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Five much-loved stars of Charles Court Opera’s annual Boutique Pantos at King’s Head Theatre - Emily Cairns, Meriel Cunningham, Jennie Jacobs, Matthew Kellett and John Savournin - are joined by ‘League of Gentlemen’/’Sherlock’ star Mark Gatiss and his real-life partner, Ian Hallard (‘The Boys in the Band’ - Whatsonstage awards Best Actor nomination)’ and Marcus... Continue Reading →
Final casting has been announced for the world premiere of Snow White in the Seven Months of Lockdown, a new online panto featuring interactive viewers-choice-moments. Five much-loved stars of Charles Court Opera’s annual Boutique Pantos at King’s Head Theatre - Emily Cairns, Meriel Cunningham, Jennie Jacobs, Matthew Kellett and John Savournin - are joined by... Continue Reading →
This Christmas, Charles Court Opera are to deliver a boutique panto like no other by moving online and bringing their enduring annual mix of toe-tapping music, side-splitting gags and festive frivolity to the comfort of the nation’s living rooms for the very first time! So, sit back, relax and get your magic mirrors ready to... Continue Reading →
Charles Court Opera - ‘the masters of G&S in small spaces’ - are to come out of lockdown with a specially customised outdoor staging of their Offie award-winning production of ‘H.M.S. Pinafore’ at The Malting’s Open Air Theatre Festival on Monday 24 August. CCO are also presenting ‘A Summer’s Evening of G & S’ at... Continue Reading →
Production images have today been released for Charles Court Opera's The Nativity Panto, which opens at the King's Head Theatre this week and runs to 11 January 2020. A cast of well-known characters will take the audience through a respectful, yet irreverent adaptation of the Nativity story, with musical numbers, laugh-out-loud puns and the entirely... Continue Reading →
The King’s Head Theatre and Charles Court Opera are delighted to announce the full cast for The Nativity Panto – A Not-So Silent Night, starring Emily Cairns, Meriel Cunningham, Jennie Jacobs, Matthew Kellett and Catrine Kirkman. Emily Cairns previously made her Charles Court Opera debut in Buttons: A Cinderella Story (King’s Head Theatre). Her other... Continue Reading →
The King’s Head Theatre is delighted to welcome back Charles Court Opera for their 13th Boutique Pantomime at the King's Head Theatre. The Nativity Panto – A Not-So Silent Night will run from 29 November 2019 to 11 January 2020. This year, Charles Court Opera has taken the story that sparked the Season and sprinkled... Continue Reading →
