The Sooty franchise is focused upon the adventures of Sooty, a fictional glove puppet character created by magician and puppeteer Harry Corbett in the 1950s, alongside his other friends Sweep and Soo.

Alexandra Burke will lead this year's production of Sleeping Beauty as the wicked Carabosse at Milton Keynes Theatre, alongside TV and theatre star Richard Cadell as Muddles with his lovable friends ...