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What do you get if you blend together pop bangers, loads of local humour, a flying carriage, the hottest song of 2025 and a rather brutal dig at Alexander Isak? Well you get this year's Tyne Theatre pantomime which is a Golden ticket in Newcastle this Christmas.
The annual extravaganza prides itself on being a 'proper Geordie panto' and that's a reputation that's only been cemented by Cinderella, a show that has everything you could want from a panto, including a star-studded cast led by Britain's Got Talent legends Twist & Pulse and music icon Maureen Nolan.
As someone who has Nativity up there as one of the best Christmas films of recent times, I was immediately on side thanks to the opening number being Sparkle & Shine and that high octane start set

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