Booking a coach/minibus with Your Coach Hire

Booking a coach/minibus with Your Coach Hire

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Get in contact. We’d love to know your requirements. We’ll get back to you with a price and availability – usually within two hours by email or with an instant quote over the phone.  Whichever method of contact you prefer is fine by us.

Once you’ve agreed a price and wish to go ahead, we’ll forward you a booking confirmation with all the details of your trip.

You’ll receive an invoice from us. A deposit paid within 7 days secures the vehicle for your chosen date. The balance is payable no less than 7 working days before travel.

We’ll be in contact in the run up to your trip with driver details.

We also have a 24-hour emergency number.

Booking through us is simple and straightforward with no hidden costs.      

What are the advantages of Your Coach Hire? 

  • You come first
  • A coach hire team with masses of knowledge and experience
  • Across the UK, a wide range of vehicles from trusted suppliers
  • Fair prices and top quality guaranteed

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Top corporate days out

Top corporate days out

London Treasure Trail

If there’s one UK city brimming over with potential treasure trails, it’s London. There are Crime Trails to be stalked, Movie Location Trails to move along, TV Comedy Show Trails to titter to, Musical Theatre Trails to be choreographed and Famous Pub Trails to imbibe. Landmarks such as The Tower of London, Globe Theatre, Gherkin, The London Eye and Camden Market may be on your itinerary but so might lesser known curiosities.  These could include the fabulous Horniman Museum, the ancient Roman bath below the Embankment, the grave near Kings Cross of the first modern clown, or the plaque marking the Tyburn gallows at Marble Arch. You could also have clues to finding the brass nose on the walls of Admiralty Arch and the shrapnel marks from the bombs dropped by a World War I Zeppelin that still scour the walls of Barts Hospital.

Create your own London-based treasure hunt. But if you want to give that job to someone else, try CCC Events (https://www.cccevents.co.uk/team-building-london) or City Treasure Hunts (www.citytreasurehunts.com/locations/)

Gin and Fizz Tasting in Leeds

Raise a glass and learn a thing or two about taste combinations and cocktail-making in the Northern powerhouse of Leeds – near stunning Yorkshire countryside.

What’s the perfect gin-to-tonic ratio? How do you like the aroma of your gin: juniper-led dry or citrus or floral? You’ll be tutored in making the ultimate G&T and other cocktail classics such as Kir Royale and French 75.

Combine your team experience of making superior drinks with a cocktail of Leeds-flavoured tourism. There’s lots to see and do in this fantastic city: a trip to the Briggate area, which is famous for its historic shopping arcades, plus further retail joys at The Corn Exchange, and excellent art galleries in the centre.

For something different, head to the cavernous Fab Café – The world’s first cult television and movie theme bar.

More information about Gin & Fizz here: https://www.adventureconnections.co.uk/ideas/gin-fizz-tasting/. Gin tasting experiences also available in Birmingham, Bournemouth, Oxford, Edinburgh, Portsmouth and many other locations.

Escape from a room in Cardiff

The doors are locked, and your team’s way out depends upon its ingenuity and ability to work together.

Challenges, conundrums, riddles and clues are promised to raise your lateral thinking and powers of logic to new levels. Only when you’ve “cracked it” are you released.

The escape room challenges are themed. Why not ask your team to draw upon skills they might not normally use? Give them the task of stealing a priceless gem in the Heist Room. Or confine them in a zombie’s lair, a mummy’ tomb or ask them to find Sherlock Holmes (he’s gone missing).

Once you’ve escaped there’s plenty in Cardiff to explore.

The city is rich in history, with a medieval castle and Victorian gothic mansion at its heart. Its most recent star is Europe’s largest city waterfront development, an eight-mile lake plus walkway/cycle track in Cardiff Bay festooned with eateries, bars and events.

More information about Escape Rooms Cardiff here: www.escaperoomscardiff.co.uk.

Play weird outdoor sports in Devon

And we do mean weird – but fun!

Lock long, candy-coloured poles in Segway Jousting; settle who’s on top form by playing Human Football; be an expert in the field of duck herding.

And if those seem too odd by half (and they’re not, they’re a giggle), there are traditional team activities run by the same organiser.  These include paintball, falconry, archery, clay shooting, cookery and off-road Land Rover Experience.

The events take place in a manor house in Devon with a cottage garden and deluxe accommodation.

Deer Park Country House is not far from Exeter, Dartmoor and the pretty, rolling red stone coast around the coastal towns of Sidmouth and Beer.

