Beauty and the Beast was a huge success!

Beauty and the Beast was met with rave reviews, and became our best selling panto to date!

Everyone loved our beast of a pantomime and it was met with glowing reviews! Here’s what our audiences said…

Press reviews

★★★★ “This panto packs enough panache to fire the imagination and warm the hearts of the entire city. A power surge of a show, not to be missed.”

The Stage

“A fun-filled, festive delight for all the family! It is the perfect Christmas treat.”

The Parishioner

Social reviews

“Absolutely loved it 😍 My 3 year old daughters first time going to panto and she was mesmerised!”

@tj100586 (Instagram)

“We absolutely L❤️VED it! Everything a great family Panto should be…and more!”

@LauraGale (Facebook)

“Such an awesome night at @CourtyardArts. If you haven’t booked to see #BeautyandtheBeast yet, do it now! So many happy Christmas kids.”

@AndrewGnash (Twitter)

“Great night amazing show as always. Lots of laughs and put me in the Christmas spirit. ”

Heather James (Facebook)

“One of the best pantos I’ve seen at the Courtyard. Brilliant singing, dancing, staging, costumes, scenery and effects – can’t fault it. Well done to all concerned ❤️❤️”

Sharon Pugh (Facebook)

“We came yesterday and loved it! Kids had lots of fun. My 2 year old was absolutely mesmerised by the performance 😍 Amazing voices, dance and fantastic costumes. Thank you so much ❤️”

Toma Barvaine (Facebook)

We sold 21, 281 tickets to the show, and 5941 ice creams in total! What an amazing, magical experience we have had this festive season. It has been a delight to see the building so full of happy smiling faces, and to hear the glowing reviews and feedback we have received. We have had a record breaking year with our best selling panto to date! We hope each visit to the Beast’s castle and each pick of the rose brought a little more magic into your lives.

From everyone at The Courtyard we would like to thank our incredible cast, crew and creatives for working so hard, and putting so much talent into the show, as well as all our staff, volunteers, and funders ❤

And if, like us, you are already missing panto, you can treat yourself to tickets for next year’s purr-fect pantomime, Dick Whittington! Book tickets to Dick Whittington here.

🌟 Don’t miss our Early Bird discount – book before Tuesday 28 Feb for 15% off tickets* using the code QUICKWHITT 🌟

And to all our audiences: thank you to absolutely everyone who came to see the show, who donated, and who continued to support us this year, keeping the magic of panto very much alive! ❤️