Jack and the Beanstalk runs at Richmond Theatre from 5 December to 3 January, led by Bonnie Langford and Dr Ranj. Seats start at £15 including the fee.

Richmond Theatre’s pantomime this year is Jack and the Beanstalk, running Saturday 5 December 2026 to Sunday 3 January 2027 at the Matcham theatre on Richmond Green, TW9 1QJ.

The cast is the headline. Bonnie Langford plays Mrs Blunderbore and Dr Ranj is the Spirit of the Beans. Basil Brush returns as Farmer Basil, comedian Lloyd Hollett plays Silly Simon, and musical theatre performer James Hume makes his panto dame debut as Dame Trott.

Dates, times and what a seat costs

The run is a month long and the calendar is not published in full on the listing page. These are the performances ATG had loaded when we checked on 6 September, with the lowest price shown for each, fee included.

Date Times From
Sat 5 December, opening 2pm and 7pm £16.00
Sun 6 December 1pm and 5.30pm £16.00
Tue 8 December 1pm and 7pm £15.00
Wed 9 December 1pm and 7pm £15.00
Thu 10 December 1pm £15.00

No performance is listed on Monday 7 December, which fits the usual Richmond panto pattern of a dark Monday early in the run.

Those from-prices are ATG’s own figures and they are split in two on the booking page: £15.38 plus a 62p fee for the opening weekend, £14.42 plus 58p midweek. The round numbers above are what actually leaves your account. Every performance in that first week except the Sunday 5.30pm was flagged as medium availability on ATG’s listing, so the opening weekend is already moving.

The two access performances

ATG’s listing carries two:

  • BSL signed performance: Thursday 10 December, 7pm
  • Audio described performance: Wednesday 30 December, 5.30pm

No relaxed or dementia-friendly performance is listed for the panto, and no touch tour is advertised alongside the audio described date. Richmond Theatre does run touch tours with audio described performances when they are available, and says they are advertised per show, so it is worth asking. Access bookings and questions go through ATG’s access team rather than the venue switchboard, and the free Access Membership Scheme is what unlocks booking accessible seats online.

The extras that add up

Panto tickets at Richmond come with a long list of optional add-ons at the checkout. Current prices, from the booking page:

  • Ambassador Lounge entry, pre-show and interval table service: £10 per person, and it is up stairs with no lift
  • Priority Access, queue jump plus a house programme: £5 per person
  • Light-up panto toy, pre-ordered: £10
  • Treat bundle, any soft drink, a 100g ice cream and 140g popcorn: £12.50
  • Richmond Theatre Trust donation: £2

A family of four taking the treat bundle and a flashing toy each adds £90 to a £60 booking. Worth deciding before you are at the counter with children.

Getting in, and getting there

Richmond Theatre is on The Green, a five-minute walk from Richmond station, which has the District line, the Overground and South Western Railway services.

The box office opens 90 minutes before each performance and does not open at all on days with no performance, so a midweek trip to buy tickets in person can be a wasted journey. Group bookings of 10 or more go through 020 7206 1174.

Access, from the theatre’s own accessibility page: there is no lift. Level access is to the stalls only, through a door to the left of the main stairs, and every other level is reached by stairs, three flights to the top of the building. There are four wheelchair positions and one accessible toilet at stalls level. Seats are 44cm between static armrests. Stalls H1 to H4 and H22 to H25 have extra legroom because nothing sits directly in front of them.

Parking is a handful of bays outside the venue and then the Old Deer Park car park, with Blue Badges valid without time limit in both. Note that Old Deer Park is also the overflow for Twickenham event days, so check the match day page if your performance falls on a fixture. Our parking in Richmond page has the tariffs, and roadworks and travel covers anything closed on the night.

Still to be published

Three things were blank on the listing on 6 September: the running time, the age guidance, and the full performance calendar beyond the first fortnight. Christmas Eve, Boxing Day and New Year timings are the ones families usually want, and they are typically loaded later in the autumn. We will add them here when they appear.

For the rest of the borough’s festive fixtures, see the Christmas lights switch-on dates, Christmas at Kew and Christmas at Hampton Court Palace.

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