Paul Ketley -  Beyonce/  Director

Paul is delighted to be returning to Ashford for this pantomime season. He is a self confessed pantomime addict and has appeared in many productions around the country. Aladdin marks Paul's 26th  professional pantomime.

Previous pantomime appearances include: Fleshcreep in “Jack and the Beanstalk”, Widow Twankey in “Aladdin”, Ugly Sister in “Cinderella”, King Rat in “Dick Whittington”, Nurse Nellie in “Snow White” and “Sleeping Beauty”,  Dame Dolly in “Jack and the Beanstalk” and Sarah the Cook in Dick Whittington. Paul was a member of the resident CTP company at the Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, playing baddie and dame for 12 years.

Paul graduated with a BAhons and has a vast experience of writing, directing and performing including work with Cameron Macintosh: “Cats”, “Les Miserables” and “Phantom of the Opera”; He has worked with the BBC, Radio London and The Theatre Royal Stratford East. Prior to relocating to Kent, Paul was the Artistic Director for The Open Door Theatre in East London for 10 years.

Stage credits include: Joe in “The Matchgirls, Laurence in “Abigails Party”, John Barrett in “Dangerous Obsession”, Mr Briggs in "Our Day Out", Ratty in “Wind in the Willows”, Geoffrey in "Stepping Out", Seymour in "Little Shop of Horrors", and Fagin in "Oliver".

Rob Hancox - Shakira / Assistant                                                     Director

Rob has performed around the world as a cabaret singer working extensively on cruise ships.   He has also had a few small television roles in the past.

Rob delighted to be playing Ugly Sister in this production of Cinderella, having appeared in Ashford last year as Abanazzar in Aladdin. Previous pantomime appearances have included, King Rat in "Dick Whittington", Ugly Sister in "Cinderella", Abanazar in "Aladdin", Merlin in "Sleeping Beauty" and Fleshcreep in "Jack and the Beanstalk", all at the Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone.

Stage credits include, Bill Sykes in "Oliver", 

Holly Harvey - Cinderella

Holly graduated from ICTheatre Brighton in 2021 with a BA(tons degree in Performing Arts 

Credits whilst training include: Andraste in Boudica, Electra in The Little Prince Musical. 

Having appeared for Blue Phoenix Productions in Dick Whittington in 2021/22 and Alaaddin 2022/23 as Dance Captain, Assistant Choreographer and Swing Holly is delighted to be returning to Ashford this year as  Cinderella.

Robbie White - Prince Charming

Robbie has had a career spanning across TV, Theatre, Presenting, Music & more. 

Most recently, Robbie has appeared in Netflix series, Heartstopper, where he can be seen regularly as Harry’s mate across season 1 & 2.

Other screen work includes: 

Glenn in Breaking The Band (ITV), Sam in Jellyfish (Bankside Films), Mark Taylor in High Pitch (HandCooked Films), Mike in Circling The Drain (Nexus Films) amongst more. 

As a singer & presenter, Robbie has performed across Europe & has been a supporting act for the likes of Nathan Sykes (The Wanted) and Max & Harvey. 

Robbie has presented across the U.K. & Europe for various festivals, educational & corporate events and can be seen performing at Christmas light switch ons across the county. 

Theatre Credits include: Friedrich Von Trapp in Sound Of Music (Winter Gardens), Sky Masterson in Guys & Dolls (Kings Hall), Robbie Hart in Wedding Singer (Gulbenkian Theatre), U/S & played Prince Rat in Dick Whittington (Gerrards Cross) & Ensemble in Call Me Diana (Leicester Square Theatre, London)

Charley Byrne - Dandini

After 10 months of spreading joy and wonder across the globe as an entertainment manager for TUI, Charley is delighted to be returning to Ashford for this years pantomime season having appeared as Pongo in Aladdin.

Charley couldn't be happier to be sharing the stage with such a talented cast and is looking forward to welcoming you all to the magical world of pantomime.

His previous pantomime appearances include, Buttons in "Cinderella, Wishy Washy in "Aladdin", Captain Crabstick in "Dick Whittington" and Silly Billy in ""Jack and the Beanstalk".

Josh Boorer - Buttons

Josh is a Kent based performer who has 15 years’ experience in the industry having appeared in a number of professional musicals and pantomimes. Josh has worked as a Redcoat at Butlins performing in a whole host of different shows alongside some legends of show business such as Stephen Mulhern, Diversity, Dick and Dom and Fleur East. He was a main stage presenter at Butlins interviewing different celebrity acts and A-list footballers. After eight successful years at Butlins Josh became a main stage presenter and actor at Haven, appearing in shows and tours such as ‘Sooty’, ‘Rasta-mouse’, ‘The teletubbies-LIVE’ ‘Barney-LIVE’, ‘Thomas the tank-LIVE’ and a number of other productions. 

