Aladdin opens at the Newcastle Theatre Royal on Tuesday and runs until 19th January.
The Little Detective Agency, for children under 6, continues at Northern Stage until 5th January.
Soul Sister comes to the Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre from Monday until Saturday.
The 8 Fatal Mistakes of Online Dating (and how to avoid them) comes to Arts Centre Washington on Thursday.
Dick Whittington opens at the Customs House in South Shields on Thursday and runs until 6th January.
Theatre Hullabaloo brings The Elves and the Shoemakers to Alnwick Playhouse on Saturday.
Durham’s Gala Theatre’s panto, Sleeping Beauty, opens on Thursday and runs until 5th January.
A pantomime version of The Wizard of Oz, Actonepanto’s Follow The Yellow Brick Road, is at Hartlepool’s Town Hall Theatre on Friday and Saturday.
ARC at Stockton holds its ARCADE Scratch Night on Wednesday.
On Tuesday storyteller Mike Maran brings A Christmas Carol to the Middlesbrough Theatre.
The touring production of Ayckbourn’s Haunting Julia comes to Darlington Civic Theatre from Tuesday to Saturday.
Richmond’s Georgian Theatre Royal’s panto, Babes in the Wood, opens on Thursday and runs until 5th January.
Jack and the Beanstalk continues at Harrogate Theatre until 13th January.