime-2024-julian-clary-and-jane-mcdonald-star-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/cast-revealed-for-london-palladium-christmas-pantomime-2024-julian-clary-and-jane-mcdonald-star-300x204.jpg",300,204,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/cast-revealed-for-london-palladium-christmas-pantomime-2024-julian-clary-and-jane-mcdonald-star-768x523.jpg",768,523,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/cast-revealed-for-london-palladium-christmas-pantomime-2024-julian-clary-and-jane-mcdonald-star.jpg",800,545,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/cast-revealed-for-london-palladium-christmas-pantomime-2024-julian-clary-and-jane-mcdonald-star.jpg",852,580,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/cast-revealed-for-london-palladium-christmas-pantomime-2024-julian-clary-and-jane-mcdonald-star.jpg",852,580,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Julian Clary and his cast of merry men will be riding onto stage at the London Palladium this Christmas.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/50000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}