West Midlands-based BOLDtext Playwrights returns to The Door at Birmingham REP with Selfies, “a series of self-portraits exposing what it’s really like to be a working writer in the region today”, on Monday.
Inspired by conversations with children, Wigglegiggle, which “builds on substantial research around how music and rhythm can develop listening and language skills of three- to five-year-olds”, should enchant youngsters in the Neville Studio at Nottingham Playhouse from Tuesday until Saturday 3 January.
Nottingham’s Royal Concert Hall celebrates The Best of the West End at Christmas, featuring Gina Beck, Jacqui Scott, Michael Xavier and Scott Davies, on Thursday.
A “one-of-a-kind festive pantomime perfect for the whole family”, Uncle Ben's Block Party by Rem Conway promises lots of laughs at The Drum, Birmingham from Thursday until Sunday.
Playbox Theatre returns Peter Pan to its original Edwardian roots when it performs J M Barrie’s classic tale at the Dream Factory, Warwick from Thursday until Sunday 4 January.
From Rod Campbell, the author of the well-loved book for children Dear Zoo, comes a special treat for Christmas, Dear Santa which continues at The Core at Corby Cube, Northamptonshire until Saturday.
Charles Dickens stepped onto Birmingham Town Hall stage in 1853 to give the first public reading of A Christmas Carol; Clive Francis will recreate the occasion at the Town Hall on Sunday.
Coventry writer Nick Walker’s festive comedy thriller Oh No It Isn’t! continues in the B2 auditorium at the city’s Belgrade Theatre until Saturday 27 December.
Red Earth Theatre comes up with a “colourful and creative re-telling” of Hansel and Gretel which continues in the Studio at Derby Theatre until Sunday 28 December.
Derby LIVE and Buxton-based theatre company Babbling Vagabonds join together to stage Naughty Meg and the Christmas Elves which continues at the Guildhall Theatre, Derby until Sunday 28 December.
A “magical, all-new re-telling of the much-loved fairy tale” The Adventures of Pinocchio continues at The Castle, Wellingborough until Tuesday 30 December.
Hiccup Theatre teams up with children’s writer Michael Rosen for a new version featuring puppets of Pinocchio which continues at Curve, Leicester until Saturday 3 January.
Steve Nallon, known for impersonating Margaret Thatcher on ITV's Spitting Image, Joseph Elliott and Josh Little continue in Jack and the Beanstalk at Buxton Opera House until Saturday 3 January.
Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s tale The Wind in the Willows, adapted by Eric Gracey, continues at the Blue Orange Theatre, Birmingham until Saturday 3 January.
CBeebies presenter Alex Winters is Buttons and Goodness Gracious Me’s Kulvinder Ghir plays Baron Hardup in Cinderella, written and directed by Hackney Empire’s artistic director Susie McKenna who hails from Leicester, which continues at the city’s De Montfort Hall until Sunday 4 January.
Neil Duffield’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol continues at Derby Theatre until Sunday 4 January.
Joe Pasquale plays Smee in Peter Pan which continues on the Northampton Royal stage until Sunday 4 January.
Arthur Bostrom is Count Dandini de Tartare in Cinderella at Lichfield Garrick which continues until Sunday 4 January.
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.
The Tall Stories musical adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s The Gruffalo continues at Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry until Sunday 4 January.
Director Paulette Randall promises there will be a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on in Cinderella The Rock ‘n’ Roll Panto which continues at Stafford Gatehouse Theatre until Saturday 10 January.
Iain Lauchlan continues as Widow Twankey in Coventry Belgrade Theatre’s Aladdin until Saturday 10 January.
Lesley Joseph and Sam Attwater appear Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs which continues at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham until Sunday 11 January.
Leicester’s Curve continues to present a new production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic The Sound of Music until Saturday 17 January.
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.
Julian Clary, Joe Tracini and Niki Evans continue in Cinderella at Wolverhampton Grand until Sunday 18 January.
A new staging of Roald Dahl’s popular children’s book The BFG continues at Birmingham REP until Saturday 24 January.
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, and Love’s Labour’s Lost and Love’s Labour’s Won (Much Ado About Nothing) both continue until 14 March; in the Swan Theatre David Troughton heads the cast of Thomas Dekker’s Jacobean comedy The Shoemaker's Holiday which runs until Saturday 7 March (press night Thursday 18 December).