There's magic in the air as the cast of this year’s magical family pantomime Aladdin starts to take shape at Lighthouse Poole. 

 With panto 'genie-us' and CBeebies star Chris Jarvis returning to write and direct, as well as appear as Widow Twankey, last week it was announced that Pantomime Award winners Andrew Pollard and Alim Jadavji, whose winning double act as the ugly sisters in Cinderella last year stole the show, are coming back to Poole to play the villain Professor Pocus and Genie of the Lamp respectively. 

Aladdin opens on Thursday 7 December and runs until New Year's Eve. Tickets are on sale now at www.lighthousepoole.co.uk, or call 01202 280000.