PANTO lovers are being urged to get their skates on and book tickets for this year's festive offering at The Bristol Hippodrome, which stars ice-skating stars Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.

Britain’s sporting heroes bring their talents to Bristol for the first time ever and plan to wow audiences with their amazing routines as they take on the roles of the Fairy Godparents in this year's family pantomime Cinderalla, which starts on December 10 and runs until January 7.

Jayne Torvill said: "This will be our first visit to The Bristol Hippodrome and we are very much looking forward to performing in the city. We’re already working on some brand new choreography which we hope will bring a whole lot more excitement to the wonderful Cinderella story and reworking some old favourites too".

Christopher Dean added: "We’re really looking forward to bringing Cinderella to life on skates and spending the festive season in Bristol. We can’t wait for Christmas now."

The Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics saw Torvill and Dean shoot to international fame as the pair became the highest scoring figure skaters of all time after skating to Ravel's Bolero, creating one of the most memorable sporting and entertainment moments and earning them a gold medal.

Torvill and Dean continued to skate together for a further 14 years winning numerous professional and amateur competitions.

Following their professional skating retirement in 1998 the pair embarked on a number of other projects including choreographing for English National Ballet, touring with Stars on Ice and producing ice shows such as Ice Adventures at Wembley, whilst also continuing to choreograph for other dancers.

From 2006 to 2014 Torvill and Dean became prime time TV favourites as coaches, choreographers and performers in ITV's Dancing on Ice.

Neil Chandler, general manager at The Bristol Hippodrome said: "Following on from great reviews for their debut pantomime performance last year, we are especially delighted in an Olympic year to have Torvill and Dean arrive at The Bristol Hippodrome where they’ll swap their ice-skates for inline skates to perform on stage.

"This new innovation will really will add an exciting fresh dynamic to a truly wonderful festive tradition".

With further casting to be announced, the classic rags to riches tale Cinderella will be transformed into a family extravaganza with glittering sets, gorgeous costumes, big song and dance numbers, bags of audience participation, real Shetland ponies and skating sequences.

  •  Cinderella is at The Bristol Hippodrome from December 10-January 7. Book tickets now from £12. Go to atgtickets.com/bristol or call 0844 871 3012.