Christmas shows

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20 years of magic - Sheffield; December 8th/9th -> https://www.sheffieldcitytrust.org/christmas-show

Nottingham Christmas Gala -> https://www.national-ice-centre.com/christmas/
(currently getting a "Page not found" for the show details)

Disney On Ice - 100 Years of Wonder (Various) Nov/Dec -> https://www.disneyonice.com/en-gb/100-years-of-wonder

Feel free to add to this.

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Peter Pan on Ice > Alexandra Palace An amateur show but in my experience always of high quality, with professional voiceover and music, and a very experienced choreographer and scriptwriter.  They audition around August and start rehearsing in September, many of them several sessions a week.

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Alice through the looking glass on ice - Blackpool Pleasure Beach; 9th-26th December

https://www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com/shows/bidca/

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An idea for show skating; something I saw a roller skater do; propel themselves along with a cordless leaf blower!

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Some of the European ice shows used to have that kind of novelty style stuff - they used to show them on Eurosport.  Maybe they still do but I have overdosed on skating on TV etc so don't really watch it any more.  I'd like to see the "Le Patin Libre" company perform again, but they don't seem to have plans to return to the UK.

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Cambridge Winter Gala; Sunday 10th December, 14:30-17:15

https://cambridgeiceskating.club/news/winter-gala-2023

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Cambridge Winter Gala; Sunday 10th December, 14:30-17:15

https://cambridgeiceskating.club/news/winter-gala-2023

More of a gala than a show.  Putting on a proper pantomime style show on ice is a huge amount of effort - but it's very satisfying for everyone involved and does make £££s for the rink and also acts as a showcase.

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Most (all?) of the planet ice rinks are putting on an amateur performance of Wizard of Oz for a Christmas show this year. It's around the end of November.

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Most (all?) of the planet ice rinks are putting on an amateur performance of Wizard of Oz for a Christmas show this year. It's around the end of November.

Does the same team do the choreography for all of them?

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Pretty much, I think. There's a corps of professionals who travel to each rink to take the major roles.

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Pretty much, I think. There's a corps of professionals who travel to each rink to take the major roles.

Is that the Skate Excellence lot?  Do you have any names?  I guess it's nice for people to be exposed to it, on the other hand it seems a shame that skaters at each rink miss out on major roles.  All the cast in the Alexandra Palace shows are home grown skaters, as is the showrunner.  The only thing they buy in is professional voice actors to do the speaking, which really makes a difference.