Imagine if a great plague came and ravaged the whole world. Imagine if all the leaders were totally useless. Imagine if it got so bad, it forced the world into lockdown... Sounds like the plot to a crazy adult pantomime: The Pied Piper!

The year is 2120 and Hamelin has been in lockdown for 100 years. Saved from the plague of rats (cough, cough pandemic reference, cough - please, don’t come if you’re coughing) by the rat-whispering Pied Piper, the town has been dancing to his tune for a century.This means no asking questions and never, ever leaving. But 100 years of lockdown later, and the children of Hamelin are beginning to ask questions: are they the only ones still locked-in?

Expect talking rats, jazzy musical numbers and some bubble-bursting frivolity from the future in a panto to make up for all cancelled pantos: The Pied Piper!