Pantomime season begins in Yorkshire from November 2024, with a number of venues and theatre groups already touring what fans of the artform can expect ahead of Christmas 2024.
This year’s list of pantomimes almost reads like a “greatest hits,” with Cinderella and Beauty and The Beast seemingly the more popular pantomime options taking place across the region this year; though there’s always room from Dick Whittington and Aladdin during panto season.
We’ve rounded up 15 pantomimes taking place across Yorkshire in 2024, with tickets to many of the performances taking place available through ATG Tickets, if not directly from the box office of the locations themselves.
9. Beauty and The Beast - York
Join Belle, The Beast, Fairy Bon Bon, the exuberant Polly La Plonk and her cheeky chappy son Louis La Plonk as they are transported to a cursed castle, under the spell of an evil enchantress. Can the wicked Hugo be defeated, can Belle see beyond the Beast and fall in love with her captor, will the Beast’s heart be melted by Belle’s beauty from December 7 2024? | Provided
10. Cinderella - Scarborough
Anne "The Governess" Hegerty from ITV's 'The Chase' is to headline the cast in the Scarborough Spa season of Cinderella from December 7 2024. Join Cinderella on her quest to win the heart of the dashing Prince Charming, with a little help from her best friend Buttons and the enchanting Fairy Godmother. But with her evil Ugly Sisters determined to ruin her chances and the clock about to strike midnight, will Cinders manage to win the Prince’s love before the spell runs out? | Provided
11. Mother Goose - York
It's another Rollicking Romp of a Panto From Rowntree Players. It’s market day and Mother Goose needs to make rent before the ever nasty Demon Darkheart evicts the Goose family. Meantime Jack’s exciting new addition to the farm - Priscilla the Goose - has stopped production in Jill’s hen house. Comedy, song and dance in this very silly rollicking romp of a family pantomime taking place at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre on December 7,8 and then December 10 to 14 2024. | Provided
12. Goldilocks and The Three Bears - Hull
Enter a world of wonder at the region's largest pantomime, as the magical Goldilocks and the Three Bears comes to Hull New Theatre from December 11 2024. Starring the Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer and Dancing on Ice finalist Brendan Cole as the Evil Ringmaster, Goldilocks and the Three Bears will also see the return of Hull's favourite comic Neil Hurst, who returns for his fifth season, and the return of Jack Land Noble who last year was one-half of the theatre's Wicked Stepsister Duo. | Provided