THE cast of this year's pantomime at Chatham's Central Theatre gathered aboard the Kingswear Castle Paddle Steamer moored at Chatham Historic Dockyard to officially launch Peter Pan.

The pantomime will feature a range of faces from television, including London's Burning actor Jonathan Guy Lewis who plays Chris Hammond, and Home and Away's Duncan Stewart, played by Brendan McKensy.

Joining them for the three-week stint at the High Street theatre will be s page three model Leilani, Des Ballard from weekend children's show Diggit and Rob Forknall back to play Dame Cookson.

The cast spent the day visiting locations in Medway introducing the characters to their Christmas audience.

The pantomime opens on Thursday, December 13 and runs until Sunday January 12. Tickets are available from the box office on 01634 403868.