SHREK-MAS certainly came early for children performing at the Pegasus Theatre in Oxford on Saturday.

More than 80 children from Blackbird Leys-based Messy Jam Dance School took part in performances of Shrek and Grease at the theatre in Magdalen Street, East Oxford.

Innis Robertson-Pinnell, 10, from Stadhampton, played the title role in Shrek.

He has been dancing since he was five and has performed in front of 5,000 people at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

He said: “It was really great fun. I was quite nervous, as I wanted to make a good impression.

“I only moved down here from Glasgow recently, so it was my first show here.

“I was really glad to be picked to play Shrek, as I had only just come down here.

“I think it helped me to get the part because I’m Scottish.

“I like the film and it was really good fun.”

Dance teacher Ellisha Peart said: “The younger kids were in Shrek and the older ones in Grease.

“We had such a great time and it was so good for the children to be part of this.”

For more information about the dance school, go to messyjam.com