A variety of UK stage productions are offering festive entertainment this Christmas season, with a diverse range of adaptations and original works. Among the highlights is a hip-hop version of "A Christmas Carol" retitled "Ebony Scrooge," which reimagines the classic tale through the eyes of a fashion designer who initially cancels Christmas. The Royal Shakespeare Company is staging a family-friendly adaptation of Roald Dahl's "The BFG," featuring puppets and directed by Daniel Evans.
Other notable productions include a musical adaptation of "Pinocchio," a Jewish-themed pantomime titled "Cinderella and the Matzo Ball," and "Aladdie," a new panto promising local references and political humor. Classic musicals like "Singin' in the Rain" and "The Sound of Music" are also being performed, alongside a new musical for younger audiences based on Tom Fletcher's "Who's in Your Book?" series.
Fairytale themes are prevalent, with a revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods" and a circus-inspired staging of "The Little Mermaid." For younger audiences, there's "Bananas for Christmas," a comedy about banana-loving beach-dwellers. A site-specific staging of Jim Cartwright's "A Christmas Fair" immerses the audience in the action, while "Sherlock Holm... download the app to read more
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