Cinderella is the fastest-selling panto yet at Lowther Pavilion - oh yes it is!

The theatre’s artistic director Tim Lince is delighted to see that the production has beaten all previous booking figures by being 30 per cent above pre-pandemic levels.Locally-born director Debbie Flitcroft, delighted to be back on home ground at a theatre where she performed as a youngster, brings big musical numbers, stunning costumes, eye-catching scenery and special effects to the stage, with an energetic all-singing, all-dancing cast in the Paul Holman Associates production.

Libby Marshall as Cinderella is joined by Adam Stickler as Prince Charming, Naomi Slater as the Fairy Godmother, Andrew Haynes as Baron Hardup, Joseph Annetts as Dandini, Darren Wright as Buttons, and Paul Brangan and Dylan Jacobs as the Ugly Sisters Winner and Wanda Hardup.

Emily Cross, Millie Lyon, Rohan Jenkins and Dillon White make up the pantomime ensemble, with musical director David Windle and percussionist Philip Dodgson.

Debbie said of the show she has spent the last year putting together: “I always believe the steering force of a pantomime should be comedy, audience participation and magic and Cinderella is oozing all three of the ingredients that make a great panto.

"I am so excited to be back in Lytham and working on the stage. As a girl I used to do my school dance displays here at Lowther so it’s nice to come full circle and return to my roots at such a special time of year.”

Tim said: “It is a mark of the tremendous work done by staff at the theatre to re-engage with the community through our education work and the fantastic programme of shows that are now playing We have had sell out after sell out during the autumn and through making the venue more visitor friendly we have developed the audience seeing them return time and time again.

"Although Lowther is at the heart of the community on Fylde it is also attracting audiences from much further afield with 67 per cent of our current audience being visitors from out of the area helping boost the tourism spend in the town.”

Cinderella continues at Lowther until Friday, December 30 and full details of show times and ticket availability are at www.lowtherpavilion.co.uk while the box office can be contacted by phone on 01253-794221.