If you start seeing movies in the sky over Croydon, don't worry, you're not hallucinating.

‘Croydon’s Festive Fantasia’ will be the centrepiece of the town’s 2017 Christmas celebrations and will feature six specially-commissioned films showcasing the talents of local performers.

The films will be projected up to 120 feet in height onto three sites in North End and High Street throughout the festive period.

Croydon BID chief executive Matthew Sims said: "We have decided to break with tradition this year and deliver something that we believe will not only be literally massive but also truly memorable.”

“Instead of organising just one afternoon of activities to mark the start of the festive season, we are bringing these absolutely stunning giant animations to town and extending our celebrations to embrace the entire five week festive period so that as many people as possible are able to come and enjoy everything that our fantastic town has to offer, while experiencing for themselves these dazzling animations, which simply have to be seen to be believed.”

The five-minute long animations include performances by Royal Ballet dancer Tara-Brigitte Bhavnani - who also happens to be 30 weeks pregnant, Indian dance artist and artistic director Malti Patel and street theatre specialists The Human Zoo Theatre Company.

The first in the series of animations will premiere in North End at 5pm on Saturday, November 18.

Afterwards the animations will be broadcast daily between 4.30pm and 9.30pm until Saturday, December 23.