A MAN-EATING plant took centre stage at the opening night of a school’s Christmas show last night.

Youngsters from King John School, Thundersley, put on the comedy musical, Little Shop of Horrors in a packed school hall.

The show, about a lovesick florist who accidentally raises a plant which feeds on human blood, is hardly your usual Christmas fare.

But head of drama Dave Saunders said: “The students were really keen to do Little Shop of Horrors because, technically, it’s quite a challenge. We’ve done panto before and we wanted to do something different.”