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Competition time! We have a family ticket for four people to watch the pantomime Beauty & The Beast at the Theatre Royal Bath on Monday 30 December, 7pm performance!

Oh yes we have!

All you have to do to have a chance of winning this fantastic prize is to send an email marked ‘Beauty & The Beast Competition’ to email hidden; JavaScript is required to arrive no later than 13 December 2019. The email must contain your name, address and a contact telephone number.

We’ll then pick one very lucky winner who will be off to the panto!

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The award-winning pantomime Beauty & The Beast features a cast led by star of TV and stage Wendi Peters, Bath favourite Jon Monie and dazzling Dame Nick Wilton.

Star of stage and television Wendi Peters (Coronation Street, Hetty Feather) plays Fairy Bon-Bon alongside Bath favourite Jon Monie and Dame extraordinaire Nick Wilton (EastEnders) in this year’s magical and award-winning pantomime, Beauty & The Beast appearing at the Theatre Royal Bath from Thursday 12 December to Sunday 12 January.

With a cast of larger than life characters, side-splitting comedy, sumptuous costumes, fabulous scenery and a thrilling transformation scene, this traditional family pantomime written by Jon Monie won Best Script at the Great British Pantomime Awards 2019 after receiving its world premiere at Blackpool Grand Theatre last Christmas.

The talented cast also features Ben Harlow as Hugo Pompidou (Beauty and the Beast: The MusicalJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatMamma Mia!); Shaun Dalton as the Beast and the Prince (Kinky Boots, Beauty and The Beast: The Musical, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers); Clare Maynard as Belle (Starlight Express); Marcus Knibbs as Clement (pantomimes Beauty & The Beast, Mother Goose, Jack and The Beanstalk); the Beauty & The Beast Ensemble and young dancers from Bath’s Dorothy Coleborn School of Dance.

For more details and to book tickets, click here