West End star Jocasta Almgill will be performing as wicked fairy Carabosse in this year’s enchanting family pantomime Sleeping Beauty at York Theatre Royal.
Jocasta will join the previously announced CBeebies star, Jennie Dale, who will play Fairy Moonbeam and returning York Theatre Royal panto favourites Tommy Carmichael and Robin Simpson who is back once again as the Dame.
Sleeping Beauty is at York Theatre Royal from Tuesday 2 December 2025 to Sunday 4 January 2026.
Jocasta, who is originally from East Yorkshire, has starred in a wide range of musicals including most recently as Diana Morales in A Chorus Line (Curve/Sadler’s Wells/National Tour) and Rizzo in Grease (Dominion Theatre), for which she was nominated for the 2022 Black British Theatre Award for Best Supporting Female in a Musical and the 2023 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Supporting Performer in a Musical.
Jocasta’s credits also include The Phase (The Vaults), & Juliet (Manchester Opera House & Shaftesbury Theatre), Rent (Hope Mill Theatre), The Band Plays On (Sheffield Crucible/On Demand), West Side Story (Royal Exchange Theatre), Sunshine on Leith (West Yorkshire Playhouse and National Tour) and Dreamgirls (Savoy Theatre).
Juliet Forster, creative director at York Theatre Royal, said: “We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Jocasta to York for this year’s panto.
“She is an incredible talent and audiences are in for a real treat. Some performances have already sold out so we’d definitely recommend booking early to avoid missing out!”
Written by Paul Hendy and directed by Juliet Forster, York Theatre Royal’s festive extravaganza is co-produced with award-winning Evolution Productions – the same team behind previous York pantomime hits All New Adventures of Peter Pan, Jack and the Beanstalk and last year’s Aladdin.
Further casting for Sleeping Beauty to be announced.
Tickets for Sleeping Beauty are already on sale, with family tickets available for all performances with savings of up to £64.50 on booking with four tickets. Find out more and book your tickets at the York Theatre Royal website.
