Christmas Theatre 2026 is here, and I’ve got my festive satchel ready!
This Christmas, I Grace will be bringing you festive treats, pantomimes, musicals, family shows and all manner of theatrical delights from regional theatres across the UK. From enormous Christmas spectaculars to wonderful productions happening a little closer to home, if there’s something exciting arriving on stage, I want it in Theatre Village. Of course, apparently none of this news is willing to come to me. Oh no. I’ve got to trek around the country collecting it. So while you’re sitting comfortably with a mince pie and something warm, spare a thought for me, Grace Hatchell, trudging from theatre to theatre with an increasingly heavy postal satchel, gathering all the Christmas theatre news so you don’t have to. It’s a terrible burden. I absolutely love it.
Welcome to Christmas Theatre 2026 at Theatre Village. Let’s see what festive delights the UK’s theatres have waiting for us!
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Festive | North East | Pantomime | Sunderland
Sunderland Empire’s Peter Pan Panto Has Its Full Crew – And Captain Hook Had Better Watch Out
By Grace Hatchell There are certain things you can rely on at Christmas in the North East. There
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Birmingham Rep Reveals the Cast for a Brand-New Production of The Snowman
By Grace Hatchell There are certain things you can rely on at Christmas. Someone will buy you socks.
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Ore Oduba is heading to Sheffield for Cinderella – while I’m still searching for the perfect pair of shoes
By Grace Hatchell There are certain preparations that must be made as Christmas approaches. Theatres start hanging decorations.
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Jack and the Beanstalk Climbs Back Into Cambridge with a Familiar Face Leading the Way
By Grace Hatchell Now then, Christmas simply wouldn’t be Christmas without a pantomime, would it? Oh yes it
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Cinderella Invites You to the Ball This Christmas at East Riddlesden Hall
By Grace Hatchell Well now… if you’ve ever fancied stepping inside a fairytale instead of simply watching one
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What Happens When All the Ghosts of Christmas Are Played by a Dame?
By Grace Hatchell I knew Christmas couldn’t be far away when a Dame popped out of my satchel
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Is One Tiny Penguin the Perfect First Theatre Trip for Kids This Christmas?
One Tiny Penguin at Birmingham Hippodrome is a brand-new family musical for ages 3+ follows Lumi, a penguin
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Jack and the Beanstalk at Hackney Empire 2026 – Please Mind the Beanstalk
By Grace Hatchell, 2nd Act Couriers I don’t usually interfere with fairy tales while I’m on my delivery
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Robin Hood Panto Comes to Whitley Bay Playhouse This January
By Grace Hatchell I barely had time to sling my satchel over me shoulder before I found myself
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Try January at Riverside Studios: What’s On This January in London
What’s in Grace’s Satchel? Riverside Studios invites us to Try January (and honestly… why not?) January gets a
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Festive | Newcastle | North East | Pantomime
Aladdin Panto at Newcastle Theatre Royal: Danny Adams and Clive Webb Celebrate 20 Years
MEET CLIVE AND DANNY – STARS OF NEWCASTLE THEATRE ROYAL’S ALADDIN Grace Hatchell reporting, fingers numb, notebook full,
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Jack and the Beanstalk Adults Only: Extra January 2026 Date Announced at King’s Head Theatre
By Grace Hatchell, Your Postie With The Mostie Well, well. Looks like the beanstalk’s grown another rung Word
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Brainiac Live! Birmingham Town Hall Christmas 2025 – Olivier Award-Winning Family Science Show
Right then, goggles on and eyebrows at the ready — Brainiac Live! is packing its lab coat and
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Review Of Aladdin At Phoenix Theatre, Blyth
I visited the Phoenix Theatre in Blyth to see their pantomime production of Aladdin. It was my first
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A Christmas Carol at Sheffield Theatres: Festive Feels, Mighty Carols and a Scrooge Who’s Absolutely Not Having It
Delivered straight from my snowy satchel – and no, I didn’t snoop in Scrooge’s ledger. Much. Grace Hatchell
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Step Into the Shadows This Christmas: The Signalman Haunts the Drayton Arms Theatre
If your idea of festive fun leans less towards tinsel and more towards tingles down the spine, then
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Aladdin at Sheffield Lyceum: Grace Hatchell’s Sneak Peek at the 2025 Panto Cast
Sheffield Theatres and Evolution Productions have cracked open their rehearsal room doors — and trust me, lovelies, your
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Polka Theatre Unveils Magical New Festive Show: The Firework-Maker’s Daughter
Polka Theatre’s Artistic Director Helen Matravers, Executive Director Lynette Shanbury, and the entire Polka team are delighted to
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Review: The Nutcracker at Birmingham Hippodrome
Christmas at the Birmingham Hippodrome always feels a little magical, but this year’s production of The Nutcracker manages
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The Liar, The Bitch and The Wardrobe Returns to London: A Very Naughty Christmas at The Union Theatre
What’s in Grace’s Satchel?A press release so spicy I had to double-check I hadn’t accidentally wandered into the
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Straight from Grace’s Satchel: Blyth’s Aladdin is making this year’s magic carpet ride accessible for everyone
If you’ve ever wished pantomime magic could be enjoyed without barriers, the Phoenix Theatre in Blyth has rubbed
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A Bold, Beautiful Comeback – Citizens Theatre’s Magical Christmas with Beauty and the Beast
Straight from Grace’s Satchel: Beauty, Beasts, and the Big Return of the Citz! Well, my loves — it’s
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A Joyful Christmas Caper Lands in London: Unicorn Theatre’s How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney
By Grace Hatchell Well, my loves, if you’re wondering when the festive feeling officially arrives in London, I’d
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Snooze You Lose! Sleeping Beauty Is Wide Awake in Cambridge for a Sparkling Panto Run
Wakey wakey, Cambridge – it’s panto time! Sleeping Beauty is about to sprinkle fairy dust all over The
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Watford Palace Unveils Star-Studded Cast for Jack and the Beanstalk
Grace Hatchell’s Satchel Drop: Fee Fi Fo Fun in Watford! There’s a giant on the loose in Watford
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Scrooge, Spirits, and Sparkle – Christmas Magic Returns to the Barn!
What’s in Grace’s Satchel?Grace Hatchell brings tidings (and a few ghosts) from Cirencester! Written by Charles DickensAdapted by
