
Welcome to the cast and company of this year's pantomime Peter Pan!
CAST
KIERAN MORRIS is PETER PAN
Kieran is delighted to return to Halifax this year for his fourth pantomime at the Victoria Theatre and especially excited to return to Neverland after playing Peter Pan in 2016.
Kieran also appeared as Prince Bernard in Sleeping Beauty (2022) and Prince Charming in Cinderella (2023)
Training: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Previous pantomimes include: Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan (Victoria Theatre Halifax); Dick Whittington (Leamington Spa Centre); Peter Pan (Staffordshire Gatehouse); Peter Pan (Reading Hexagon).
Theatre Includes: Titanic the Musical (international tour);The Lion King Rhythms of the Pride Lands (DisneyLand Paris); Spellz (UK tour).
TV and film include: Anna and the Apocalypse (Orion Pictures); EvE (CBBC).

MOLLY JANE is WENDY
Molly trained at The Mountview Academy and Chichester Conservatoire.
Since graduating, she has performed as a Guest Singer at the Mousetrap 25th Anniversary Gala; Cinderella in Cinderella (Imagine Theatre) and Belle in Beauty and the Beast (Footlights).
Her favourite credits whilst training include: Amy in Little Women, Dainty June in Gypsy and Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls.
She is delighted to be playing the role of Wendy and can’t wait to see you in Neverland.

ALED THOMAS DAVIES is CAPTAIN HOOK
Aled is an actor, singer, and musician from South Wales. Whether it’s the West End, cruise ships, nationwide tours, gigs, or even busking, Aled has done a little bit of everything. Recent credits include Joker in The Choir of Man, Elis Carson in Decommissioned, Jack in We’ll Meet Again, Anthony De Roche in Dead Man Walking, Backing Vocalist in An Evening With Gerard Carey, and Singer in both The Knights and The Barricade Boys.
Aled has also done several pantomimes over the years, starring in Snow White (Bluestone), and Beauty And The Beast (Rotherham and Porthcawl), as well as performing in and Musical Directing Cinderella (Hartlepool).
While he was disappointed to not be cast as Tinker Bell, he promises to do his best with his second choice role, and hopes you enjoy the show!
Aled is represented by Russell Smith Associates Ltd and he would like to thank his friends and family for their love and support.
Training: Bath Spa University
Credits include: Joker in The Choir of Man (West End, UK Tour, NCL), Elis in Decommissioned, Anthony De Roche in Dead Man Walking (Welsh National Opera), Jack in We'll Meet Again, Singer with The Knights and Barricade Boys.
Pantomime Credits include: Ha-Man/Prince in Snow White, The Beast in Beauty and the Beast, Dandini in Cinderella.

ANDREW POLLARD is MRS SMEE
Andrew is an actor and writer and was trained at The Bristol Old Vic.
Theatre credits include playing Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days on Broadway, at the Asolo Rep, Florida plus a National UK tour (New Vic Theatre/Kenny Wax). He co-wrote and performed in a play based on the ‘Great Escape’ entitled Tom, Dick and Harry which had a run at Alexandra Palace, London in the summer of 2020 (Kenny Wax).
His many other theatre credits include: Hound of the Baskervilles (Eastbourne Theatre), Educating Rita (Dukes Theatre/New Vic/Stephen Joseph), A Leap In The Dark, Talent, Diane of Dobson’s, The Ladykillers, Ghosts, Far from the Madding Crowd, Where Have I Been All My Life, Spring and Port Wine, The Admirable Crichton, The Rivals, Alphabetical Order and The Graduate (New Vic Theatre), To Sir With Love (Birmingham Rep) Life’s A Drag (Contact Theatre) Medea, School for Scandal, Macbeth, King John and The Merry Wives (Northern Broadsides), Hay Fever, Sleeping Beauty, Babes in the Wood and Perfect Days (Oldham Coliseum), Arsenic and Old Lace. The Importance of being Earnest, The Lonesome West (Keswick Theatre by the Lake), The Rivals (Theatre Royal Bath), A Night at the Bijou (Natural Theatre), Whose Dog Is It Anyway? (JB Shorts), Comedy of Errors (Ludlow Shakespeare Festival), Search Light Over Bemmy (Tobacco Factory), Cinderella (Halifax Victoria), Marat/Sade (Bristol Old Vic), The Picture of Dorian Gray (International tour, American Drama Group), Dick Whittington (Theatre Royal Northampton), A Taste of Honey (Moffat Little Theatre Co).
Television includes: Hollyoaks (Lime Pictures), Trying Again (Sky One/Avalon), Coronation Street and Emmerdale (ITV), Coup (Channel 4), Jodie and Mary (ITN) and Spooks: Liberty (BBC/Kudos Television).
Andrew has a great passion for British Pantomime and wrote, directed and played Dame at Greenwich Theatre, London for 15 years, winning and OFFIE for best London pantomime in 2019. In 2023 he won ‘Best Ugly Sister’ at the Great British Panto awards alongside his friend (and other sister) Alim Jadavji. (Lighthouse Theatre, Poole)
He’s writing five pantos, this year, for the theatres up and down the country and has written for theatres such as Watford Palace, Queens Theatre, Hornchurch, Mercury Theatre, Colchester, Salisbury Playhouse, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield and the Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond.
Other writing includes…
For Northern Broadsides Theatre Company - The Water Babies, Treasure Island and Heidi - A Goat’s Tail (nominated for ‘Best Children’s Play’ in the T.M.A. Awards and the Adrienne Benham Award for Children’s Theatre Writing).
For the Stephen Joseph theatre, Scarborough - The Hunt for The Scroobious Pip (based on the nonsense writings of Edward Lear), The Nutcracker Prince, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.
Other works include Cross Purposes for Paines Plough/Bristol Old Vic And Laughing Gravy - a play about Stan Laurel for Zenith Theatre Company.

