He’s behind you! We take a look back at a performance of Aladdin at St Matthew’s School in Ipswich.

Ipswich Star: Do you remember the Aladdin pantomime at St Matthew's School in 1978? Picture: OWEN HINESDo you remember the Aladdin pantomime at St Matthew's School in 1978? Picture: OWEN HINES (Image: Owen Hines)

Aladdin is an ancient tale set in the Middle East of a peasant boy who finds a genie in a lamp.

Ipswich Star: Do you remember the Aladdin pantomime at St Matthew's School in 1978? Picture: OWEN HINESDo you remember the Aladdin pantomime at St Matthew's School in 1978? Picture: OWEN HINES (Image: Owen Hines)

In the pantomime version of the story, Widow Twankey - a lady who runs a laundrette - is Aladdin's mother.

Ipswich Star: Do you remember the Aladdin pantomime at St Matthew's School in 1978? Picture: OWEN HINESDo you remember the Aladdin pantomime at St Matthew's School in 1978? Picture: OWEN HINES (Image: Owen Hines)

Widow Twankey, the dame of the show, was entertaining the children all afternoon with her humourous slapstick.

Ipswich Star: Do you remember the Aladdin pantomime at St Matthew's School in 1978? Picture: OWEN HINESDo you remember the Aladdin pantomime at St Matthew's School in 1978? Picture: OWEN HINES (Image: Owen Hines)

The evil Abanaza tries to conspire against the emporer and take power for himself, he decieves Aladdin too.

Ipswich Star: Do you remember the Aladdin pantomime at St Matthew's School in 1978? Picture: OWEN HINESDo you remember the Aladdin pantomime at St Matthew's School in 1978? Picture: OWEN HINES (Image: Owen Hines)

Aladdin falls in love with the princess, and they all lived happily ever after.

Ipswich Star: Do you remember the Aladdin pantomime at St Matthew's School in 1978? Picture: OWEN HINESDo you remember the Aladdin pantomime at St Matthew's School in 1978? Picture: OWEN HINES (Image: Owen Hines)

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