RuPaul’s Drag Race UKseason six winner Kyran Thrax is set to lead an all-drag panto in London’s West End, playing the Wicked Queen inSnow White.
Kyran, who wonDrag Race UKin 2024, will feature alongside her fellowDrag RaceUKstars Kitty Scott-Claus, Kate Butch andTayris Mongardiin the “rude, crude” and “very adult” panto, which will run at the Emerald Theatre in London.
Snow Whitewill run through the Christmas season, from Monday 15 December to Sunday 4 January.
Kitty Scott-Claus, who reached the final on bothDrag Race UKseason three and spin-offGlobal All Stars, will play the Fairy, while Kate Butch, who came fifth on the fifth season ofDrag Race UKin 2023, will star as the HuntsThem. Kate is also the show’s co-writer alongside fellow drag star and comedian Crudi Dench.
Tayris Mongardi, who is currently competing onDrag Race UKseason seven, will play the OG Disney princess herself, Snow White.
The show will also feature a flurry of other beloved British drag stars including Oliver Clothezoff, the drag alter ego of service designer Jessika Trassel, who made history last month as thefirst ever drag king to compete onThe Great British Bake Off. The drag king will play, fittingly, the Drag King Prince.
Yshee Black, Tiana Biscuit, Sophia Stardust and Ophelia Love will also star in the “very hilarious, very demure” panto.
Snow Whiteis being dubbed as the “only all-drag pantomime live on the West End” and is produced by drag production company Tuck Shop.
The company is behind other major drag shows in the UK includingThe Diana MixtapeandDeath Drop.Snow Whitealso marks Tuckshops’ fifth drag-led panto, after 2019’sCinderella, 2021’sDick Whittington, 2023’sSleeping Beautyand last year’sPeter Pan.
In a statement, TuckShop’s founder and creative director Chis Clegg describedSnow Whiteas “silly” and “raucous” fun. The show will feature the “biggest cast” and “longest run” of any of Tuckshop’s drag pantos.
“This all-star cast will have you laughing along in this outrageous retelling of the fairest in the land like never before.Snow Whitemust journey through the enchanted kingdom, and battle the Wicked Queen with the help of her friends. Sounds quaint… It won’t be,” he said.
TicketsforSnow Whiteare on sale now.
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