Wantage youngsters treated town centre shoppers to a taste of traditional winter street entertainment.
White Pony Productions, a new drama group in Wantage, staged a Mummers' play, written by director Bethan Jones, outside The Bear Hotel in Market Place.
The five young performers spent three days in rehearsals, learning the play and making costumes out of old newspapers.
The children, pictured, from left, were Davey Kneafsey, nine, Emily Jones, eight, and Ellie Boshell, 10, (back) and Hayley Whitton, 10, and Patch Boshell, seven (front). Jenny Stickland, assistant director, joined in the performance.
She said: "The play is a traditional Mummers, all written in verse, to celebrate the death of winter and the rebirth of the new year."
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