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Primary Times Staffordshire<br />
loves best!<br />
22 Dec – 30 Dec<br />
Dick Whittington<br />
Come along for our pantomime! Check<br />
online for perfomance times.<br />
St Editha’s Church<br />
B79 7BX<br />
www.tamworthartsandevents.co.uk<br />
5 Dec<br />
Tamworth Voices Christmas<br />
Concert<br />
Tamworth Voices delight us with a<br />
Christmas Concert that is sure to bring<br />
Christmas cheer into the heart of all<br />
who attend, with their own twist on<br />
contemporary songs and Christmas<br />
anthems. Concert is in aid of the Mayor’s<br />
charity.<br />
St Michael’s Church<br />
ST15 8AA<br />
www.staffordbc.gov.uk<br />
9 Dec<br />
Stone Civic Carol Concert<br />
Come along to our carol concert.<br />
Stafford Gatehouse Theatre<br />
ST16 2LT<br />
www.staffordgatehousetheatre.co.uk<br />
6 Dec – 8 Dec<br />
Dear Santa<br />
Santa is determined to deliver the<br />
Christmas present to our little hero<br />
Sarah. With the help of his cheeky<br />
Elf, he finally settles on something<br />
‘perfect’, just in time for Christmas Eve.<br />
All the ingredients of Rod Campbell’s<br />
ingeniously simple and charming style<br />
are brought to life on stage, plus a<br />
whole lot more. Plus, the opportunity to<br />
meet Santa himself and after the show!<br />
Ages 2-7.<br />
Stoke Repertory Theatre<br />
ST4 2TR<br />
www.decaversmilltheatre.co.uk<br />
29 Dec – 6 Jan<br />
Aladdin<br />
Join us for our next journey into the<br />
enchanting world of pantomime. Our<br />
story follows Aladdin on a whirlwind of a<br />
tale from Egypt to China and back again<br />
as he battles the evil Abanazar. He has<br />
the Genie and Spirit of the Ring to help<br />
along with some colourful and hilarious<br />
characters.<br />
Stourbridge Town Hall<br />
DY8 1YE<br />
www.boroughhalls.co.uk<br />
Ballet Cymru prides itself on<br />
being different and Cinderella will<br />
be no exception, with a specially<br />
commissioned music score and circus<br />
elements combined with the finest<br />
classical dance. Ballet Cymru will be<br />
working with award-winning composer<br />
Jack White and Circus Company Citrus<br />
Arts to conjure a surprising world of<br />
wonder and magic.<br />
15 Dec<br />
Sing-a-Long-a Frozen<br />
Disney’s hugely popular musical fantasycomedy<br />
film Frozen gets an extra<br />
special sprinkling of ‘Sing-a-Long-a’ fairy<br />
dust. Get dressed up as your favourite<br />
character and join in the fun, with lyrics<br />
appearing on the big screen throughout<br />
the film so you can sing along and<br />
become the stars of the show!<br />
Tamworth Castle Grounds<br />
B79 7NA<br />
www.TamworthPanto.co.uk<br />
13 Dec – 23 Dec<br />
Dick Whittington<br />
Come along to our pantomime<br />
production of Dick Whittington!<br />
The Brewhouse Arts Centre<br />
DE14 1EB<br />
www.brewhouse.co.uk<br />
27 Nov – 2 Dec<br />
Into The Woods<br />
Fairytales come to life in the most<br />
unlikely of places. Stephen Sondheim’s<br />
classic musical, Into the Woods,<br />
brings together well-known fairy tale<br />
characters, but ‘Happily Ever After’ turns<br />
out to be far from the end of the story.<br />
28 Nov – 30 Nov<br />
Mimbre: The Exploded Circus<br />
Step into the moment where an<br />
explosion has been frozen in time, the<br />
remnants of a big top caught mid-air -<br />
with everything from circus ring, sequins<br />
and fairground horses suspended above<br />
ground. Featuring a breathtaking mix of<br />
acrobatics, surprising aerial feats and<br />
masterful juggling, The Exploded Circus<br />
weaves a story told without words,<br />
where six female performers have to<br />
come together to seek order in the<br />
chaos and create a new normal.<br />
6 Dec<br />
Casson and Friends: Choreocracy<br />
A new dance and technology<br />
collaboration that puts the audience in<br />
control! Record Breaking Dance Artist<br />
Tim Casson and BAFTA award-winning<br />
Digital Artist Seb Lee-Delisle, will<br />
