TV and Radio star Vernon Kay will make his stage and pantomime debut this year at the Wycombe Swan.

The household name will star as Dandini in this year’s Christmas panto Cinderella which runs from 9 to 31 December.

He revealed that when the opportunity came up to be part of the show it was his daughters that convinced him to do it. 

Vernon said: “I am beyond excited to be playing Dandini in Cinderella and I’m gonna give this everything I’ve got.

“Having done TV and radio for the last 25 years this will be a totally new experience for me, I love testing myself and trying new things and being a massive panto fan, I can’t think of a better way to make my stage debut.

“We’re a family of panto lovers, my two daughters, Tess and I go every year- it’s a steadfast family tradition – so when the option came for me to be in one my girls said ‘Dad you have to do it’ and I couldn’t have agreed more! I love the romance, the slapstick – the whole lot.” 

Watch behind the scenes with Vernon at the Cinderella photo shoot below!