HE’S the character TV audiences loved to loathe.

John Altman’s Nick Cotton was the ultimate EastEnders bad boy.

So he’ll make the perfect pantomime villain when he takes to the stage at Ferneham Hall as Flesh Creep in Jack and the Beanstalk.

Join intrepid Jack on the adventure of a lifetime as he bounds up the beanstalk to do battle with Giant Blunderbore.

Does Dame Trott finally get her man? Can Simple Simon work out which end of the cow needs milking?

Find out in a pantomime that scales new heights, with a spectacular stomping giant and all the magic and mayhem of a traditional Christmas show.

Jack and the Beanstalk opens tonight and runs until Sunday, January 5.