JemmaPage published More than 31,000 flock to watch Mansfield's Aladdin pantomime

Mansfield's pantomime was almost a sell-out – with 94 per cent of the tickets available being sold. A total of 31,085 seats were sold out of a possible 33,108 for this year's production of Aladdin, which was performed 62 times at the Palace Theatre. This is up from 75 per cent for a production of same pantomime in 2002 and 90 per for Aladdin in 2009. Councillor David Smith, the district council's portfolio holder for cultural services, said: "We are really delighted that so many...