Eastbourne's Snow White is Georgie's professional panto debut

Georgie Hales makes her professional panto debut this Christmas, taking the lead role of Snow White in Eastbourne.

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

00:05lovely to speak to Snow White, no less. Georgie Hales, Snow White in Eastbourne this Christmas

00:10and goodness, you've had an interesting few years, haven't you? You were one of the students

00:15most affected perhaps in that awful pandemic year, but your reward is Arena Tour with Boy

00:21George last year and now the lead in Panto. It's been quite some journey, hasn't it?

00:26It has been, but it's been very exciting and I've learned a lot along the way and I'm super

00:32happy to be here at Christmas playing Snow White. It's going to be amazing. It's going

00:37to be fantastic.

00:38And Snow White, really interesting role, isn't it? How are you going to approach Snow White?

00:42What have you got to be to be Snow White, do you think?

00:47We've got a lot of princess training, I would call it. A lot of getting into that character,

00:55really working out my relationships with the other people on the stage and getting

01:01into that princess mindset, kind, witty, caring. Yeah, it's very exciting and you know, obviously

01:09research, watching the movie and practising my lines and practising my singing and it's

01:15all going to come together.

01:16Basically, your job is to be lovely every night, probably twice a day, at least.

01:21Let's hope, up to three times a day.

01:23And your first proper panto, in effect.

01:30Yes, so since I was younger, it's my first professional panto, so that will be really

01:36exciting.

01:37But you did have kind of relevant experience in the arena tour that you did last year with

01:42Boy George, which must have been fantastic.

01:44I did. I did. There was a lot of, you know, the panto-esque jokes, but obviously it's

01:51a bit harder when you're in an arena of 15,000 people, it's not so easy to get those quick

01:56punchlines in there.

01:57But it was a fantastic experience.

02:00So, all working towards, you know, each experience leads you on to the next.

02:04Absolutely, and lovely that your professional panto debut is so close to the family home,

02:09isn't it?

02:10The family is just up the road.

02:12Yeah, exactly.

02:13So it'll be lovely for them to come and watch as well.

02:16Brilliant.

02:16Well, congratulations on the role.

02:18Lovely to speak to you and have a great time.

02:21Thank you very much.