A Beauty of a Cast at Southport

Former Coronation Street star Ken Morley will be playing the loveable King Bumble, with Hi-5's Emma Nowell as the sleeping beauty herself, Princess Belle. Tracy Beaker and Waterloo Road actress Kay Purcell plays the wicked Fairy Carabosse, and Nick Newbould is back by popular demand, to play Josh the Jester. Kraig Thornber will be donning a dress once again as the Mary Poppins of pantoland - Nurse Nanny Nora and joining him are Hannah Farquharson as the good fairy Azuriel and Callum Roberts in the dual roles of Slim and Fusspot and Laura Robson in her Imagine Theatre debut as Prince Valiant.