Kai Widdrington swaps Strictly ballroom for 'new office' away from BBC show

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Strictly Come Dancing's Kai Widdrington is dazzling audiences off the dance floor as he takes on a new role in pantomime. Fresh from his sparkling appearance in the BBC One dance competition's grand final, where he wowed viewers alongside the 2024 cast and performed with singer-songwriter Raye, Kai is now embarking on a whole new challenge as he takes on his festive stint in panto.

He's playing Captain Hook in Peter Pan at The Auditorium at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena, with former Coronation Street actress Kimberly Hart-Simpson by his side as Tinkerbell.Taking to Instagram, Kai excitedly shared a poster of the upcoming show, which kicked off on Tuesday, 17 December, complete with a dashing 'stache, and invited fans to join the fun. "It's panto season!

Come see us at the M&S arena Liverpool for Panto this Christmas - fun for the whole family - oh yes it is!," he wrote. Back in rehearsals, he posted a peek at his script inside the venue, calling it "My new office for the rest of 2024." He also reposted a photo with Kimberly, who played Nicky Wheatley on ITV's Corrie, originally captioned "@kaiwidd Panto week," to which Kai enthusiastically replied: "Here we go! !" Kai recently made headlines as he smashed a world record on the Strictly 2024 Pro Challenge, a segment of the spin-off show It Takes Two.The annual competition sees the Strictly professionals attempting to perform as many repetitions of a specific dance step in 30 seconds, with the winner setting a new record.

This year's challenge had the talented dancers performing a Time Step from the cha-cha-cha, under the watchful eye of judge Craig Revel Horwood and adjudicator Will Munford, who were responsible for counting and verifying each attempt.The final results were.