'Very excited' - New pantomime Aladdin and the Hartlepool Monkey comes to Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre this Christmas

The legend of the Monkey Hangers comes from the coastal town of Hartlepool in the north-east of England during the time of the Napoleonic Wars. ⚓️ According to the tale, a French ship was wrecked off the coast, and the only survivor washed ashore was a monkey dressed in a tiny French military uniform, kept on board as a mascot. 🐒 The people of Hartlepool, who had never seen a Frenchman or even a monkey before, mistook the poor animal for a foreign spy. 👀 They gathered in the village square and