Magical Christmas experience returns to West Midlands city Coventry after nine years - at former nightclub venue
A Christmas experience is returning to the city of Coventry in the West Midlands for the first time in nine years.
The Christmas experience is called Father Christmas and Friends, and it takes children and adults on a trail. The trail includes a cosy cottage, a snowy forest and a Christmas cracker factory, and audiences have to help the characters carry a message to Father Christmas’s grotto.
A cast of local actors will star as elves, snowmen and magic fairies in an immersive, walk-through theatre production. The experience has been launched by city-centre based EGO Arts which describes it as a “theatre, music and production arts, accessible to all.”
As reported in The Coventry Observer, the new performance from the Coventry charity will open at the former JJ’s nightclub venue at Coventry Skydome on Saturday (December 6) and run every weekend until December 22.
EGO’s Co-Artistic Director Georgina Egan told The Coventry Observer: “We want to give families everything they could wish for from a traditional ‘meet Father Christmas’ experience – it’s important to us that every child gets a gift and the chance to speak to Father Christmas one-to-one.
“At the end of the trail, the children will have the opportunity to make a quick craft before they see Father Christmas, so there won’t be any waiting around. We cannot wait to share this exciting adventure with families all over Coventry and beyond.”
The company, which also offers vocational theatre training to learning disabled and neurodivergent adults and tours nationally, last performed its Christmas experience in 2016. Visit www.egoarts.co.uk for tickets to Father Christmas and Friends.