Sleeping Beauty panto: £20 tickets for Blue Light card holders at The Customs House

Sat 14 Nov 2026 · Written for Visit South Shields from the sources below.

Checked 14 Nov 2026.

If you carry a Blue Light card, The Customs House has cheaper seats for this year's pantomime, Sleeping Beauty. The card is for people who work in, or have retired from, the emergency services, the NHS, social care, teaching or the armed forces. (Shields Gazette, 13 Nov 2026: Customs House offers £20 panto tickets to Blue Light card holders; checked 14 Nov 2026)

The offer:

Wed 25 to Sun 29 November: £20 for a red seat in the main stalls or the central circle.
Wed 2 and Thu 3 December: red seats for £23.
Christmas with the Crackers, Tue 1 to Thu 17 December: £11.50 a ticket. This is the theatre's separate show for under-7s and their grown-ups, in the Studio.

There's a limit of four tickets per booking on both offers. (Shields Gazette, 13 Nov 2026: Customs House offers £20 panto tickets to Blue Light card holders; checked 14 Nov 2026) The report doesn't say how to claim the discount, so ask the box office or check the booking page before you pay.

The shows: Sleeping Beauty opens on Friday 20 November and runs until Saturday 2 January, with standard tickets from £14. Christmas with the Crackers runs from Saturday 28 November to Christmas Eve, from £12. (SouthShields.org listing: Sleeping Beauty; SouthShields.org listing: Christmas with the Crackers; checked 14 Nov 2026)

Going by car? The Word car park on River Drive closes from Monday 16 November, so check the parking guide before you set off.