guide you through the show, and using<br />
innovative mobile technology, will give<br />
you control over the three highly-skilled<br />
dance performers in real-time!<br />
special visit from the main-man himself!<br />
8 Dec<br />
Alice in Wonderland<br />
Stephanie Parrott School of Dance<br />
present their annual performance with<br />
themes of Alice! Featuring all pupils<br />
in the school a matinee and evening<br />
performance to enjoy.<br />
13 Dec<br />
Festivities with Friends<br />
Come join us for this much loved and<br />
very popular evening of Christmas songs<br />
and carols guaranteed to get you in the<br />
festive spirit.<br />
15 Dec<br />
Performing Stars Academy:<br />
Christmas Show<br />
After the success of their summer<br />
production of ‘Annie Jr’, the Performing<br />
Stars Academy students present a<br />
showcase of songs, dances and short<br />
plays that will guarantee to have you<br />
entertained! Come and see the students<br />
of PSA Burton for one night only!<br />
19 Dec<br />
The Santa Show 2018: Santa’s<br />
Christmas Party<br />
Santa’s Christmas Party is a 45 minute,<br />
interactive family show, particularly<br />
suitable for 2-7 year olds, after which the<br />
adventure continues as each child gets<br />
the chance to receive a special present<br />
from Father Christmas in our popular<br />
meet, greet and treat!<br />
21 Dec<br />
A Christmas Carol (U)<br />
Join us in our cosy cinema this Christmas<br />
for the tale of everyone’s favourite bitter<br />
old miser Scrooge. We will be showing<br />
the classic 1951 take on the classic<br />
novel ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles<br />
Dickens starring Alistair Sim. Get in to the<br />
Christmas spirit and help us celebrate<br />
the ghost of Christmas past, present<br />
and future...<br />
The George Hotel<br />
WS13 6PR<br />
www.lichfieldgarrick.com<br />
2 Dec – 4 Dec<br />
Christmas Voices<br />
Intimate Theatre presents an<br />
entertaining compilation of lighthearted<br />
poetry, music and drama for<br />
the festive season. The show combines<br />
old favourites with originals and humour<br />
with pathos to evoke the true spirit of<br />
Christmas<br />
14 Dec – 6 Jan<br />
Robin Hood<br />
Join the most heroic outlaw of them all<br />
as the arrow-shooting hero Robin Hood<br />
strives to win the hand of the beautiful<br />
Maid Marion while he and his trusty band<br />
of Merry Men outwit the evil Sheriff of<br />
Nottingham in a show packed full of<br />
comedy, action, adventure and plenty of<br />
glitz and glamour!<br />
14 Jan – 20 Jan<br />
019 Dance: Hope!<br />
Creative Learning Stoke-on-Trent<br />
presents 019 Dance: Hope! 019 Dance<br />
will see dance companies from all<br />
over Staffordshire, Cheshire and the<br />
Mid-West take to The Regent Theatre<br />
stage to perform new innovative dance<br />
routines creating a celebration of hope<br />
in a world that is forever changing.<br />
24 Jan – 26 Jan<br />
Moscow City Ballet presents<br />
Swan Lake<br />
Moscow City Ballet returns with the<br />
stunning Swan Lake, presented in<br />
classic Russian style with full orchestra.<br />
The epic story of Prince Siegfried and his<br />
doomed love for Odette is magnificently<br />
brought to life in all its original splendour<br />
by Tchaikovsky’s hauntingly familiar<br />
score.<br />
BOX OFFICE<br />
28 Nov – 30 Nov<br />
8 Dec<br />
The Mary Stevens Hospice<br />
presents Cinderella<br />
Come along to our pantomime<br />
production of Cinderella!<br />
8 Dec<br />
Ballet Cymru presents<br />
Cinderella<br />
Festive Family Funday<br />
A family friendly festive funday!<br />
Come and marvel at our handmade<br />
decorations and then create your own<br />
gifts, treats and baubles with the help<br />
of our team of elves’ and fairies. We’ll<br />
have stories around the “fireplace”<br />
and a whole host of hands on yuletide<br />
activities and treats, we even have a<br />
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