THE Evening Times has finally broken into the world of showbiz after being featured in a panto.

The Tron Theatre's pantomime, 'Miracle on 34 Parnie Street' has an entire song featuring Glasgow's favourite paper.

During the song the cast hold a mocked up copy of the paper, featuring a pullout about Billy Connolly's greatest socks.

The number was written by Johnny McKnight, who is the writer and director of the panto and also plays lead role 'Kristine Cagney Kringle'.

The panto is an updated version of the famous Miracle on 34th Street story.

Kringle believes she is the real Santa and has to prove it before the council removes her from her job at TJ Confuse.

The song brings back the memory of the familiar call heard all over Glasgow's city centre, "from Markies to St Enochs" and jests about the daily freebies, including Irn Bru.

Lindsay Mitchell, Press and Marketing Manager at the Tron Theatre, said the audience react positively to the playful tune.

She said: "Our audiences always respond amazingly well to anything that references the city, I think that's what is really special about the Tron pantos, a good-hearted ribbing of the city, it's people and it's institutions, like the Evening Times."

As for the number itself, she explained its role in the show and said: "It comes at the beginning of the second act as a precursor to the trial scene in which Kristine Kringle needs to prove she is the real Santa.

"It is sung by the full cast, wearing shell suits, in a kind of Busby Berkeley style dance routine, so a proper Weegified musical number.

"One of the cast members plays the role of court reporter, in a CNN type style, and the song sets up and draws attention to the media coverage that is surrounding the trial."

Mr McKnight, who wrote the song, said: "The Evening Times is a great Glasgow institution and celebrates all that is good about the city, it is a paper with a sense of humour and a wry tone, so lends itself perfectly to a tribute song in our panto."

sarah.cooper@eveningtimes.co.uk