EMMA-JAYNE Waters is again following in her mother’s footsteps as she seeks fame and fortune for the second year running.

The Sutton woman last year took on the same pantomime role that her mother played for the same theatre group in previous years.

And following her success in Aladdin, Emma-Jayne has landed another title role in Sutton’s Green Hut Theatre Company’s annual panto.

This time it’s Dick Whittington, a role that her mother, Alison Waters, of Eastburn, played more than a decade ago.

Former Craven School student Emma-Jayne progressed to principal roles several years ago after a childhood playing a succession of panto animals.

Emma-Jayne is also the choreographer for Dick Whittington, working alongside musical director David Boddy and producers Philip Smith and David Knights.

Performing on stage in Dick Whittington opposite Emma-Jayne will be Kelly Smith, taking the role of principal girl for the first time.

Kelly, who plays Alderman’s daughter Alice, has been with Green Hut for several years, playing roles in musicals like Back To The Eighties, plays like No Sex Please We’re British, and pantomimes like Aladdin and Bah Humbug!.

Dick and Alice team up to foil the evil king rat Balthazar’s plot to take over London with his army of vermin.

Dean Harness and Will Blackie play comedy duo Sarah and Billy, and the adult cast is completed by Roxanne Williams, Richard Wilkinson, Karen Postill, Bryan Blackie and Tomas (correct) Murphy.

South Craven School students are playing animals in Dick Whittington – Francesca Tetley as the cat, and Hannah Anderson and Lauren Ackroyd as Balthazar’s sidekicks Rat Fink and Rat Bag.

Sutton’s version of Dick Whittington follows the traditional story, with young adventurer Dick arriving in London to see if it’s true that the streets are paved with gold.

He makes friends with an orphan cat, and the pair impress Alderman Fitzwarren by driving away the rats who have attacked his grain warehouse.

A rosy future seems assured for Dick after the Alderman offers him a job and he falls in love with his boss’s daughter Alice.

But Dick Whittington doesn’t realise he will play a central part in a centuries-old battle for supremacy between Balthazar and a good fairy.

The ensuing adventure will take Dick and his friends across the oceans and on to a desert island inhabited by cannibals.

Along the way there’s a magic microwave oven, a beach that plays scary music, and a cookpot with Sarah and Billy’s names on it.

Dick Whittington is at Sutton Village Hall from December 10 to 13 at 7.15pm, along with a Saturday matinee at 2.15pm.

Tickets cost £7 for adults and £6 concessions, by calling 01535 632289 or from the Londis Store, Main Street, Sutton.