IT is that time of year again - oh yes it is.

With Christmas comes the panto season and this year pupils from one Redditch School have decided to do things slightly different from the norm.

Youngsters at Woodfield Academy will be performing a Christmas classic, but with a twist.

The school's modern version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, called Scrooge, is set in a chocolate factory and has a cast of both funny and scary characters, including the miserable Scrooge, the formidable Jan Butty and her incompetent helpers, scary spooks and of course - the endearing Cratchett family.

Pupils will perform the panto on Wednesday, December 7 and Thursday, December 8 at 7pm at the school.

Tickets are available via the school.