It’s Panto Season and the fairytales have solely simply begun!
So, after all, this month’s theatre choice needed to function a wholesome portion of pantomimes – a selected shout out to The Snowman and Ebony Scrooge at Sadler’s Wells and let’s not neglect Jack and the Beanstalk at Lyric Hammersmith, Hackney Empires tackle Cinderella and Mama Goose at Straford East.
However, if shouting “he’s behind you!” isn’t actually your jam, be certain that to Alls My Sons starring Marianne-Jean Baptiste and Paapa Essiedu or After Sunday on the Bush Theatre …
Housemates Returns: Limp Wrist & The Iron Fist Written & produced by Emmanuel Akwafo. Director Nathanael Campbell
A defiant, tender and unflinching play exploring Black, Queer identification.
Set in opposition to the culturally wealthy and sophisticated backdrop of London, observe 4 buddies, Joseph, Monday, Nathaniel and Omari, as they navigate love, sexuality, religion and masculinity inside a society that always silences and misrepresents them. With humour, coronary heart and uncooked fact, Limp Wrist & The Iron Fist empowers younger Black Queer individuals to embrace the fullness of who they’re—tradition, race, faith, physique and soul.
Solid contains: Noah Thomas, Prince Kundai, Romeo Mika and Tyler Orphé-Baker.
Limp Wrist & The Iron Fist runs & Brixton Home from Thursday sixth November – Saturday twenty ninth November
Coven Directed by Miranda Cromwell
- Pendle, Lancashire. A witch hunt is raging and a 9-year-old Jenet accuses her family of witchcraft. 21 years later, she finds herself imprisoned, surrounded by probably the most feared ladies on the town. Because the accuser turns into the accused, Jenet should confront a 250-year legacy of witchcraft and the darkish secrets and techniques of her personal previous. As she listens to the surprising tales of the ladies round her, Jenet’s religion begins to crumble.
Solid contains: Allyson Ava-Brown, Gabrielle Brooks and Shiloh Coke.
Coven runs @ Kiln Theatre from Thursday sixth November – Saturday seventeenth January 2026
After Sunday Written by Sophia Griffin. Directed by Corey Campbell
“Possibly that’s what cooking is, you already know. House in a pocket.”
Ty, Leroy, and Daniel have signed up for a brand new Caribbean cooking group. It’s led by their Occupational Therapist, Naomi, who actually wants it to go effectively. Believing within the therapeutic energy of meals, Naomi is brimming with plans to evoke recollections of Sunday dinners at residence with household, to get the lads to speak, share, and create one thing particular.
However while you’re locked in a safe hospital, an excessive amount of meals for thought is usually a dangerous factor.
Every Sunday, the hospital is reworked by the smells and flavours of residence, and collectively the 4 embark on a difficult journey of self-discovery, the place it’s not simply the pans that threaten to boil over. As the warmth within the kitchen rises, the group is compelled to reckon with uncomfortable truths – not solely about who they are surely, but in addition to face what they did that led them to develop into trapped inside the system.
Solid Contains: Darrel Bailey, Aimée Powell, David Webber and Corey Weekes.
After Sunday runs @ Bush Theatre from Monday tenth November – Saturday twentieth December 2025
The Dream: A Windrush Journey By Nnenna Samson-Abosi directed by Fran Olivares
This well timed revival brings to life the struggles, resilience, and activism of the Windrush era in late Sixties and early Seventies Britain.
At its coronary heart, The Dream follows Delvin, a Black British teenager whose coming of age is formed by the realities of police brutality and the rise of the Black Energy Motion. The manufacturing has been made attainable by means of the assist of Black Lives Matter and The Windrush Fund.
With a forged and artistic workforce largely comprising members of the worldwide majority, the play sheds gentle on a necessary chapter of British history- one which deeply resonates inside right this moment’s political and social panorama.
The Dream: A Windrush Journey runs @ SPID Theatre displaying seventh and eighth November.
Loop Written and performd by Tanya-Loretta Dee. Directed by Sophie Ellerby
Bex is fucking obsessed! She will’t get James out of her head. Within the Peckham get together store the place she twists balloon animals for minimal wage, all she will take into consideration is him.
The locket her Mom gave to her – the day she began her interval – clings like a curse, whispering warnings that Bex consistently ignores. As her grip on actuality unravels, Bex circles the identical tales about wolves, witches and wanking, each darker than the final. Will she ever break the loop? Or will she disappear into fantasy endlessly?
Loop runs @ Theatre503 from Monday tenth – Saturday 29 Nov 2025
Ballet Sneakers
Below the watchful eyes and steerage of their guardian Sylvia, Nana, and a few unlikely lodgers, they battle to pursue their particular person passions. However in a world that wasn’t constructed for girls with massive ambitions, can they forge a future, hold their household collectively, and even be taught a dance or two alongside the best way?
Solid contains: Sienna Arif-Knights, Xolisweh Ana Richards, Anu Ogunmefun, Anoushka Lucas, Nadine Higgin and Nina Cassells.
