AYA IS OUR CINDERELLA

Stafford Gatehouse Theatre is delighted to announce AYA BENYAHYA will play CINDERELLA in this year's spectacular Christmas pantomime.

Aya, a successful singer/songwriter who has featured on BBC Music Introducing will be making her Gatehouse debut in the pantomime, which runs from December 9-31.

She said: ‘I’m sooo looking forward to playing Cinderella at the Gatehouse this Christmas – it’s like a Fairy Godmother granted my wish! It’s a dream role, in an amazing theatre in a beautiful town that I’ve heard so many good things about.

‘I’ll be scrubbing up on my cleaning skills and polishing every pumpkin I can find to get ready for the panto. I can’t wait to meet everyone (even my Ugly Sisters!).

'Hopefully as many people as possible will have a ball at the Gatehouse – we promise to have you back home by midnight!’

Theatre manager Tim Ford said: ‘We are absolutely thrilled to have Aya as our Cinderella in Stafford.

'She has so much stage presence and charisma and we know audiences are going to love her – just like Prince Charming does.’ Producer Matt Brinkler said: ‘Aya just blew us away in her audition. It was one of those moments when we all just stood back, looked at each other and went ‘wow!’.

‘We are delighted to have snapped her up because she is going to be a big, BIG star and we cannot wait to introduce her to the people of Stafford.’

The Gatehouse is looking to set another new audience record with CINDERELLA and almost 4,000 tickets have already been snapped up.

Marketing Manager Keith Harrison said: 'After everyone had such a great time with SNOW WHITE last year, people are buying their tickets earlier than ever. It may be August in sunny Stafford but Christmas will be on us before we know it, so don't delay - book your tickets today.'

Contact the Box Office on 01785 619080 or book online here