The Gift

This festive show at the Citizens Theatre will ignite a playfulness, inspiring children and their families to find new games together when it's their turn to open gifts!

About The Gift

	6th Dec 2025 to 28th Dec 2025
	See event website for details
	Citizens Theatre 119 Gorbals Street, Glasgow South Side G5 9DS
	£15 Adult / £10 Child
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Listed Under Christmas Events / Theatre Events / Family and Kids Events

Winner of Best Production for Children and Young People at the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2023

A mountain of discarded wrapping. A lonely child with an active imagination. It’s often the cardboard boxes, not the gifts inside that are the most fun. Is the true gift the joy that can come from the imagination?

This is a story reversing the idea that it is the wrapping paper, the cardboard boxes and ribbons that should be discarded, and reveals that playfulness, creativity and imagination are the true gifts. This beautiful production celebrates the art of play, taking ordinary objects making them extraordinary and magical.

“I didn’t realise it didn’t include batteries…!” The disappointment of a toy that doesn’t work – every parent’s nightmare! But not to worry, this will become the best day ever with the arrival of an imagined friend and together they transform the world around them.

This festive show will ignite a playfulness, inspiring children and their families to find new games together when it’s their turn to open gifts!

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