OFF to work she goes - 10-year-old dancer Rebecca White has already landed her first job as a dwarf in the pantomime Snow White.

Rebecca, of Durham Road, Wilpshire, beat 150 children from all over the North West to one of the coveted parts in the Christmas pantomime at the Albert Halls, Bolton.

And the Salesbury Primary School pupil, who has taken part in amateur shows since she was four, hopes it will just be the start of her professional stage career.

She said: "I was a little nervous as it was my first major audition, but we were made to feel very comfortable and I thoroughly enjoyed it."

Rebecca, who attends the Angela Westwell School of Dance, Clitheroe, will start rehearsals immediately for the show, running from December 3 to January 3.

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