Curtain goes up on panto at Leeds City Varieties Music Hall

Justin Brett as Widow Twankey performing in Aladdin at Leeds City Varities Music Hall.

Open Sesame'¦ The doors of the City Varieties Music Hall are well and truly open for this year's Rock '˜n' Roll Panto.

Leeds audiences are invited to join Aladdin, Genie, Widow Twankey and a host of pantomime goodies and baddies on a magic carpet ride to this year’s show, set to run until January 7.

The now-famous festive treat, a hit with children and adults alike, is set to have audiences dancing in their seats to a panoply of pop, rock and soul hits by the likes of The Monkees, James Brown and Cher.