TICKET sales for a popular pantomime have broken a theatre's record, with 6,000 seats being snapped up in three days.

Almost 200 tickets for York Theatre Royal's pantomime, Sleeping Beauty, have been sold for every hour that the box office has been open since Thursday.

Last year, more than 53,000 people from the UK and abroad went to see Mother Goose Silver Jubilee.

Berwick Kaler has teamed up with York Theatre Royal artistic director, Damian Cruden to direct Sleeping Beauty, which runs from December 8, 2004 to January 29, 2005.

Tickets are now on sale from the box office in person or by calling (01904) 623568.

Published: 06/04/2004