This year's Christmas Pantomime "Aladdin" starring Ore Oduba is now on sale! Click here to buy your tickets.
Sometimes you get even more than you wished for...
Aladdin wishes the Princess would notice him, the Princess wishes she could lead a normal life, Aladdin's mother wishes she could remember what she came in here for...
And there's something very peculiar about that ancient clapped out rusty thing. (The lamp... not his mother).
Let us whisk you away this Christmas to the town of Shangri-La where the sorcerers are sinister, the caves full of surprises and the genies have been bottling things up for a bit.
With spectacular sets, breathtaking special effects, gorgeous costumes and mountains of mayhem, the team behind last year's smash-hit Beauty and the Beast return to grant all your festive wishes in this action-packed adventure for the whole family.
It doesn't take a genie-us to know one of your three wishes should be to see Aladdin at the Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells!
This year Aladdin stars Strictly Come Dancing sensation ORE ODUBA, with returning favourites STEWART MCCHEYNE and JAMES PEAKE!
| Date | Morning | Matinee | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Dec | 1pm | 5pm | |
| 15 Dec | 1pm | 5pm | |
| 16 Dec | 10am | 1.45pm | |
| 17 Dec | 10am | 1.45pm | |
| 18 Dec | NO PERFORMANCES | ||
| 19 Dec | 10am | 7pm | |
| 20 Dec | 10am | 7pm | |
| 21 Dec | 1pm | 5pm | |
| 22 Dec | 1pm | 5pm | |
| 23 Dec | 1pm | 5pm | |
| 24 Dec | 11am | 3pm | |
| 25 Dec | MERRY CHRISTMAS! | ||
| 26 Dec | 1pm | 5pm | |
| 27 Dec | 1pm | 5pm | |
| 28 Dec | 1pm | 5pm | |
| 29 Dec | 1pm | 5pm | |
| 30 Dec | 1pm (SP) | 5pm (RP) | |
| 31 Dec | 11am | 3pm | |
For performance types and times please see the full timetable.
Relaxed Performance
30 Dec 24, 5.00pm
BSL Signed Performance
30 Dec 24, 1:00pm
School Performances (School rate also available on Green Performances)
16 - 17 Dec 24, 10.00am and 1:45pm
19 - 20 Dec 24, 10.00am
Book by phone or contact Group Bookings
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Band A: Adults £30.00, Children £20.00
Band B: Adults £27.00, Children £17.00
Red
Band A: Adults £37.50, Children £27.50
Band B: Adults £34.50, Children £24.50
Purple
Band A: Adults £42.50, Children £32.50
Band B: Adults £39.50, Children £29.50
Gold
Band A: Adults £45.00, Children £35.00
Band B: Adults £42.50, Children £32.50
Groups
Groups 8 to 14: save 10%
Groups 15 to 49: save 20%
Groups 50+: save 30%
Group rates not available for Gold performances.
Schools (School rate available on Blue and Green Performances)
£12.00 (one ticket free for every ten purchased).
Book by phone or contact Group Bookings
Running Time: TBC (approx. 2hr 15 - 45 Mins)
Babes-in-arms will require a ticket for this show
For specific access requests including wheelchair bookings or general access information please contact the theatre Ticket Sales team on 01892 554441 (Mon to Fri, 9am-5pm and Sat, 12pm-5pm).
Creatives
ORE ODUBA
Ore Oduba is a broadcaster and actor who has been entertaining audiences ever since winning the 14th season of Strictly Come Dancing.
Ore's stage credits include Brad Majors in The Rocky Horror Show (West End/UK Tour) and Aaron Fox in the Kander and Ebb musical Curtains opposite Jason Manford (West End/UK Tour). Ore has also played the iconic role of Teen Angel in Grease and most recently performed as Happy Man/Mr Thompson in the UK tour of Pretty Woman: The Musical.
An experienced Pantomime performer, last December Ore starred as Prince Charming in Snow White at Royal and Derngate in Northampton. He earned his first screen acting credit in BBC One primetime drama Noughts + Crosses.
Familiar to audiences of ITV's This Morning, The One Show and BBC Radio 2, Ore is one of the most versatile presenters around, from Saturday night television host to fronting some of the biggest national events live to millions. Following his win on the TV series, Ore twice hosted the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour, delighting sold-out crowds in many of the UK's most famous arenas.
Ore is very excited to spend Christmas in Tunbridge Wells this year and can't wait to play a baddie. “Bring on the boos” he says, “I LOVE the boos!”
JAMES PEAKE
Aladdin marks James' eighth Christmas with Little Wolf. It is his third time at the Assembly Hall Theatre, after playing Betty Bon Bon in Beauty and The Beast in 2023, and Dame Helga Skelter Trott in Jack and the Beanstalk in 2022.
James was awarded Best Dame at the Great British Pantomime Awards in 2020.
James' extensive theatre credits include David Copperfield Riverside Studios & Frinton Summer Theatre; David Baddiel's AniMalcolm UK Tour; Babe, The Sheep Pig and Peter Pan Mercury Theatre; Rex in Rex the King UK Tour The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – Off West End Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor Union Theatre; She Stoops to Conquer Theatre Royal Bath; The Music Hall Menagerie Leicester Square Theatre; NewsRevue Canal Café Theatre; Dirty, Gifted and Welsh National Theatre Wales & Dirty Protest; Dick Whittington, Aladdin and Jack and the Beanstalk Key Theatre and A Midsummer Night's Dream Mappa Mundi/Torch Theatre.
James' screen credits include BAFTA-winning Aberfan: The Fight for Justice BBC/S4C, Holby City BBC; Da Vinci's Demons Starz/BBC Worldwide for FX; Chubby Funny Free Range Films and the multi-award-winning short film Spoilers, nominated for a BAFTA.
STEWART MCCHEYNE
Stewart trained on the Actor Musicianship course at Rose Bruford College where he graduated with a BA (Hons) Degree. Theatre credits: Silly Simon in Jack and the Beanstalk (Little Wolf Entertainment); Mac in Andy And The Oddsocks (Ninja Pig/UK Tour); Peter Pan in Peter Pan (Spillers Productions); The Huntsman/Mirror in Grimms Halloween Fairy Tales, John in The Boy That Wouldn't Grow Up (BryMack Productions); Banquo/Porter in Macbeth (Infinite Jest); Dave Dean in Dusty: The Dusty Springfield Musical (Charing Cross Theatre); Rudy in The Ballad Of Rudy (Goblin Theatre Company); Young David Balfour in Kidnapped (Sell A Door/UK Tour); Council Solicitor, Various Roles & Fight Captain in Our House (UK Tour); Elvis in Save The Last Dance For Me (UK Tour). Television credits include: Cousin Mac in Andy And The Band (CBBC/Three Arrows Media); Mac in Andy And The Oddsocks (CBeebies Hospital Heroes); Mac in Andy And The Oddsocks (CBBC Summer Social); Private Tom Harkins in Scots At War (ITV/STV). Radio credits: Lois in Three Skeleton Key (Glasgow Radio Theatre). Voice Over credits include: Food Love Stories (Tesco/Honey@Factory); San Miquel Award (Manifesto); 'Virgin Media's Game On' Animation for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Stewart is also highly trained/skilled in Stage Combat/Sword Fighting and has been a Fight Captain/Choreographer on various plays to short films.
