Aladdin gets the pantomime treatment in this riotously hilarious holiday show from Lythgoe Family Panto. Taking after the classic British Christmas tradition, these shows take well-known myths and fairy tales and infuse them with madcap humor, musical numbers, glittering sets and costumes, and plenty of audience participation!

Directed by Artistic Director Salwa Rizkalla, Festival Ballet Theatre's dazzling annual production of The Nutcracker returns this year to sweep you and your family out of the auditorium and into Clara's wonderful dream. With daring duels, the glittering Sugar Plum Fairy and an adventure to the Land of Sweets all backed by Tchaikovsky's unforgettable score, discover once more, or for the first time, why it's the world's most beloved festive treat!

Magical toy soldiers, sparkling fairies, mischievous mice, and all the enchanting inhabitants of E.T.A. Hoffmann's whimsical world descend upon Costa Mesa's Segerstrom Hall this December for the Southern California tradition of ballet master Alexei Ratmansky's exhilarating imagining of The Nutcracker.