Rebecca Vaughan adapts and performs Christmas Gothic, a “dark celebration” of Christmas, in the MET Studio at Stafford Gatehouse Theatre on Tuesday.
The Lost Boys put their “unique, irreverent” stamp and enhance Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol with “digital magic” at QUAD, Derby on Wednesday.
Oscar Wilde interviews leading celebrities of the Victorian era in Tea With Oscar Wilde, a Don't Go Into The Cellar! Theatre Company presentation in the MET Studio at Stafford Gatehouse Theatre on Thursday.
Tall Stories takes Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Room on the Broom to The Studio at Birmingham REP from Thursday until Sunday 8 January.
Young people from The Core at Corby Cube’s Get Involved sessions create their own alternative Christmas show, 12 Days Of Corby at the Northamptonshire venue on Friday.
Rod Campbell’s children’s book Dear Santa continues in Lichfield Garrick’s Studio until Saturday 24 December and the Garrick’s “anti-panto”, Crimes Against Christmas—a comedy thriller for adults—continues until Sunday 31 December while on the main stage Rebecca Keatley from CBeebies plays Fairy Moonbeam in Sleeping Beauty which continues until Saturday 31 December.
Based on Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks’s farmyard adventure, What the Ladybird Heard will be performed at Birmingham Town Hall from Tuesday 27 December until Wednesday 11 January.
“A Christmas tale of trickery, magic and naughty pirates”, Captain Sprout and the Christmas Pirates continues to sail into the Guildhall Theatre, Derby until Wednesday 28 December.
A cast of more than 40 appear in Playbox Theatre’s new interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland at the Dream Factory, Warwick which continues until Saturday 31 December.
Theatre-Rites’ Beasty Baby, an “honest and wholesome story of family life and the wonderful, but often challenging moments in a child’s early years”, continues in the Djanogly Theatre at Nottingham Lakeside Arts until Saturday 31 December.
Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion travel along the yellow brick road in search of The Wizard of Oz at the Blue Orange Theatre, Birmingham which continues until Saturday 31 December.
Simon Webbe and Britain’s Got Talent winners Ashleigh and Pudsey appear in Jack and the Beanstalk which continues at Derngate, Northampton until Saturday 31 December while the European première of Peter and the Starcatcher, the prequel to Peter Pan, continues on the Royal stage until Saturday 31 December and Second Star to the Right, an interactive show for under-sevens and their families which is inspired by Peter and the Starcatcher, continues in the Underground studio until Saturday 7 January.
A new festive show for two- to six-year-olds, Santa’s Polka Dot Pirate continues on the main stage at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry until Saturday 24 December, Dick Whittington continues until Saturday 7 January while the theatre’s alternative panto, Nick Walker’s Private Dick Whittington, continues in the B2 auditorium until Saturday 31 December.
Mike Kenny's adaptation of Jack, based on Jack and the Beanstalk which is "perfect" for three-year-olds and upwards, continues in the Studio at Derby Theatre until Saturday 31 December while on the main stage Kenny's new take on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland continues until Saturday 7 January.
Gary Sefton directs and takes the role of Scrooge in his adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol which continues at The Core at Corby Cube, Northamptonshire until Saturday 31 December.
A re-telling of the Brothers Grimm tale about friendship and the making and breaking of promises, The Princess and the Frog, adapted by Robin Kingsland, is “the perfect introduction to theatre for children between the ages of four and eight” and continues in the Neville Studio at Nottingham Playhouse until Saturday 31 December while on the main stage Kenneth Alan Taylor writes and directs his 33rd panto for the Playhouse, Aladdin, which continues until Saturday 21 January.
Scamp Theatre’s presentation of Julia Donaldson’s Stick Man continues at Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry until Saturday 31 December.
Marc Bayliss plays Hook, Holly Atterton is Tinkerbell, Adam Moss is Smee and Jessica Punch plays the title role in Peter Pan at Mansfield Palace Theatre which continues until Saturday 31 December.
Lucy Dixon plays Snow White and James Holmes is Dame Brenda Bakewell in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, written and directed by Philip Dart, which continues at Buxton Opera House until Sunday 1 January.
Richard Blackwood is Buttons and Eilish O’Carroll from Mrs Brown’s Boys is the fairy godmother in Cinderella which continues at Derby Arena until Tuesday 3 January.
Lee Brennan is Aladdin and Liz McClarnon plays Princess Jasmine in Aladdin at the Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield which continues until Tuesday 3 January.
A “breath-taking” new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s tale of adventure and friendship, Treasure Island continues at Birmingham REP until 7 January.
Potteries favourites Jonathan Wilkes, who plays Buttons, and Christian Patterson, an ugly sister, team up again for Cinderella which continues at Stoke’s Regent Theatre until Sunday 8 January.
The Theatre Chipping Norton sets sail with a twist on the Daniel Defoe classic, Robinson Crusoe and the Pirate Queen, which continues at the Oxfordshire theatre until Sunday 8 January.
Ten actor-musicians perform classic rock ‘n’ roll hits from artists including Aretha Franklin, the Monkees, James Brown, the Temptations and the Jackson Five in Aladdin the Wok ‘n’ Roll Panto which continues at Stafford Gatehouse Theatre until Sunday 8 January.
Grease the Musical is the word at Leicester’s Curve as artistic director Nikolai Foster directs a new production which continues until Saturday 14 January while in the Studio David Wood’s adaption of Roald Dahl’s The Twits continues until Sunday 15 January.
The Chuckle Brothers, Benidorm actor Tony Maudsley and The X Factor finalist Chico lead the cast of Jack and the Beanstalk which continues at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham until Sunday 15 January.
Joe McElderry, who won the sixth series of The X Factor in 2009, takes the title role in Aladdin which continues at Wolverhampton Grand until Sunday 22 January.
A new adaptation by New Vic artistic director Theresa Heskins of The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen continues at the Newcastle-under-Lyme theatre-in-the-round until Saturday 28 January.
At the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, Simon Russell Beale returns for the first time in 20 years to play Prospero in The Tempest which continues in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre until Saturday 21 January; in the Swan Theatre Blanche McIntyre directs The Two Noble Kinsmen, attributed to William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, which continues until Tuesday 7 February, the world premiere of Anders Lustgarten’s play The Seven Acts of Mercy continues until Friday 10 February and Aphra Behn’s The Rover continues until Saturday 11 February.