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Christmas family fun

Story Pocket Theatre, in association with Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, presents Arabian Nights (3+) Sunday 15 December3pm & 6pm, £8 Meet Sheherazade, the greatest storyteller of them all. She has a feast of adventures and fantasies to tell involving genies, villains, heroes and princesses. But she must keep her husband the king entertained with her stories to save her own life and the lives of all the maidens of the land. Will Ali Baba’s encounter with the 40 thieves do the trick? Can the story of Aladdin and his lamp help her live to tell more tales such as the Little Beggar or the Fisherman and the Genie?

Find out in this brand new version of Arabian Nights, a show full of adventure and magic and wonder!

‘it not only delights children, but also takes adults back to a time when hearing a bedtime story was the best part of the day’ What’s On Stage

Lyngo Theatre presents Snow Play (3+) Monday 23 December, 3pm & 6pmTuesday 24 December, 11am & 3pmFriday 27 December, 11am & 3pmSaturday 28 December, 11am & 3pm£8 What would you do if one year Winter decided to stay and moved into your house? You would have icicles in the kitchen and snow all over your bed! Well that’s what happens in our snowy spectacular show where you are guaranteed a white Christmas.

When Mr Green comes back from holiday to find Mr White in his house it’s the start of a brrrrilliant series of adventures as Mr White covers the whole house in snow and Mr Green does everything he can to get him outside into the garden. The audience gets stuck in too with their own snow, making a snowman and joining in with a massive snowball fight. But it’s getting warmer and, as Mr White stars to melt, the tables might be turning... Snow Play is a showdown between Winter and Spring over who gets to stay and who has to go away!

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Festive film

The Grinch (2018) PG Saturday 21 December, 2pmMonday 23 December, 11am£7-£5The grumpy Grinch is on his way and is hitting our big screen just in time for Christmas!

The Grinch and his loyal dog, Max, live a solitary life inside a cave on Mount Crumpet. He gets aggravated when his neighbours in Whoville celebrate the holidays with a bang.

Come and join the WHo’s in this magical adventure for all the family.

Whoville awaits!

It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) U Thursday 19 December1.30pm & 7.30pm, £7-£5We love a good Christmas classic!An angel helps compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman George Bailey by showing what life would have been like if he never existed. A celebration of human kindness and generosity, it’s no wonder this was director Frank Capra’s favourite.

Frozen 2 Showing from 13 December.Please visit squarechapel.co.uk or ask box office for screening dates and timesPut on those hats and gloves, wrap up warm and join Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven in this icey, magical adventure as they leave Arendelle to travel to an ancient, autumn-bound forest of an enchanted land. They set out to find the origin of Elsa’s powers in order to save their kingdom.

This is the perfect Christmas family fun treat!

Elf (2003) PG Saturday 21 December, 11amSunday 22 December, 1.30pmTuesday 24 December, 2pm £7-£5Get your Clausometer back to full power beacuse everyones favourite elf is back! Buddy was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to among Santa’s elves. Unable to shake the feeling that he doesn’t fit in, adult Buddy travels to New York, in full elf uniform, in search of his real father.

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Calderdale Big Band Presents A Swinging Christmas Sunday 1 December1pm, £13 (£11 conc)Kick-start the festive season with an afternoon of Christmas classics with Calderdale Big Band. Take a break from the stress of Christmas shopping, relax and enjoy a festive feast of some of the biggest selling seasonal songs of all time.

CUBE Choir presents Christmas is Coming Sunday 1 December7pm, £10 (£8 conc) Join the Choir for a look towards Christmas with a programme of carols and seasonal songs plus performances from individuals and groups.

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Something for the big kids

Tom McConville in Concert Thursday 5 December 8pm, £12 (£10 conc) Add some folk this festive season with the award-winning and internationally renowned fiddle player, Tom McConville. His live performances are a roller coaster of musical delights.

Halifax Concert Band presents A Christmas Festival Saturday 7 December7:30pm £9.50 (£7.50 conc) Returning for its 15th annual Christmas concert at Square Chapel. The band presents a tantalising programme of Christmas music including seasonal favourites such as A Christmas Festival and Sleigh Ride.

Halifax Philharmonic Club The Gould Trio with Juliette Bausor Friday 6 December7:30pm, £20 (£18 conc) In this performance The Gould Trio are joined by flautist Juliette Bausor.Haydn: Piano Trio Hob 15 No.9 in AWeber: Flute Trio in G minorBeethoven/Hummel: Eroica Symphony’ arranged for piano trio and flute.

Cantorelli – Charity Christmas Concert Saturday 7 December2pm, £10 (£5 conc) Join Cantorelli for a beautiful afternoon of Christmas music and festive readings.

Halifax Musical Theatre Company A Christmas Cracker! – A celebration of music for the Festive Season Friday 13 December, 7.30pmSaturday 14 December, 2.30pmSaturday 14 December, 7.30pm £15 (£13 conc) Performing Christmas music old and new, featuring over 75 singers, including guest soloists and young voices from Halifax Amateurs’ Theatre Youth (HATY).

The Bulsara and His Queenies Christmas Party 2019 Saturday 21 December7:30pm, £24 Don’t Stop Me Now! Back by popular demand.

After raising the Square Chapel roof last season, Bulsara and His Queenies join us again for a spectacular Christmas party which will have you dancing the night away, hoping the show must go on and on!

There are no wigs, no yellow jackets and no attempt to look like Queen. Instead, the band’s whole ethos is based upon performing studio versions of the songs rather than hiding behind gimmicks including all the hits.

Chris Helme Friday 20 December7:30pm, £12Rising to fame in the 90s as frontman of indie band The Seahorses singer-songwriter Chris Helme is now producing acclaimed folk-infused tracks as a solo artist, including with a new album released in summer 2019.

The Book of Darkness & Light present A Christmas Carol Friday 20 December 7:30pm, £12 (£10 conc) The Storyteller and The Musician return with an adaptation of that most famous festive ghost story… A Christmas Carol. The show will be cosy, hair-raising, festive fun.

York Waits Saturday 21 December, 12pm £12 (£10 conc) Yule Riding, The York Waits, with singer Deborah Catterall, return to the Square Chapel with a programme of seasonal music from the Renaissance.

Orchestra of Square Chapel – New Year Gala Concert Sunday 5 January, 3pm£12 (£10 conc) Get your New Year off to a flying start with Orchestra of Square Chapel’s traditional New Year concert – featuring Waltzes, Polkas Marches and Arias from the Strauss family and contemporaries. Featuring arias from mezzo-soprano Lucy Vallis.

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Spend Christmas with us & book your party now!For more information & to book visit squarechapel.co.uk