WITH the Corn Exchange magic, mayhem and mischief now under way with Plested Brown and Wilsher’s fun-filled panto adventure Beauty & The Beast, there are plenty more pantos to pick within easy reach of Newbury… oh yes there are!
CLIMB to new heights with Jack and the Beanstalk, a FEE FI FO FUN pantomime at Oxford Playhouse from Friday, November 24, to Sunday, January 7. Poor Jack’s landed himself in it by selling the family cow to a stranger for a handful of old beans. But hang on! Those beans have started to grow… and grow… and grow. Infectious laughter, brilliant storytelling, singing, dancing, cheering for the goodies and booing for the baddies. www.oxfordplayhouse.com/
AND over at The Haymarket, A Christmas Carol, running from December 5 to 23, is sold out (returns only). Email your name, address and contact number to box.office@anvilarts.org.uk to be added to the waiting list.
AT The Hexagon, Reading, Sleeping Beauty stars CBeebies megastar Justin Fletcher as Justy The Jester and Reading’s favourite Dame, Paul Morse, as Nanny Bubbles.When Carabosse’s evil curse causes the princess to prick her finger on a spinning wheel and fall into an enchanted sleep, can anyone rescue her from the magical slumber before it is too late? From December 9 to January 7. https://whatsonreading.com
RU Paul’s Drag Race favourite Divina De Campo will lead the cast as the evil Queen Morgiana in Snow White at The Wyvern, Swindon, from December 2 to 31. https://trafalgartickets.com/wyvern-theatre-swindo