More information about Deer Park Country House here: www.deerpark.co.uk.

Top trips to the coast

Top trips to the coast

Mumbles/Swansea Bay

There’s so much beauty along this stretch of the Welsh coast.

One of its highlights is Three Cliffs Bay, which is rugged and feels remote. You can only get to it via a footpath through salt marshes and over Pennard Pill, a large stream that flows into the sea in the middle of the bay.

To its west is Rhossili Bay, which is rated by Tripadvisor as Best British Beach. It’s unusual in that gentle hills and not cliffs jut straight up from its epically long sands.

Nearby, Swansea is a popular university city and it’s not hard to see why. Who wouldn’t want to live in a campus that’s a pebble’s throw from a beach that’s featured in Dr Who?

Falmouth

Falmouth is the perfect base from which to discover both Cornish coasts: the gentler, charming bays and coves of South Cornwall and the crashing waves and rocky triumphs of the Atlantic North Coast.

It’s a short stroll from Falmouth town centre to Gyllyngvase beach, with its fan-shaped golden sands. And you’re also near the Roseland Peninsula, replete with pale sands and picturesque bays.

Brighton

Brighton is the UK’s trendiest and – some say – poshest seaside resort. It’s now a commuter city for London workers who have imported some of the capital’s Covent Garden and Shoreditch chic, adding to the bohemia that already existed in Brighton.

Brighton is cosmopolitan – a touch of the Mediterranean bar culture here, a California-style roller-blading police offer there; everywhere, fine sands from Barbados brought in to cover the pebbles that once topped the shore.

Nearby, the South Downs walk skirts the coast at Seven Sisters cliffs. If you’re in search of archetypal English chalk cliffs, here they are.

Snowdonia Coast

This is Wales the magnificent where the prehistoric rocks of its mountains brush the expanse of the Irish sea. It’s where a sea view is often also a view of the Snowdonia range. The Llŷn Peninsula is simply stunning.

It has possibly the best pub location in Britain. Drive to Porthdinllaen down and have an ale at the Ty Coch Inn. Look out of its windows – across the cove are majestic mountains.

There’s so much to see – from Barmouth to the Menai Strait and the island of Anglesey. If you want a break from driving, take the coast rail. The views from the carriages are inspiring.

Poole Harbour/Purbeck

Poole Harbour is the largest natural harbour in Europe. It also boasts some of the most expensive real estate in the UK. And the motor boats and yachts in the harbour – most of them wouldn’t look out of place in a James Bond film.

The waters of the bay are shallow, and great to paddle in.

To the west is the wildlife centre at Hengistbury Head, and Bournemouth, with its ornamental parks and chines – steep river valleys that lead to the coast. To the East are the sand dunes of Studland Bay and then Swanage. Further east is the Isle of Purbeck, a great place for walkers. Part of the isle’s coast is limestone, which on a sunny day makes the sea turquoise; another part is shale, which makes for a more brooding coast path experience.

Northumbria coast

If you like your coastlines to feel ancient, drive to the Northumbrian Coast in the North-East of England and just below the Scottish borders. This is sparsely populated coast, isolated island coast, rugged outposts against invasion coast. There are a lot of castles along its stretches, the grandest of these is Bamburgh.

It’s also a coast full of wildlife, with large seal sanctuaries to view by boat trip.

One of the highlights of any Northumbrian road trip must be the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. The ruined medieval priory is as serene as it is magnificent. The island is accessible at only certain time of the day.

Stress-free airport transfers

Stress-free airport transfers

Going on holiday in a small or large group? Would you like a hassle-free experience when transferring between airports? Who wants the stress of getting off one flight and then having to negotiate a maze of public transport when the process can be made simpler by others?

We can organise the entire process of getting you from one airport to another. Our customers are business groups, families, wedding parties – all are welcome to use our services. We will take care of you from the moment you make a booking until the time you arrive at your destination without the worries usually associated with transfers. Travel times, pick up points and transport itineraries: we take care of them all.

We cover all the main airports and cities across the country: Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow and, of course, London at Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and City Airport.

We have a wide range of coaches for all needs and tastes. We can also provide disabled access vehicles. Please don’t hesitate to ask if your group has any special requirements. We’re here to help.

For further information, please get in touch and we’ll be in touch to ensure your airport transfer runs smoothly and pleasurably.
Or you can call us on: 03302234438

Top UK theme parks

Top UK theme parks

Thorpe Park

Surrey-based Thorpe Park takes the expression “scary theme park ride” to its logical conclusion, with a significant smattering of its 30 state-of-the-art rides having a horror theme.

