Bring on the dancing snowmen!

author’s own performance script. Theatre Royal, Margate (european arts.co.uk), Nov 27 and touring

PETER PAN

Director Liam Steel has reconceived Pan for the modern age, moving JM Barrie’s story to Birmingham in 2019.

Birmingham Rep (0121 236 4455), Nov 30-Jan 19

THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE

Joel Horwood adapts the 2013 Neil Gaiman novel, in which an adult returns to his childhood home – near a duck pond once purported to contain an ocean – and is subsumed by a sea of memories. NT’s Dorfman Theatre, London SE1 (020 7452 3000), Dec 3-Jan 25

HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS

Griff Rhys Jones, X-Factor winner Matt Terry and Edward Baker-Duly star in this musical version of the Dr Seuss book about the ultimate party-pooper.

Lowry Centre, Salford

(0343 208 6000), Dec 10-Jan 5

MAGIC GOES WRONG

The Mischief Theatre team have joined Vegas entertainment legends Penn & Teller to deliver the mangled goods once again. What could go wrong?

Vaudeville Theatre, London WC2 (0330 333 4814), Dec 14-May 31

CIRCUS 1903

A smart homage to a bygone age of circus, with a dozen or so acts from around the world performing dumbfounding feats of derring-do. Southbank Centre, London SE1 (020 3879 9555), Dec 19-Jan 5

THURSFORD CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR

This three-hour spectacular features 65 musical numbers, delivered by a cast of more than a hundred, and sound from one of the largest Wurlitzers in Europe. Thursford Collection, Fakenham (01328 878477), until Dec 23

HEARTS WILL MELT The Snowman at The Peacock; below, Circus 1903 at the Southbank