Jack and the Beanstalk coming to the Coliseum this Christmas

Children and adults alike are set to be left full of beans after this year's Oldham Coliseum pantomime.

Written by Fine Time Fontayne and Kevin Shaw, Jack and the Beanstalk will feature all the family favourites, including slapstick, sing-a-long chart hits, a larger than life dame … and a pantomime cow.

It tells the traditional tale of Jack, his struggle to make ends meet, and his ultimate adventure up a sky-scraping beanstalk.

Brought by the award winning team that presented Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty, the production will offer plenty of fe-fi-fo-fum between 16 November and 4 January.

– Rebecca Cohen