TICKETS have already sold out for one of the region's first pantomimes of the new season, featuring a big cast of strange characters in Aladdin.

The show, on Thursday, October 27, is being presented by the Craft Works and Green Explorers group, which is based in the Methodist Church Hall at Barnard Castle.

Anne Noble is directing the show with Eileen Bennison and Jennifer Mudd.

Ms Noble said: "Our first pantomime last year caused so much fun that the tickets for this one sold out as soon as they went on sale."