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What's On: A Christmas Carol at Castle Ward, Beauty & The Beast in Newtownabbey, It’s a Wonderful Life in Limavady and more

Aladdin is coming to the Crescent Arts Centre in Belfast
Aladdin is coming to the Crescent Arts Centre in Belfast

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SPEND a winter evening in the company of Ebeneezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchett and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future with A Christmas Carol this Saturday December 21 at Castle Ward. Hear the classic Dickens story of Ebeneezer Scrooge as you never have never heard it before.

ANTRIM

Theatre at the Mill Newtownabbey present a screening of Coppelia live from the Royal Ballet this Saturday evening. Osbert Lancaster's designs bring a colourful storybook world to life in this Christmas treat for the whole family.

ARMAGH

Beauty and The Beast continues at the Market Place Theatre until Sunday December 22. The greatest love story ever told, but told in a way you'll never have seen before. Audiences can expect an action-packed show bursting with magic, music and plenty of mayhem.

DERRY

See It’s a Wonderful Life this Saturday afternoon at Roe Valley Arts Centre, Limavady. George Bailey is a small-town man who had always wanted to leave Bedford Falls to see the world, but circumstances have led him to stay. As he prepares to take drastic action, his guardian angel intercedes to show him what life would have become for the residents of Bedford Falls if he had never lived.

FERMANAGH

This Saturday evening at the Ardhowen Theatre comedian Terry McHugh's Mini Strokes of Luck will be taking a very funny and honest look at his experience of suffering two mini strokes. Joining him on the night will be Frazer Robb, who has been performing on the Northern Ireland comedy scene for nearly 10 years as a stand-up and as part of improv group Wonderfrog.

TYRONE

Join vocal ensemble Cantabelles for a festive evening of Christmas carols and popular songs this Friday evening at Ranfurly House Dungannon. Relax and listen to favourites like O Holy Night and Carol of The Bells. Cantabelles are an established local ensemble combining rich harmonies and vocals to old classics and modern songs.

BELFAST

Meet Aladdin at the Crescent Arts Centre December 20 to 22. He is the rough and rugged hero struggling to find his purpose in life. Along the way he falls in love with the beautiful princess Jasmine who has been forced to marry the man her father, the Sultan, picked for her.

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