Best pantos to see in South Wales for Christmas 2024
If you're searching for festive family fun, magical performances, and unforgettable holiday entertainment, you’ve come to the right place. These are the top three Christmas pantos that promise laughter, joy, and a sprinkle of fairy-tale magic for everyone to enjoy.
7 Dec - 5 Jan
Jack and the Beanstalk
Swansea Grand Theatre
One of the UK’s favourite broadcasters Scott Mills will join panto favourites Kev Johns and Matt Edwards, A1’s Mark Read, Welsh actress, TikTok and YouTube star, Jo Osmond, and musical theatre performers, Celyn Cartwright and Christina Harris, in Swansea Grand’s giant family pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk. See if Jack can defeat the giant, win the heart of the girl he loves and turn the Trotts’ fortunes around. Once again, Swansea Grand will have all the ingredients for a perfect family panto; with a dastardly villain, a hapless comic and a hilarious panto dame, as well as fabulous musical numbers and bags of slapstick fun!
12-29 Dec
Beauty and the Beast
Lyric, Carmarthen
A heart-warming tale-as-old-as time this Christmas where love conquers all, starring Carmarthen’s own West End star, Steve Elias as the hilarious and Dame Sylvia Scrub-It. When a prince is cursed to live his life as a fearsome beast, his only hope of escaping this fate is to find true love. When Beauty comes into his life, could this be the chance he has been waiting for? With colourful characters, spectacular sets and jaw-dropping costumes, Beauty and the Beast is a fun-filled pantomime adventure that the whole family will enjoy. Following on from the success of last year, Theatrau Sir Gâr are delighted to be supported by Imagine Theatre once again as they present Beauty and the Beast as the Lyric’s Christmas pantomime for 2024.
3 - 12 Jan
Sleeping Beauty
Gwyn Hall, Neath
Join us to see all your favourite pantomime characters and familiar faces as they take you on a journey of spinning wheels, adventure and romance. Featuring all of the best-loved panto shenanigans live on stage, with an abundance of laughter, spectacular special effects and plenty of audience participation. The perfect festive treat for the entire family to enjoy. Sleeping Beauty will leave you spellbound, our Pantomime promises to be the show of your dreams! If you’re looking for something more grown up, there’s an adult version of the show on the 10 and 11 Jan. You’ll be taken to a land far, far away – to the Kingdom of Neath. A land of Enchanted Castles, Tanning Salons, Tattoo Parlours and Vape Emporiums.
