Time-travelling Santa Claus in city centre spectacular

THERE’S only one more sleep until Santa’s biggest show of the year gets under way in Swansea’s city centre.

Tomorrow sees Santa starring in his own timetravelling adventure on the streets of the city, supported by West End star Christina Modestou, floats, choirs, dancers and a tribe of Santa’s little helpers.

From 4pm the city centre will come alive with an extravaganza of colour, music, dancing and the famous festive lights switch-on all under the gaze of Santa himself. The time-travelling adventure itself starts at 5pm.

Swansea’s thriving arts community will be supporting Santa in his travelling adventures as he will be joined by dance and theatre troupes including Rising Stars Theatre Company, Mellin Theatre Arts and Dani Dee School of Dance. They’ll be accompanying procession spectacles designed to transport onlookers to Christmases past, present and future.

As with the event every year, there will be a number of road closures in the city centre to make sure that everything takes place safely to ensure that everyone has a great time.

Robert Francis-davies, cabinet member for innovation, regeneration and tourism, said: “Swansea is rightly very proud of its festive countdown. It really is the curtain-raiser for Christmas and this year’s Santa’s Time Travelling Adventure is going to be great. It’s literally going to be a show-stopper with the processional Christmas show stopping at entertainment locations along the route.”

He added: “A small army of elves are being trained up at rehearsals this week to make sure Santa doesn’t go short of help, and it’ll be really great to see all the local groups and individuals participating in the event.

“I’d urge people to get there early to take advantage of some pre-event shopping and soak up the Christmas atmosphere. It’s going to be a great show” ■ Full details about road closures are available at http://www. enjoyswanseabay.com/ information-for-residents