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Adult pantomime is back at Charing Cross Theatre in London this festive season, with Beauty and the Beast: A Horny Love Story.

Beauty and the Beast: A Horny Love Story will play at Charing Cross Theatre from 21 November 2025 to 11 January 2026.

Produced by He’s Behind You!, who received a Special Recognition Award at this year’s UK Pantomime Awards, the panto follows their previous shows Sleeping Beauty Takes A Prick! and Jack and the Beanstalk: What a Whopper!.

Billed as a gloriously ridiculous and exuberantly gay fairytale for adults 18+, the panto will deliver their signature blend of outrageous humour, queer-infused fun and original music with a much-loved classic.

Beauty and the Beast: A Horny Love Story is set in the frostbitten Scottish village of Lickmanochers. This furry-tale follows innocent Bertie – a devoted son to his overbearing mother determined to wait for Mr Right – as he finds himself the prisoner of a decidedly wrong, aristocratic beast. In spite of this uncouth brute’s moodiness, unruly body hair and castle in drastic need of a makeover, as the snow falls it’s not just the tension that rises!

Casting announced today includes the return of Matthew Baldwin (Sleeping Beauty Takes A Prick) as the Dame, and Chris Lane (Ghosted: Another F***ing Christmas Carol). Further casting will be announced soon.

The show is written by Jon Bradfield and Martin Hooper, directed by Andrew Beckett, and produced by Oli Sones.

The wider creative team includes Choreographer Carole Todd, Musical Director Aaron Clingham, Set Designer David Shields, Costume Designer Robert Draper, Sound Designer Andrew Johnson, and Lighting Designer Matt Hockley.

Writer Jon Bradfield said in a statement: “You could say that the Beauty and the Beast story taps into ideas about body image, isolation and relationships in the gay community in today’s online world. But as we’re not Arts Council funded, we’re making a very silly and embarrassingly rude romantic comedy, and I cannot wait to make magic, laughter and spectacle again with my wonderful creative family, and to share some heartwarming winter laughter with our brilliant audience.”

Beauty and the Beast: A Horny Love Story is running at Charing Cross Theatre from 21 November 2025 to 11 January 2026.

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Main photo: Beauty and the Beast A Horny Love Story. Matthew Baldwin in Jack & the Beanstalk - What A Whopper 2024. Photo by Steve Gregson

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