Gareth Gates finds his Belle for Great Yarmouth pantomime

Share Save Add as preferred on Google Neve Gordon-Farleigh Norfolk BBC Rosanna Roscoe says she received a call to say she secured the role of Belle a week after she auditioned A performer is ready to step into the shoes of a Disney princess after being selected from more than 200 hopefuls in a Norfolk theatre's first pantomime for 30 years.

More than 200 hopefuls auditioned in April for the opportunity to play the role of Belle in Beauty & The Beast at the Britannia Theatre in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, over the festive season.

Rosanna Roscoe was announced for her first professional role opposite singing star Gareth Gates, who plays the cursed prince and is also co-producer.

She said: "The search for a local Belle was really important to the team... I have lots of family from Norfolk and my nan still lives there now."