Walking Dead: The Ride and Demon compete to provide thrills, spills and bloodcurdling frissons with The Swarm (a rollercoaster that’s, in part, trackless) and SAW whose name is a direct echo of the long-running slasher film franchise. Derren Brown’s Ghost Train has the hallucinatory, unsettling feel of one of the spooky illusionist’s TV specials.

For those who aren’t fans of the horror genre, there are family friendly attractions such as Mr Monkey’s Banana Ride – although even the birds in the theme park have an edge: they’re angry. Check out the Angry Birds ride and see.

Chessington

The Greater London-based theme park has 40 rides and attractions. Of these, Chessington claims that 18 are suitable for babies and toddlers making the centre a top destination for young families looking for a smile and a rush of fun.

Recommended rides include Gruffalo River Ride, Rameses Revenge, Rattlesnake, Bubbleworks, Dragon Falls, Dragon’s Fury and Vampire roller coaster.

The theme park’s big draw is that it’s part of the same complex as Chessington Zoo and Chessington Sea Life. The day’s experience includes the possibility of moving from rollercoaster to a tree-tops stroll in monkeys’ habitats and then a glimpse of sea life on the coral reef – moving from spider monkey, Bolivian squirrel monkey, clownfish and upside-down jelly fish to the squeals and yelps of customers on the big dippers and fast rides.

Legoland

Lego has long since been merely the building blocks of child’s play and is now the stuff of blockbuster movies.

L-Drivers is a driving experience for the knee-high. Children aged 3 to 5 watch a road safety video, drive electric Lego cars around a Lego course and receive a Legoland driving licence.

Kids can go from one Lego-themed transport experience to another by being a pilot at Duplo Valley Airport and riding the spinning helicopter above the Windsor landscape.

Undersea education and entertainment are provided by the Sea Life Aquarium and the Atlantis Submarine Voyage in which stingrays weave through the sea-bottom ruins of the ancient city of Atlantis – built by of Lego an ancient civilisation (of course)!

Finally, it’s all aboard the Duplo Train – to round off a voyage around the world of imaginative building blocks by road, rail, sea and air.

Harry Potter Studios

“Cinematic” and “captivating” are words often used by the visitors of this, one of the UK’s top visitor attractions.

Naturally, a tour of the Harry Potter Studios is a multimedia experience featuring sets, costumes and special effects from the blockbuster films. Potter fans get the chance to “fly” against a green screen and recreate scenes of wizards on broomsticks over London. Some of the series best props are to hand – for example, the magical, Whomping Willow tree trunks used to thrash Mr Weasley’s flying car in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

This year sees the launch of the attraction’s biggest addition: the set of Gringotts Wizarding Bank. Fans can walk through its glorious marble hall and Lestrange Vault plus gaze upon at the costumes and prosthetics for Goblin bankers such as Griphook and Bogrod.

At certain times of year, there are special events such as one on the run up to Christmas when key parts of the studio are decked with film-making snow.

Head to the studios – just outside Watford – and enter the world of school-age wizards and witches, Professor Severus Tobias Kalovan Snape, Nymphadora Tonks, the Great Hall, Forbidden Forest and Platform 9¾.

Alton Towers

Alton Towers is one of most established and successful theme parks in Europe.

Based in Staffordshire, the entertainment complex is comprised of the theme park itself plus a spa, water park, high ropes and mini-golf attraction.

Its star attractions include Mine Train, Congo River Rapids, Runaway Mine Train, Nemesis, Oblivion, Galactica, The Smiler, and Wicker Man inspired by the 70s cult horror flick.

The theme park is open from the middle of March until early November and is occasionally closed midweek during the quieter months. We recommend you double check opening times before visiting any of the attractions mentioned in this article.

UK Sporting Events to look out for in 2019

UK Sporting Events to look out for in 2019

Grand National

If there’s one racing fixture to mark in the 2019 calendar, odds-on favourite it’ll be the Grand National (a National Hunt horse race without any hunting) held at the Aintree Racecourse.
It’s the royalty of horse racing – and, with prizes totalling over £1 million, has the richest winnings.

Becher’s Brook, The Chair and Canal Turn are among its obstacles – among the biggest in horse racing. At just over 4 miles long, the two-lap course tests the skills and stamina of horse and rider like no other. Thirty-two, pined-topped fences and a smattering of water jumps line up to confound the challengers whose names range from cartoon-like (Mr Frisk and Dick Saunders) to the grandiose (Lutteur III and Poethlyn). Some participants find the going too tough – in one year, only two horses made it to the finish.

