THE boss of a not-for-profit theatre group has hailed a new production as the”light at the end of the tunnel” after dealing with the “dark times” of the coronavirus pandemic. Yesterday, Cosmic Studio Theatre kicked off the first of 40 panto shows across the weekend at the Old Town Hall in Carlisle city centre. If the shoe fits. follows the Cinderella story, but with a modern twist. Cinderella’s father Barron Hardup brings home his new bride and her daughters before going off on a business trip, leaving his daughter Cinderella to make them welcome. “It is brought up-to-date and is in the perspective of the stepmother who comes on to the usual boos,” explained Wendy, artistic director at Cosmic Studio Theatre.