For the third consecutive year, La Voix will be starring in Wycombe Swan’s pantomime, this time in Jack and the Beanstalk, which runs from Friday 12th December to Sunday 4th January 2026, and La Voix will play Dame Trott alongside Mark Read as Jack, Christina Harris as Princess Jill and Scott Mills as Mayor Mills. It has recently been announced that La Voix will be playing Miss Hannigan in select venues on the 2026 Annie UK Tour, which marks her first musical theatre project, and she has been performing in her The Show Isn’t Over Tour, which included a date at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the West End. La Voix has released a number of singles this year, with her latest The Magic of Christmas reaching #1 last week in the iTunes charts, and #5 in the Official Singles Downloads Chart. In 2024, La Voix was a contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK reaching the final, and she was a contestant on this year’s Strictly Come Dancing with Aljaž Škorjanec, though unfortunately, due to injury, they withdrew ahead of performing in Blackpool in November, however, they will reunite when they are on the line-up of the 2026 Strictly Come Dancing Tour. Catching up with La Voix, we found out from her about starring as Dame Trott in Jack and the Beanstalk at Wycombe Swan, being announced for her first musical theatre project playing Miss Hannigan in the Annie UK Tour next year, her time as a contestant on this year’s Strictly Come Dancing with her professional partner Aljaž Škorjanec and being a finalist on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK in 2024.

You are starring at Wycombe Swan for your third consecutive year, how does it feel to be returning for another pantomime season and what is the theatre like to perform at?

It’s such an amazing theatre to play in, mainly because of the amazing Wycombe crowd who pile in every year to support the pantomimes, and every year it’s so different. I mean, we’ve gone from Vernon Kay to Suzanne Shaw from Hear’Say to now Scott Mills from Radio 2, and it’s so varied for me. I get to step back in with my friends of Wycombe to cause mischief, but then there’s the celebrity, the new one that gets thrown into the mix every year for me to ridicule publicly! It’s so much fun.

Have you performed in Jack and the Beanstalk previously and how has it been reading this year’s script?

Even after nearly 25 years of panto this is my first ever Jack and the Beanstalk. We’ve got a real beanstalk, we’ve got a digital set, and a real giant, it’s brilliant and what a great story. I get to go up the beanstalk, which I didn’t think I would as Dame Trott. I thought I’d be stuck in the farmyard with my bag of beans, being miserable and poor as a farmer. But no, I get to scale the beanstalk, I get to see what that giant world is like, and obviously I get to have a real pantomime cow as my pet, and also Scott Mills is apparently singing a song. Honestly, I’d book a ticket just to see that!

How are you preparing for taking on the role of Dame Trott and what will you bring to this year’s character?

Well, I’m bringing glamour to the farming community. I’ve been researching wellies, cow pats, pigs, and smelly things like that. It’s a dairy farm and I’ve never milked a cow, so that’s a first. As Dame Trott, I’ve also got to be a supportive mother to my young kids, and then I’ve also got to be really angry when Jack doesn’t bring pennies back and instead comes home with magic beans. So it’s testing my emotions as well as the poverty line of the village! Proper acting, darling!

What was it like meeting the rest of the pantomime cast – which includes Mark Read as Jack, Christina Harris as Princess Jill and Scott Mills as Mayor Mills – and have you worked with any of them before?

I haven’t. I did work with Ben Adams once from A1 before, but I’ve never worked with Mark Read – I’m working my way through the boy band members. I’ve worked with Scott on his Radio 2 show, but I’ve never seen him tread the boards as an actor, so I’m excited to see what he’s going to bring as Mayor Mills. He is so charming and charismatic (like me), I think we will have a lot of fun!

What do you think the story of Jack and the Beanstalk will be like to tell, and why would you recommend booking tickets to see the Wycombe Swan pantomime, which is running from Friday 12th December until Sunday 4th January 2026?

Jack and the Beanstalk is so visual for kids. Normally in Cinderella you’ve got the ball, in Aladdin you’ve got the cave… well, in Jack and the Beanstalk you get the fabulous pantomime cow, the amazing beanstalk that grows, and the giant. So just when you see the biggest thing there is, something else appears in the story that’s even more impressive.

Why should people book? It’s going to be an absolute spectacle of a show. It’s modern with a digital set. It’s traditional with a beanstalk and an amazing giant puppet. And also some amazing, very current people gracing the stage. I mean, I’ve literally just left the ballroom floor and I’m walking onto the Wycombe stage. You can’t get more current than that. So book a ticket. Don’t go and see the dated ones. Come and see Wycombe.

It has been announced that you will be performing as Miss Hannigan in select venues of the Annie 2026 UK Tour, what are you looking forward to for playing the role and touring in the musical?

