It’s well worth going to see Stick Man in the West End just to see the hilarious expressions on Joseph Carey’s face as he plays the popular children’s book character – which had the audience in stitches.

The adaptation of Julia Donaldosn and Axel Sheffler’s smash-hit book has made a return to the Leicester Square Theatre for Christmas, and will guarantees an enjoyably bouncy hour packed with catchy songs and funky dance moves.

With just three people in the cast - Joseph Carey, Mark Kane and Emily Pollet – the audience is drawn in to Stick Man’s world as he is parted from his wife and three children at his ‘Family Tree’, by a dog who wants to play fetch.

A swan then tries to use him as a nest, before he is swept off to sea, and drifts up onto a beach where he is used as a bat for a ball.

He even ends up on a fire before he makes it home in time for Christmas – in a perfectly festive way.

My 10-year old twins were transfixed with a smile on their faces the whole way through – although they did not want to admit it afterwards.

But the slapstick humour was best suited to my four-year old, who was in fits of giggles, especially when the dog tried to chew up Stick Man.

The show runs until January 6 at the Leicester Square Theatre in Leicester Place.

Tickets are priced from �12.50 to �14.50 with family tickets costing �45.00 available from boxoffice@leicestersquaretheatre.com or phone 08448 733433.