To banish the winter blues, villagers are welcoming a new pantomime full of colour and music.
Aladdin, by amateur dramatics group Springline Productions, will premiere on March 10 at Snells Hall in East Hendred, near Wantage.
Tickets for the show are available from Hendred stores, priced at £12 for adults, £8 for children aged 16 and under.
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Being cast as the dame, Widow Twankey, came as a surprise to inexperienced John Marshall from Ardington, but he assures that the character will not disappoint.
Mr Marshall said: "Being cast as the dame is somewhat at odds with my day-job providing technical assistance to customers, but Widow Twankey's larger-than-life character hopefully justifies my missed lines, out of tune singing, and wrongly-timed actions."
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