Emma Damo, 10, from Whitley Bay, will play Snoozy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Playhouse from 4 December, her first professional role.
A 10-year-old girl from Whitley Bay has landed her first professional stage role, in this year’s pantomime at Playhouse Whitley Bay.
Emma Damo will play Snoozy, one of the Seven Dwarfs, in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The show runs at the Playhouse on Marine Avenue from Friday 4 December to Sunday 3 January.
Her family told Whitley Bay News that she is one of only two children chosen for the production. The rest of the cast are adult professionals.
Who she is sharing the stage with
The Playhouse’s own listing for the show names its leads:
- Michelle Heaton of Liberty X as Snow White
- Theo Mayne, from the BBC series The Traitors, as Prince Theodore
- Andrew Fleming, the Britain’s Got Talent impressionist, as Muddles
- Queen Patsy, who the theatre warns will be up to “some very WICKED antics”
Emma is a pupil at Valley Gardens Middle School and trains at ELDA Theatre Academy. Her family said she has built up her singing and acting through local productions before this, her first professional casting.
They called her selection “a testament to the dedication, commitment and passion she has for performing.”
What it means for you
If you want to see Emma on stage, the pantomime runs for a month over Christmas and New Year. The Playhouse lists the show at about two and a half hours, including an interval, and says under-14s must be with an adult.
The theatre still lists the performances as “Various Times” rather than a full schedule. Our Whitley Bay panto page has the dates, the booking route and what we know so far about times and prices.
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