Aladdin and friends fly into Chelmsford for our 2025 pantomime with all the ingredients of a perfect family Christmas treat. Expect magic carpets, genies, dazzling costumes, heroes and villains, laughter and a whole world full of fantastic adventure.

Journey to the North Pole where you’ll meet Mrs Claus, Daisy and Bernard the elves, Snowy the polar bear, and of course, Rudolph, as they prepare for the big Christmas Eve trip, but will all go to plan this year? You’ll have to come and find out.

Fun, relaxed music and dance sessions for children who are not yet walking! This session is all about getting up and active in a fun, interactive way.

Step into a world of wonder and imagination with Tiny Tales, a delightful storytelling session specially designed for toddlers.

Step into a world of wonder and imagination with Tiny Tales, a delightful storytelling session specially designed for toddlers.

Fun, relaxed music and dance sessions for children who are walking! This session is all about getting up and active in a fun, interactive way.

Packed full of toe-tapping songs, puppetry, and all the friends from Acorn Wood, this beautiful show from the team that brought you Dear Zoo Live and Dear Santa promises to be the perfect treat for children of all ages.

Ever since they were first identified in the 1800s, dinosaurs have sparked the imagination of kids and adults alike and for the first time ever, the world-renowned Natural History Museum is taking you on a dinosaur adventure like no other.

Sing, clap, and groove along to iconic hits from Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Adele, Jackie Wilson, Pharrell all complete with bubbles in a relaxed child-friendly setting.

Adapted from the best-selling books by Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter, the whole family will have a poopy good time enjoying a brand new story for the stage. Featuring new songs by Tom and Dougie, a lot of laughs and a whole lot of poo!

Join Olaf Falafel (if that is his real name) for an hour of kid's comedy which will be the stupidest he has ever let trickle from his brain. Expect jokes, poos on pogo sticks, more jokes and truth-telling cheese.

A breathtaking mix of puppetry, live folk music, and projection, discover a world no bigger than a house, yet at the centre of a galaxy.

Join the tea-guzzling tiger in this delightful family show; packed with oodles of magic, sing-a-long songs and clumsy chaos. Get ready for some teatime mayhem and expect to be surprised.

Join the Ministry of Science presenters as they dive deep into the world of science and look at how science shapes the modern world we live in with a few loud bangs along the way!

What happens when a group of performers are preparing to start their show and discover they aren’t alone on stage and Little Monster wants to be part of the fun too? Expect comedy and chaos in this high energy musical adventure.

It’s 1906 - the Golden Age of Magic. The Masked Magician bestrides London’s world of Magic like a colossus, UNTIL…one night, in mid-performance, the Magician vanishes.

Come and see the adventure of the deliciously smelling Gingerbread Man and find out if his fast feet are fast than a goose? Can he cross a river using a Fox as a raft? Are Gingerbread Men allowed on trains?

Nicky Trix returns to the Chelmsford Theatre with an all-new show packed with jaw dropping magic, hilarious comedy and outrageous antics!

Expect magic, mayhem, royal balls, fairy godmothers, major glow ups and a touch of ugly! Will our Cinders ever make it to the ball? It’s very likely, but you’d better come along just in case!