What Sleeping Beauty isn’t, is panto-by-numbers, all crimp and no filling.

What it is, is big-hearted, belly-laughed and, like the best pasty, full of Cornish goodness.

His Majesty the Kernow King, Edward Rowe, and co-star Granville Saxton put the band back together one last time under Kneehigh’s Simon Harvey for the third and final adventure of our Cornish hero Kenwyne (Rowe).

Scrapes, lots of clap-along music, a fire-breathing dragon, a TV game show, an exploding guitar and a breeze right up the Cornish kilt: it’s irreverent, packed with jokes for all ages and, actually, strangely touching too.

The story culminates in a quiet, gentle end - an end it takes real confidence and guts to go for and achieve in a big old Christmas show - with more heart-warming feelgood than any star-spangled hit parade.

Kernow King himself - ‘it’ll never catch on’, says Rowe - is full of attack, commitment and sheer zest, and backed by a hard-working high-octane cast who are full of fun.

These Hall for Cornwall pantos have been rightly praised for being distinctive, different, warm and wonderful: Sleeping Beauty is a worthy finale and if it’s Christmas and you’re in Cornwall, you really ought to join in the fun. ‘A really good all-round time’, said my son Tom, 11. Five out of five!

A Hall for Cornwall panto: it’s the saffron in our bun.

Review: Stuart Fraser