Further casting announced for Fairfield Halls' 2024 pantomime - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Mia Overfield will be starring as 'Snow White' alongside the previously announced Kellie Shirley as the 'Wicked Queen', Jamie Steen as 'Dame Dilly Donut', and panto favourite Charlie Guest returning to Fairfield Halls as 'Muddles'.

Mia has most recently been seen on stage as ‘Rosa’ in Cable Street at Southwark Playhouse, and will play ‘Snow White’. Mia’s other stage credits include ‘Ms Prig’ in the UK tour of David Walliams’ Demon Dentist, and ‘Jack’ in Jack and the Beanstalk for York Theatre Royal in 2023.

Mia said, “I am so excited to appear as Snow White this Christmas I cannot wait to spend the festive season with everyone in Croydon!”

As previously announced, EastEnders, Biff and Chip, and Casualty star Kellie Shirley will play the role of ‘Wicked Queen’. Kellie has enjoyed a varied and versatile career to date working alongside some of the most exciting and established international and UK based talent. Kellie is best known for playing the popular character of ‘Carly Wicks’ in over 200 episodes of EastEnders, and to younger viewers as 'Mum' in three series of the favourite CBBC programme Biff and Chip. She has recently joined the BAFTA-winning Casualty as new series regular, psych nurse ‘Sophia Peters’.

Joining Kellie and Mia is Jamie Steen, who will play the role of ‘Dame Dilly Donut’. Jamie has extensive stage credits around the UK, and is a panto stalwart, with this being his 32nd year of appearing in pantoland, with years as part of the UK Productions family. Jamie comes to Croydon after two years playing the 'Dame' at the Pavilion Theatre in Bournemouth.

Panto favourite Charlie Guest will return to Fairfield Halls this year as ‘Muddles’. Charlie’s many stage credits include Beauty and the Beast (Gravesend), Aladdin (Churchill Theatre, Bromley), Jack and The Beanstalk (Sunderland Empire), Aladdin (Anvil, Basingstoke) Snow White (King Georges Hall, Blackburn), Jack and the Beanstalk (King Georges Hall, Blackburn) and ‘Wishee Washee’ in Fairfield Halls’ 2023 pantomime Aladdin. Other notable stage roles include Children of Eden (West End), Club Class (UK Tour) and Jubilee (Tabard Theatre, London). Charlie is also a presenter for an online children's TV channel - Cheeky Chimps TV.

On behalf of UK Productions, Producer Martin Dodd added, “We are delighted to be returning to Fairfield Halls after two fabulous Christmas pantomime seasons with Peter Pan and Aladdin. I couldn’t be happier that Kellie, Jamie and Charlie have joined the cast. Kellie is known to TV viewers both young and old from her many films and series, Jamie is one of the country’s top dames and Charlie is a comic actor that the Fairfield audiences took to their hearts last year and always brings plenty of laughs. We’re thrilled to add Mia Overfield to the mix – a true up and coming star, and an inspirational role model for young people. We can guarantee audiences the most wicked of pantomimes but watch out for those apples!”

The creative team will include Sarah Redmond, who returns to direct at Fairfield Halls, following Aladdin in 2023 and Peter Pan in 2022, with Anthony Whiteman as choreographer.

On behalf of the team at Fairfield Halls, Steve Turner, Director of Venues added, “Pantomime is a much-loved theatrical tradition during the festive period, and it’s often the first introduction to theatre for many young people. We’ve continued to work with local schools and community groups across Croydon to enable more children to enjoy panto through closed school performances and our annual relaxed, accessible performance. We’re thrilled our pantomime producer, UK Productions, has secured another great cast line up for our festive spectacular and we can’t wait to raise the curtain on another magical panto season.”

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is at Fairfield Halls from Friday 13 December 2024 to Sunday 5 January 2025. Promoting accessibility and enabling more people to enjoy the magic of pantomime, there are is also a captioned performance on Friday 27 December at 7pm and a relaxed performance on Friday 3 January at 2pm.

Join us for the greatest magical pantomime ever told; poor Snow White is doomed to live unhappily ever after with her horrid stepmother, the Wicked Queen. In true rags-to-riches style, Snow White manages, with the help of her madcap friend Muddles, to meet a handsome Prince and make her dreams come true.

For more information and to book tickets, click here. Group and school rates are available for a number of performances, see website for further details.