Blackwood Little Theatre

What it’s like

A community stage putting on panto favourites like Snow White alongside grown-up dramas, tickets around £12.

This is a proper local theatre, the sort that puts on a Christmas panto one season and a tense adult drama the next. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the panto they mention, which covers the usual dwarfs, dames and shouting at the stage that kids expect from the format.

Not everything here is for children though. The Harrowing carries a 15+ age restriction, so that one's for older teens and adults rather than a family trip out. Steel Magnolias is another production on their books, and again it reads as one for the grown-ups rather than the little ones.

Tickets sit at £12 for both Steel Magnolias and The Harrowing, which feels reasonable for a night at the theatre without the West End markup. There's no booking link listed, so you'll want to sort tickets through the venue directly rather than expecting to find it on the usual platforms.

For the panto specifically, it's the kind of show where the age range does the work for you: little ones for the fairy tale, and it usually works fine as a first taste of live theatre. Just check which production you're booking for before you get your hopes up about a boo-and-hiss villain, since not every show on their calendar is aimed at children.

Need to know

Best for

Panto season with young children; other shows lean adult

• The Harrowing is 15+, so leave the kids at home for that one.
• Panto season is your best bet for a family trip, going by what's listed.
• Ticket prices sit at £12 across the productions mentioned.

Plan your visit

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