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Treasure Island
2024-12-12 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-12-13 18:30 - 19:30 (Europe/London) | Coach House Theatre, WR14 3HA
A rip-roaring family panto – a brilliant way to get Christmas kick started. It’s fast, furious, and fun – well worth the £5 ticket.
This show has been put together by drama students at Drama Studio London, and has been touring around primary schools in Ealing, London. This is the third year Kirsty Cubberley of Creatives Connect Malvern and Phoenix Theatre Collective have brought DSL graduating students on a Malvern tour at The Coach House Theatre.
This tour gives our amazing actors their first professional job, and it brings fast, exciting panto fun to an audience in an intimate and thrilling way at The Coach House Theatre. At £5 a ticket it kicks off the Christmas season without kicking the Christmas budget.
Book your tickets by emailing cublobb@hotmail.com and pay cash/card on the door.
Only 75 tickets available, so reserve yours before they’re all gone.
Show times
Thursday 12 December 2024, 6.30pm
Friday 13 December 2024, 6.30pm
Tickets
£5 each – for sale by emailing cublobb@hotmail.com and reserving your ticket requirements and paying on the door (cash or card payments accepted)

Sleeping Beauty
2024-12-12 19:00 - 2025-01-05 19:30 | Malvern Theatres, WR14 3HB
Malvern Theatre’s Annual Pantomime
A fairy tale pantomime for 2024-26. With side splitting comedy, stunning sets and costumes, join us for a must see, magnificent adventure.
Returning is Malvern’s favourite funny man, Mark James, with more star casting to be announced!
British Sign Language (BSL) performances and Relaxed Shows on offer
Show Times
December:
Thurs 12: 7pm
Fri 13: 1pm & 7pm
Sat 14: 2.30pm & 7pm
Sun 15: 1pm & 5pm
Mon 16: 10.15am & 6pm
Tues 17: 10.15am & 7pm
Wed 18: No performances
Thurs 19: 1pm & 6pm
Fri 20: 10.15am & 6pm
Sat 21: 2.30pm & 7pm
Sun 22: 1pm & 5pm (BSL)
Mon 23: 1pm & 6pm
Tues 24: 1pm & 5pm
Wed 25: No performances
Thurs 26: 1pm & 6pm
Fri 27: 1pm & 6pm
Sat 28: 2.30pm & 7pm
Sun 29: 1pm & 5pm
Mon 30: 1pm & 6pm
Tues 31: 1pm & 5pm
January:
Wed 1: 2.30pm
Thurs 2: No performances
Fri 3: 1pm (Relaxed) & 6pm
Sat 4: 2:30pm & 7pm
Sun 5: 1pm & 5pm
Early Booking Discount available on bookings before 1 September 2024. See website for details

Christmas Tree Exhibition
2024-12-13 10:00 - 2025-01-04 15:00 | The ‘Pepperpot’, Upton Heritage Centre & TIC, Church Street, Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0HT, United Kingdom
A range of Christmas trees, each individually designed by one of Upton’s shop keepers, organisations or businesses, to add to the spirit of Christmas and for our residents and visitors to enjoy.
Before or after your visit to the exhibition, take the time to explore Upton’s independent shops or stop for a bite to eat in one of the many excellent pubs or cafes.
This exhibition runs from 13 December 2024 until 4 Jan 2025.

