The London Palladium panto 2022 is back with a allstar line-up

Dawn French is to headline this year’s star-studded London  Palladium pantomime.

The comedian will appear in Jack And The Beanstalk alongside the regular cast of Julian Clary, Paul Zerdin, Nigel Havers and Gary Wilmot.

French will play Jack’s mum Dame Trott in the £2million production – a role traditionally, but not always, played by a man in drag. Nor will she be the usual baddie, with producer  Michael Harrison telling the Daily Mail ‘she’ll be the force for good – we wanted to shake it up a bit.’

The comic played the evil queen in Snow White at the Palladium in 2018 and had signed on for Jack And The Beanstalk before the pandemic struck. ‘We’ve waited two years,’ she said.

Her panto role starts on December 10, following her 20-date UK tour  Dawn ​French Is A Huge Twat, that was announced last week.

Saturday 10th December 2022 – Sunday 15th January 2023.

The show, which features a 12-piece orchestra, runs at the Palladium for five weeks. Tickets on sale now.