A fun-filled show guaranteed to brighten up a bleak January evening is on offer this week at the Epworth Hall in Helston, where the Meneage Arts Players are staging a production of Aladdin.

A traditional pantomime, the show is complete with colourful costumes and sets, plenty of audience participation and several spectacular chases involving a chimpanzee and the local constabulary!

Paul Blaber directs a talented cast including Amanda Jury in the title role, Gary Hunt as Widow Twanky and Jonathan Geer as the fierce baddie Abanazer.

The production, which opened last night, continues at the Epworth Hall in Coinagehall Street until Saturday.