From Coronation Street to Fleshcreep for Calum Lill

The cast of Scarisbrick's Jack and the Beanstalk: (l-r) Calum Lill, Michael Lawless, Suzanne Fulton, Mary Shanker and David Dale, with Danny Childs in front

Coronation Street villain Calum Lill - he recently met a sticky end in the soap as tricksy lawyer Joel Deering - becomes pantomime baddie Fleshcreep in Jack and the Beanstalk at the newly-opened Oak Theatre in the grounds of Scarisbrick Hall near Southport (December 13-24).

Panto royalty David Dale plays Dame Trott. A survivor of 25 seasonal shows, David's highlights include pantomimes at the London Palladium and Birmingham Hippodrome; last year he was nominated for a prestigious UK Pantomime Award.

When Jack Trott swaps the family cow for a bag of beans, his mum isn’t best pleased. But when the beans sprout... and keep growing... they lead to the tallest of adventures in the clouds.

The Oak Theatre is a new, state of the art, 390-seat venue in the grounds of the award-winning Scarisbrick Hall School.

General manager Tom Cain said: “Excitement is really building here before we welcome the first audiences to our first pantomime. Seeing our cast in full costume has really got us in the Christmas spirit.”

More info and tickets here