John Barrowman Will Be Aladdin In Glasgow

By Andrew Gans
14 Dec 2009

Stage and screen star John Barrowman, who is currently starring in Robin Hood: The Pantomime Adventure in Cardiff, will return to his native Glasgow in 2010.

Barrowman, according to his official website, will head the cast of a pantomime production of Aladdin beginning Dec. 10, 2010, at SECC's Clyde Auditorium. Producers are Odos Entertainment.

In a statement Barrowman said, "I'm really looking forward to spending the holidays singing, dancing and having a good laugh in Glasgow next year! I love playing Aladdin and I think audiences will love everything about this amazing pantomime, especially the amazing 3D effects."

Aladdin, according to press notes, "has all of the traditional elements of pantomime but with the added surprise of an array of 3D special effects. Wearing 3D glasses at certain points throughout the show the audience can rub the magic lamp as it appears in front of their nose, summon the magical 3D Genie from his lamp and join Aladdin on a superb magic carpet ride!"

Performances will continue through January 9, 2011.

John Barrowman is best known for creating the role of Captain Jack Harness in the first series of Russell T. Davies' revamped "Doctor Who" for BBC TV, from which his own spin-off series, "Torchwood," was created. He has also appeared in series 3 and 4 of "Doctor Who." The singing actor has also been seen as a judge on BBC1's reality TV casting shows "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?," "Any Dream Will Do" and "I'd Do Anything" and was a celebrity skater on the ITV show "Dancing on Ice."

Prior to La Cage aux Folles, he was last seen on the West End musical theatre stage doing a stint in Chicago as Billy Flynn in 2004, and prior to that was seen at the National as Billy Crocker in Anything Goes (a role he had previously taken over in the previous West End revival at the Prince Edward Theatre, opposite Elaine Paige, in 1989). He also appeared as Dumaine in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost during his National Theatre season, and subsequently made his West End straight play acting debut in A Few Good Men at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in 2005. Among his other numerous West End credits are Matador, Miss Saigon, Beauty and the Beast, The Fix (Olivier-nominated for Best Actor in a Musical), Hair and Sunset Boulevard. On Broadway, he has appeared in Sunset Boulevard and Putting it Together.

For ticket information call 0844 395 4000.