PRESS RELEASE
Beauty and the Beast
Friday 27 November 2015 – Saturday 9
January 2016
Tickets £10 - £20
01432 340555
The Courtyard’s annual pantomime returns to tell the story of Beauty and the Beast!
Beauty’s family has fallen on hard times and when her father hears of a chance to
regain some of his fortune, he sets off on a long journey. On his way home, emptyhanded and without the gifts he promised, he gets lost in the forest and takes refuge
in a mysterious castle.
As he is leaving in the morning, he sees a beautiful rose and picks it to take home.
Little does he know that the master of the house, a fearsome Beast, has decreed the
penalty for picking the roses is death. The Beast promises to spare the father's life if his
beautiful daughter comes to live with him at the castle. But what will happen to
Beauty and will she ever find true love?
Jason Marc Williams returns for his second year at The Courtyard to play the Dame,
alongside new recruits, Beth Dillon as Bebe and Ben Astle as the Beast. Estelle van
Warmelo directs once again the fine writing of Lyndsay Maples.
Beauty and the Beast will be in the Main House from Friday 27 November 2015 –
Saturday 9 January 2016. To book tickets, or for more information contact the Box
Office on 01432 340555 or visit www.courtyard.org.uk.
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Notes to editors
For interviews, photos or follow up stories, contact Joanna Lucas, Marketing Officer, on 01432
346534 or joanna.lucas@courtyard.org.uk.
Beauty and the Beast is sponsored by Cargill.