Wake up, London! Full casting for the upcoming 10th pantomime at The London Palladium has been announced.

Catherine Tate will star as Carabosse the Wicked Fairy, alongside Palladium panto royalty Julian Clary as King Julian.

This milestone production also sees the return of favourites Paul Zerdin as The Great Zerdini, Nigel Havers as Keeper of the Privy and Rob Madge as The Diva of Dreams.

Fresh from his cameo as King Richard in last year’s production of Robin Hood, Jon Culshaw joins the company as King Julian’s Private Detective. Emily Lane returns to the Palladium as Princess Beauty following her performance in Hello, Dolly! last summer, and Amonik Melaco returns as The Prince, having first been cast in the company last year.

2025 marks the tenth year that Julian Clary, Nigel Havers and Paul Zerdin have starred in pantomimes at The London Palladium, since the 2016 production of Cinderella. Rob Madge made a triumphant Palladium Panto debut in 2022’s Jack and the Beanstalk and has since returned in Peter Pan and Robin Hood.

The ensemble for this year’s pantomime is made up of Tonto Appiah, Courtenay Brady, Keely Chamberlain, Danny Coburn, Katie Dunsden, Demmileigh Foster, Charlie Goddard, Lowri Hamilton, Ruby Hood, Emma Hunter, Ediz Ibrahim, Claudia Lilly, Dianté Lodge, Louis Mackrodt, Grant Thresh, and Frankie Wright.

Sleeping Beauty will make your dreams come true at The London Palladium this Christmas, celebrating ten years since panto spectacularly returned to London’s home of variety. The West End’s biggest Christmas show will celebrate the 10th anniversary in magnificent style, with that age-old fairytale message: whilst one small prick can be deadly, at The London Palladium you’re promised the happiest of endings.