And we’ll wager that you’ll like Liverpool too, where Aintree is located. If you haven’t visited the city, it’s a feast of urban culture and nightlife bordering its mighty river.

Date: 6 April

British Grand Prix

This British annual clash of racing Titans takes place at the Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire. Drivers behind the steering wheels of their F1 cars put pedal to the metal, clocking up an average 145 mph. Anyone who has been at the track side at this race knows just how loud these 1,000+horsepower racing demons roar.

Senna, Schumacher, Senna, Lauder and Hamilton are just some of the flesh-and-blood stars to have thrilled British Grand Prix racegoers. Ferrari, McLaren, Williams and Mercedes are its famous teams.

Date: 12-14 July

Henley Royal Regatta

This posh rowing event has much in common with the Ascot races in that it’s part of a posh social calendar. It’s not just a sporting event but a strict dress code party and a chance to wear formal jackets, summer hats and hemlines below the knee.

Competitions in the 5-day event are head-to-head knock-outs raced over 1 mile. Its highlight is the Grand Challenge Cup for Men’s Eights – the jewel in the crown since the Regatta started. The competition regularly attracts leading international race crews.

Its founders claimed: “The establishing of an annual regatta, under judicious and respectable management, would not only be productive of the most beneficial results to the town of Henley, but from its peculiar attractions would also be a source of amusement and gratification to the neighbourhood, and the public in general.” The public it now attracts live everywhere from Dehli to Dallas.

Date: 3-7 July

Wimbledon

Strawberries, cream, occasional tantrums and blindingly good play… it’s all at the world’s leading tennis tournament.
It’s one of the globe’s main sporting events where the women’s games and men’s games have long been equally anticipated. And the doubles set the matches alight too.

It’s the outdoor lawn tournament. Wimbledon is one of the world’s 4 grand slams (Australian Open, French Open and US Open being the others). It was founded in 1877, a year after lawn tennis was invented by Major Walter Clopton Wingfield. Yes, that was his name.

Fast forward to July 2019 and the world’s media will again gaze upon Wimbledon’s Centre Court. A ticket to Wimbledon is a ticket to one of the world’s truly great sporting moments.

Date: 1-14 July

Ashes Cricket

If your travel plans include the sound of a leather ball hitting a willow bat, pop Ashes Cricket on your itinerary: it’s the top cricketing event of 2019.

The Ashes is the annual Test series in which England and Australia slug it out for cricketing glory. Whichever team wins the Test gets the Ashes, and if there’s a draw the current holder retains the prize. There are no cremated remains inside the winner’s cup – that’s a nineteenth century joke. In more up-to-date humour, the Ashes made an appearance in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, stolen by alien robots.

But there’s nothing mechanical about the Test series, apart from that it’s always hosted in in turn by England and Australia at least once every two years. In 2019, it’s England’s turn.

Dates

First Test 1-5 August Edgbaston Cricket Ground (Birmingham)

Second Test 14-18 August Lord’s Cricket Ground (London)

Third Test 22-26 August Headingley (Leeds)

Fourth Test 4-8 September Old Trafford (Manchester)

Top 5 Holiday destinations in the UK

Top 5 Holiday destinations in the UK

Feeling the holiday blues, dreaming of where to go next? We’ve listed our top 5 destinations to visit in the UK. From Padstow to

Cornwall

Peaceful ancient estuaries beautifying its southern coastline; rough rocky crags and stacks of rock making the northern coast majestic. In between, yellow gorse on the moors, red rhododendron in semi-tropical gardens, and pineapples growing out of the grounds within the sci-fi domes of the Eden Project.  Cornwall is year-round eye candy and has soft sands, surf, pasties, chunky chips and castle that the tourist office at Tintagel says *might* have belonged to King Arthur.

Standout places to visit: Padstow, Porthcurno Beach, Kynance Cove, Pentewan Beach, Eden Project, Lost Gardens of Heligan, Tate St Ives art gallery.

London

London has long been one of the greatest and most cosmopolitan capital cities of the world.

This translates into bucket loads of tourist attractions, hip hot spots, glitz, landmarks from blockbuster movies and an incredible range of restaurants.