NATHAN MORRIS is STARKEY
Nathan trained at the Birmingham School of Acting. Highlights of his acting credits include:
THEATRE: A Night at the Phoenix (UK tour, Entertainment Live); Shake, Prattle & Roll (UK tour, Green Room Creative Productions); Cinderella (Victoria Theatre Halifax, Imagine Theatre); Encore (Oldham Coliseum); Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood (Oldham Coliseum); Sleeping Beauty (Queen Elizabeth Hall, AB Productions); We’re Going on a Bear Hunt (Bolton Octagon); Aladdin (Gracie Fields Theatre, AB Productions); Roald Dahl’s Little Red Riding Hood (RNCM, Piccadilly Symphony Orchestra); ‘Allo ‘Allo! (Belfast Grand Opera House, Laughlines); Once Upon a Pantomime (Pavilion Theatre Rhyl, AB Productions); Wind in the Willows (UK tour, Stolen Thread Productions); Ted & Co. (Dundee Rep, Laughlines); Duck! (Z Arts); Monopoleyes (Stolen Thread); Murder at the Red Mill (Wyvern Theatre, Laughlines); Billy the Monster and ME! (UK tour, Colour the Clouds); You Once Said Yes (The Lowry, Look Left Look Right); Alice Through the Looking Glass (UK tour, Stolen Thread Productions); Party Animals (JB Shorts); Prostrate (JB Shorts); The Transit of Venus (UK tour, Cul-de-Sac Theatre Co); The Bear (RNCM); Richard III (Rotherham Underground) and The Day the World Came to Huddersfield (Lawrence Batley Theatre, Inkbrew Productions).
TELEVISION: Hollyoaks (Channel 4); How to be a Prince (BBC); The Bill (ITV) and Dalziel and Pascoe (BBC).
RADIO: King Frank and the Knights of the EcoQuest (Soundscape Productions); The Tale of Larry the Lyrebird (BBC); Sir Alvin and The Dragon (BBC); Romeo and Juliet (BBC) and Bitesize (BBC/Slurpy Animations).

SIAN GENTLE-GREEN is FAIRY RAINBOW
Sian Gentle-Green studied Musical theatre at Bath Spa University, Weston College where after graduating, she became apart of the cast of the Theatre Royal Stratford East pantomime, Sinbad the sailor(2016-2017). She received her first major role as Elizabeth in the stage musical Dirty Dancing UK Tour(2018-2019) to then continue as Elizabeth in the Dirty Dancing Germany tour(2020). Sian landed the role as the jazz singer, Lady Blue in the immersive show Mr Tipsy Down the hatch (2021) to then be apart of the original cast of LOL! Surprise Live VIP UK arena tour (2021-2022) where she starred as Metalchick. Last year, Sian played Alice in the classic Dick Whittington pantomime at The Courtyard Hereford in Herefordshire. Sian is also apart of a Motown tribute act called The Lavelles, performing on cruise ships and corporate events around the world and the UK.

LUCY HAMILTON-DEWHIRST is TINKER BELL
Lucy started dancing at a very young age, attending local dance schools and had the most amazing opportunities touring with National productions such as Oliver! and Scrooge the Musical at the Leeds Grand Theatre; Giselle with the English Youth Ballet and Billy Elliot the Musical; the UK and Ireland tour.
After school she continued her training at the Emil Dale Academy and then went straight into working at Disneyland Paris in the Character and Parade Team. Lucy has just completed the summer dancing in Greece and now delighted to be, once again, part of the Imagine Theatre Panto family!


