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- From £11.966:30pm showIncludes booking fee
- From £11.9611am showIncludes booking fee
- From £11.962:30pm showIncludes booking fee
- From £11.966:30pm showIncludes booking fee
- From £11.9611am showIncludes booking fee
- From £11.962:30pm showIncludes booking fee
- From £11.966:30pm showIncludes booking fee
- From £11.9611am showIncludes booking fee
- From £11.962:30pm showIncludes booking fee
- From £11.966:30pm showIncludes booking fee
- From £11.9611am showIncludes booking fee
- From £11.962:30pm showIncludes booking fee
About the show
From December 19th - 24th Cheltenham’s Centaur is to play host to a very high-profile guest.
For the first time ever, Santa is making an unprecedented pre-Christmas journey from his base in the North Pole to visit the UK…and he needs your help.
The chiefs at GCHQ (who it turns out have always been monitoring Santa!) have picked up a rogue signal that appears to be disrupting Christmas spirit and, as we all know, the sleigh runs on Christmas spirit, so they grabbed their Santa hotline and let him know.
Someone or something in the area is causing spirit levels to drop to a worrying level and, with Christmas eve’s present-giving journey now in jeopardy, he’s assembled a group of his elite elves from the F.I.A. (Festive Intelligence Agency) and is heading to Cheltenham to save Christmas.
Santa and his elves can’t do this alone. The F.I.A. is recruiting temporary agents to lift Christmas spirit and needs Santa-loving children and their families in the area to sign up and come along.
This is no 'Garden Centre' Santa. It's the big man himself and he needs your help!
Featuring
Father Christmas
Traditional yuletide performer, with a seemingly bottomless bag of fun and magic, adored by children and adults alike. Alas, his visits to these shores come but annually, but each year his performances are met with a heady mix of anticipation and excitement, celebration and commercialism. And like all the greats, he is often referred to by a single name: Santa. Unlikely to disappoint.
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Address
Prestbury Park
Evesham Road
Cheltenham
GL50 4SH
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on Friday 19 December 2025