Well, in pantomime I’ve obviously got to be nice for the kids, but as Miss Hannigan I can be horrible to the kids! So if I get lots of badly behaved kids at Wycombe, I’ll take it all out on the cast of Annie when I’m in that show. I get to work with the most amazing cast singing amazing songs, I don’t think there’s one song from Annie that people don’t know. Tomorrow and Maybe – they’re just great. I think I’ll be singing them in the wings when I’m not singing on stage myself.

Even though I have toured my own shows for years, I’m excited to tour in my first musical as I’ve never done a musical before. I get to play this iconic role after some amazing legends have played it. So yes, it’s going to be a hard-knock life, but not for me. I’m going to love every second.

How was your time performing on your The Show Isn’t Over Tour and what was it like taking the show to Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the West End?

Oh, performing Drury Lane with my tour was magical. It was packed to the rafters and the response when I walked out was one I’ll never forget. Aljaž (Škorjanec) made an appearance on stage, family members were there, it was just an incredible, incredible night for me. You do those venues and people think you do them all the time, but you really don’t. These things come around once in a lifetime. I adored every second of being on that stage, and I hope I get to play it again, but that audience’s love on that night will see me through endless years of performing, because it was quite incredible.

You’ve had a number of music releases this year, including your recent Christmas song – The Magic of Christmas, what has it been like seeing the fan response and how do you find the experience recording and releasing your own music?

I love doing pop music. I’ve had a few stabs at it this year and it’s not been too bad!

The Christmas song The Magic of Christmas very quickly took Taylor Swift off number one, which was particularly fabulous. It maybe only happened for about 30 seconds, but it did happen! I’ve got a screenshot to prove it!

When people download the songs and play them and message you how much they love them, it blows your mind. You record these songs in the studio, you put them out hoping your friends and family might like them, and when the whole country is downloading them, it’s next level.

It’s a great song, it conjures up everything I’m about… fun, fabulous sparkliness. It’s a great Christmas anthem. Get listening to it! Have you listened yet?

Is there anything you have enjoyed most about being a contestant on the 2025 series of Strictly Come Dancing and do you have any stand-out highlights from your time on the show (before you unfortunately had to withdraw ahead of Week 9 due to injury) that you can share?

Oh wow. I loved it. The whole experience, being welcomed so warmly by the judges, the crew, Tess (Daly) and Claudia (Winkleman), the audience, it was something I never expected. I thought I’d go on there, not be the best dancer, go home Week 3 if I was lucky. So to stay in as long as I did was amazing.

The most precious thing was dancing with Aljaž and training in that room. He believed in me every step of the way, even when I didn’t believe in myself. He got me to dance things I never thought I could do. I’ll never forget that experience with him in the training room and on the dance floor. It was a beautiful time of my life.

What are some of your favourite memories from being a contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK last year and how was it reaching the Final?

I can’t believe it’s a year since I did Drag Race. It’s crazy. It was so much fun. When I compare Strictly to Drag Race, Drag Race was so easy! Putting on a silly costume, walking down a runway, doing skits! The stand-out moment for me was my dad appearing and walking that runway, making the most amazing speech. Princess Diana on the log flume being covered in water was another highlight. And getting down to the final was just a moment in my life I never thought I’d achieve standing there in front of RuPaul thinking, ‘This could be it’. It wasn’t, sadly! I was robbed, but hey I get to do panto at Wycombe so I won something!

Do you have any favourite films, TV and theatre shows to watch, and music artists to listen to?

Well, I LOVE Christmas. I love all the Christmas films. I actually watched Annie the other day, Home Alone has got to be a favourite too, hasn’t it? Even if it’s Home Alone 2, I don’t mind, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is also a favourite. I also never get tired of Christmas songs. I’m not one of those people who walks into a department store in July and goes ‘Oh, the blooming Christmas songs!’, I love it. Bring on Mariah in August as far as I’m concerned. Mince pies in February if they haven’t gone off. I love it all and I’ll be playing my own Christmas song this year too, of course. Got to stay current!

Have you been given any advice over your career so far that has stuck with you, and what advice would you give someone starting out in drag/theatre?

Do you know what? In our line of work it’s all about survival. You keep going to keep going. With hard work and graft, the work will come your way. It’s about staying in the game for as long as you can. I’ll never forget someone saying to me: People forget what you say. People forget what you did. But they never forget how you made them feel. And I think that’s the most important thing. People watching you might have had a bad day or be going through something. If you can bring a little happiness or a smile, then that’s your job. Focus on how you make people feel, not on what you’re doing. That’s the best advice.

Do you have any further career plans (apart from Annie) for 2026 that you can share?

It’s just been such an amazing year for me this year and long may it continue, hopefully there will be more exciting things to come next year.

We just announced I’ll also be doing the Strictly Tour next year and I can’t wait to dance with Aljaž again. But first, I can’t wait to get on stage at Wycombe for panto, it will be a blast!

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