Coronation Street star Alex Bain was out supporting his former co-star amid rumours he's set to leave the soap himself this year.
The actor, known for playing Simon Barlow in the ITV soap, ended his year by heading to catch the pantomime. He headed to King George's Hall in Blackburn for their production of Aladdin starring former soap star Tristan Gemmill.
The actor, who played Weatherfield's Robert Preston from 2015 to 2019, has starred as Abanazar in the panto throughout December.
And Alex went to watch his last show and was clearly impressed by what he saw. Taking to his Instagram Story, the soap star posted a picture of the stage and wrote: "Fantastic pantomime of Aladdin to end the year!" READ MORE: Coronation Street's Sam youngster sends heartbreaking end-of-year message after being supported over sad loss READ MORE: Read more of our Coronation Street stories here He added: "Well done to @tristangemmill and the whole cast!