ENSEMBLE / UNDERSTUDIES
NIKKI SCHOFIELD - DANCE CAPTAIN
Nikki, Originally from Yorkshire trained at Laine Theatre Arts, has worked professionally in London and Internationally for over 20 years and is now back in Yorkshire performing and choreographing shows and productions in the UK.
She thoroughly enjoyed playing Fairy Flutterby in both Sleeping Beauty and Jack & The Beanstalk at The Victoria Theatre, and is loving being back again this year as part of Captain Hook's crew in Peter Pan. Theatre credits include, We Will Rock You, (Original cast Switzerland & Germany); Mack & Mabel (Southwark Playhouse, London); 42nd Street Gala, (London Palladium); White
Christmas (The Lowry, Salford and Edinburgh Festival Theatre); Showtime! The Musical (The Spa Theatre, Bridlington); What a Feeling (UK tour); Christmas on Broadway (Niagara Falls and USA tour); Broadway (US Tour); Colorline cruises, working onboard both MS Color Fantasy and MS Color Magic.
Nikki has performed in many pantomimes at the Victoria Theatre, Halifax over the years:Beauty and the Beast, The Spirit of the Mirror in Snow White, She has also performed in Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. Other pantomimes include: Cinderella, (The Shaw Theatre, London); and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (New Victoria Theatre, Woking).
Choreography credits include; Sleeping Beauty for Imagine Theatre, (Rotherham Civic Theatre); Priscilla Queen of the Desert; Hairspray; Legally Blonde; Ghost; A Night at the Musicals for Diva Productions and Showtime! The Musical (The Spa Theatre, Bridlington) Television credits include: Harry Hill - The Movie (Film); A featured dancer with Louie Spence on the Alan Titchmarsh Show (ITV); and a featured dancer on Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV) Nikki started her panto journey as a little girl in the Junior Ensemble here at this very Theatre and just wants to say to any young dancers reading this, follow your dreams, believe in
yourself and don’t give up. Merry Christmas Everyone!

ALANNA PANDITARATNE
Alanna is really excited to be back to celebrate another Christmas at the Victoria Theatre Halifax!
Training: Bird College of Dance, Music & Theatre Performance
Credits: Ensemble in Cinderella (Victoria Theatre, Halifax)
Credits while training: Ensemble in 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee; Dance Captain in Cre8; Ensemble in Feet Keep Me Flying.
Alanna is represented by Russell Smith Associates Ltd and would like to thank her family and friends for their unconditional love and support.

JAMES EVEREST
James is in his third year at the Wilkes Academy of performing arts (BA Hons in musical Theatre) and he previously trained at The BRIT School leaving with a distinction on their Musical Theatre UAL course.
Credits whilst training include: Don Kerr in A Chorus Line and Dandy Dan in Bugsy Malone.
Recent credits include: Pip in Cinderella (Middlesbrough Theatre).
James is overjoyed to be spending the Christmas season in Halifax this year. He is very excited to return to panto land as part of this year’s ensemble.

ARIEL NYANDORO
Training : Addict Dance Academy, Leicester.
Ariel is thrilled to be making his professional debut in Peter Pan.
Socials : @arieldavid._

JACOB STEBBINGS
Jacob is currently in his final year of training at Bird College Conservatoire of Dance and Musical Theatre, due to graduate in July 2025.
Credits whilst training: Dancer and Featured Vocalist in BOB: A Tribute to Fosse (Doreen Bird Foundation Theatre); Dancer in Musical Con Opening 2024 (Excel London); Dance Captain in Lots of Love, Raye (Doreen Bird Foundation Theatre).
Stage credits: Dancer in The Railway Ball (Gary Lloyd); Junior Ensemble in Beauty and the Beast 2019 (Halifax Victoria Theatre).
Jacob is delighted to be performing in the upcoming production of Peter Pan and would like to thank his friends, family, and Bird College for their constant support.
THE JUNIOR ENSEMBLE
TEAM HOOK
Filip Malinowski as John
Leo Maurice as Michael
LOST BOYS / RAINBOW WARRIORS
Amelia Dobson
Gracie Mortimer
Hallie Crompton
Miley Shackleton
Nyah Copeland
Grace Beckett
Phoebe Tasker
Luisa Martin
TEAM CROC
John - Jessica Foster
Michael - Oliver Maurice
LOST BOYS / RAINBOW WARRIORS
Alice Cordingley
Kitty Moore
Olivier Riding
Alexia Crawshaw
Mailie Sheil
Olivia Young
Faith Delahunty
Tilly Badejo

