# The Nutcracker

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## Quick facts

- **Date:** 11 December to 13 December 2026
- **Time:** 7:30 PM on 11 December, 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM on 12 December, 2:00 PM on 13 December
- **Venue:** Samsung Performing Arts Theater
- **Address:** Samsung Performing Arts Theater, Circuit Makati, A. P. Reyes Street, Carmona, Makati City
- **Area:** Makati
- **Presented by:** Ballet Manila and Steps Dance Studio
- **Tickets:** https://premier.ticketworld.com.ph/
- **More info:** https://theaterfansmanila.com/the-nutcracker-to-be-staged-this-december-2026/

## Why go

The one Christmas outing the whole family agrees on

## Good to know

Four performances only and the December calendar in Makati fills up fast. The Saturday and Sunday matinees are the easier choice with small children. This is a different Nutcracker from the Ballet Philippines production the following weekend in Bonifacio Global City.

## About this event

Artists from Ballet Manila join dancers from Steps Dance Studio for a full length Nutcracker restaged by Jeffrey Espejo, with sets and costumes by Gino Gonzales and lighting by Monino Duque. Four performances across one December weekend, with the Tchaikovsky score played straight and the whole journey from the Mouse King to the Land of the Sweets. Presented by Ayala Land, Circuit Makati and the Samsung Performing Arts Theater.