Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Panto season finished? Oh no it isn’t...

- By BEN ABBISS ben.abbiss@reachplc.com @BenAbbiss

THE Christmas period may be over but the pantomime season is still going strong.

There have been some fantastic production­s in Huddersfie­ld and West Yorkshire over the last month or so.

You can still catch some super pantos including Cinderella, Peter Pan, Robin Hood and Aladdin. Huddersfie­ld Light Opera Company are putting on family-friendly pantomime Cinderella in the new year.

Expect comedy, singing, dancing and a “breathtaki­ng” snow scene.

Venue: Lawrence Batley Theatre, Queen Street, Huddersfie­ld, HD1 2SP

Dates: January 12 to January 19 – every day, except Monday

Price: Tickets from £4.50 to £17.50 How to book : You can book online at www.thelbt.org/shows/cinderella or over the phone from the box office on 01484 430528. Dewsbury Collegians are putting on Cinderella at the town hall to mark 50 years since their first pantomime.

Venue: Dewsbury Town Hall, Wakefield Old Road, Dewsbury, WF12 8DG Dates: January 17 to January 19

Price: Tickets cost up to £10 with concession­s available

How to book : Online at : tickets.kirklees.gov.uk The biggest amateur pantomime society in Calderdale is bringing the boy who never grew up to the Halifax YMCA.

Venue: Halifax YMCA, Marlboroug­h Hall, 13 Crossley Street, Halifax, HX1 1UG

Dates: January 26 to February 2 – apart from January 29

Price: Adult tickets cost £8 and children cost £6 Legend has it the bones of Robin Hood are buried in the grounds of Kirklees Prior y. It’s fitting then that this is Brighouse Theatre Production’s latest show.

Venue: Brighouse Civic Hall, Bradford Road, Brighouse, HD6 1RW

Dates: January 24 to January 27

Price: Adult tickets cost £11 and children cost £8

How to book : Online at www.brighouset­heatre.co.uk, or at Fawcett’s card shop on Commercial Street in Brighouse. Carlinghow Theatre Company are putting on the time-honoured story of Cinderella for a handful of performanc­es this month.

Venue: Batley Town Hall, Market Place, Batley, WF17 5DA

Dates: January 11 to January 13

Price: Tickets cost £11 with concession­s available.

How to book : You can book your tickets online at www.tickets.kirklees. gov.uk/search/batley Billy Pearce, Christophe­r Biggins and Blue singer Simon Webbe star in this show at Alhambra Theatre until January 20.

Website: www.bradford-theatres. co.uk/whats-on/aladdin-108147.

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 ??  ?? ■HUDDERSFIE­LD Cinderella■DEWSBURY Cinderella■HALIFAX Peter Pan Billy Pearce and Christophe­r Biggins in Aladdin■BRIGHOUSER­obin Hood and the Babes in the Wood■BATLEY Cinderella■LEEDSCinde­rella – The Rock and Roll Panto!■BRADFORD Aladdin
■HUDDERSFIE­LD Cinderella■DEWSBURY Cinderella■HALIFAX Peter Pan Billy Pearce and Christophe­r Biggins in Aladdin■BRIGHOUSER­obin Hood and the Babes in the Wood■BATLEY Cinderella■LEEDSCinde­rella – The Rock and Roll Panto!■BRADFORD Aladdin

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