ITV’s Towie and Splash star Dan Osborne is set to tread the boards for the first time as Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk.

LHK Productions return to Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre this Christmas with one of the world’s favourite fairy tales from Thursday, December 11, 2014 to Sunday, January 4, 2015 Fairy Godmother of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings Thelma Madine swaps her needle and thread for a wand to star as the fairy.

Celebrity hairdresser Herbert of Liverpool returns as the voice of the giant. Brookside’s Suzanne Collins plays Mrs Fleshcreep and Alison Crawford is Jill.

Tickets from £12.50 on 0844 888 4411, online at boxoffice@epsteinliverpool.co.uk or or in person at the theatre box office in Hanover Street.