Is It Time for a Night of Panto? Oh Yes It Is

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Byline: Fiona Mountford

(1) Festive fun: (clockwise from main picture) Richard Bremner in Nicholas Nickleby; Hayley-Jayne Langwith and Gregor Henderson-Begg in Mother Goose; Helen Baker in Jack and the Beanstalk(2) Hackneys finest: Hannah Jane Fox (Dick Whittington) and Clive Rowe (Sarah the Cook) at the Empire (3) Festive fun: (clockwise from main picture) Richard Bremner in Nicholas Nickleby; Hayley-Jayne Langwith and Gregor Henderson-Begg in Mother Goose; Helen Baker in Jack and the Beanstalk

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