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West End Cast join Sevenoaks Panto Legends
Sevenoaks Panto legends Silly Billy and Dame Elaine Staige will be back at the Stag Theatre this Christmas for a brand-new version of Aladdin, and they will be joined by a cast of West End stars!
Courtney Stapleton, best known for playing Belle in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at the London Palladium, will return to the Stag to play the Genie. Courtney wowed audiences as the Wicked Queen in 2024’s Snow White and is thrilled to return this Christmas, having spent much of 2025 in the new West End musical The Mad Ones at the Other Palace.
Making his Sevenoaks Panto debut, Jordan Fox joins the cast direct from Disney’s Frozen at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Jordan, who will play the evil Abanazar, has also appeared in the West End musicals Kinky Boots, The Rocky Horror Show, and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.
James Lim will play the title role of Aladdin at the Stag Theatre. A fellow star of the West End, James most recently appeared in Clueless The Musical, and the UK tour of Disney’s Aladdin.
Completing the principal cast will be Billie Hardy, whose most recent West End credits include The Time Traveller's Wife and Chicago. Billie is a Sevenoaks Panto regular and will play the social media sensation known as Princess in Aladdin.
To read more about the complex history of the story of Aladdin, and to book your tickets, visit www.sevenoakspanto.com.