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Gillian Filan with her daughter Nicole (left) and Katherine Jenkins (centre). Pic: Gillian Filan\/Instagram<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old Sligo<\/a> native said the role is a ‘dream come true for me’.<\/p>\n She said: ‘I am so excited to play Rapunzel at The Ambassador Theatre this December. <\/p>\n ‘It is a dream come true for me. I have always loved singing, dancing and acting, and to bring Rapunzel to life in the heart of Dublin this Christmas is really special.’<\/p>\n The show is produced by\u00a0Showbiz Productions, led by\u00a0Andrea Kavanagh of The Showbiz Academy, whose work with young performers and family entertainment has made her a familiar name in Irish stage circles.<\/p>\n Andrea said: ‘I am absolutely thrilled to have this opportunity to be involved in something truly magical.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘With a fantastic\u00a0creative team and an incredibly talented cast by my side,\u00a0I cannot wait to bring Rapunzel to life on the stage of the beautiful, historic Ambassador Theatre in the heart of Dublin\u2019s Fairytale City.’<\/p>\n Rapunzel\u00a0runs at\u00a0The Ambassador Theatre, O\u2019Connell Street, Dublin, from\u00a022 December 2026 to 10 January 2027. Tickets \u20ac32.50 or \u20ac115 for a family of four (including booking fee and facility fee) and are on sale now via\u00a0www.ticketmaster.ie<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The daughter of Westlife superstar Shane Filan has landed her first major role in a Christmas Panto. Nicole…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-547621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"PANTO](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Rapunzel.jpg\")
PANTO announcement: Rapunzel lets down her hair in the heart of Dublin for festive panto magic at The Ambassador Theatre. Pic: Supplied<\/p>\n![\"Shane](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2025-09-14T132957.030.jpg\")
Shane Filan with his wife Gillian and daughter Nicole. Pic: Shane Filan\/ Instagram<\/p>\n