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Continue reading →: TINK! A Festive Neverland Fairytale-The Point, Eastleigh.TINK! A Festive Neverland Fairytale has taken the original JM Barrie children’s classic Peter Pan and retold the story through the eyes of Tinkerbell the fairy who was by Pan’s side during the original story. Tink has long retired from her adventures in Neverland with the Lost Boys and is…
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Continue reading →: Mamma Mia! Edinburgh Playhouse.
A sun-soaked, ABBA-fuelled tonic for winter. Christmas audiences have always had a fondness for nostalgic escape, and Mamma Mia! delivers a feel-good evening where ABBA’s music remains firmly centre stage. In much the same way that The Beatles soundtracked the 1960s, The Smiths the 1980s and Oasis the 1990s, ABBA,…
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Continue reading →: Maddie Moate’s Very Curious Christmas- Garrick Theatre.Maddie Moate’s Very Curious Christmas brings a lively blend of festive fun and accessible science to the Garrick Theatre, creating an experience that delights children and keeps adults thoroughly entertained. The show begins even before the curtain rises, with riddles and questions displayed on a large screen that encourage young…
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Continue reading →: Beauty and the Beast-Fareham Live.The Pantomime adaptation of Beauty and the Beast is now performing at Fareham Live as the festive season family treat for 2025. Paul Burling returns in the role of French Frank after his successful performance last year as Buttons in Cinderella. He is accompanied through much of the Pantomime by…
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Continue reading →: Boys in the Buff-Golden Goose Theatre.Boys in the Buff returns to the stage for the eighth time. Reworked, with new musical lyrics reflecting topical subjects like the “weight loss jabs” most people know someone who uses them even if they haven’t told you and a new lead role in the typical female part, Maxie is…
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Continue reading →: Little Miss Christmas by Patti Boo Rae-Southwark Playhouse.
At this point in the festive calendar, the theatre offers a reliable refuge from the cold and the commercial crush. There are pantomimes by the dozen, yet more versions of A Christmas Carol, and adaptations of children’s books jostling for attention. Adding itself to the seasonal mix is Little Miss Christmas at Southwark…
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Continue reading →: The Mystery of Irma Vep – a Penny Dreadful by Charles Ludlam at the Jack Studio Theatre.If you’re looking for something slightly chaotic, macabre and mysterious then look no further than Jack Studio Theatre this festive season. Although it’s not a Pantomime there are a few “he’s behind you” moments. Joe Newton and James Keningale take on two roles in this comedy farce The Mystery of…
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Continue reading →: Judith Dimant Productions and Sh!t Theatre present Evita Too at the Purcell Room.Sh!t Theatre have never been a company to take the obvious route, and with Evita Too, their latest anarchic offering at the Purcell Room, they once again prove that history is far more interesting when it’s poked, prodded, and occasionally roller‑skated over. Evita Too is created, researched and performed by…
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Continue reading →: The Railway Children by E Nesbit.Stepping away from the typical Christmas Pantomime theme. Tabard Theatre have a charming and beautifully presented adaptation of The Railway Children as its seasonal production for 2025. This adaptation by Louise Haddington sticks to the original storyline where three children, Roberta (Emma Rowe), Peter (Max Pascoe), and Phyllis (Anya Burlton), find…
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Continue reading →: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs-New Victoria Theatre Woking.The Wicked Queen played by the wickedly talented Lesley Joseph is part of a fun-filled cast that retells (sort of) the classic fairy tale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Princess Snow White (Briana Craig) and Prince William of Westfield (Scott Maurice) meet at the beginning of the tale and…
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