Jack and the Beanstalk was the most successful panto at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre in the past ten years.
Almost 40,000 people saw the production which featured Iain Lauchlan as Dame Trott. The final week sold out.
The Belgrade’s executive director Joanna Reid says, “We’re delighted with the success of the panto.
“We were overwhelmed by the generosity of the public and local businesses whose donations helped us to stream a performance of the show into hospitals and enable families facing financial hardship to have some festive fun.
“It’s very heartening that so many people wanted to help spread good cheer to others in difficult circumstances.”
The online broadcast of Jack and the Beanstalk was funded by the Belgrade’s Give the Gift of Theatre campaign. More than 1,000 businesses and individuals donated nearly £9,000.
The campaign also helped the theatre to provide almost 400 panto tickets to families facing financial hardship.
The next panto will be Aladdin.The Belgrade has added an extra week to the show which will run from 26 November until 10 January 2015.