Meet Father Christmas at The Firs
2024-12-13 10:30 - 2024-12-16 16:00, 2024-12-20 10:30 - 2024-12-23 16:00 | The Firs, Elgar's Birthplace Museum, Crown East Lane, Lower Broadheath, WR2 6RH
Father Christmas will be at The Firs from the 13 – 16 December and 20 – 23 December 2024, accompanied by some of his best elves. Would you like to meet him?
The Firs will be full of Christmas atmosphere with sparkly lights and Christmas trees throughout, ready for you to be greeted by one of the elves who tell you all about your visit, which will include:
• Visiting Father Christmas in the idyllic cottage where you can tell him what’s on your Christmas list this year and he’ll have a present for you too.
• Helping sort out Father Christmas’s letters and parcels in the sorting office ready to be delivered in time for Christmas.
• Writing a letter to Father Christmas at the letter-writing station before placing it in the speedy delivery post box.
• A stop at the craft workshop, where you can create a Christmas decoration to take home.
• Helping Father Christmas find his lost reindeer in the gardens.
• The chance to take a seat and create a memory in Father Christmas’s sleigh.
Little Al’s Café will also be getting into the festive spirit and will be open from 10am – 4.30pm for hot drinks, light lunches and seasonal treats.
Tickets are £15 per child with up to two accompanying adults. Please note you are booking the time you are seeing Father Christmas.
To allow you to be more flexible with your visit, you are welcome to arrive on site from 10am – 4.30pm on the day of your booking to enjoy the festive activities or visit the café before you visit Father Christmas and can stay as long as you wish afterwards.
Booking is essential for this special festive event (visit the website to see available times and book).

A Surprise for Farmer Christmas
2024-12-14 09:30 - 10:00, 2024-12-14 10:45 - 11:30 | Coach House Theatre, WR14 3HA
The Swan Theatre Amateur Company (STAC) is bringing a seasonal children’s theatre play, A Surprise for Farmer Christmas by Anne Lanyon-Hogg, to The Coach House Theatre, Malvern on Saturday 14 December 2024 with performances at 9.30am and 10.45am. At only 45 minutes, it is ideal for younger children (suggested ages 3 – 6).
What happens when some children’s letters to Father Christmas are delivered to Farmer Christmas instead? The farmer, his wife and their local Postie are determined to get them to the North Pole in time, with the help of a visiting angel who re-tells the nativity story and explains why we give gifts at Christmas. There is plenty of fun and songs to join in before Santa himself arrives to save the day.
Tickets are £5 per person; family of four £16; free for under 2s. Please book through Malvern Theatres box office online, in person or by phone on 01684 892277.
Show times
Saturday 14 December 2024, 9.30am
Saturday 14 December 2024, 10.45am

A Winter's Tail (Play-Along Theatre)
2024-12-14 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-12-14 11:30 - 12:30 | Malvern Cube, WR14 2YF
A play-along theatre adventure with The Last Baguette.
The snow is falling and the winter solstice is approaching. Ratty is getting ready. She wants everything to be really rat-tastic! But will her friends make it through the snow to the winter woodland revels?
Can you help them on their journey? There will be excitement, adventure, play-acting, games, music, a splattering of silliness and lots of snow!
Led by The Last Baguette theatre company, A Winter’s Tail is a fun, relaxed play-along theatre adventure. Expect to play, move, watch and laugh.
The show lasts 1 hour including a stay and play session, and is specially created for children aged 2 – 6 and their grown-ups. Younger and older siblings are also welcome!
The Last Baguette creates entertaining, accessible and eccentric work for family audiences.
Tickets: £6 (grown-up) / £2 (child) plus booking fee – available online at Ticketsource
Show times
Saturday 14 December 2024, 10am
Saturday 14 December 2024, 11.30am

Santa's Christmas Cracker
2024-12-14 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-12-14 13:30 - 14:30 | Malvern Theatres, WR14 3HB
Following last year’s sell-out performances of Santa’s Christmas Wish, Honalee Media are delighted to present their next hit Santa Show for Christmas 2024…
You’re invited to join Father Christmas and friends for a fun, festive musical adventure to discover the wonder of Christmas. You may even get to pull a cracker with Dotty the Elf!
Santa’s Christmas Cracker is a 45-minute interactive family show, particularly suitable for 2 – 8 year olds. After the show, the adventure continues as each child has the chance to meet Father Christmas and receive a specially wrapped present from him – it’s the most Christmassy Christmas show ever, HO-HO-HO!
Songs include seasonal favourites Jingle Bells, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, The Twelve Days Of Christmas, Deck The Halls, We Wish You A Merry Christmas and many more!
Show times
Saturday 14 December 2024, 11am
Saturday 14 December 2024, 1.30pm

