Pantomime season is returning to Hartlepool – “oh yes it is” – for one of the “biggest and most spectacular” pantos the town has ever seen – and you could win a family ticket to enjoy all the fun.

Running from Thursday, December 10, to Sunday, December 27, Cinderella is “packed with laugh-out-loud comedy, dazzling costumes, sensational songs, stunning special effects and plenty of magical surprises to delight audiences of all ages”.

It is produced by the acclaimed AJ Theatrical Productions, which has brought the magic of pantomime to the Town Hall Theatre for the past seven years, including last year’s Snow White show.

It stars all your Hartlepool panto favourites including Gary Martin Davis and Anthony Turner as the wickedly funny Ugly Sisters, Phil Reid as Buttons, the fabulously funny Davey Hopper as Dandini, Scarlett Elizabeth Robinson as Cinderella and Hartlepool’s own hip hop crew Ruff Diamond.

The cast of Cinderella outside Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre.

placeholder image — The cast of Cinderella outside Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre.

Thanks to the generosity of Hartlepool Borough Council and AJ Theatrical Productions, the Hartlepool Mail has one family ticket – for either two adults and two children or one adult and three children – to give away for an off-peak show.

To stand a chance of winning, just answer this one easy question:

What item of footwear does Cinderella lose?

Please email your answer to [email protected] by Wednesday, November 11, at 5pm.

Thanks to the above organisations for supporting the Mail's competition.

Make sure you title your email Cinderella ticket competition and include your full name, full address, mobile phone number and the combination of adult and child seats you require.

The lucky winner will be informed after the deadline has passed and arrangements made for them to receive their tickets ahead of their chosen performance.

Our competition rules include that the tickets cannot be exchanged for their monetary value and that the Mail is not in a position to discuss the outcome of the draw with losing entrants.

For full details of Cinderella performances – and which shows are classed as off peak – go to www.creativehartlepool.com .

Tickets for the pantomime can be bought from www.creativehartlepoolmail.com or by calling (01429) 890000 or in person at the box office in Hartlepool Art Gallery, in Church Square, which is open from Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10am to 1pm.