The festive classic to end all classics, no holiday season is complete without taking your seats for a showing of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol - and this year, Mark Gatiss' version of Dickens' winter ghost story is coming to haunt the Alexandra Palace Theatre again in 2025. A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story - a thrillingly atmospheric take on the tale - promises to sweep you up in this supernatural Victorian world, with the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformative supernatural Christmas Eve visitations.

Oh Cinders! The family-favorite pantomime heads to Richmond Theatre for 2025's festive season! Join Cinderella, the handsome prince and her evil stepsisters at the ball this Christmas for a good dose of glitzy costumes and sets, innuendo and plenty of audience participation. The perfect way to welcome in the holidays!

Transferring to the Barbican following its run in Stratford-Upon-Avon is the Prasanna Puwanarajah-directed Twelfth Night, Shakespeare's delightfully spirited tale of Viola, a shipwrecked orphan who takes matters into her own hands when stranded on the shores of the ancient isle of Illyria. With music by Matt Maltese bringing a contemporary flavour to this production, Twelfth Night includes Shakespearean mainstays - mistaken identity, mischief, a shipwreck and, of course, his deft wit, yet this RSC staging has been praised for its search in between the lines of the text, revealing new insight to an age-old classic.

Join the Gruffalo's Child as she embarks on an exciting adventure in Tall Stories' captivating musical adaptation of the beloved book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler! On a stormy night, the Gruffalo's Child secretly heads out into the deep dark wood, against her father's advice about the Big Bad Mouse who lurks there.

J.M Barrie's beloved tale receives an exciting reimagining in this update from Ella Hickson, with direction from Jonathan Munby. Originally premiered in 2013 as part of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre's Christmas season in Stratford-Upon-Avon and also directed by Munby, the popular retelling returned to Stratford a few years later, followed by runs in Leeds and Edinburgh and finally culminating in this grand transfer to The Barbican. Fresh and witty, this family-friendly show will get you in the festive spirit!

Humbugs beware! This affectionate production brings Charles Dickens's classic tale to life once again for Christmas 2025! First debuting in 2017 at London's iconic Old Vic Theatre, this adaptation from Harry Potter and the Cursed Child writer Jack Thorne and Old Vic Artistic Director Matthew Warchus has been praised for its joyful and warmhearted approach to the fable. Prepare to meet a brand new Scrooge in Paul Hilton as this gloriously festive crowd-pleaser returns!