★★★★ Pocket Size Theatre
Posted on 12 December 2018
“fun, vibrant and well worth seeing”
Theatre503 in association with The Sleeping Trees
£12 Child / £15 Conc. / £19 Adult / ‘Pay What You Can’ 5th and 6th Dec
£55 FAMILY TICKET: 2 Adults (+ Babe-in-Arms) & 2 Children -18yrs
Select the tickets you need via Book Now. The Family Discount will automatically appear at Checkout. Alternatively, contact our Box Office.
RUNNING TIME/NOTICES: 2hrs (inc. interval). Suitable for ages 5yrs and over, but everyone is welcome!
★★★★ THE STAGE
★★★★ THE SPY IN THE STALLS
★★★★ CULTURE WHISPER
★★★★ POCKET SIZE THEATRE
★★★★ CANDID COCOA
It’s the 503 Christmas Panto (oh yes it is!)… we’re bringing back the timeless(ish) classic that is the Sleeping Trees’ Cinderella and the Beanstalk… with a difference.
The Trees themselves will finally be filming Pantomime the Movie so they are helping us reboot the script and we’re very excited to announce that this year’s cast will be ALL FEMALE.
Follow Cinderella on a perilous adventure as the scheming Rumpelstiltskin blackmails the would-be princess into retrieving the coveted Golden Eggs from the top of The Beanstalk. She must complete her quest to recover her glass slipper, but Prince Charming, the Fairy Godmother and Jack’s pregnant cow are all doing their best to get in the way, so her mission might not be quite as easy as she thought…
The Sleeping Trees
Described by Time Out as "the birth child of Monty Python and The League of Gentlemen", the Sleeping Trees are a trio of comedy writers and performers. Formed in 2009 at the University of Chichester, the company has made nine full-length shows to date, including two family pantomimes; Cinderella and the Beanstalk (Theatre503 & The Old Market) and Scrooge and the Seven Dwarves (Theatre503).
The company have just finished an extensive UK Tour of Sleeping Trees at the Movies; a trilogy of shows (Mafia, Western and Sci-Fi) parodying Gangster, Spaghetti Western and Science Fiction film genres, accompanied by a live band. They are currently touring their 10th production, which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival August 2018, before heading to Adelaide and Melbourne in February and March 2019. Alongside live performance they are currently developing their Sci-Fi script for television.
| Wednesday 19 December | Wed 19 Dec | 19:00 | Book Now |
| Thursday 20 December | Thu 20 Dec | 19:00 | Book Now |
| Friday 21 December | Fri 21 Dec | 14:30 | Book Now |
| Friday 21 December | Fri 21 Dec | 19:00 | Sold Out |
| Saturday 22 December | Sat 22 Dec | 14:30 | Sold Out |
| Saturday 22 December | Sat 22 Dec | 19:00 | Book Now |
| Sunday 23 December | Sun 23 Dec | 14:30 | Sold Out |
| Sunday 23 December | Sun 23 Dec | 19:00 | Sold Out |
| Monday 24 December | Mon 24 Dec | 14:00 | Sold Out |
| Thursday 27 December | Thu 27 Dec | 14:30 | Book Now |
| Thursday 27 December | Thu 27 Dec | 19:00 | Book Now |
| Friday 28 December | Fri 28 Dec | 14:30 | Book Now |
| Friday 28 December | Fri 28 Dec | 19:00 | Book Now |
| Saturday 29 December | Sat 29 Dec | 14:30 | Book Now |
| Saturday 29 December | Sat 29 Dec | 19:00 | Book Now |
| Sunday 30 December | Sun 30 Dec | 14:30 | Book Now |
| Sunday 30 December | Sun 30 Dec | 19:00 | Book Now |
| Monday 31 December | Mon 31 Dec | 14:00 | Book Now |
| Wednesday 2 January | Wed 2 Jan | 14:30 | Book Now |
| Wednesday 2 January | Wed 2 Jan | 19:00 | Book Now |
| Thursday 3 January | Thu 3 Jan | 19:00 | Book Now |
| Friday 4 January | Fri 4 Jan | 19:00 | Book Now |
| Saturday 5 January | Sat 5 Jan | 14:30 | Book Now |
| Saturday 5 January | Sat 5 Jan | 19:00 | Book Now |
“fun, vibrant and well worth seeing”
"comic mayhem"
"a weirdly wonderful uber-festive mash-up"
“the sweetest, silliest panto in town”
“way-out, high-spirited, hilarious entertainment that puts a smile on your face so wide it threatens to do permanent damage to your facial muscles”
