Josiah Eloi is looking forward to his second-ever panto this Christmas

SussexWorld

The cast have met up as the New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth starts counting down to this year’s panto. Aladdin will be running from Friday, December 8 until Sunday, December 31 (with a BSL signed performance on December 17 and relaxed performance on December 31), delivered by Jordan Productions.

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00:00 Good morning, my name is Phil Hewitt, Group Arts Editor for Sussex Newspapers. Lovely

00:06 this morning to be speaking to a policeman. Now Josiah, you are going to be part of the

00:12 cast for the new Theatre Royal Panto this Christmas and the stage show is a land in.

00:17 And you're going to be a goody this time after being banished.

00:20 I am, I'm going to be a goody this time. I'm the policeman, I'm the authority this year.

00:26 I've got to make sure that everything in, you know, it all goes well. But normally I'm the baddy.

00:32 Normally I get to be the villain.

00:33 Are you going to be good at making sure it all goes well?

00:36 Probably not, knowing me, because I mean as a baddy it never normally goes well anyway.

00:43 So I'm sure if I'm the authority in this show it's going to be absolute chaos.

00:51 Now the really intriguing thing is this is your second Panto, but your two Pantos couldn't

00:56 possibly be more different in terms of location. Where were you last year?

01:00 Well it's weird. My second Panto, the first one I did was Aladdin, this one I did Aladdin,

01:08 but that one I did in Abu Dhabi in the Middle East. And that was a completely different crowd.

01:15 It was still brilliant, it's still amazing. But yeah, a Middle Eastern Panto, that was my first.

01:22 What sort of temperatures do you get in the Middle East at Christmas time?

01:25 Oh I tell you what, it is like 30 degrees. Now me, right, as me, right, I'm built like a fridge.

01:33 I'm going to be honest with you, I am, okay. And I tell you what, like doing Panto in a full cloak

01:39 out in 30 degree heat, basically in the desert, it was an experience. And I was knackered by the

01:48 end of it, but it was one amazing time. You'll be more comfortable in Portsmouth this Christmas then?

01:57 Yes, way more comfortable. I mean, but to be honest, I'm down here now in Portsmouth,

02:01 you know, chatting with everyone and I'm still sweating and really hot. So to be honest...

02:06 That's something I don't want to know actually.

02:07 But well, you know, this is it. This is new theatre royal pantomime, you know,

02:13 you get in what's given, do you know what I mean? Like, we don't know what's going to happen.

02:17 We don't know what's going to come out our mouths. We just hope that...

02:19 Fantastic. Well, it's always a fantastic Panto there and look forward very much to seeing you.

02:24 Great to speak to you. Good luck.

02:26 Thanks very much. Thank you. It'll be good. Yeah. Thank you. We look forward to seeing you.

02:30 Thank you. Bye bye.

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