Hiccup Theatre brings to life Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio in a new version by Michael Rosen which noses its way into Derby Theatre’s Studio from Monday until Tuesday 24 December.
Performing arts students from North East Worcestershire College present Wizard of Oz at Artrix, Bromsgrove on Wednesday and Thursday.
The Glyndebourne Tour concludes at Stoke’s Regent Theatre with Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore on Wednesday and Saturday.
Pool Hayes Youth Theatre performs The Wind in the Willows at the Arena, Theatre, Wolverhampton from Wednesday until Sunday.
A “playful interactive adventure”, Along the Riverbank, which is inspired by Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows, should attract children under six and their families to Underground, Northampton from Wednesday until Sunday 5 January.
The rock ‘n’ roll panto Sleeping Beauty wakes up Stafford Gatehouse from Wednesday until Saturday, 11 January.
Third Angel unveils its work in progress, The Paradise Project, in the Helen Martin Studio at Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry on Thursday.
Birmingham Royal Ballet continues to stage Sir Peter Wright's production of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker at Birmingham Hippodrome until Thursday.
Babbling Vagabonds adapts Caryl Hart’s The Christmas Chocolate Shop at Derby’s Guildhall Theatre from Thursday until Saturday, 29 December.
Sarah Thomas plays the Fairy Godmother and Jonny Freeman is Buttons in Cinderella at Buxton Opera House from Thursday until Wednesday, 1 January.
A “passion-fuelled murder story that takes inspiration from Shakespeare’s Othello”, Come Heavy Sleep is a work in progress which will be staged in Birmingham REP’s Studio on Friday and Saturday.
One man’s homage to the world’s greatest detective, The Singular Exploits of Sherlock Holmes are revealed at Buxton Pauper's Pit Theatre on Friday and Saturday.
Kaleidoscope Junior Theatre Company stages Tim Kelly’s adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in the Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton on Friday and Saturday.
The Christmas show of That'll Be the Day rocks Birmingham Town Hall on Saturday.
Birmingham’s Blue Orange Theatre performs three folk tales for Christmas in The Enchanted Tales from Saturday until Saturday, 28 December.
Hardeep Singh Kohli is the Genie of the Lamp and Jocelyn Jee Esien is the Empress of China in Aladdin at De Montfort Hall, Leicester from Saturday until Sunday 5 January.
New International Encounter’s Hansel and Gretel, “an enchanting show, transforming the theatre into a magical winter woodland”, continues at mac, Birmingham until Saturday.
Ballet Theatre UK performs Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker at Buxton Opera House on Sunday.
The Hundred and One Dalmatians continues at The Castle, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire until Saturday 28 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 while husband-and-wife team Linda Lusardi and Sam Kane are in Sleeping Beauty in the Derngate auditorium which also continues until 5 January.
Katy Stephens appears in Coventry’s Belgrade’s new show for grown-ups, Oh No It Isn’t!, which continues in the B2 auditorium until Saturday 22 December while on the main stage Jack and the Beanstalk continues until Sunday 5 January.
Jonathan Wilkes returns to the Regent Theatre, Stoke in Snow White and Seven Dwarfs which continues until Sunday 5 January.
Former EastEnders favourite Cheryl Fergison and X-Factor finalist Marcus Collins are in Jack and the Beanstalk which continues at Derby’s Assembly Rooms 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.
Lichfield Garrick’s panto Snow White and the Magic Mirror continues until Sunday 5 January.
The Courtyard Theatre, Hereford continues to present Cinderella until Sunday 5 January.
The Birmingham Stage Company production of Terry Deary’s Horrible Christmas continues at Derby until Saturday 11 January.
David Hasselhoff plays panto’s ultimate baddie Captain Hook in Nottingham Theatre Royal’s panto Peter Pan which continues until Sunday 12 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.
Comedian Joe Pasquale leads the cast in Wolverhampton Grand’s panto Sleeping Beauty 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.
Uncle Eric’s Murder at Christmas, a murder mystery with a difference involving “fabulous frolics, side-splitting comedy and ‘60s music galore”, continues at the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme until Saturday while an adaptation by Theresa Heskins, the New Vic’s artistic director, of Dodie Smith’s The Hundred and One Dalmatians continues until Saturday 1 February.