Check out the latest photos and videos of this year’s Palladium Panto, Sleeping Beauty at the London Palladium starring Catherine Tate & Julian Clary.
Sleeping Beauty is playing for 60 performances only at the London Palladium, from 6 December 2025 to 11 January 2026.
Just in: West End impresario Michael Harrison has released first-look poster images of the cast of the show, which is headlined by stage and screen star Catherine Tate (Doctor Who, The Catherine Tate Show) as wicked fairy Carabosse, and Palladium panto regular Julian Clary playing King Julian.
Photos: Sleeping Beauty – New character posters
The cast also features Paul Zerdin as The Great Zerdini, Nigel Havers as the Keeper of the Privy, Rob Madge as The Diva of Dreams, Jon Culshaw as King Julian’s private detective, West End star Emily Lane (Frozen, Hello, Dolly!) as Princess Beauty, and up-and-coming actor and dancer Amonik Melaco (Austenland, Nutcracker!, Robin Hood) as the Prince.
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Palladium Panto, which has become an annual festive tradition for hundreds of thousands of London theatregoers.
Photo: New Sleeping Beauty poster
The panto is written by Ed Curtis and Michael Harrison, with contributions from Tate and Clary, and directed by Harrison.
Joining Michael Harrison in the creative team is set design by Mark Walters, costume design by Hugh Durrant, Ron Briggs, Teresa Nolton and Mike Coltman, choreography by Karen Bruce, visual special effects by The Twins FX, lighting design by Ben Cracknell, sound design by Matt Peploe, and composition and orchestrations by Gary Hind.
Sleeping Beauty is running at the London Palladium from 6 December 2025 to 11 January 2026.
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