It needn’t cost £££. A budget-priced 007 experience can be had by topping up an Oyster transport card: use it to whizz up the Thames on a high-speed water bus, and then to buy passage on the Emirates Air Line – a cable car link over the river with spectacular views of the 02 Arena.

In London, the wealth of retail experiences on offer is wide and varied: the markets in Camden, Brick Lane and Petticoat Lane are world-class for furniture, clothes and cuisine. A visit to Harrods is still on the list of many shoppers. There are neighbourhoods for specialist goods – for example, the Hatton Garden jewellery quarter – and hundreds of niche stores. These include Duke of Uke for ukuleles, Hoxton Street Monster Supplies for all things scary, and Spy Shop… for spy equipment.

Standout places to visit: Tate Modern, Camden Market, Hyde Park, Greenwich, Horniman Museum and Gardens, Hamsptead Heath, The View From The Shard, Houses of Parliament,  God’s Own Junkyard (gallery of neon signs), The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities.

Lake District

England’s largest National Park has England’s highest mountain (Scafell Pike), its deepest lake (Wastwater) and some of the country’s prettiest scenery. No wonder it was loved by Wordsworth – one of England’s most romantic poets.

Some of its place names sound Hobbity – Borrowdale, Red Pike, Bassenthwaite and Derwentwater, for instance. You can walk for miles across land that could be from a Tolkein novel; land unmarked by fences, stiles and habitation.

As well as boating, walking, climbing and hiking there’s bike hire for the adventurous and coast line to explore – much of it by train. The views from the carriages on the Cumbrian coast line are spectacular.

It does take a while to get from A to B – many of the roads are steep and winding. But the drives are lovely.

Standout places to visit: Skiddaw Massif, Coniston, Windemere, Derwent, Buttermere, The Fells, Thirlmere, Helvellyn.

Norfolk

The terrain in this county is the opposite of the Lake District in that it’s either gently undulating or flat – very flat.  It’s also very beautiful.

It has stunning historic houses in the forms of Holkham Hall (with its 3,000-acre deer park), Somerleyton Hall and royal residence Sandringham. The county town is Norwich, whose castle looks like no other in the UK and whose graceful cathedral has the UK’s largest cloisters.

It’s blessed with animal centres including Oasis Camel Park, the UK’s only camel collection, the centre for rescued horses at Redwings Aylsham and one of the UK’s largest marine life centres at the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth.

Water is the big feature of the county and it comes it two forms. The first is the North Sea coastline. Most of its beaches are wide and sandy – Waxham and Horsey are particularly wild and unspoilt. The second source are the freshwater Norfolk Broads, which are a glimmering network of rivers and lakes that are home to otters, rare butterflies, wigeon and sedge warblers hiding in swaying bulrushes.

Standout places to visit: Theatre Royal Norwich, Norwich Castle, Sandringham, Norfolk Coastal Path, Winterton Dunes, The Broads.

Bath

You’ll find it difficult to walk around the centre of Bath and find a street that doesn’t have an elegant look. Perhaps you might find it impossible: Bath is uniquely attractive; it’s a UNESCO World Heritage site for its classy sandstone buildings.

But it’s not just the Georgian architecture that makes this city’s walks to-die-for. Wander the pretty Kennet and Avon canal towpath or the Bath Skyline on the hills that surround the place; stroll (and picnic) in its great Victoria Park.

And Bath can get bang-up-to-date in terms of arts and culture, with a thriving local music scene fuelled in part by student bands from the performing arts-led Bath Spa uni. The covered market is good and the shops on Walcot Street are quirky. Acorn is one of the best vegetarian restaurants in the UK. The pubs are genuine and welcome all ages.

Standout places to visit: Roman Baths, Thermae Spa (to soak in), Theatre Royal, Bell Inn/Walcot Street, Victoria Park, Royal Crescent, Acorn restaurant, Bath Abbey, Bath Komedia (for gigs, food, gallery and comedy).

Best UK Christmas markets to visit this year

Best UK Christmas markets to visit this year

Bath Christmas Market 2018

Bath’s annual Christmas Market is a great opportunity to buy handcrafted presents, sip and taste homecooked delights and admire the cosy grandeur of fine Georgian sandstone architecture.

This year’s market has decorations made of recycled plastic bags and bottles, designed by Christine Leech who is Creative Director of Marie Claire Runway Magazine.

Browse the rows of wooden chalets, filled with goodies and decked with festive lights that line the area near Bath Cathedral and the city’s antique Pump House.

And when in a Roman city, why not do as the Romans did and take reinvigorating dip in the Thermae Baths. Shop, explore and rest in stately splendour as part of a great day out.

