The Kings Theatre is proud to announce Shaun Williamson and James Argent as Hook and Peter Pan in this year’s Pompey Panto – Hook – The High Flying Adventures of Peter Pan

The role of Hook is to be played by Shaun Williamson, better known as the iconic ‘Barry from Eastenders’ and from Ricky Gervais’ classic- Extras! Shaun has a phenomenal career in both TV and Film as well as being a well-respected singer and is no stranger to panto!

Shaun has also amassed a cult following, including celebrities Chris Moyles, Sam Fender and Rag N Bone Man, due to his hugely popular tour of his show ‘Barrioke’.

Joining Shaun will be Towie favourite James ‘Arg’ Argent. This will be James’ second panto for the Kings, having played Dandini in Cinderella back in 2015. James has moved on from Towie and carved out a career as a performer, singer and presenter and will be playing the role of Peter Pan this year!

Shaun and James will be performing alongside the previously announced Jack Edwards, Pompey Panto favourite, as Mrs Smee.

The audiences are guaranteed the best Pompey Panto yet! As ever with the Pompey Panto the audiences are in for some huge laughs and lots of surprises.

Paul Woolf – CEO and Producer

We are really thrilled with the casting for our Panto this year. We have long been admirers of Shaun Williamson who has played the role of Hook in Canterbury and Bournemouth to tremendous reviews. So, when we managed to persuade him to join us for Hook we were over the moon. Arg has been with us before, and the audiences loved him! We are really happy to have him back.
We always try to make each panto bigger and better than the year before and believe we will outdo last year’s record-breaking Cinderella! We cannot wait to get the audiences in and give them another magical Pompey Panto to remember!

Jack Edwards – Artistic Director / Mrs Smee

The Pompey Panto really is the high point of The Kings’ calendar for me, as I get to be on stage in front of our amazing audiences. I am very much looking forward to working alongside Arg again as we had enormous fun last time he was here, and I know he is a firm favourite with the audiences. When it came to casting the role of Hook, Paul and I knew exactly who we wanted – Shaun Williamson! He has an enormous following and has wowed audiences in this role in other venues. He is a consummate professional and an incredible entertainer. We know everyone has very high expectations when it comes to The Kings panto and we intend to fully deliver a real spectacle this year -incredible sets, stunning costumes, top-notch performances and all the usual audience participation, laughs and great music. And a panto about Peter Pan just has to involve a little bit of flying doesn’t it?! But who will be flying? Maybe not just Peter Pan! Come along and find out!

Hook – The High Flying Adventures of Peter Pan runs at The Kings Theatre from 1-31 December 2023. Tickets are on sale here.