EXCLUSIVE: British comedy legend Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous, French and Saunders) will make her pantomime debut as Captain Hook in Peter Pan this winter holiday season at the world famo…
, of Michael Harrison Entertainment and Crossroads Pantomimes. He’s the UK’s pantomime supremo with 24 panto productions set to open across the country in December.
“I thought: ‘Hello! Captain Hook is often played by a man and I thought why not do a gender change? It’s what pantomime is all about, isn’t it?” Harrison told us. will run at the Palladium from December 9-January 14. to play the title hero’s mother in at the Palladium. “So Jennifer knows what she’s in for,” Harrison said, followed by guffaws of laughter..
Pantomimes are definitely not for the faint-hearted. “They can be riotous at times but Jennifer’s a proven comic genius. For starters, just her sauntering on stage as Captain Hook will get a laugh, and that’s before she’s said anything,” Harrison boasted. pantomime is only loosely based on J. M. Barrie’s famous tale of Peter Pan, Wendy and The Lost Boys and their adventures in Never Never Land.
Then he’ll put the whole package together with actor, comedian and writer Julian Clary who has become a mainstay of the Palladium panto, as adept at delivering a risqué line as he is at sashaying across the stage in a variety of lavish costumes. He also writes great gags. Julian Clary in 2022’s ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’Other Palladium regulars include Gary Wilmot playing Henrietta Cook, Captain Hook’s mother. As for Nigel Havers , his role is undetermined.
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