Co Durham
The Witham, Barnard Castle
The Scrooge Diaries, 18 December at 7:30. £10–£12. “Marley was not dead but rather sitting on some sun-soaked, off-shore beach squandering all the hard-earned money that he had so fraudulently embezzled from my firm over the years! Dead? Bah!” Ebeneezer Scrooge opens his diary to expose the awful truth about Tiny Tim, the Fezziwigs, Jacob Marley… and that disgustingly jolly, gluttonous, consumer-driven Ghost of Christmas Present… as he reveals the truth behind A Christmas Carol and the vengeful, slanderous, upstart author of that novel.
Empire Theatre, Consett
Snow White, 30 November to 31 December (various times). £15–£17; family ticket £56.
Darlington Hippodrome
Jack and the Beanstalk, 6 December to 5 January (various times). £12–£38. Starring Ballroom / Latin Dance Champion and Strictly Come Dancing Head Judge Shirley Ballas as Mother Nature.
Theatre Hullabaloo, Darlington
The Polar Bears Go Up, 6 to 24 December (various times). £8–£10. For age 2–5.
Durham Town Hall
A Christmas Carol, 20 December at 6:00 and 8:00. £13–£16 (plus booking fee). This is the puppet and live action production which the BTG reviewed at the Castle Keep, Newcastle last year.
Gala Theatre, Durham
Aladdin, 21 November to 5 January. £7–£18 (family ticket £54–£62). Starring the regular writing, directing and performing team of Neil Armstrong and Paul Hedley.
One More Sleep, 2nd to 29th December (not 25th and 26th) (various times). £7 - £8. A show for the under-5s:Roo is very excited. So excited she might actually pop. She cannot sit still because it’s Christmas Eve and her dad says it might snow. Roo has never seen snow before and it is all she wants for Christmas (except for a shiny red bike with her name on it).
Hartlepool Town Hall
Beauty and the Beast, 14–29 December (various times). £15–£17, family ticket £55. Produced by Elite Pantomimes.
West Auckland Manor House Hotel
A Christmas Carol, 12 December at 6:00 and 8:00. £13–£16 (plus booking fee). This is the puppet and live action production which the BTG reviewed at the Castle Keep, Newcastle last year.