THE Gazette & Herald has teamed up with York Theatre Royal to offer its readers the chance to see one of the region’s best-loved pantomime dames, Berwick Kaler and the return of the villain everyone loves to hate, David Leonard, in Old Mother Goose.

Good versus evil is put to the test when a good fairy and an evil demon fight for supremacy. The bad demon claims any human being can be corrupted, the good fairy throws down a challenge and chooses Old Mother Goose as an example of all that is good and cannot be corrupted. The evil demon sets off to prove the good fairy wrong.

So begins yet another classic panto tale of the unexpected, a tale to mystify your senses, a tale to tax anyone’s credulity, but above all a tale that will have the whole family enthralled in a world of laughter that never ceases.

After wowing audiences in the West End playing Miss Trunchbull in the smash-hit musical Matilda, David Leonard, the man everyone loves to hate is back in one of the region’s best-loved pantomime. Joining Berwick will be regular favourites Martin Barrass, Suzy Cooper and AJ Powel.

Old Mother Goose will be at York Theatre Royal until January 31. Tickets are priced from £11 to £28.50 and are available by visiting the York Theatre Royal box office or by phoning 01904 623568. Tickets are also available at yorktheatreroyal.co.uk

For your chance to win a family ticket to the performance on Saturday, January 17, at 2.30pm, just answer the following question and send it, along with your name, address and daytime phone number, to Gazette & Herald, Old Mother Goose competition, 84-86 Walmgate, York, YO1 9YN, or email gazette@gazetteherald.co.uk by Monday, January 5.

Question: What role did David Leonard play in the smash-hit musical Matilda in the West End?