CREATIVE TEAM
ROBERT MARSDEN: DIRECTOR
Robert Marsden is a freelance theatre director, writer and author of Inside the Rehearsal Room, published by Bloomsbury.
He is proud to have worked for Imagine Theatre since 2007, and has been directing the Halifax panto since 2010 with his long term collaborator Laura-Ann Grecian. For Imagine, he has also directed in venues such as Crewe Lyceum (3 years), Rotherham (3 years), Loughborough, Reading and Porthcawl for the company.
A leading figure in UK pantomime, he is a proud trustee of the UK Panto Association and has written about pantomime in numerous books. He co-wrote the world’s first degree in pantomime at Staffordshire University where was also Head of Department of Media, Performance and Communication and an associate professor in acting and directing. Robert is currently Director of Curriculum at Wilkes Academy, Swindon and a trustee at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
As a director, Rob has also directed genres such as Shakespeare, Jacobean and Spanish tragedy, Greek and Restoration comedy, verbatim and site-specific theatre, as well as much new writing and numerous musicals.
Companies worked for since 1999 include New Vic Theatre (2001-2005), Mercury Theatre Colchester, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Bolton Octagon, Selladoor Worldwide, Southwark Playhouse, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Yvonne Arnaud Guildford, Leatherhead Theatre, Swanage Repertory, BBC Radio, Birmingham Old Rep, Cooper Hall, Milton Keynes/ATG, Greenwich Theatre and ABP. Rob was artistic director of Reveal Theatre Ltd from 1999 to 2015, directing and producing across Europe, as well as tours and residencies in the UK. Recently he has been directing new work, including The Trial in Stoke and Life is No Joke starring John Henshaw for JB Shorts in Manchester.
He has a PhD in rehearsal room methodologies and Rob’s next book A Beginner’s Guide to Directing Theatre is to be published by Bloomsbury in Spring 2025.
Instagram: RobMarsdenTheatre
Web: www.robert-marsden.com
LAURA GRECIAN: CHOREOGRAPHER
Professional credits include: Dancer/Ensemble Princess Cruise Line - various ships;
Ensemble in Mother Goose (Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock); Dance Captain in Mother Goose, Aladdin and Cinderella (Regent Theatre, Stoke for FFE); Spirit of the Dance (UK tour, Spirit Productions); Ensemble, Beauty and the Beast, (Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl for Imagine Theatre).
Choreography credits include: One Night of Robbie Williams (UK and European tour for EMR Productions); Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Cinderella, Dick Whittington (Rugeley Rose Theatre); Into the Woods (Stoke Rep); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Beauty and the Beast (Aberystwyth Arts Centre); Fame and Bugsy Malone (Stage Experience Milton Keynes Theatre).
Laura has worked as choreographer and assistant director for Imagine Theatre since 2009 at Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Crewe Lyceum Theatre and Victoria Theatre, Halifax alongside Robert Marsden and David Haller
Laura runs a performing arts studio in Staffordshire and heads up to the dance programme at Newcastle-Under-Lyme school and is also Associate lecturer at Staffordshire University as movement director for many productions Othello, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Man of Mode, The Merchant of Venice, The Rover, Spring Awakening and I Love You You’re Perfect, Now Change!
I am delighted to be back in Halifax this season and cannot wait to see audiences enjoying Peter Pan.

CREATIVE TEAM
ERIC POTTS: WRITER
MUSICAL ARRANGER: DAN JARVIS
LX DESIGNER: WILL EVANS
SOUND DESIGNER: JAKE JOHNSON
FIGHT DIRECTOR: LISA CONNELL
COMPANY
COMPANY STAGE MANAGERS: HEIDI THORNTON & SOPHIE RUSHWORTH
DEPUTY STAGE MANAGER: ALEXANDRA BROWN
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER: LEILA STEPHENSON
WARDROBE SUPERVISOR: GEORGINA COOPER
WARDROBE ASSISTANT: KATIE WILSON
SOUND NO1: MARIA JENKINSON
LX PROGRAMMER: GARETH HUGHES
PRODUCTION MANAGER: GARETH HAUGHTON
BAND
KEYS: TOM 'TIM' PIECZORA
GUITAR: DEAN PARKER
DRUMS: THOM GARDNER
CREW
FLYMAN: WILL HART
FOLLOW SPOT 1: JACK CARTER
FOLLOW SPOT 2: GEORGIA BATTERLEY
HEAD CHAPERONE: PAIGE ALEXANDER