The 50 best Christmas shows to book now

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Everyone loves a show at Christmas, whether it is family-friendly fun at a panto, or a magical evening at the ballet. But before you start warming up your lungs to shout ‘it’s…

Everyone loves a show at Christmas, whether it is family-friendly fun at a panto, or a magical evening at the ballet.

But before you start warming up your lungs to shout ‘it’s behind you‘, it is best to get those tickets secured as early as possible.

So, to give you some inspiration, here are 50 options from across the country for the festive season this year.

Traditional, non-starry panto with a lot of stage business and audience participation – plus they are generous with the sweets.

Pantomime royalty Elaine C Smith from Two Doors Down is Mother Goose to Johnny Mac’s Aladdin.

Somehow, writer Fraser Boyle (who also plays dame Captain Jackie Sparrow) and director Tom Cooper have created a “Scottish pirate pantomime” out of the tale – expect maritime puns galore.

Local favourite John Elkington dons the false bosoms to play Widow Twankey, with Danny Hendrix as Aladdin.

May McFettridge, one of the UK’s most experienced dames, returns as Queen May for a 36th pantomime season.

Writer Steve Marmion has given Dickens’s tale a panto makeoverwith “a Watford twist”.

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