Pop legend and West End star Maureen Nolan will play the Wicked Queen while Emrhys. Cooper, who is currently appearing on TV screens as Corrie's Rowan Cunliffe, will take on the role of Prince Fredrick in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs which comes to St Helens Theatre Royal this festive season.
Category
đ
NewsTranscript
00:00Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is St Helen's Theatre Royal's festive family show this Christmas season.
00:07Coronation Street's Emerus Cooper takes on the role of Prince Frederick.
00:10It's fun because I've been playing a villain all year and now I get to play the good guy and hopefully have a happy ending.
00:17Hopefully?
00:18No, it's going to be a happy ending. We know the ending. It's Panto.
00:22Someone who won't be wishing for a happy ending, pop legend and western star Maureen Nolan stars as the Wicked Queen.
00:29I'm working on it, you know. You've got to have the last, you know.
00:38A lot of people in my family, they call me Mary Coffin because I'm sweet, apparently.
00:45And they said, you can't play Wicked Queen. I went, yes, you wait.
00:49So I've played it quite a few times now. Love it.
00:53Some very special local legends have been enlisted to help voice the roles of the dwarfs,
00:58with the Magnificent Seven comprised of Johnny Vegas, Joel Ross, Pete Price, Craig Phillips, Louis Emmerich, John May and Philip Regan,
01:06better known as the Queen of Scotty Road.
01:09Well, the best thing about it, I don't have to be there every night. That's the best thing about it.
01:14So I've done a voiceover and it's going to be fantastic.
01:17To be honest with you, I just really can't wait for it to go and see it. I really can't. I'm just excited.
01:23As I say, I'm Gabby. Fancy calling me Gabby, one of the Seven Dwarfs. Do you know what I mean? They've got a cheek.
01:31Following hotly contested open auditions where more than 150 hopefuls responded to the call out,
01:37Chantelle Morgan takes on the titular role.
01:40Feeling very, very lucky. Very, very lucky to have been cast as Snow White in this year's pantomime and the line-up.
01:47I must admit, I'm a proper Coronation Street fan as well. So when I found out Emmerich was in it, I was starstruck.
01:53But don't tell him that.
01:55Snow White runs right throughout the festive season until Sunday 12th January.