Stagecoach Swansea's The Meaning of Christmas

Stagecoach Swansea bring The Meaning of Christmas to the Taliesin Arts Centre over the first weekend of December. It's a family show that starts with a bit of a twist: siblings Jack and Daisy decide to ruin Christmas, but their plans backfire when they're intercepted by The Hollow, a spirit who refuses to send them back to their normal lives until they've learned the true meaning of the season.

That's the hook that carries the rest of the story. To get home, the two have to travel through a few very different places. There's Santa's workshop, where everything goes wrong; a gloomy orphanage defined by poverty; and a future world full of uncertainty. It's a fair bit of ground to cover in one go, and the shift from a workshop to an orphanage to a future world gives the show a few distinct moods to move through.

It's a family production, so it's built for all ages to watch together. If you're planning your December, there are three performances to choose from: Saturday 5 December at 6:30pm, and on Sunday 6 December, a matinee at 12:30pm followed by another evening show at 6:30pm. That gives you a choice between a Saturday night out or a Sunday afternoon with the kids.

Tickets are £17.50 full price, with under 18s at £15.00. With the matinee and the two evening slots, you can fit it in whenever suits your weekend best.