Alison Crawford  had just come off the Epstein Theatre stage after being photographed by what seemed a million digital cameras zooming in her and the costume she is wearing for this year’s much looked forward to pantomime at the busy theatre.

Watching Alison from anywhere in the stalls of the theatre on Hanover Street, you cannot help but be entranced by the spectacle unfolding and at the back of the mind, in the recesses of panto’s past and the glory of rags to riches stories, you cannot help but understand just how important the role of Cinderella is in the magic of Christmas.