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Your family theatre guide...<br />
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Harrogate Theatre<br />
6 Oxford Street, Harrogate, HG1 1QF<br />
www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk<br />
6 Dec – 21 Jan<br />
Beauty <strong>and</strong> the Beast<br />
Join beautiful Belle <strong>and</strong> the Beast, a troubled<br />
prince who has been placed under an evil spell for<br />
a hundred years. If the Beast can learn to love <strong>and</strong><br />
be loved in return, then hopefully the spell will be<br />
broken <strong>and</strong> he will return to his true self. But time<br />
is running out! Packed with fabulous pantomime<br />
characters, this enchanting <strong>and</strong> spellbinding tale<br />
combines jokes, magic <strong>and</strong> sparkle all of which<br />
makes pantomime a festive family favourite.<br />
Parkway Cinema Beverley<br />
HU17 0PW<br />
www.beverley.parkwaycinemas.co.uk<br />
15 Dec – 1 Jan<br />
Dick Whittington<br />
Live show on stage the annual Parkway family<br />
panto starring Mark Two! Join Dick <strong>and</strong> his cat<br />
on their adventures as they run away to London<br />
looking for their fortune but end up at the docks<br />
setting sail for… well… goodness knows where!<br />
Dick makes some good friends including Sarah<br />
the Cook, but oh dear!… that pesky King Rat has<br />
stowed away on board too with some of his sneaky<br />
gang! Action, adventure, secrets, songs, dancing,<br />
trickery, romance, swash-buckling sailors <strong>and</strong><br />
rogue-ish rats aplenty in this sparkling pantomime!<br />
Gr<strong>and</strong> Opera House<br />
York Clifford And Cumberl<strong>and</strong> Street, York<br />
YO1 9SW<br />
www.atgtickets.com/venues/gr<strong>and</strong>opera-house-york<br />
15 Dec – 7 Jan<br />
Beauty <strong>and</strong> the Beast<br />
Three Bears Productions are back with one Panto’s<br />
greatest stories – Beauty <strong>and</strong> the Beast. Starring<br />
Blue’s Antony Costa, Home <strong>and</strong> Away’s Lynne<br />
McGranger, Coronation Street’s Ken Morley, TV<br />
personality Debbie McGee, original Les Dawson<br />
Roly Poly Audrey Leybourne, Emmerdale’s Stuart<br />
Wade, stage star Charlotte Maclachlan <strong>and</strong> back<br />
by popular dem<strong>and</strong>, Britain’s classiest dame, Steve<br />
Wickenden. This classic magical story features a<br />
wonderful mix - a H<strong>and</strong>some Prince, a Beautiful<br />
Girl, a Fearful Beast <strong>and</strong> a very Wicked Witch,<br />
heroic deeds, abundant adventure, true love, crazy<br />
comedy, glittering costumes, mayhem <strong>and</strong> makebelieve,<br />
plus dazzling special effects.<br />
Hull Truck Theatre<br />
Ferensway, Hull HU2 8LB<br />
www.hulltruck.co.uk<br />
1 Dec – 6 Jan<br />
A Christmas Carol<br />
On a cold Christmas Eve, four spirits conspire to<br />
show Ebenezer Scrooge the error of his ways. His old<br />
business partner, Jacob Marley has returned from<br />
the dead to offer him a second chance, if he can<br />
change his mean <strong>and</strong> miserly behaviour. This fresh<br />
adaptation of Dicken’s classic Christmas ghost story,<br />
set in Hull, is a magical, festive treat for all the family.<br />
Joseph Rowntree Theatre<br />
Haxby Road, York, YO31 8TA<br />
www.josephrowntreetheatre.co.uk<br />
9-16 Dec<br />
Aladdin<br />
It’s time for yet another rollicking romp of a panto<br />
<strong>and</strong> this year Rowntree Players are whizzing you off<br />
to Peking to enjoy the perennial favourite Aladdin.<br />
In the depths of China the evil Abanazar will stop<br />
at nothing to gain control of every magical artefact<br />
in the world. All that st<strong>and</strong>s in his way are a cave<br />
of wonders, a rather strong willed princess <strong>and</strong> our<br />
hero Aladdin - there is no way Abanazar can win.<br />
Is there...?<br />
13 Jan<br />
The Wizard of Oz<br />
Oddsocks are back with another comedy classic<br />
adventure! Will the Scarecrow find a brain?The Lion<br />
some courage?The Tin Man a heart?The audience<br />
some ice cream? With a hearty dollop of their<br />
trademark comedy, new songs, familiar faces <strong>and</strong><br />
laughs aplenty!<br />
Helmsley Arts Centre<br />
Helmsley<br />
York, YO62 5DW www.helmsleyarts.co.uk<br />
2-10 Dec<br />
Dick Whittington & His Cat<br />
The 1812 Theatre Company’s Pantomime returns,<br />
this time with Dick Whittington <strong>and</strong> a host of other<br />
entertaining characters to introduce you to the<br />
Panto season. Directed by Helena Fox (Director of<br />
www.primarytimes.net/nyorks | WINTER Issue <strong>Primary</strong> <strong>Times</strong> 17
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