Miss Rory on starring in Sunderland Empire panto as Rorina La Plonk

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00:00 So Miss Rory, you and Tom have become very popular fixtures at the Sunderland Empire

00:04 pantomime. Are you looking forward to returning this year?

00:06 Absolutely. You know, it really is the most wonderful time of the year and what better

00:11 place to spend the most wonderful time of the year than the most wonderful theatre in the country,

00:16 Sunderland Empire.

00:17 And you get a great reaction from the audiences. The kids love it, don't they?

00:20 Oh, they do. And you know, Tom and I are both so grateful for becoming part of your

00:26 Christmas tradition, you know, and people keep saying to us, "Oh, you really make our Christmas

00:31 book." Like, you make our Christmas as well. So thanks for that.

00:34 And what can we expect from Rorina this year? Some fabulous outfits?

00:38 So this year, Rorina Leplanc. So as you can probably tell, they're going for a bit of a

00:42 French bent on things, Beauty and the Beast costumes. They're designed and they're mostly

00:47 made now. There's some fabulous ones this year, a great finale. And, you know, I think this year

00:55 is going to be the best yet. I say that every year, but this year, I reckon it's going to just

01:00 knock everything else out of the water.

01:02 And Beauty and the Beast is a timeless classic, isn't it? It's a lovely, magical tale.

01:07 Well, it's a tale as old as time, you might like to say. But it lends itself so well to Panto as

01:13 well. It's one of these good ones where we kind of know the story already. So, you know, when

01:18 you're watching, you're not having to follow too much of the story because you know it already.

01:22 But it's sort of, with Panto, everything's made so much bigger and more extravagant and more silly

01:30 and grander. And this is certainly going to give everyone that.