It got us thinking about all the great stars we’ve seen in the festive line-up in years gone by, from Sheila Ferguson to Mickey Rooney and Barbara Windsor to Faye Tozer.
Let’s relive it all in these Echo archive photos, boys and girls.

1. Your cue to share
Curtain up on some great panto scenes. Tell us how many you have seen. | se

2. One last rehearsal in 2003
Darren Day was buttons and Kate Heavenor was Cinderella in the spectacular production 21 years ago. | se

3. That Hollywood touch
Mickey Rooney, Barbara Windsor and Steve McFadden were among the stars of the cast of Cinderella in 2007. | se

4. Enchanting in 2009
John Challis, James Baxter, Steve Luck and Jessica Robinson made the great line-up for Peter Pan 15 years ago. | se