If you want to see a pantomime this year that is funny, spectacular, and colourful, then the Victoria Theatre in Halifax is the place to go over the next few weeks. Whilst this particular panto may not have some of the big star names of others in the region, what it lacks in star quality is compensated for with a cast who are energetic, enthusiastic and entertaining.

If there's a theatrical tonic for the winter blues, it's Pass the Spoon at the Howard Assembly Room, Leeds. This isn't merely a show – it's a gloriously unhinged prescription for seasonal levity that demands immediate attention. Miss it at your peril.

We were drawn into the joy of this year’s Grand Opera House panto, Cinderella, by a fizzing Fairy Godmother (played with great enthusiasm by Lisa George) setting the scene with her prologue in rhyme and clearly having a good time connecting with the audience. Hot on her heels was cheery chappie Buttons.

Ooh, it’s that time of year again – oh yes it is!

It’s that time of year again, its back and once again, it’s been well worth waiting for, I am of course talking about the traditional Christmas pantomime at the Sheffield Lyceum, which this year is Aladdin. As in previous years, Aladdin has been written and directed by Paul Hendy.

In a year when Alhambra stalwart, Billy Pearce, won his battle against some potentially debilitating health issues, it was wonderful to see him in great form last night, in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, but it was just as refreshing to be introduced to another comedy great: drag queen extraordinaire, Myra Dubois.

With a career that spans music, theatre, film and television, Sinitta is now casting her magic wand to appear as the Spirit of Pantomime at the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford alongside Billy Pearce and Myra DuBois in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – oh yes, she is!