Prepping for panto already?

...Oh yes, they are!

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THE sun may be shining outside, but The New Victoria Theatre Woking is already thinking ahead to Christmas as it announces star casting for this year's enchanting family pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, starring Birds of a Feather's Lesley Joseph as The Wicked Queen, with broadcaster and barrister Rob Rinder as The Man In The Mirror.

The show will be running at the New Victoria Theatre from Friday 5 December 2025 to Sunday 4 January 2026.

Lesley Joseph celebrates a career which has seen her appear on stage in dramas, musicals, and revues in the West End, across the UK and on every major television channel.

Lesley starred as Miss Hannigan in Annie, Mrs Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie as well as appearing in Home, directed by Peter Hall.

In 2018, she starred in the musical adaptation of Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein in London's West End as Frau Blücher, a role for which she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical.

No stranger to pantomime, Lesley's annual panto appearances receive critical acclaim every festive season.