Wiltshire Creative is delighted to announce the full cast for this year’s festive pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk, written by Plested, Brown and Wilsher and directed by Artistic Director Gareth Machin.

Returning to Salisbury Playhouse as Jack is George Olney (Chicago UK Tour, Mamma Mia! West End), joined by Isabella Mason (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang UK Tour) as Jill, Eloise Runnette (Sister Act UK Tour) as Dolly the Cow, Thomas Sutcliffe (Tina – The Tina Turner Musical) as Pavarotti Perkins, Emma Norman (The Pirate Queen, West End) as Fleshcreep and Dan Smith in the larger-than-life role of Dame Caroline Trotter.

Also returning after last year’s Sleeping Beauty are Nic James as Fairy Fabulous, with Bella Donald and Brandon Thompson as onstage swings.

Set and costume design comes from award-winning Katie Lias, winner of Best Costume Design at the 2025 UK Pantomime Awards for her work on Sleeping Beauty. She is joined by lighting designer Nic Farman, sound designer Michael Scott, choreographer Julia Cave, and musical director Daniel Looseley, with casting by Natalie Gallagher CDG.

Artistic Director Gareth Machin said: “What a fantastic cast we’ve brought together. I can’t wait to welcome back so many familiar faces and to say hello to some wonderful actors joining us for the first time.”

Jack and the Beanstalk opens at Salisbury Playhouse on 4 December, with previews from 29 November (press night: 3 December), and runs until 11 January 2026.

Bella Donald (On stage Swing)

Training: BA (Hons) Musical Theatre and Dance at Performers College.

Theatre credits include: Ensemble/First Cover Patty Simcox/First Cover Eugene in Grease: The Immersive Movie Musical (Secret Cinema); Onstage Swing in Sleeping Beauty (Salisbury Playhouse); Alto n’ Bass (The Other Palace); Hildy in On the Town (Workshop); Bielke in Fiddler on the Roof (Grange Park Opera & Royal Albert Hall for the BBC Proms).

TV credits include: World’s Most Evil Killers (Sky TV).

Other credits include: Havana Heat Music Video (ALR Music).

Nic James (Fairy Fabulous)

Training: ArtsEd

Theatre credits include: Troll in The Baddies (UK Tour + Cadogan Hall, London); Prince Tony in Sleeping Beauty (Salisbury Playhouse); King Charles in King Charles III (ArtsEd); Colin/Raymond in Mr Bloom's Nursery (UK Tour); Trapped (Market Theatre); La Traviata (Royal Opera); Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet); Beauty and the Beast (Fairfield Halls Croydon); Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Great British Pantomime Co.) and One Man, Two Guvnors; Wind in the Willows; Rapunzel and Snow White all for the Kenneth More Theatre Ilford.

Isabella Mason (Jill)

Training: Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.

Theatre credits include: Red Girl in SHOUT! (Upstairs at the Gatehouse); Ensemble in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK Tour); Jazz in Aladdin (Hackney Empire); Young Mary Ellen and cover Duckling Donna in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (Norwegian Creative); Good Fairy in Sleeping Beauty (Crossroads Pantomimes); Aine in Fatal Light (Clean Break, Soho Theatre) and Ensemble in Decade (Headlong Theatre, site-specific, St. Katherine’s Dock).

Television credits include: Dancer in EastEnders Do Disney for Children in Need (BBC) and Child in Game Changers (Sky Sports, Sky TV).

Commercial credits include: Model in Stella McCartney Gap Campaign.

Emma Norman (Fleshcreep)

Theatre credits include: The Pirate Queen (London Coliseum), Making a Murderer: The Musical (The Underbelly - Edinburgh Fringe), Doctor Zhivago (The London Palladium), Whitney: Queen Of The Night (UK Tour), Tina: What’s Love Got To Do With It (UK Tour), Sleeping Beauty, Snow White (Bath Theatre Royal).

