Our celeb reporter Aimee Seddon chatted to Blackpool star Charlotte Dawson before rehearsals start for her latest panto- Aladdin.
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00:00Hi, I'm digital reporter Amy Seddon, and this week I had a chat with Blackpool-born star Charlotte Dawson
00:07before rehearsals start for her latest Pleasure Beach panto, Aladdin, in which she'll be playing the villain, Abenaza.
00:14In the following clip, Charlotte shares how she's feeling ahead of the panto,
00:18what she thinks it'll be like doing it six months pregnant, and why you should get tickets.
00:23First question, Charlotte, is how are you feeling three weeks away before the panto starts?
00:28Oh, God. Yeah, it's very, very exciting. I mean, it's a lot, you know, obviously trying to juggle mum life, work life, on top of everything.
00:38I've not had a chance to look at my script yet. I really said this weekend I really need to sit down and have a little look at it.
00:45But the thing is, there's no point learning your script until you actually get to pantomime because you end up cutting things out and stuff.
00:52So, yeah, I think it's best to just because I'm one of them people, me, if I do too much reading, I've got a memory of a fish.
00:59I don't know how the hell I can get up and learn lines and actually deliver them every time and never get them wrong.
01:06I mean, obviously been a couple of slip ups sometimes, but no one ever notices.
01:11But I'm one of them people that goes through my lines all the time.
01:14I just I'm just like in my head all the time before I go on stage and everything's perfect.
01:19But I just work myself up so much. You know, I think it's just a nerve thing, isn't it?
01:24It's just like because I'm because I'm a different character as well.
01:28I think that always helps because I'm not playing myself. I love playing a baddie because I just feel like I feel really empowered.
01:36I'm like really strong. I like get off on the booze, which is so weird.
01:41I really do love being booed at because everyone would have expected me to have like more of a princess character or, you know, like or like a funny character.
01:51But the thing is with a baddie, because it's pantomime, you can be a bit funny with it.
01:55Do you know what I mean? Have a bit of a laugh and that's what I want.
01:58So this year I'm a baddie with a bump, a baddie with a bumpalicious.
02:06How different do you think that will be?
02:08Oh, my God, it's going to be a lot. I mean, the outfit's going to have to keep getting bigger and bigger.
02:13I need like an expanding outfit that just keeps expanding.
02:18Yeah, I mean, it's going to I actually have been pregnant before doing pantomime.
02:23There must be something in that theatre that makes me pregnant. I swear to God.
02:28So the first year I did it, I was pregnant with Jude, but I was only early.
02:32I was only in my first trimester, so I didn't have a bump or anything.
02:36I was just I was just a bit chunky but funky.
02:39And then obviously last year, Jude was a little baby.
02:43So I was breastfeeding him in the dressing room.
02:46So I had my titty bangers out, feeding him, going back on stage, pumping.
02:51I was actually pumping as well, breast milk while I was in my costume.
02:57Like before I went on stage, I'd have to take it out quickly because I had like an electric one in my,
03:02like a one that you can just put in your, like the hands free ones in my bra.
03:07So I was literally feeding him in my dressing room, pumping, going on stage.
03:12It was crazy, honestly. And now this year I'm pregnant, but I'm like heavily pregnant.
03:21How would you encourage people reading this article to buy tickets to see you in Panto?
03:26Oh, my God. It is just the best Panto ever.
03:30And I'm not just saying that. I know I'm biased, but it really is.
03:33It's perfect timing. It's only one hour, 15 minutes.
03:37You know, the kids don't get restless. It's a perfect amount of time.
03:41And it's like a magical fantasy world. It really is.
03:46And it's just so much, so much fun. The outfits are insane.
03:51There's feathers, sparkles, glitter, just outrageous outfits that are just incredible.
03:59Just everything, the set and all the cast are incredible as well.
04:04And make sure you come and see Shazza. Come on, baddie with a bum.
04:08Why would you not want to? And also we always try and get pictures with everyone after as well.
04:11So it's that nice, like intimacy as well that people are getting.
04:16So I always, I just, I started that and all the crew were like, Charlotte, we have another show.
04:22I'm like, I've got to see everyone. I always try and make sure I see everyone
04:26because I know that's just like, you know, they're all excited and I just think it's a nice touch.