Find out the star of this year's panto!
Lauren headed down to His Majesty's Theatre to find out who is the mystery star behind the curtain for this year's Aladdin... (Oh no she didn't!)
Last updated 3rd Apr 2017
Oh yes she did!
Ladies and Gentleman, boys and girls
The star of this years Aladdin is going to be...
JIMMY OSMOND!
Jimmy Osmond began his 50 year show business career at the age of three. He was the first in his family to receive a gold record at five years old. Collectively, Jimmy as a solo artist and with his family, share 59 gold and platinum records and other prestigious entertainment awards.
In 1972, Jimmy was at number one with "Long Haired Lover From Liverpool." It was the biggest selling single of the year and went onto stay in the charts for 27 weeks! The hit also put Jimmy in the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest person ever to top the UK charts - a record he still holds to THIS day!
"I'm excited to get back to pantoland with my friends at Qdos Entertainment. This is my seventh panto, and my first time playing Abanazar and I can't wait to team up with Alan and Jordan and put on a pantomime HMT audiences will love." **Jimmy Osmond**
Jimmy's been involved with musical theater including Grease, Chicago and Peter Pan. Jimmy has also appeared on loads of different television shows and reality programs including Fame, Love Boat, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!, Celebrity Family Fortunes, Celebrity Come Dine With me, Popstar to Operastar and most recently Celebrity Masterchef.
Jimmy also enjoys producing as well as performing and has produced many live shows and events all over the world. He is an award-winning producer for BBC, PBS, ABC and The Disney Channel.
Jimmy insisted on a photo... he said that his kids are big fans of Snapchat and wanted to use the dog filter.
They call it puppy love!
You can catch Lauren's chat with Jimmy on Monday morning on Jeff and Lauren in the morning from 6am.
Alan McHugh is currently writing the script to Aladdin now ready for December.
Since graduating from RSAMD in 1991, Alan has worked and toured with all the country’s leading theatre companies. Extensive television credits include five Taggarts, four years on High Road, as well as Still Game, Rab C Nesbitt, Dear Green Place, River City, Sea of Souls among others, and most recently appearing in the double BAFTA and RTS-winning Limmy’s Show.
For Aberdeen Performing Arts, Alan featured in the joint HMT/National Theatre of Scotland production of Tutti Frutti, and their tours Sunset Song and Silver Darlings as well as starring in A Play, A Pie and A Pint show One in a Million. Alan has written the HMT/Qdos pantomime for a number of years.
He has also appeared in US TV series Outlander, as well as National Theatre tours of The Spokesmen (Visible Fictions) and Sunset Song (Sell a Door Theatre)… so he’s coming to pantoland for a rest. Aye right!
We cannot wait to see it. Aladdin - coming to Aberdeen in December.
Catch the chat Lauren had with Jimmy...