Emma began her career as a Production Vocalist at the historic Granada Studios in Manchester – after which she spent 25 years as a touring session/backing vocalist before retiring to work in Casting and Artist Management.

George Olney (Jack)

Training: Italia Conti

Theatre credits include: Chicago (UK Tour); A Chorus of Disapproval (Salisbury Playhouse); Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre, West End); Saturday Night Fever (UK and International Tour); Fiddler on the Roof (Playhouse Theatre, West End); Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany); Grease (UK Tour); Eurobeat (Pleasance Grand, Edinburgh); Top Hat (UK tour); White Christmas (Festival Theatre, Edinburgh).

George has also performed in various pantomimes across the UK since 2012.

Film credits include: Hamlet (2024).

Eloise Runnette (Dolly the Cow)

Training: The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (MA Musical Theatre); Chickenshed Theatre Company (BA Hons) and Drama Spectrum (Alumni).

Theatre credits include: Sister Act (UK Tour); Sister Act (UK Tour); Rapunzel (UK Tour).

Workshops include: Misfit in Prom Fever (Debbie Isitt, Director).

Credits whilst training include: Legally Blonde (Edinburgh Festival Fringe); LIMBO: City Of Dreams (The Gilded Balloon); Children of Eden (The Radlett Centre); Adventure to Oz (Chickenshed).

Gala and charity performances include; Dreams of Freedom - Chickenshed (The Royal Albert Hall); Fundraiser - Chickenshed (The Hard Rock Cafe, London).

Dan Smith (Dame Caroline Trotter)

Training: Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Durham University.

Theatre credits include: Aladdin (Capitol Theatre, Horsham); Little Robin Redbreast, Moonfleet, Worst Wedding Ever (Salisbury Playhouse); Robin Hood, Sleeping Beauty (Core Theatre, Solihull); Salad Days (UK tour); Cinderella, Aladdin (Loughborough Town Hall); Carnaby Street the Musical (UK tour); Little Shop of Horrors, Rope, Communicating Doors, Arsenic and Old Lace (Pitlochry Festival Theatre); Dick Whittington, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Aladdin (Maltings Theatre, Berwick-upon-Tweed).

Television credits include: Popstar to Operastar (ITV).

Dan is a member of The Magic Circle and performs on stage as Debra Kadabra.

Thomas Sutcliffe (Pavarotti Perkins)

Training: The Guildford School of Acting, First Class BA (Hons)

Theatre credits include: White Rose (Marylebone Theatre); Tina – The Tina Turner Musical (Aldwych Theatre); Dirty Dancing (Dominion Theatre/UK Tour); Wicked (Apollo Victoria); Kiss Me Kate (The Watermill Theatre); The Light Princess (Workshops at National Theatre); Made in Dagenham (Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch/New Wolsey Theatre); Alice’s Adventures Underground (The Vaults, Waterloo); Alice in Wonderland (The Gordon Craig Theatre); The Steadfast Tin Soldier (The Little Angel Theatre); The West End Tenors (Baysto Entertainment); Walk Like a Man (Veritas Entertainment); The Mill on the Floss (Workshops at The Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham/The John Lyons Theatre, London); The Immortal Hour – Opera (The Finborough Theatre); Curtains (The Landor); Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty (Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch); Aladdin (Hall For Cornwall).

Television/Film/Composition credits include: The Oliver Complex (Short Film); Elizabeth the Golden Age (Universal Pictures); The Alan Titchmarsh Show (ITV).

Thomas was a finalist for the 2018 Stiles and Drew Mentorship Award and 2020 Best New Song Award. He composed the music for Oti Mabuse’s new children’s book series Dance with Oti.

Brandon Thompson (On stage Swing)

Training: Emil Dale Academy (BA Hons)

Theatre credits include: Sleeping Beauty (Salisbury Playhouse)

Television credits include: Phillips One Blade Commercial

Other credits include: Virgin Voyages Cruise Ship (Valiant Lady)