THE stars of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs brought some early Christmas cheer to Plymouth when they officially launched this year’s glittering Theatre Royal pantomime.

Duncan James, perfectly cast in the role of The Prince and Ben Nickless, as Muddles, were joined at a city hotel by Charlotte Haines who will play the titular role of Snow White.

Duncan James can currently be seen playing the role of Ryan in the Channel Four soap opera Hollyoaks. He has also recently starred as Tick in the UK tour of Priscilla Queen of the Desert.

Duncan rose to fame in boyband Blue in 2001 who racked up 40 number one singles worldwide, three number one albums and sales of over 16- million records.

Duncan’s panto appearance in Plymouth is his third for Qdos Entertainment after making his debut at Birmingham Hippodrome in 2014/15 and playing the title role of Aladdin at Mayflower Theatre Southampton last year.

Ben Nickless’ career took off in 2006 when he appeared on the BBC television series Let Me Entertain You alongside Brian Conley and Christine Bleakley. Since then, Ben has become popular on the comedy circuit and has played Muddles, a comic role in pantomime, numerous times.

Charlotte Haines trained at the Guilford School of Acting and since then has appeared in various productions such as My Cousin Rachel, Stone Cold Murder and Sleeping Beauty. This will be Charlotte’s second time playing Snow White for Qdos Entertainment.

Also starring, as The Wicked Queen, will Lesley Joseph, famed for starring in Birds of a Feather and currently appearing in BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing.