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Looking for last minute presents? See our selection of shows below including, family, comedy, musical theatre & drama ...we recommend that you get your tickets now, before they sell out.
Panto SLEEPING BEAUTY
Boutique Award winning pantomime at Bridge House Theatre, Penge until 30 Dec
When the stroppy Carabosse shows up at Princess Bella’s non-denominational naming ceremony, furious that she wasn’t invited, she curses the young princess to prick her finger on a spinning wheel on her eighteenth birthday and die. However the good fairies are on hand to mitigate the curse in the best way they can.
Expect singing, dancing, and belly laughs galore in a show that is guaranteed to bring joy and festive cheer to all the family!
Family The Snow Queen
At Theatre at the Tabard, Chiswick until 4 January
Embarking on a once-in-a-lifetime magical quest, Gerda faces the disappearance of her best friend Kai, taken by the enigmatic Snow Queen. Unless Gerda acts swiftly to rescue him, Kai faces eternal entrapment in an icy, endless winter. Adapted faithfully from the story by Hans Christian Andersen, this in-house production is adapted by Louise Haddington and directed by the Tabard’s Artistic Director Simon Reilly. A perfect family show for Christmas, The Snow Queen will take you on a magical journey of discovery, friendship and love, melting your heart with its enchanting story.
New Writing
MONTAGUE'S MILLIONS by Luke Adamson at Jack Studio Theatre, Lewisham until 4 Jan
On a cold December night, three strangers gather on the platform of Paddington Station to take the sleeper train to Cornwall. Following receipt of a cryptic letter, the three passengers must make their way to Montague Manor, in time for the reading of a will belonging to a man they never knew. Only those present at 8am will receive a bequest. There is a catch – they can neither tell nor trust anyone…
Musical Chromolume Productions present Sondheim and Weidman ROAD SHOW at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate until 12 Jan 2025
At the dawn of the 20th century, two brothers driven by their dying father’s charge to seize the boundless opportunities of the New World set off to find their fortune. From the frenzy of the Gold Rush to the real estate boom in Florida, Sondheim and Weidman’s complex, catchy, and darkly funny tale based on the true story of the Mizner Brothers chronicles the curdling of the American Dream.
From the team that brought us Assassins and Pacific Overtures, Sondheim's final finished work is brought to life in all its sharp, vaudevillian glory.
Drama THE LIFE AND DEATH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING at Golden Goose Theatre, Camberwell (Oval underground station) 2 - 5 January 2025
“I have a dream.”
Dr King’s Dream fed a nation divided. The Life and Death of Martin Luther King starts in 1955 with a sermon steeped in Love. And ends in 1968 with a gunshot, shocking the entire world. A small cast brings to life an ordinary man’s journey to inspiring extraordinary change. Playing multiple characters, some where the racial roles are reversed, all supported by John Kenny’s evocative Jazz score. TNT Theatre returns to the Golden Goose Theatre after their five star run of Animal Farm & 1984 A George Orwell Double Bill.
Drama Award-winning BELLY OF THE BEAST by Saana Sze at Finborough Theatre 7 January - 1 February 2025
YoungMartha, a bright and agreeable student, falls in love with Gia, who has had enough of school and teachers that don’t care about girls like her…
NowMartha enters the teaching industry, optimistic about making a positive change, but soon begins a quick journey towards disillusionment when they realise the corporate hell they’re in…
Black, non-binary and queer, YoungMartha and NowMartha are set against rigid systems which insist they conform. Belly of the Beast examines school politics, from the standpoint of both student and a teacher, as it asks “What are schools for?”
Dark Comedy THE GRIM by Edmund Morris
Old Red Lion Theatre, Islington 7 - 18 January
London, 1964.
Shaun is just trying to get through another dull day as the proprietor of an undertakers in the East End. Robert, his assistant, is a superstitious wreck.
Both want nothing more than to clock off early and get to the sanctity of the local pub, but on the day they’re due to fit recently deceased murderer, Jackie Gallagher, for his coffin, and with strange happenings afoot, all is not as it seems…
Following a five-star, sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2024, award-winning playwright Edmund Morris is back with the London premier of his latest, darkest comedy The Grim.
“Hilarious, scary, nostalgic and existential… theatre at its best” ★★★★★ Binge Fringe
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Classic
JEFFREY BERNARD IS UNWELL by Keith Waterhouse at Coach and Horses, Soho 19 January - 10 February
Robert Bathurst (Cold Feet, Downton Abbey, Toast of London) will once again star in the critically acclaimed, award-winning immersive production of Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell.
MEET JEFFREY BERNARD...
a notorious and feckless Soho face. A journalist who doesn’t know the meaning of the word deadline and would much rather be drinking vodka on the rocks in his favourite Soho watering holes. A throwback of a man who after four marriages and a life of non-stop carousing is starting to feel a touch jaded. Having fallen asleep in the Gents and waking up in the middle of the night inside the legendary Coach and Horses on Greek Street, Jeffrey Bernard is not a man to waste the deserted hours ahead of him before Norman the landlord opens up again in the morning.
Romantic Comedy JACK GOES TO THERAPY written & performed by Zac Williams at Bread and Roses Theatre, Clapham 20 - 22 January
Jack is a 29-year-old Kindergarten teacher & a hopeless romantic. When a spontaneous threesome goes awry, Jack’s boyfriend leaves him for the other man. Heartbroken, & determined to find happiness by sheer willpower alone, Jack re-enters the dating world with a vengeance. Dating new men left, right & centre, Jack soon spirals out of control and finds himself in a therapist's office wondering, 'what now?’ Jack Goes to Therapy is a one-man play about love, heartbreak, and everything in between.
“Abundant - and winning - warmth and compassion” - The Scotsman
"A moving and funny one-man tale featuring many characters and perfect delivery" - The List
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