WITH THE festive season on the horizon, Fife’s biggest panto will be returning to the Alhambra Theatre just shortly.

This year’s panto is Jack and the Beanstalk, and it features a cast of familiar faces and audience favourites.

Jack and the Beanstalk is this year's panto.Jack and the Beanstalk is this year's panto. (Image: Rebecca Lee) Ian ‘Sheepie’ Smith will be back for his fourth consecutive Alhambra panto and will be playing ‘Silly Billy’.

Star of BBC Scotland's 'River City' and comedy hit 'Stevens & McCarthy,' Gayle Telfer Stevens joins the Alhambra panto for the second time this year. Playing Dame Trott in Jack & The Beanstalk, Gayle promises to bring the laughs and keep Silly Billy in check.

Ian 'Sheepie' Smith will be playing 'Silly Billy'.Ian 'Sheepie' Smith will be playing 'Silly Billy'. (Image: Rebecca Lee) Louise Kempson, last year’s Wicked Witch in the Wizard of Oz, will be returning as Fairy Dolly this year. Mark Hayden will be performing at the Alhambra for a record fifth time as Fleshcreep, while Ross Dillon and Rebecca Jamieson will play Jack and Jolene.

Rebecca Jamieson will play Jolene.Rebecca Jamieson will play Jolene. (Image: Rebecca Lee) Kevin McLeod is back this year. A member of the family show Funbox, Kevin knows exactly how to work an audience and will bring Yosemite Sam to life this Christmas.

With some shows already sold out, you can get your tickets booked on the Alhambra’s website.