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Pantomime & Family Theatre in Newcastle
A good panto needs a proper community feel, and the People's Theatre gives you that a couple of miles from the centre, with its long-running Christmas show and tickets from £16.50 (there's a youth drama group for teenagers too, if that's more your child's thing). For something further afield, the Empire Theatre & Cinema in Consett does children's plays and family films aimed at ages four to eleven, tickets from £7, with a café for the interval. Durham's Gala Theatre & Cinema has a proper family programme and its own café to wait out before curtain up. If budget matters, Consett is the cheapest ticket on this page and best suited to younger children. Newcastle's People's Theatre suits older kids who might fancy joining in themselves. Durham and Consett are both a drive out rather than a quick trip, so build that into your evening, but each has somewhere to eat or sit beforehand, which takes the edge off a wait for curtain up.
7 places 6 upcoming events From £7
What's on: pantomime & family theatre
MON 26 OCT
Rapunzel
Seven Stories
THU 19 NOV · +42 MORE DATES
Rapunzel
Gala Theatre & Cinema
FRI 4 DEC, 13:30
Rapunzel (Relaxed Performance)
Gala Theatre & Cinema
From £10
SAT 12 DEC · +8 MORE DATES
Panto! Beauty and the Beast
People's Theatre
TUE 15 DEC, 19:00
Beauty and the Beast | Relaxed Performance
People's Theatre
From £16.50
TUE 26 JAN · +4 MORE DATES
DULOG: Shrek The Musical
Gala Theatre & Cinema
Places for pantomime & family theatre
from £7Empire Theatre & Cinema
Consett · ages 4-11
A local stage and screen for children's plays, family films and a weekly youth drama group, with tickets from £7.
Café
Gala Theatre & Cinema
Durham
A theatre and cinema with a proper programme of family shows, plus a café to fall into before curtain up.
CaféGroup bookingsMembership scheme
Little Theatre Gateshead
Gateshead
A local stage for pantomimes and children's plays, with Robin Hood among the shows on the bill.
Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne · ages 4-18
Weekly drama, singing and dance classes in Newcastle for kids aged 4 to 18, split into age groups from Poppets up to Red Group teens.
Booking required
from £16.50People's Theatre
Newcastle upon Tyne
A community theatre putting on main stage plays and a long-running Christmas pantomime, plus a youth drama group for teenagers.
Seaton Delaval Arts Centre
Whitley Bay
A community theatre putting on pantomime and musical theatre, with a Christmas show that's clearly the big draw.
Accessible toiletCaféToiletsWheelchair accessible
from £10.50Tynemouth Priory Theatre
North Shields
A local theatre club putting on a Christmas pantomime plus four family-friendly plays a year, September to June.
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Good to know: pantomime & family theatre in Newcastle
What does a paid visit cost?
Paid entry starts from £7 at Empire Theatre & Cinema. Prices, ages and facilities are listed on every place page, taken from each venue's own published price list.
Whereabouts are they?
You'll find pantomime & family theatre in Consett, Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Whitley Bay and 1 more. Every place we list is in or around Newcastle, and each listing has the full address and directions.
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