Scrooge gets a hip-hop spin and the RSC does the BFG: 20 of the best UK stage shows this Christmas

<p>From musical versions of Pinocchio, Treasure Island and Sherlock Holmes to a comedy about banana-loving beach-dwellers … dive into our selection box of festive theatre</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/zoonation-ebony-scrooge/">Sadler’s Wells East, London, </a></strong><strong><a href="https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/zoonation-ebony-scrooge/">26 November to 4 January</a></strong> <br>
Choreographer Dannielle Rhimes Lecointe gives a hip-hop makeover to A Christmas Carol with a family-friendly yarn about a fashion designer who cancels Christmas to concentrate on her career. Presenting a united festive front, Sadler’s Wells is also bringing back The Snowman, The Red Shoes and The Little Match Girl.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/oct/16/scrooge-gets-a-hip-hop-spin-and-the-rsc-does-the-bfg-20-of-the-best-uk-stage-shows-this-christmas">Continue reading...</a>