Beauty and The Beast at Grand Opera House York

Unleash the magic and excitement of pantomime with this year’s dazzling musical fairy tale.

The most captivating pantomime of all time, Beauty & The Beast, comes to York with a spectacular production that promises to enchant the entire family. With an award-winning script by Jon Monie (Great British Pantomime Awards, 2019), a cast of larger-than-life characters, hilarious comedy, stunning costumes, magnificent scenery, and an unforgettable transformation scene.

Join Belle, The Beast, Fairy Bon Bon, the lively Polly La Plonk, and her cheeky son Louis La Plonk as they are whisked away to a cursed castle, under the spell of an evil enchantress. Can the sinister Hugo be vanquished? Will Belle look beyond the Beast’s exterior and fall in love? Can the Beast’s heart be softened by Belle’s beauty?

BAFTA award-winning actress Dani Harmer (Tracy Beaker, Strictly Come Dancing) stars as Fairy Bon Bon. Jen Caldwell (SIX, Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder) returns to the Grand Opera House York as Belle and Samuel Wyn-Morris (Les Miserables) will play The Prince. Award-winning comedian Phil Reid stars as Louis La Plonk, with dame extraordinaire and musical theatre star Leon Craig (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Disney’s Aladdin) as his larger-than-life mum, Polly la Plonk. Musical theatre star Phil Atkinson (The Bodyguard, Joseph & His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, The Little Shop of Horrors) stars as the dastardly Hugo Pompidou, with David Alcock (The Mousetrap, BBC’s SAS Rogue Heroes) as Clement.