The opening weekend of Kilmarnock's festive pantomime has been hailed as a 'giant' success by organisers. 

The show, put on by East Ayrshire Leisure, earned rave reviews from its opening shows at the Palace Theatre. 

People came from far and wide to see Jack and the Beanstalk and left laughing, merry and ready to start the festive season.

The family panto, which runs until December 29, stars a dastardly villain, a hapless comic and a hilarious panto dame, as well as fabulous musical numbers and bags of slapstick fun.

Ayrshire Today:

The Trots are so poor they don’t have a bean to their name, and what is more there is a giant terrifying the village.

Head along and see if Jack can defeat the giant, win the heart of the girl he loves and turn the Trots’ fortunes around.

Tickets are available from the Palace Theatre box office or from www.eastayrshireleisure.com.