The pair have been announced to star in this year's pantomime at the London Palladium as none other than the Ugly Sisters.
This is the second time Saunders has appeared in the iconic Palladium pantomime, having previously starred as Captain Hook in 2023, while French has worked with producer Michael Harrison twice before in Snow White and Jack and the Beanstalk – but never have they panto'd together.
They said: “We have wished to play the Ugly Sisters for so many years, it feels this is the fulfilment of a dream - a dream our hearts made. Watch out. It won’t be pretty.”
This year will mark the Palladium's 11th panto, with last year's anniversary run proving to be a record-breaking success. The production of Sleeping Beauty, starring Catherine Tate, became the fastest-selling pantomime in the Palladium's history and got more than 137,000 patrons through the door in just a five-week run. Now, Harrison is determined to go further.
Last year, Harrison gave us an insight into just how much prep these productions take, saying: "It's a year round business, we start the prep a year in advance for, you know, the designs of the costumes, the scenery. It's a Victorian tradition that there has to be some kind of big magical moment at the end of Act One, like Cinderella going to the ball, Aladdin in the cave, and you've got to find ways to reinvigorate and reinvent that early."
"It's a big cast: 16 dancers, 10 principles, 12 in the orchestra and all of the backstage team. Then pantomime gets people through the doors of a theatre when they're unlikely to for the rest of the year.
Tickets for the London Palladium panto will go on sale from Thursday 2 April, with priority booking beginning from 31 March.
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