Theatre Credits include, Danny in “Grease”, Rooster in “Annie”, Link Larkin in “Hairspray”. Josh has appeared as Wishee Washee, Silly Billy, Silly Louie and Willy Crusoe in pantomime venues around the country! 

Josh would like to thank his family from the bottom of his heart for all of their love and support and hopes everyone enjoys the show!

Stephanie Coates - Fairy Godmother

Stephanie was born in Folkestone, Kent. At the age of 13 she began training at local dance and musical theatre schools and went on to teach dance and musical theatre for Spectrum Theatre Workshops.

She worked with the Youth Music Theatre company and performed at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth. She completed her training at the London College of Music and gained a BA (Hons) Voice In Performance.

She has recently worked alongside

directors Rebecca Gadsby in Lysistrata, and Adam Morley in Children of the Piper.

Theatre Includes: Trojan Women (Theatre Royal Plymouth) Directed by Stuart Harvey, Les Misérables (Theatre Royal Margate) Directed by Edward Greenhalgh, Sleeping Beauty (Leas Cliff Hall), Aladdin (Leas Cliff Hall), and Peter Pan (Leas Cliff Hall).

Choreography Includes: The Wizard of Oz (Leas Cliff Hall), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dream Coat (Leas Cliff Hall) and The Greatest Show (Leas Cliff Hall) . Fairy Sprout - Jack and the Beanstalk (Brake Hall), Fairy Bow Bells - Dick Whittington (Brake Hall)

She is delighted to be returning

to Ashford to play the role of Fairy Godmother this

Christmas.



James Middleton - Baron Hardup  /                                          Choreographer

Theatre 

Our Town Story Millennium Dome KCC Dancer. Kiss of the Spider Woman Consenting Adults, Dance Company. Dancer entertainment staff, Thomas Cook. Bud & Dude Skyline Gang Butlins, Dancer/Singer RJP entertainments, Spain. Resort entertainer, The Pantomime company. The Little Shop of Horrors Dance Captain/ Assistant Choreographer, UCF Directed by Max Reynolds. Zombie Prom Dance Captain/ Assistant Choreographer, UCF Directed by Max Reynolds. The Witches of Eastwick Dance Captain/ Assistant Choreographer UCF Directed by Max Reynolds. Invisible dance, Protein Dance Company.

TV

A Question of Sport BBC TV Mystery guest backing dancer, SWAG! Channel 5 TV Dancer. Holby City BBC TV, Sugar Rush Channel 4, Man/Woman BBC3,

Tours

All together now, Rock the Country, King meets Queen, Choreographed by Michelle Murray. Sound of the Underground Produced by Jo, Godolfin and Kelly Mae, choreographed by Ali Penteny. Mikki J Choreographed by Jo Perkins., V for Variety Choreographed by Gary Lloyd, X Factor, Britain's got Talent Directed and choreographed by Carol Todd. Goldilocks and the Three Bears Storybook Pantomime. Same difference Choreographed by Brian Freedman, Children in Need 2008 with "Chico Choreographed by David Wood

Choreography

The Lord of the Flies, Matthew Bourne, Big Red Shows, Butlins. Variety Nights, UCF. The Little Shop of Horrors, Directed by Max Reynolds. Zombie Prom Musical, Directed by Max Reynolds. The Witches of Eastwick, Directed by Max Reynolds. Kent School Games, Produced By Max Reynolds. Confessions of Drag Queen, Directed by Craig Hart. The Grid, UCF. Lost, UCF. Fairy Tale, UCF. The Marlowe Boys project, The Marlowe Theatre. Motion Alpha Dance company. Reflections, The Gulbenkian. Refugeium, The Marlowe Dance Company. 

Jill Williams - Producer / Co Director

Jill is and experienced theatre producer, director and costume designer. She was previously the Production Manager for Open Door Theatre in London.

Previous production credits include, Cinderella, Dick Whittington, Jack and the Beanstalk, Aladdin, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Sinbad, Our Day Our, Little Shop of Horrors, Don't Know Where Don't Know When, Easy Street, Abigails Party, Curtain Up on Murder, The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe and Stepping Out.

Jill is delighted to be producing this production of Dick Whittington.