A CLASSIC Christmas tale is to be supersized into a musical arena spectacular starring Hollywood superstar David Hasselhoff.

Scrooge – The Funny Family Spectacular will play at Cardiff Motorpoint Arena on December 6-8, before heading to Birmingham Resorts World Arena, December 20-23, then Nottingham Motorpoint Arena on December 28.

Taking the title role of the tight-fisted Scrooge is former Baywatch and Knight Rider star David Hasselhoff who will be giving away £3,000 in cash to one lucky audience member at every performance.

Alongside the Hoff will be the Birds of a Feather actress, Pauline Quirke, as the Ghost of Christmas Past who will be projected as a life size hologram onto a giant screen.

David Hasselhoff said: “I’ve dreamt of playing Scrooge for a long time. The great thing about this production is that it’s not a panto, it’s a fully-fledged Christmas show.

"It’s the Dickens classic with great music on a spectacular scale in huge arenas. But just imagine coming to see the show and then walking away with £3,000 in cash! That’s pretty incredible.”

The Hoff and Pauline Quirke will be joined by a real horse drawn Dickensian carriage complete with an ‘intelligent’ horse. This 16-hand white Arab stallion nods, shakes its head, bows on command, crosses its legs when it wants to go to the toilet and eventually lays down to sleep. To add to his CV, he also does an impression of Janet Street Porter!

Other amazing show elements include a Falobella miniature horse, a flying four poster bed, a black light ghost sequence with cirque aerialists, a fluorescent Ghost Train, and the biggest performance of the hilarious ’12 Days of Christmas’ you have ever seen!

Completing the cast of the magical extravaganza is the famous musical clown Charlie Cairoli Jr, a host of West End leading actors along with live musicians, dancers, acrobats and comedians. Taking the cast to more than 100, will be 70 children and teenage performers from The Pauline Quirke Academy.

Further casting will be announced soon.

Tickets are on sale now from scroogearena.com