St Helens Panto Welcomed 40,000+ Guests, Making Snow White Their Most Successful Production To Date

BOROUGH OF ST HELENS, LIVERPOOL CITY REGION.

St Helens Theatre Royal's Christmas Panto Proves A Great Success With The Most Guests Welcomed – Starring Rising Talent, Chantelle Morgan As Snow White & Pop Legend Maureen Nolan

Chantelle Morgan starring in St Helens Theatre Royal's Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs (Credit: David Munn Photography/Supplied/Image was provided to The Liverpudlian with permission to share, courtesy of the Publicist on behalf of their client. We make no claim to this content).

• Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs becomes St Helens Theatre Royal’s most popular ever pantomime.

• All-star cast led by Chantelle Morgan and Maureen Nolan entertains more than 40,000 guests over the festive break.

St Helens Theatre Royal is celebrating its most successful ever pantomime – oh yes, it is!

Pop legend Maureen Nolan and Coronation Street’s Emrhys Cooper led a stellar cast in Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs, which welcomed more than 40,000 theatregoers over its six-week seasonal run.

The fantastic festive figure is 2,500 higher than the same time last year and cements Snow White as St Helens’ biggest and best panto production to date.

Maureen and Emrhys were joined by a brilliant line-up of including Leanne Campbell, who appeared digitally as the Magic Mirror. The Liverpudlian has also previously covered the talented newcomer, Chantelle Morgan as Snow White, and St Helens’ favourites Lewis Devine as Muddles, and Richard Aucott as Nurse Nelly.

Chantelle Morgan and Maureen Nolan starring in St Helens Theatre Royal's Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs (Credit: David Munn Photography/Supplied/Image was provided to The Liverpudlian with permission to share, courtesy of the Publicist on behalf of their client. We make no claim to this content).

Regal Entertainments Ltd, which stages the hugely popular seasonal shows at the theatre, also enlisted the help of some very special local legends to voice the roles of the Dwarfs – with the magnificent seven comprised of Johnny Vegas, Joel Ross, Pete Price, Philip Regan (Queen of Scotty Road), Craig Phillips, Louis Emerick and John May.

“Snow White really has proved to be the fairest of them all! We’re absolutely thrilled our Christmas panto was so popular with St Helens audiences over Christmas and New Year”. - Panto Director & St Helens Theatre Manager, Chantelle Nolan

The cast were joined by a superb supporting company of future West End stars from Nazene Danielle’s School of Dance – Dance Dynamix.

Regal Entertainments Ltd has been bringing top quality and star-studded productions to the North-West for more than 20 years. It is run by the theatrical powerhouse mother and daughter duo of Jane Joseph and Chantelle Nolan who produce top quality drama, comedy and panto productions which continue to break box office records.

It produces four pantomimes – at Easter, Christmas and in the February and October half term holidays, with tens of thousands of theatregoers enjoying the fantastic family-friendly fun each year.

Maureen Nolan starring in St Helens Theatre Royal's Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs (Credit: David Munn Photography/Supplied/Image was provided to The Liverpudlian with permission to share, courtesy of the Publicist on behalf of their client. We make no claim to this content).

Panto Director & St Helens Theatre Manager, Chantelle Nolan, said today: “Snow White really has proved to be the fairest of them all! We’re absolutely thrilled our Christmas panto was so popular with St Helens audiences over Christmas and New Year – welcoming and entertaining more than 40,000 people over the six-week run was amazing, and I just want to say a big thank you to everyone who came.”

She added: “I also want to thank our wonderful cast and crew, along with our brilliant and hardworking front-of-house team. Together they work tirelessly to make Christmas at St Helens Theatre Royal a truly special and magical time.”

Chantelle, said: “Seeing the joy on people’s faces and hearing their laughter is a fantastic feeling and is exactly why we work so hard to give our audiences young and old the best experience possible.”

St Helens Theatre Royal History

St Helens Theatre Royal was designed by British Theatre Architect, Frank Matcham, from Devon, also responsible for the Hippodrome in London, Buxton Opera House, and the Edwardian His Majesty's Theatre in Scotland.

The Theatre Royal was completed in 1901, at the start of the 20th Century during the Reign of Edward VII. It is the principal theatre in St Helens and has recently been renovated internally and externally with a modern glass exterior.

St Helens Theatre Royal has a large capacity and stages many performances, including comedy, music, drama and excellent Christmas pantomime. The theatre provides a wide variety of entertainment from top class comedians to musical shows.