Oh yes it is, it's our guide to the pantos at theatres big and small this Christmas...
Sleeping Beauty
The Churchill Theatre, Bromley, from Friday, November 28, to Sunday, January 4.
Actor Marc Baylis goes from villain to hero as he swaps his role as Coronation Street murderer for the Prince in the Bromley panto.
The all-action family show also includes CITV and Nickelodeon’s Jamie Rickers as Silly Billy, the legendary Bobby Crush as Dame Nanny Glucose, West End star Zoe Birkett as Carabosse the evil fairy and 90s pop star Sonia as the flying good fairy.
Tickets cost from £15 to £26.50 (adults), with premium seats £32. Go to atgtickets.com/Bromley or call 0844 8717620.
Peter Pan
The Orchard Theatre, Dartford, from Friday, December 12, to Saturday, January 3.
Having played the Wicked Queen in Snow White, Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood returns to The Orchard, this time to play Captain Hook in Peter Pan.
Britain’s Got Talent finalist Paul Burling will take on the role of Smee while ventriloquist Dawson Chance is Willy.
Tickets from £15 to £32 (adults). Go to orchardtheatre.co.uk or call 01322 220000.
Aladdin
The Woodville, Gravesend, from Saturday, December 13, until Sunday, January 4.
Boyzone’s Shane Lynch plays the dastardly Abanazar, while EastEnders’ Derek Branning aka Beckenham actor Jamie Foreman is the Emperor of China and Ben Ofoedu, of 90s band Phats and Small, plays the Genie.
Go to Woodville.co.uk or call 01474 337459 for more information.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Fairfield Halls, Croydon, from Friday, December 5, until Sunday, January 4.
Pop Idol, Big Reunion and West End star Gareth Gates stars as Prince Charming in the Croydon theatre’s spectacular.
Tickets from £17 to £30 (adults). Go to Fairfield.co.uk or call 020 8688 9291.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Catford Broadway Theatre from Friday, December 12, to Tuesday, December 30.
TV presenter, musician and comedian Richard Blackwood is back by popular demand to reprise the role of Muddles, which he first took on in Sleeping Beauty last year.
Tickets for this one range from £12 to £18 (adults). For further details log on to broadwaytheatre.org.uk or call 020 8690 0002.
Picture: John Zammit
Jack and the Beanstalk
Greenwich Theatre from Thursday, November 20, to Sunday, January 11.
Legend among the panto dames, Andrew Pollard returns to Greenwich with yet another all-singing, all-dancing spectacular. Don’t expect big names but, as ever, expect one of the best pantos in the country.
Tickets £27. Go to greenwichtheatre.org.uk or call 020 8858 7755.
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
The Albany, Deptford, from Wednesday, December 10, to Sunday, January 4.
Not a panto but guaranteed to be a truly lovely family show, the Albany is adapting Michael Rosen’s much-loved children’s book for the stage with entrancing puppets and great songs.
Tickets £10, £8 or £32 families. For more information go to thealbany.org.uk or call 020 8692 4446.
Cinderella
Stag Theatre, Sevenoaks, from Saturday, December 6, until Sunday, January 4.
A huge line-up in Sevenoaks is definitely worth travelling for: two soap superstar villains and an Aussie soap hero.
EastEnders’ Dirty Den Watts and Coronation Street serial killer Richard Hillman, aka Leslie Grantham and Brian Capron, will both frock-up to play the Ugly Sisters.
As if that wasn’t enough, Ryan Moloney, who plays Toadfish in Neighbours, will play Buttons.
Tickets £21 (adults). Go to sevenoakspanto.com for more information.
Picture: Darren Bell
Miracle on 34th Street
The Orchard Theatre, Dartford, from Monday, November 24, to Saturday, November 29.
It’s another show that’s not a pantomime but you can scarcely imagine something more Christmassy.
Based on the 1947 movie (though most of us probably remember the 1994 Richard Attenborough version), it tells the story of a young girl who wishes for a brother and a sister and a department store Santa who claims to be the real thing.
Tickets cost from £15 to £24. Log on to orchardtheatre.co.uk or telephone 01322 220 000 for more information
Robin Hood
The Tramshed, Woolwich, from December 1 to 21.
Last year’s Greenwich and Lewisham Young People’s Theatre produced a sell-out run on Treasure Island and this year they are back, turning the Tramshed into Sherwood Forest for an immersive performance of Robin Hood with original songs and music.
Tickets £10 or £7 children or concessions. Go to glypt.co.uk or call 020 8854 1316.
Dick Whittington
The Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford, on December 5, 7, 20 and 22.
Follow the adventures of a Mayor of London who, with his companion Puss in Boots, could put Boris Johnson in the shade. Tickets cost just £11.
Book at themickjaggercentre.com or call 01322 291100.
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