IT'S that time of year again, oh yes it is.

Well, not really, but the full cast for this year's panto at Redditch's Palace Theatre has been announced.

Lloyd Daniels, best known as a finalist in the sixth and most watched season of The X Factor, will be heading the cast of Jack and the Beanstalk as the hero Jack.

Making her pantomime debut, Vernie Bennett from smash-hit group Eternal will star as the Spirit of the Beans.

Tony Rudd is the aptly named Simple Simon, the hilarious Ian Mowat will be Dame Trott, and Andrew Haynes is King Crumble.

And of course, this year the task of flexing their devious muscles falls on the talented Simon Kingsley who’ll be playing the dastardly Fleshcreep.

Jack and the Beanstalk runs from December 7 until January 3.

For more information, visit redditchpalacetheatre.co.uk.