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Aladdin

This Christmas, PACE Theatre Company is delighted to announce its annual pantomime will be a new version of Aladdin; a re-imagining of the classic tale with a distinctly Scottish flavour!

Aladdin

About Aladdin

26th Nov 2024 to 5th Jan 2025
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Paisley Arts Centre
Paisley Arts Centre New Street, Paisley PA1 1EZ
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A seasonal treat for adults and children alike, Aladdin will run from Wednesday 27 November 24 – Sunday 5 January 25 in the newly refurbished Paisley Arts Centre.

PACE Theatre Company has produced Paisley’s acclaimed pantomime at Paisley Arts Centre since 1988 and are thrilled to be back performing in the venue.

Heading up a stellar ensemble cast are CHRIS ALEXANDER and ALAN ORR. Chris Alexander (Battery Park, Sleeping Warrior Theatre; Smile, Dundee Rep; Martha and White, Catherine Wheels) has been donning high heels as dame since his first appearance with PACE in 2017, and Alan Orr (Hen Night Horror, Scottish tour; A New Life and Opening Time, Oran Mor; The Dolls Abroad and The Dolls Dragged Up, Scottish tour) has turned in comic performances both in Paisley and Dunfermline which have made him a favourite with panto audiences for many years.

Full details of this year’s professional cast will be announced shortly.

PACE is pleased to welcome back ANDY MCGREGOR as writer and director for this year’s production; Andy is a playwright, director and composer who is particularly known for his work for family audiences, as well as recent hit productions To Save the Sea (Sleeping Warrior Theatre Company, Scottish tour autumn 2024), Battery Park (Sleeping Warrior Theatre Company, Scottish tour), Crocodile Rock and A New Life (Oran Mor and tour) and Spuds (in association with Beacon Arts Centre). He has written PACE’s annual panto since 2019, including Lost in Pantoland, Cinderella and 2023’s Beauty and the Beast.

Set and costume design is by FRASER LAPPIN, whose designs for PACE include There’s No Room in Our Bathroom for Lewis Capaldi, as well as previous pantos including Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, and The Snow Queen. Fraser’s recent credits include Tally’s Blood, Perth Theatre; Maw Goose, Macrobert Arts Centre; Crisis: A Rallying Cry, Kick the Door; and as Associate Designer for Small Town Boys, Shaper/Caper and Pride and Prejudice *Sort of*, Tron Theatre.

The cast will be completed by 4 teams of young actors, handpicked from PACE’s core youth theatre groups, enhancing the production with their boundless energy.

Aladdin is sponsored by Future Paisley, a cultural regeneration partnership programme which uses the power of arts, heritage and culture to impact social and economic change.

With a reputation for producing some of the best family pantomimes in Scotland, regularly playing to audiences of more than 10,000 during the festive season, PACE promises a show you will never forget.

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