Santa Meet & Greet with SARA
2024-12-14 12:00 - 15:00 | Warner’s, Hanley Road, Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0HU, United Kingdom
Santa will be visiting Upton on Saturday 14 December 2024 as part of a charity fundraiser for the Severn Area Rescue Association (SARA).
For just £5 per child, you can climb on board Santa’s special sleigh, capture a photo on your device to keep and treasure, get a small gift from Santa and then enjoy the beautiful music of Upton Primary School Choir.
Santa’s sleigh will be outside Warner’s supermarket from 12pm – 3pm.

Pantomash
2024-12-17 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-12-18 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-12-19 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-12-20 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-12-21 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-21 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-12-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Coach House Theatre, WR14 3HA
The Malvern Theatre Players (resident company of the Coach House Theatre) present Pantomash by Nick Wilkes.
As a special treat for Christmas 2024, this is all your favourite pantomimes rolled into one!
Abanazar the evil master magician has bewitched a magical map and crumpled all panto-lands into one. With a reign of confusion, he hopes to make all pantomime treasures his own and become the most powerful magician in the world!
Cinderella’s glass slipper, Aladdin’s lamp, Dick Whittington’s bundle, Jack’s magic beans?!
Only a group effort can prevail over him, as Aladdin, Dick, Cinders, Widow Twankey and many more of your favourite pantomime characters attempt to bring order back to Christmas chaos!
Put all worries behind you as Malvern Theatre Players bring a new dash of seasonal fun to the Coach House in this all-new pantomime adventure. Can they do it? Oh yes they can!
Show times
Tuesday 17 December 2024, 6pm
Wednesday 18 December 2024, 6pm
Thursday 19 December 2024, 6pm
Friday 20 December 2024, 6pm
Saturday 21 December 2024, 2pm
Saturday 21 December 2024, 6pm
Sunday 22 December 2024, 2pm
Tickets
£16 including booking fee (free admission for under 14s – maximum of two per full-price adult) – available to book online or on 01684 892277

Family Christmas Concert
2024-12-19 18:45 - 20:00 | Great Witley Village Hall, Worcester Road, Great Witley, WR6 6HR
An informal concert of carols, songs and readings for all ages to enjoy, followed by hot mulled wine and mince pies.
All welcome – free entry (retiring collection for charity).

Paddington in Peru (PG)
2024-12-21 15:00 - 15:30, 2024-12-24 17:30 - 18:00, 2024-12-28 11:00 - 11:30, 2024-12-31 15:00 - 15:30 | Malvern Theatres, WR14 3HB
Paddington in Peru sees Paddington return back home to the Peruvian jungle to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, now a resident at the Home for Retired Bears.
With the Brown Family and Mrs Bird in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mysterious disappearance plunges them into an unexpected journey from the Amazon rainforest to the mountain peaks of Peru.
Cert: PG
AD Audio Description available
DS Descriptive Subtitles: Monday 11 November at 7pm and Thursday 21 November at 4:30pm
R Relaxed Screening: Saturday 16 November at 11am
Price:
Evenings: £9/£10 (Premium seats)
Mornings and matinees: £8/£9 (Premium seats)
Concessions and members discounts apply
Relaxed Screenings: £3.50
Show Times:
Friday 8 November at 4:30pm and 7pm
Saturday 9 November at 11am, 4:30pm and 7pm
Sunday 10 November at 3pm and 6:30pm
Monday 11 November at 7pm (with DS)
Tuesday 12 November at 11am, 4:30pm and 7pm
Wednesday 13 November at 7pm
Thursday 14 November at 2pm, 4:30pm and 7pm
Friday 15 November at 4:30pm and 7pm
Saturday 16 November at 11am (RS), 4:30pm and 7pm
Sunday 17 November at 3pm and 6:30pm
Monday 18 November at 7pm
Tuesday 19 November at 11am, 4:30pm and 7pm
Wednesday 20 November at 7pm
Thursday 21 November at 2pm, 4:30pm (with DS) and 7pm
Saturday 21 December at 3pm
Tuesday 24 December at 5:30pm
Saturday 28 December at 11am
Tuesday 31 December at 3pm

