South Hill Park's Aladdin runs at the Wilde Theatre from 27 November to 3 January. Prices, relaxed and BSL dates, adult nights and what the £11 ticket is.
Bracknell’s pantomime for 2026 is Aladdin, and it runs at the Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park, from Friday 27 November 2026 to Sunday 3 January 2027. Tickets are on sale now, full price £28.50, with under-16s at £24.50 and a £11 schools rate. (South Hill Park, Aladdin)
This is the only full-scale professional pantomime in the borough, and it books up. The run is nearly six weeks long, which is the reason it does: South Hill Park sells across December rather than in a single burst.
The dates and what they cost
Everything below is from South Hill Park’s own booking pages.
| Ticket | Price |
|---|---|
| Full price | £28.50 |
| Under 16s | £24.50 |
| Groups of 20 or more | £24.50 |
| Good and Best Friends (membership) | £25.50 |
| Schools, 20 or more | £11 |
| SEND under-16s, relaxed performance | £11 |
Children under 24 months go free if held on an adult’s lap, and that applies on the lower tier only.
The show runs about 2 hours 20 minutes including the interval.
Relaxed, BSL and VIP performances
Three dates in the first week are set aside for specific audiences, which is worth knowing before you book a standard seat.
- Relaxed, autism friendly: Saturday 28 November, 12.15pm. House lights are left low, and pyrotechnics and sound levels are reduced.
- British Sign Language interpreted: Sunday 29 November, 12.15pm.
- VIP night: Thursday 3 December, 7pm.
Adult nights, 18 and over
South Hill Park runs a separate adult-only version of the same production, and children under 18 are not admitted to these performances. Tickets are £30 full price, £26 for groups of 20 or more and £27 for Good and Best Friends. (South Hill Park, Aladdin adult nights)
The 2026 adult night dates are:
- Wednesday 2 December, 7pm
- Friday 4 December, 7pm
- Wednesday 9 December, 7pm
- Thursday 10 December, 7pm
- Friday 11 December, 7pm
- Tuesday 15 December, 7pm
- Wednesday 16 December, 7pm
- Thursday 17 December, 7pm
- Saturday 2 January 2027, 7pm
Nine of them, most in the middle of December. If you are booking a family afternoon, check the date is not one of these.
Why this panto has a reputation
South Hill Park’s pantomimes have won national awards. Jack and the Beanstalk took the UK Pantomime Award for Best Script, written by Joyce Branagh, with set designer Victoria Spearing nominated for Best Set Design. Dick Whittington was nominated for Best Script and Spearing won Best Staging and Set Design at the Great British Pantomime Awards. (South Hill Park, pantomime)
That matters practically: this is a written-in-house production rather than a touring package, so the local jokes land and the sets are built for the Wilde Theatre stage.
Booking and getting there
The box office number is 01344 484 123. It is open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm in person and 11am to 4pm by phone, and on Sundays it opens an hour before the first performance. Groups of 20 or more are asked to email the box office rather than book online.
The venue is South Hill Park, Ringmead, Bracknell RG12 7PA, which is the address given on the arts centre’s own contact page. (South Hill Park, contact) It sits in its own grounds at Birch Hill, with the Wilde Theatre attached to the Georgian mansion. Weekend matinees in December are the busiest slots, so allow time to arrive and park.
If you are driving in from elsewhere in the borough, check Bracknell roadworks and travel first. The council’s resurfacing programme and its urgent closures are published on two separate pages and either can affect the run across Bracknell on a December evening.
Heading into the town centre before or after a matinee is a different problem: parking in Bracknell covers which council car parks charge, and the permit zones enforced on Sundays.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Bracknell pantomime in 2026?
Aladdin, at the Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park. It runs from Friday 27 November 2026 to Sunday 3 January 2027, and lasts about 2 hours 20 minutes including the interval.
How much are tickets for the Bracknell panto?
£28.50 full price and £24.50 for under-16s. Groups of 20 or more pay £24.50 each, South Hill Park’s Good and Best Friends pay £25.50, and schools booking 20 or more pay £11 a head. The adult-only nights are £30.
Is there a relaxed or autism friendly performance?
Yes. Saturday 28 November at 12.15pm. House lights stay low and pyrotechnics and sound levels are reduced. SEND under-16s pay £11 for that performance. There is a British Sign Language interpreted performance on Sunday 29 November at 12.15pm.
Can children go to the adult nights?
No. South Hill Park states that children under 18 are not permitted at the adult-only performances. There are nine of them, mostly on midweek evenings in December, plus Saturday 2 January 2027.
How do I book?
Online, or on 01344 484 123. The box office takes calls Monday to Saturday, 11am to 4pm, and is open in person 10am to 5pm. Groups of 20 or more are asked to email rather than book online.
Other Christmas shows in the borough
South Hill Park programmes more than the pantomime through December, and The Lexicon runs free entertainment around the town centre lights. Neither had published a full December 2026 listing when this page was written on 5 September. Our Bracknell Christmas lights switch-on page tracks the town centre programme as it is announced.
Nothing on this page is a listing we have taken from a third party. Where a date or price is not yet published, we have left it out.
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