The National Theatre has revealed plans to stream its in-the-round pantomime for free from 23 December. Available on YouTube via the National Theatre and The Shows Must Go On channels, the piece will be available from 23 December at 3pm GMT until midnight on 27 December. It will then be made available on the newly launched National Theatre at Home platform from the 11 January for six weeks. The cast includes Melanie La Barrie as Bow Belles, Dickie Beau as Sarah, Amy Booth-Steel as Queen Rat, Laura Checkley as Mayor Pigeon, Lawrence Hodgson-Mullings as Dick Whittington, Georgina Onuorah as Alice and Cleve September as Tom Cat. Beth Hinton-Lever, Travis Kerry, Jaye Marshall, Ken Nguyen, Tinovimbanashe Sibanda and Christopher Tendai also join the company.