Oh yes I will! Couple get engaged during Aladdin pantomime at the Floral Pavilion Theatre

Jan 4 2012 by Helen Hunt, Birkenhead News

A PANTOMIME performance ended perfectly for a Wallasey woman after her fiancé proposed during the show.

Liz Corf’s long term boyfriend Mike Wooley got down on bended knee and popped the question in front of a packed audience at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton last week.

Mike, 27, a mechanic, had concocted a cunning plan with the cast of Aladdin to convince his sweetheart to join him on the stage during the panto.

He proposed, with a ring Liz’s late dad had given her mum, in front of family and friends who had joined them for a festive day out.

The couple have an 18-month-old son together called Leighton who was also in the audience as well as Liz’s mum, Jan.

Liz, 29, a business development manager, said: “My nephew got called up on the stage with a couple of other kids and I didn’t think there was anything strange, then Mike got called up and the next thing I was called up and he went down on one knee.

“I was really made up. It was a complete shock. It was absolutely lovely but I’ve never been so shocked.”

The couple have been together for four years.

Theatre manager Paul Holiday said: “We had to obviously liaise with the company, but they were delighted to help with Mike’s proposal.