Christmas at the Movies: Home Alone (PG)
2024-12-21 17:15 - 19:00 | Stanbrook Abbey Hotel, Jennet Tree Lane, Callow End, Worcestershire, WR2 4TY
Join us for something that’s become a festive tradition for us; feelgood Christmas cinema in the most stunning of venues, Callow Great Hall, a former nunnery at the lovely Stanbrook Abbey Hotel near Worcester.
Get ready to be Home Alone and enjoy the Christmas comedy adventure of a lifetime. Join Macauley Culkin’s legendary Kevin McAllister as he defends his home from dastardly burglars and learns a lot about life, love and family in this brilliant festive classic. Experience the film on our big screen, surrounded by twinkling lights and fir trees.

Christmas at the Movies: Elf (PG)
2024-12-21 20:15 - 21:45 | Stanbrook Abbey Hotel, Jennet Tree Lane, Callow End, Worcestershire, WR2 4TY
Join us for something that’s become a festive tradition for us; feelgood Christmas cinema in the most stunning of venues, Callow Great Hall, a former nunnery at the lovely Stanbrook Abbey Hotel near Worcester.
Meet the unforgettable Buddy the Elf (Will Ferrell) as he discovers his true origins and embarks on a hilarious and heartwarming journey from the North Pole to find his father in New York City. Packed with laughs, adventure and great characters, this festive classic is the perfect start to your Christmas celebrations!

Christmas at the Movies: The Muppet Christmas Carol (U)
2024-12-22 17:15 - 18:45 | Stanbrook Abbey Hotel, Jennet Tree Lane, Callow End, Worcestershire, WR2 4TY
Join us for something that’s become a festive tradition for us; feelgood Christmas cinema in the most stunning of venues, Callow Great Hall, a former nunnery at the lovely Stanbrook Abbey Hotel near Worcester. ‘Tis the season for love, laughter and one of the most cherished stories of all time! Join Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and all the hilarious Muppets in this merry, magical version of Charles Dickens’ legendary tale.
Filled with great songs, dazzling special effects and featuring Oscar winner Michael Caine as the greedy, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge, this Christmas classic will warm your heart. Experience the film on our big screen, surrounded by twinkling lights and fir trees in this most traditional, unique and festive location.

Wicked (PG)
2025-01-04 14:00 - 16:30 | Regal Tenbury Wells, 49 Teme Street, Tenbury Wells WR15 8AE
Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart.
The pair meets at Shiz University in the fantastical Land of Oz and forge an unlikely but profound friendship. Following a meeting with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their find their friendship at a crossroads and their lives go off on very different paths. While Glinda’s unflinching desire for popularity sees her seduced by power, Elphaba’s commitment to remaining true to herself, and to those around her, will have unexpected and shocking consequences for her future. Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
Certificate: PG
Running time: 2hrs 40mins
Show times
Saturday 4 January 2025, 2pm
Monday 6 January 2025, 11am
Saturday 11 January 2025, 11am

Moana 2 (PG)
2025-01-05 11:00 - 13:00 | Regal Tenbury Wells, 49 Teme Street, Tenbury Wells WR15 8AE
Moana 2 brings Moana and Maui back together three years later for an expansive new adventure alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must travel to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for a voyage unlike anything she’s ever faced before.
Directed by David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller, and produced by Christina Chen and Yvett Merino, Moana 2 features music by Grammy® winners Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, Grammy nominee Opetaia Foaʻi, and three-time Grammy winner Mark Mancina.
Please note this film contains several sequences with flashing lights that may affect those who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or have other photosensitivities.
Show times
Sunday 5 January, 11am
Monday 6 January, 2.30pm
Thursday 9 January, 6pm
Saturday 11 January, 2.30pm
