GOOD against evil is the theme as Dick Whittington and cool cat Cosmo arrive in Salisbury for this year's panto before heading off to the mean streets of London to fight the Evil King Rat.

It will be the 13th time Dick Whittington has been staged at Salisbury Playhouse and the full cast has recently been announced. 

Salisbury Journal: Will CareyWill Carey (Image: Ash Mills)

  • .Will Carey will play Dick Whittington. Former credits include Aladdin and Peter Pan and on television, Autopsy and The Last Hours of David Cassidy. 
  • Olivia Hewitt Jones makes her professional stage debut playing Alice Fitzwarren.
  • Will Jennings will play Percy Rat. His credits include Sleeping Beauty, and Les Miserables. 
  • Hugh Osbourne will play Alderman Fitzwarren. His credits include Witness for the Prosecution, Legally Blonde and the Sound of Music. 
  • David Rumelle will play Sarah the Cook. This is his 27th year as a pantomime dame. His credits include performing in Sleeping Beauty, Robin Hood, and Jack in the Beanstalk. 
  • Lindo Shinda will play Cosmo. Theatre credits include Jack and the Beanstalk and Cinderella. 
  • Natalie Winsor will play Fairy Bowbells. Theatre credits include Faking Bad, Twelfth Night, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
  • Alisha Capon - credits include Bugsy Malone and Berlin Berlin.
  • Daniel Timoney
  • Artistic director Gareth Machin will direct the performance.

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Salisbury Playhouse has produced award-winning pantomimes including Cinderella (2022-2023) and Beauty and the Beast (2018 - 2019) and this year, the production teases dancing, songs and exciting escapades. 

Dick Whittington runs from Saturday, November 25 2023  until Sunday, January 7.  

For more information or to book tickets, go to wiltshirecreative.co.uk