PANTO ticket sales in Halesowen last year raised £1,000 for cancer patients at Russells Hall Hospital.

Startime Variety has given the proceeds from Goldilocks and the Three Bears to the Georgina Ward.

Group press officer Jeanette Greenway said: “We were very pleased to be able to make the donation as we hadn’t raised that amount for a long time.”

This year’s panto, Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood, opens at the Cornbow Hall next Wednesday (January 28) and runs until Saturday January 31.

Tickets, priced £10, concessions £9 and family tickets £35, are available by calling 07901 055685 on the website at startimevariety.co.uk or through Startime Variety’s Facebook page. All tickets for the Saturday evening performance are £12.