A festive, magical quest for the whole family
When Clara receives a super-cool enchanted Nutcracker toy, one thing’s for sure - she doesn’t want her accident-prone little brother, Fritz, anywhere near it! But with rumours of an evil, seven-headed Mouse King trying to ruin Christmas, Clara might just need the help of Fritz to save the day!
Join Olivier award-winning Little Bulb ("Wolf Witch Giant Fairy") and Polka Theatre for a magical, musical quest of heroism and surprising rodent singalongs, featuring a sleigh-load of familiar festive bangers that’ll have you dancing in your seat.
Please note this is a brand-new production and information on the show may change. This page will be updated once we have more details.
Generously supported by the Chan Yin Chuen Memorial Charitable Foundation
Performances
Saturday 16 November 2024 - Sunday 26 January 2025
Previews
Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 November
Duration
Approx. 1 hour 20 minutes (including 20 minute interval)
Age Recommendation
5 - 12 years
Access Performances
School Relaxed: Friday 6 December 1.45pm
Relaxed: Saturday 7 December 11am
Audio described: Sunday 15 December 2.30pm
Captioned: Saturday 11 January 11am
BSL Interpreted: Sunday 12 January 2.30pm
Ticket Pricing
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Ticket Prices* Group Offers** |
Schools |
Please note: All children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult or young person aged 16 years or over.
Multi-buy offer available! Purchase tickets to any of the applicable shows at the same time and receive 5% off for 2 shows, 10% off for 3 shows or 15% off for 4 or more shows!**
Access tickets
Access tickets can be booked over the phone or via email for all performances. If you want to find out more or inform us of any particular needs, then just get in touch. We’re happy to help. For all access performances information, click here.
📞 020 8543 4888 | 📧 [email protected]
Age Recommendation - 5 - 12 years
Polka Theatre creates a range of productions to be enjoyed by children from 0-12 years. Whilst all children may attend our productions, we feel that this story is best suited to the suggested audience. This may be due to the themes or presentation style. We encourage you to consider this when booking tickets. All children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult or young person aged 16 years or over.
Creative Team
For Little Bulb Alex Scott, Clare Beresford, Dominic Conway
Devised in collaboration with Edith Tankus
Lighting Designer Joshua Pharo
Set & Costume Designer Sam Wilde
Sound Designer Saron Tsang
Stage Manager on Book Katie Bingham
A Polka Theatre and Little Bulb production
*£2.50 transaction fee applies to phone and online bookings. T&Cs apply.
** Multi-buy valid on all Adventure Theatre seats and Band A and Band B seats in the Main Theatre. Group offers valid on Band A and Band B seats only and not applicable during preview performances. Offer not valid on concession tickets, during previews and can not be used in conjunction with another offer. We reserve the right to remove or amend this discount at any time.
Tickets from
£10
+ £2.50 fee*
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- Age range 5-12 yrs
- 16th Nov - 26th Jan
- Start time Varied
- Duration 80 mins
- Location Polka's Main Theatre
Additional Events
The Big Bash: Party and The Nutcracker
- Date 08/12/2024
- Time 2:00 pm
Schools Relaxed
- Date 06/12/2024
- Time 1:45 pm
Relaxed
- Date 07/12/2024
- Time 11:00 am
Audio described
- Date 15/12/2024
- Time 2:30 pm
Listen to the audio flyer here.
Captioned
- Date 11/01/2025
- Time 11:00 am
BSL Interpreted
- Date 12/01/2025
- Time 2:30 pm
Watch the BSL trailer here.
Workshops
Check out our Holiday workshops, inspired by The Nutcracker!
Magical Toy Tales – choose a toy from Polka’s toy box or bring your own to magically ‘come to life’ in this drama workshop!
Thursday 2 January
Ages 5 – 8 years
10am – 12pm or 2 – 4pm
Characters & Costumes Masterclass – Come raid our Polka costume cupboard and create your own character.
Friday 3 January
Ages 8 – 12 years
10am – 4pm
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