Ballet Sneakers runs @ Nationwide Theatre’s Olivier Theatre from Monday seventeenth November 2025 — Saturday twenty first February 2026
Mama Goose Written and directed by Vikki Stone and Tonderai Munyevu
Be part of native lass Mama Goose and her magical golden-egg-laying goose in Stratford this vacation season!
Will Mama Goose have the opportunity to withstand the temptations of fame and fortune, or will she be taught that the most effective issues in life are free?
Solid contains: Duane Gooden, Mya Fox-Scott, Jerome Lincoln, Ellie Seaton, Grace Venus and Marcellus Whyte.
Mama Goose runs @ Stratford East from Friday twenty first November – Saturday third January 2026
The Snowman
A boy in pyjamas, slippers and crimson plaid dressing robe holds the hand of a tall snowman with a gray hat and scarf round his neck, a carrot for his nostril. They step by means of the air, a snowy planet far beneath them and white, snowladen pine bushes on both facet.
This winter household favorite is the heartwarming story of a boy, and a snowman who involves life.
Solid contains: Phoenix Beharry.
The Snowman runs @ Sadlers Wells Peacock Theatre from Saturday twenty second November 2025 – Sunday 4th January 2026
All My Sons
Revered, self-made businessman Joe prides himself on offering for his spouse and their two sons.
Whereas wartime delivers earnings for the household, it comes at a value when his accomplice is charged with prison manufacturing offers, and his eldest son goes lacking in motion.
Peacetime brings little peace of thoughts as Joe’s true involvement within the exercise begins to floor, and he’s immediately confronted by the implications of his actions.
Solid contains: Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Paapa Essiedu.
All My Sons runs @ Wyndham’s Theatre from Friday 14th November 2025 – Saturday seventh February 2026
Jack and the Beanstalk Written by Sonia Jalaly. Directed by Nicholai La Barrie.
It’s Jack and Jill’s first day at Fleshcreep Academy, the strictest college in Hammersmith, and there’s hassle brewing. Not solely is their mum the chaotic new dinner girl however the headteacher has pupils on a good leash: simply three strikes and it’s off to the enormous, no matter which means. This place might do with some magic – however the place is Fairy Godfather hiding? Prepare for the climb of the lifetime as Jack reaches new heights to carry pleasure again to West London!
Solid contains: Joey James, Sienna Ward, Gabriela Benedetti, Jade Hackett and Rachel Seirian.
Jack and the Beanstalk runs @ Lyric Hammersmith from Saturday fifteenth Nov 2025 – Sunday 4th January 2026
Cinderella Directed by Clive Rowe
Cinderella goals of a life full of affection and journey, and free from the clutches of her Ugly Sisters and Depraved Stepmother. When an invite to the get together of the yr arrives, it is perhaps simply the ticket she wants. Throw in some glass slippers, a fairy godmother, and a bit sparkle of magic and also you’ve acquired your self a pantomime that’s assured to be the proper match!
Solid contains: Jade Johnson, Siobhan James, Nicholas McLean as Buttons, Kat B, and Chrissie Bhima.
Cinderella runs @ Hackney Empire from Saturday twenty second November – Tuesday thirtieth December 2025.
Ebony Scrooge By Dannielle ‘Rhimes’ Lecointe
Storytelling dance powerhouse ZooNation give Dickens’ basic a hip hop makeover. A Christmas deal with for all ages.
An imposing central determine is wearing an extravagant black and white costume. She has a black prime hat and a floor-length cloak with giant, pointed shoulders. Round her are 4 different figures – two wearing blue, one in crimson and one in yellow.
Meet Ebony, the formidable mastermind behind a famend trend empire. Everybody’s nightmare boss, she’s cancelled Christmas for her landmark trend present. Surrounded by wealth, type and success, she’s about to embark on a transformative journey accompanied by three mystical guests. As she rediscovers her Caribbean roots, will Ebony uncover the true which means of happiness?
Solid contains: With unique music from Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante
Ebony Scrooge runs Sadler’s Wells East @ from Wednesday twenty sixth November 2025 – Sunday 4 January 2026
The BFG Starring John Chief
One extraordinary evening, a younger orphan named Sophie is snatched by a large and brought distant to Big Nation.
There she learns that human-eating giants are guzzling ‘norphans’ the world over. However she quickly discovers that her new pal, the BFG, is totally different – he’s a dream-catching, snozzcumber-munching light soul who refuses to eat people.
Whereas different giants wreak havoc on the world, the BFG ignites Sophie’s creativeness, they usually devise a daring plan to avoid wasting youngsters all over the place. Ultimately, the smallest human bean and the gentlest big show {that a} dream can change the world.
Puppeteers embody: Onioluwa Taiwo, Fred Davis, Corey Mitchell
The BFG runs @ Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon from Tuesday twenty fifth November 2025 – Saturday seventh February 2026
Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B
A reimagining of Holmes and Watson as a fiercely humorous, gloriously dysfunctional duo navigating post-pandemic London with sharp wits and banter.
Full of hijinks, high-stakes sleuthing and a daring feminist twist, this play dives headfirst into the chaos of latest Baker Avenue.
Solid Contains: Simona Brown and Tendai Humphrey Sitima.
Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B runs @ Arcola Theatre from Friday twenty eighth November – Saturday twentieth December 2025
