Newcastle-under-Lyme’s New Vic Theatre gets into the festive spirit with Uncle Eric’s Christmas Party, a “fantastic night of Christmas comedy and great ‘60s music”, from Monday until Saturday 13 December.
Intrepid Thumbelina, her adventuring granny and a forest full of animals go on a whirlwind adventure to the big bad city in Thumbelina’s Great Big Adventureat mac, Birmingham from Monday until Saturday 13 December.
Devised and performed by students from Birmingham School of Acting, Dem Boyz which explores issues of gang association takes to the stage at The Drum, Birmingham from Wednesday until Friday.
Action Hero presents Hoke’s Bluff which “uses the hackneyed formulas of high-school storylines and the cheap sentimentality of inspiring locker-room speeches to find out what it means to be a winner” at Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry from Thursday until Saturday.
Kaleidoscope Youth Theatre Company presents Ebenezer - The Musical, adapted from Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, in the Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton on Friday and Saturday.
Children have an opportunity to give their letter to Santa in person during Santa’s Dizzy Day at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry on Friday and Saturday and again from Monday 15 until Sunday 24 December.
From Rod Campbell, the author of the well-loved book for children Dear Zoo, comes a special treat for Christmas, Dear Santa which can be seen at The Core at Corby Cube, Northamptonshire from Friday until Saturday 20 December.
Blackeyed Theatre in association with South Hill Park tour Stephen MacDonald’s Not About Heroes, the story of the two Great War poets Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, to Stafford Gatehouse Theatre on Saturday.
Selina Thompson invites you to her own version of a midnight feast, “somewhere between the confessions made over coffee at Weight Watchers and sloppy, drunken story-telling over a 3AM kebab”, in Chewing the Fat in Derby Theatre Studio on Saturday.
Norms of Conduct, a “fascinating combination of three individual productions crafted by esteemed choreographers Adam Rutherford, Rosie Kay and Carlos Pons Guerra, performed by a cast of vibrant young dancers from the Rutherford Dance Company”, is at The Drum, Birmingham on Saturday.
Little Angel Theatre continues to bring to life Michael Rosen’s We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, with puppets inspired by Helen Oxenbury's illustrations from the book, in the Foyle Studio at mac Birmingham until Sunday.
Bashment Housewives, an “exciting urban-comedy drama” which highlights the lifestyles of four competitive young women wanting to live a life full of luxury who face relationship challenges and financial struggles with their husbands, will be performed at The Drum, Birmingham on Sunday.
Birmingham Royal Ballet continues to stage Sir Peter Wright's production of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker at Birmingham Hippodrome until Saturday, 13 December.
Northampton’s Royal stage continues as the mythical world of Camelot and Arthurian legends for the world première of Ella Hickson’s Merlin until Sunday 4 January.
Stoke’s “favourite pantomime duo” Jonathan Wilkes and Christian Patterson continue in Dick Whittington at the city’s Regent Theatre until Sunday 4 January.
Former Coronation Street actor Vicky Entwistle continues as Bad Fairy Carabosse in Sleeping Beauty at Mansfield Palace Theatre until Sunday 4 January.
Tall Stories’ musical adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s The Gruffalo continues at Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry until Sunday 4 January.
Iain Lauchlan continues as Widow Twankey in Coventry Belgrade Theatre’s Aladdin until Saturday 10 January.
Leicester’s Curve continues to present a new production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic The Sound of Music until Saturday 17 January (press night Wednesday 3 December).
Sleeping Beauty, Kenneth Alan Taylor’s 31st panto for Nottingham Playhouse, continues until Saturday 17 January.
Birmingham Stage Company’s Horrible Christmas has added extra performances and continues at the Old Rep Theatre, Station Street, Birmingham until Saturday 17 January.
A new staging of Roald Dahl’s popular children’s book The BFG continues at Birmingham REP until Saturday 24 January (press night Tuesday 2 December).
Mary Norton’s family adventure The Borrowers continues at Newcastle-under-Lyme’s New Vic Theatre until Saturday 31 January.
At the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre The Christmas Truce continues until 31 January (press night Tuesday 9 December) while Love’s Labour’s Lost and Love’s Labour’s Won (Much Ado About Nothing) both continue until 14 March.