Christmas at The Brighton Dome

A starving giant and the ghost of Christmas past, present and future to axe-flinging lumberjacks, Brighton Dome pieces host to the very best in family-friendly entertainment this cheerful season.

Plus they already began the festivities with their Christmas Open Day and some cracking photos to boot. Even started decorating, from The Hanover Christmas Tree Company, set up in their Café-bar.

Following their widely known performance of The Nutcracker last December, Ballet Theatre UK

returns to Brighton for a reciting of Dickens’ classic novel A Christmas Carol (27 - 28 Dec). Bringing a procession of colourful characters brightly to life and into the Christmas spirit! Along the way there will be joy, laughter and slight heartbreak in this enchanting mixture of traditional ballet and captivating theatre, performed to a magnificent classical score.

Inspired by exploits of the first North-American lumberjacks, loggers and farmers, Timber! (2 - 4 Jan) is a festive, log-balancing, wood-chucking, axe-juggling spectacular from a family of circus-performers. Combination circus with theatre, dance, live traditional music and the folklore of their native Quebec, Cirque Alfonse take the audience on a wild ride of gravity-defying acrobatics and exciting tricks with metal saws, axes and logs all taken from the family farm - you can almost smell the fresh-cut pine. It truly is a family affair, as everyone from 66-year-old granddad Alain to two-year-old grandson Arthur take to the stage alongside three talented and versatile musicians.

Described by The Times as a 'uniquely flavoursome show', the production brags former performers from the world's most renowned companies including Cirque du Soleil, Cirkus Cirkor and Les 7 Doigts de la Main. Don’t miss this amazing live show packed with phenomenal feats of agility and strength - a truly exclusive way to celebrate the New Year at Brighton Dome.

Brighton Festival Chorus, Brighton Festival Youth Choir and London Gala Orchestra (14 Dec) will be joined by mezzo-soprano Juliette Pochin for their annual concert that celebrates of the very best in Christmas and festive music.

Huge shoes, showers of gold and a big, leafy explosion will abound as Lyngo Theatre bring their trademark blend of fun storytelling and magical imagery to the stage with Jack and the Beanstalk (18 - 21 Dec). When Jack sells his cow for five magic beans, the last place he expects to end up is in a land above the clouds courtesy of an almighty beanstalk. To make matters poorer, he has a very hungry giant on his tail! Expect gasps of delight and laughter as the award-winning company present a one man show - starring CBeebies very own Patrick Lynch - that brings his classic and gripping fairytale to life in a wholly unique way.

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