A Southend family scored a hat trick while auditioning for a Christmas pantomime.
All three children in the Tilley family, of Mayfield Avenue, caught the eye of casting directors for the Cliffs Pavilion panto, Peter Pan.
More than 130 children auditioned for various characters in the popular story.
Charles 12, and Joseph, seven, both impressed directors so much they were snapped up for the parts of Michael and John and Roseanna, ten, will join the chorus line.
A spokesman for the Cliffs Pavilion said: "It is great for the family to have three children picked like that.
"They all get different numbers so the directors wouldn't have known they were from the same family."
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