Birmingham Symphony Hall celebrates Christmas with the Rat Pack: Live from Las Vegas on Tuesday.
Questions such as “how long would it take for your heart to pump enough blood to fill a theatre?” should be answered in Horrible Science at the Town Hall, Birmingham from Tuesday until Saturday.
New International Encounter presents Hansel and Gretel, “an enchanting show, transforming the theatre into a magical winter woodland”, at mac, Birmingham from Tuesday until Saturday, 14 December.
The Christmas show at The Core at Corby Cube, Northamptonshire is Michael Rosen’s We’re Going On A Bear Hunt which runs from Wednesday until Sunday.
Beats tells the story of Johnno McCreadie, a teenager living in a small suburban Scottish town at a time when a new piece of legislation outlawed raves and “public gatherings around amplified music” when it visits Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry on Thursday and Friday.
The “heart-warming” Christmas show Miracle on 34th Street—The Musical is at Birmingham’s New Alexandra Theatre from Thursday until Saturday.
Tall Stories show The Snow Dragon continues in the Foyle Studio at mac, Birmingham until Sunday.
Birmingham Royal Ballet continues to stage Sir Peter Wright's production of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker at Birmingham Hippodrome until Thursday 12 December.
Adapted for the stage from the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, Tall Stories’ Room on the Broom continues at Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry until Sunday 29 December.
Bryony Lavery’s new adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol continues at Birmingham REP until Saturday 4 January.
Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows, adapted by Patrick Sandford, continues on the Northampton Royal stage until Sunday, 5 January.
Coventry panto legend Iain Lauchlan, who returned to the Belgrade Theatre’s stage last year, dons his frocks again to play Dame Trott in Jack and the Beanstalk which continues on the main stage at the Belgrade, Coventry until Sunday 5 January.
Former Hi-de-Hi star Ruth Madoc continues as Fairy Godmother in Cinderella at Mansfield Palace Theatre until Sunday 5 January.
The panto at the Courtyard Theatre, Hereford, Cinderella, continues until Sunday 5 January.
A new production of Chicago continues at Leicester’s Curve until Saturday 18 January.
Kenneth Alan Taylor’s 30-year reign as dame in Nottingham Playhouse’s pantos comes to an end with his portrayal of Dame Daisy in Jack and the Beanstalk which continues until Saturday 18 January.
Birmingham Stage Company continues to present David Wood’s adaptation of Philippa Pearce’s Tom’s Midnight Garden at Birmingham’s Old Rep Theatre until Saturday 25 January.
An adaptation by Theresa Heskins, artistic director of Newcastle-under-Lyme’s New Vic theatre, of Dodie Smith’s The Hundred and One Dalmatians continues at the New Vic until Saturday 1 February.