It's Strictly Panto For Artem

IT'S dance fever this year with Cbeebies as Artem Chigventsev, one of the professional dancers from Strictly,  joins the cast in their Christmas panto.

Artem plays the Palace choreographer who is giving dance lessons to the Prince (Alex Winters) before his appearance in the dance competition, Strictly CBeebies. But the Prince is devastated when he receives the lowest ever score in the dance competition from the Strictly CBeebies judges – Craig Revel Horwood, Alesha Dixon, Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman.

Artem was delighted to appear in the panto saying “I have had such fun taking part  and it was great to work with all the CBeebies cast. It was nice to take a break from filming Strictly to take on such a different role.  I enjoyed every minute.” 

This re-telling of a classic fairytale has all the traditional pantomime ingredients including  songs and laughter, cheers and boos and the occasional “Oh No It Isn't ".  But there’s also a few hidden extras as for one night only the Strictly Come Dancing set will be transformed into the Prince Charming’s Palace as the Prince tries to woo Cinderella (Katrina Bryan aka Nina from Nina and the Neurons) with his groovy dance moves.

Also appearing in CBeebies Panto: Strictly Cinderella are: Chris Jarvis as Baron Hardup; Ben Faulks (Mr Bloom) as Buttons Bloom; Nisha Anil as the Fairy Godmother; Katy Ashworth as The Royal Cook; Sid Sloane as Dandini; Pui Fan Lee as Baroness Bossy Nova; Phil Gallagher (Mister Maker) and Justin Fletcher as the ugly sisters, Makerena and Tumbleina; and Cerrie Burnell and Andy Day as the hosts of Strictly CBeebies. And there are also special guest appearances from the Strictly Come Dancing judges.

Make sure you put your dancing shoes on and join in the fun.

There are further festive offerings from CBeebies this year with Christmas specials of Timmy Time, Abney and Teal, Mister Maker, Mike the Knight, Justin’s House and Rastamouse. Not forgetting the CBeebies presentation studio, which will be transformed into a magical Xmas wonderland with tinsel, baubles and presents.