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Christmas on Pilgrim Street, at Market Lane

@ Newcastle upon Tyne

11 November 2021 - 02 January 2022

One of Newcastle’s most historic venues is in the Market for Christmas – with the launch of a pop-up bar specially for the festive season.

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

@ Theatre Royal Newcastle

23 November 2021 - 09 January 2022

Tickets from £12.50

With a brand-new script, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will feature all the sparkle, scale and spectacle Newcastle has come to expect from the North East’s most lavish festive production in a show packed full of laughter, music, special effects and theatrical magic.

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

@ Theatre Royal Newcastle

23 November 2021 - 09 January 2022

Tickets from £12.50

With a brand-new script, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will feature all the sparkle, scale and spectacle Newcastle has come to expect from the North East’s most lavish festive production in a show packed full of laughter, music, special effects and theatrical magic.

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Brand New Christmas Lights to Dazzle at Gibside

@ Gibside

26 November 2021 - 02 January 2022

Advanced From: Adult £18, Child £13, Family £58 (2 adults & 2 children). 

The countdown to Christmas has started, and National Trust’s gorgeous Gibside, Tyne and Wear, is getting ready to welcome a brand-new glittering Illuminated Trail.

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Brand New Christmas Lights to Dazzle at Gibside

@ Gibside

26 November 2021 - 02 January 2022

Advanced From: Adult £18, Child £13, Family £58 (2 adults & 2 children). 

The countdown to Christmas has started, and National Trust’s gorgeous Gibside, Tyne and Wear, is getting ready to welcome a brand-new glittering Illuminated Trail.

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Swashbuckling Sword Fights and Hidden Treasure at Consett's Empire Theatre This Christmas

@ Empire Theatre – Consett

27 November 2021 - 31 December 2021

Opening night (27th November) £10, other performances £17/£15 concessions, family ticket £56

Swashbuckling sword fights, hidden treasure, and an adventure on the high seas await audiences who are going to a County Durham theatre’s Christmas panto this year. Consett’s Empire Theatre will be bringing back its popular family Christmas show from next month, with an exciting production of Treasure Island.

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Swashbuckling Sword Fights and Hidden Treasure at Consett's Empire Theatre This Christmas

@ Empire Theatre – Consett

27 November 2021 - 31 December 2021

Opening night (27th November) £10, other performances £17/£15 concessions, family ticket £56

Swashbuckling sword fights, hidden treasure, and an adventure on the high seas await audiences who are going to a County Durham theatre’s Christmas panto this year. Consett’s Empire Theatre will be bringing back its popular family Christmas show from next month, with an exciting production of Treasure Island.

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BELIEVE Christmas Adventure at Hardwick Hall Hotel

@ Hardwick Hall Hotel

04 December 2021 - 23 December 2021

From £18.00

BELIEVE Christmas is an immersive magical world brought to life in a Christmas experience taking you on a journey through theatrical performances and interactive activities theatrical within our elf tipi village.

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Mavis Sparkle

@ The Hullabaloo

09 December 2021 - 24 December 2021

Tickets £8-£10

Christmas at The Hullabaloo - Meet the magical Mavis Sparkle in this warm and funny show from M6 Theatre that will delight the whole family! A cleaner with an extraordinary story to tell, Mavis is on a journey north to see nature’s biggest light show with her own eyes.

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Mavis Sparkle

@ The Hullabaloo

09 December 2021 - 24 December 2021

Tickets £8-£10

Christmas at The Hullabaloo - reach for the stars with Mavis Sparkle! Over the past year we’ve learnt how important key workers are and Mavis Sparkle is no exception! A cleaner with an extraordinary story to tell, Mavis is on a journey north to see nature’s biggest light show with her own eyes. 

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Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs

@ Sunderland Empire

10 December 2021 - 02 January 2022

Following her comical cooking antics on Celebrity MasterChef 2021, TV legend and national treasure, Su Pollard, is set to stir up a storm in Sunderland this Christmas as the dastardly Wicked Queen, in Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs.

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Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs

@ Sunderland Empire

10 December 2021 - 02 January 2022

Following her comical cooking antics on Celebrity MasterChef 2021, TV legend and national treasure, Su Pollard, is set to stir up a storm in Sunderland this Christmas as the dastardly Wicked Queen, in Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs.

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Ice Sculpture Trail

11 December 2021

2hrs FREE parking in town centre council car parks.

The Ice Sculpture Trail returns for 2021. We know you love seeing these frozen creations and for this year they will be decorating Darlington town centre for you to come and enjoy there will also be some live carvings for you to watch and see how the sculptors make these icy statues.

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Santa Must Die!

@ Alphabetti Theatre

16 December 2021 - 24 December 2021

Pay What You Feel

Santa Must Die! is a raucous new gig theatre show for the gig economy at the most difficult time of the year! This production by archipelago, written by Rosie MacPherson, with performers Rhian Liu and Robin Ravi is a different kind of festive story about when Christmas is all work and no play. It looks at finding joy in unexpected places and fighting against that which is meant to keep you down.

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Dance Generation Presents... Cafe Mambo

@ Digital Newcastle

17 December 2021

After the sold-out success of Cafe Mambo at Rainton Arena, the iconic Ibiza brand is back in the North East for another night of unforgettable dance classics. 

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SLADE come to NEWCASTLE

23 December 2021

SLADE - Without doubt one of the most exciting bands to come out of Great Britain in the past 50 years. With their unique blend of perfect pop rock'n'roll, outrageous flamboyance and pure fun, and no less than 23 Top-20 singles of which 6 were No-1 smash hits...plus 6 smash albums, Slade have become a firm favourite in the hearts of pop fans all over the world.

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STRICTLY BALLROOM

@ Darlington Hippodrome

03 January 2022 - 08 January 2022

STRICTLY BALLROOM - The Musical, based on the award-winning world-wide film phenomenon, is heading out to tour the UK and Ireland, starring Strictly Come Dancing's Kevin Clifton!

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Hairspray The Musical

@ Sunderland Empire

10 January 2022 - 15 January 2022

The international musical phenomenon Hairspray returns to Sunderland this year! After breaking box office records and delighting audiences in the West-End, on Broadway and on the big screen since 1988, this smash hit musical-comedy has quite the legacy, and now they’re heading back out on tour around the UK and Ireland in 2021.

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SIX

@ Theatre Royal Newcastle

11 January 2022 - 22 January 2022

Tickets from £15.00

From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century girl power.

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Disney's Beauty and the Beast

@ Sunderland Empire

20 January 2022 - 19 February 2022

Disney proudly invites you to ‘Be Our Guest’ as the most enchanted musical of all time, Beauty and the Beast, returns to the UK stage in 2021.

Spectacularly reimagined using the latest theatrical innovations, this beloved ‘tale as old as time’ will be brought to life on stage like never before…

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Fatal Attraction

@ Theatre Royal Newcastle

24 January 2022 - 29 January 2022

Tickets from £15.00

When happily married New York attorney Dan Gallagher, meets charming editor Alex Forrest on a night out in the city, they both commit to a night of passion they can’t take back.