This year’s pantomime at The Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury has broken its box office records with sell-out performances that will help to ensure the future of the theatre in 2023.

The classic tale of Snow White, brought up-to-date by BAFTA-winning writer, Maurice Gran (Birds of a Feather, The New Statesman) and Nick Wilkes (the Almost series), has amused generations from across the county over the last month, with a clever, laugh-out-loud script featuring an over-talkative interactive mirror, a troupe of high-spirited children toiling in Queen Malvinha’s silver mines and a joyous romance between IT guru Ted and eco-warrier Jim.