Market open Thursday 22nd November to Sunday 9th December.

Bath Christmas Market Website

Birmingham Christmas Market 2018 

Birmingham is the UK’s second largest city so it’s only appropriate that its Christmas market is big; it’s the biggest outdoor Christmas market in the UK, and it’s also the largest market of its kind outside of Austria and Germany.

This means around 200 festive stalls in around New Street and Victoria Square… and lots of things to buy and spoil yourself with. It’s a foodie’s paradise: experience the tastes, sights and aromas of sweet and savoury crepes, waffles, pretzles, schnitzels, bratwursts, toasted marshmallows and roasted almonds supped with a glass of fruity glühwein, a tankard of weissbeer, or comforting mug of rich hot chocolate.

Market open Thursday 15th November to Sunday 23rd December.

Birmingham Christmas Market Website

Glasgow Christmas Market 2018

“Glasgow loves Christmas,” claims Glasgow so it’s playing host to not one but two sparkling Christmas markets in George Square and Enoch Square.

Pick up the perfect Christmas present from one of the many stalls that occupy cosmopolitan Glasgow at this time of year, with gifts and feasts aplenty made lovingly by crafts people and good cooks.

Among the jewellery, hand-knits, cosmetics, pottery, clothes, cakes, ales and superior nosh, there is a traditional German windmill, a vintage carousel and a festive helter skelter to provide fun and amusement.

The markets welcome all, and there is an autism-friendly market day on Tuesday 4th December.

St Enoch Square Market – Saturday 10th November to Saturday 22nd December.

St George Square Market – Monday 26th November to Saturday 29th December

Glasgow Christmas Market Website

Leeds Christmas Market 2018

The traditionally named Christkindelmarkt in Leeds has 40 authentically decorated wooden chalet stalls selling toys, traditional Christmas decorations, neat little stocking fillers and great things to eat and wear.

The German Christmas – based around Millennium Square – is also a winter wonderland for children, with a Christmas Carousel and other themed children’s rides. There’s a children’s show every Sunday morning with face painting, balloon modelling, sing-songs, crafts and guest appearances from Winter Wonderland Princesses and her festive friends.

The adults can relax in German bars, an Alpine-chalet-style eatery and – if they shop with the early birds – tuck into a buffet style breakfast.

Market open Friday 5th November to Saturday 22nd December.

Visit Leeds website

Theatre shows to watch out for this Christmas

Theatre shows to watch out for this Christmas

A Christmas Carol

Dickens much-loved festive story of a mean man who learns life’s lessons is being adapted for the stage by the RSC in Stratford-Upon-Avon, the Arts Theatre in London and the Leeds Playhouse among others.

Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit and the three ghosts make this timeless tale a joy as the cold-hearted Scrooge goes from being the villain of the piece and thaws into loveliness.

There’ll be music, merriment and touch of melodrama in strong performances by some of the UK’s best theatrical actors including Simon Callow and Aden Gillett.

A Christmas Carol Arts Theatre London Tickets

A Christmas Carol Leeds Playhouse Tickets

Nativity! The musical

Eventim Apollo London and New Theatre Oxford are on the nativity trail in the tale of a love-lost man whose spirits soar through producing a school nativity play in Hollywood musical style. Meanwhile, the rival posh primary school has its own plans…

This is true feel-good theatre with song, dance and a cast of all ages.

Nativity The Musical Tickets – London

Nativity The Musical Tickets – Oxford

Awful Auntie

David Walliams is a genuine good-at-all-sorts celebrity: a TV funny man, talent show judge, swimmer of the Thames and swimmer of the English Channel.

And now one of his best-selling children’s stories is treading the boards at London’s famous Bloomsbury Theatre.

Walliams’ comedy is about Stella Saxby whose inheritance is in danger of being stolen by horrible aunt Alberta and her giant owl Wagner. Stella needs all her wits to escape the clutches of her wicked relative.

Awful Auntie Theatre Royal Plymouth Tickets

Awful Auntie Tickets – Bloomsbury Theatre London

Snow White

Vicar of Dibley writer, actress and all-round good egg Dawn French is among the cast of stars in this winter’s version of the enduring fairy tale.

It’s a story of the young princess versus the wicked witch – and Ms White has help from her seven little friends.

There’ll be nothing Sleepy, Dopey or Sneezy about the production. It’s playing at the London Palladium – for years, theatrical home of top variety shows and family entertainment.

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