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4 unusual facts about Karen Dunbar


Karen Dunbar

Over Christmas 2007, Dunbar made her first appearance in pantomime, at the King's Theatre in Glasgow, playing Nanny Begood in Sleeping Beauty.

She played the fairy godmother in Cinderella (2012–13) and appeared in the 2013-14 season as a new character, Slave of the Ring, in Aladdin.

Further pantomime roles include the Good Fairy and the Wicked Stepmother in Cinderella (2008–09) and Widow Twankey in Aladdin (2009–10).

King's Theatre Pantomime

After Kelly's death in 2010, Karen Dunbar has taken on the lead comic role: Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, Widow Twankey in Aladdin and The Nanny in Sleeping Beauty


Rab C. Nesbitt

The series has featured guest appearances from the likes of Norman Lovett, Peter Mullan, Rikki Fulton, Anita Dobson, Timothy Spall, Stanley Baxter, Kevin McNally, Clive Russell, Jerry Sadowitz, Viv Lumsden, Sylvester McCoy, Russell Hunter, Peter Capaldi and then unknowns David Tennant, Ashley Jensen, Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill, Karen Dunbar, Jane McCarry and Paul Riley.


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