EastEnders star and Strictly finalist Maisie Smith is making her pantomime debut in Kent this Christmas. The former Albert Square resident will be joining the cast of the Marlowe Theatre’s Beauty and the Beast, the county’s biggest panto, from November. The Canterbury theatre has scooped several accolades in the past for its winter productions, including Best Dame, Best Contribution to Music and Best Script at this year’s UK Pantomime Awards. Maisie, who starred as Tiffany Butcher on the BBC soap from 2008 to 2014, will be returning to the Marlowe after visiting in March last year alongside Ke…