Reality TV
Swash to pile on the pounds for panto
Published Thursday, Dec 11 2008, 08:02 GMT | By Simon Reynolds
Rex Features
The former EastEnders actor shed a stone-and-a-half while in the jungle for the ITV1 reality show and plans to bulk up before taking to the stage as Buttons in Cinderella at the Central Theatre, Chatham.
The 26-year-old said: "Timmy Mallett is doing a pantomime and several other of the contestants have been in pantomimes before and they all told me how much fun they are and were all very supportive."
Tony Hill, general manager of the Central Theatre, added: "It was already great for us to have Joe Swash starring in our Christmas show. Now he has been crowned King of the Jungle we are ecstatic."
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