Four shows of The Hound of the Baskervilles at Crowborough Community Centre: Fri 11 Dec 7.30pm, Sat 12 Dec noon and 4.30pm, Sun 13 Dec 2pm. Prices TBC.
Crowborough’s pantomime this year is The Hound of the Baskervilles, staged by the Crowborough Players at Crowborough Community Centre on Friday 11, Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 December 2026, with four performances: Friday 11 December at 7.30pm, Saturday 12 December at noon and 4.30pm, and Sunday 13 December at 2pm.
Updated 8 October: the Players have now published the performance times on their own site: “Friday 11th December - 7.30pm Saturday 12th December - 12.00 noon & 4.30pm Sunday 13th December - 2.00pm.” Ticket prices are still to come.
It is a neat piece of local casting. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle lived in Crowborough from 1907 until he died here in 1930, and his statue stands in the town centre.
What is confirmed
- Show: The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Dates: 11, 12 and 13 December 2026
- Times: Fri 11 Dec 7.30pm; Sat 12 Dec 12 noon and 4.30pm; Sun 13 Dec 2pm
- Venue: Crowborough Community Centre, Pine Grove, Crowborough TN6 1FE
- Company: The Crowborough Players
- Tickets: through TicketSource, at ticketsource.co.uk/thecrowboroughplayers
What is not confirmed
Ticket prices have not been published, and we have not been able to confirm when tickets go on sale: the Players’ TicketSource page blocks automated checks. Book early when they do. The Players say the panto “attracts audiences of 900 people in its 3-day run” and that “every year, the tickets sell out earlier and earlier”.
This year’s pattern differs from 2025, when Excalibur had an evening show on the Friday, a matinee and an evening on the Saturday, and an evening on the Sunday. This year the only evening performance is the Friday; Saturday has noon and 4.30pm shows and Sunday a 2pm matinee.
If you want to be in it
The Players recruited in September. Those sessions have now passed, but this is how they ran, and the Players can be contacted through their site:
| When | What | Who for |
|---|---|---|
| Sun 6 Sept, 3pm to 5pm | Offstage crew and help meeting | Front of house, lighting, sound, anyone helping |
| Thu 10 Sept, 7.30pm to 9.30pm | Open auditions | Adults 16+, and 12 to 15s wanting an adult rehearsal part |
| Sun 13 Sept, 3pm to 5pm | Open auditions, second date | As above |
| Sun 20 Sept, 3pm to 5pm | Juniors’ panto workshop | 6 to 11s, and 12 to 15s wanting Sunday-only rehearsals |
All four are at Crowborough Community Centre. The junior workshop is not an audition: the Players say everyone who turns up and wants to be in the panto is guaranteed to be in it. Adult and senior youth roles include evening rehearsals until 9.30pm; the Sunday-only junior roles do not. A parent or guardian of any 12 to 17 year old has to attend the first ten minutes of the audition to sign a permission form.
Anywhere else nearby?
Not this year, on the evidence available. Uckfield Civic Centre lists no pantomime in its what’s on for December 2026 or the 2026/27 winter season, which runs from a Doing Elton tribute on 28 November straight through to a Festive Afternoon Tea on 19 December and then into February. Uckfield Theatre Guild has staged panto there in past years, so that could still change.
Getting there
Crowborough Community Centre is on Pine Grove, the same road as the town council offices and Basepoint. See parking in Crowborough for the car parks, and things to do in Crowborough for what else is on.
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