What’s on this Week: December 10th – 17th
The Last Nativity
It’s Christmas and adult siblings Laura, Blake and Mia are returning to the family home.
But when the last-minute addition of Nana Sue means they’re a present short, they decide to pull all the stops out and recreate their childhood Nativity play.
Tensions arise, comedy ensues, and PowerPoint skills are tested as they try and recapture the magic of a childhood Christmas in The Last Nativity.
Until December 11
The POD
The Ballad of Rudy
Join Rudy the Reindeer in a Christmas adventure! Enjoy live music, storytelling & puppetry combined in an original story for children aged 3+.
In this story Rudy doesn’t have a red nose; rather it’s his talent for music that sets him apart from all the other Reindeer.
Meeting new friends including a magical Jazz Penguin, Rudy goes on an adventure that teaches him that life isn’t about following the herd.
Featuring jazzy original songs played live with a variety of instruments. Sing the blues with a Polar Bear, jam with the Puffins and beat- box with an Arctic Fox.
It all happens at the North Pole Jazz Lounge.
Until December 12
Canada Water Theatre
The Tempest
The stranger and his daughter live alone on a remote island. Some people say he’s an artist. Others say he practises magic. But today is different.
Prospero spots his oldest enemies passing close by in a fragile boat, and he conjures up a storm that will change all of their lives forever.
The Tempest opened in March 2020 to critical acclaim but was cut short after just six performances.
Eighteen months later, it sets sail again with Michael Pennington, one of the foremost Shakespearean actors of his generation, finally donning Prospero’s cloak once more.
Until December 22
Jermyn Street Theatre
Sleeping Beauty
Musical theatre and TV star Lee Mead will star as The Prince alongside theatre and dance phenomenon Bonnie Langford as The Good Fairy.
Once upon a time in a land far away, the beautiful Princess Aurora is given a sixteenth birthday present by her evil godmother Carabosse.
By pricking her finger on an enchanted spinning wheel she is placed under a cruel curse and forced to sleep for 100 years.
Can true love survive and the handsome Prince Charming break the spell? Can Aurora’s hilarious best friend Muddles help save the town and who will outwit the evil Enchantress and foil her wicked plans?
Until January 2
Churchill Theatre
Hex
Deep in the wood, a lonely fairy longs for someone to bless.
When she is summoned to the palace to help the princess sleep, her dream turns into a nightmare and her blessing becomes a curse.
Soon, she is plunged into a frantic, hundred-year quest to somehow make everything right.
Rosalie Craig plays the fairy in this vividly original retelling of Sleeping Beauty: a mythic, big-hearted new musical that goes beyond the waking kiss.
Until January 22
National Theatre
Beauty and The Beast Family Pantomime
The show tells the story of a Prince who is cursed by an Enchantress and turned into a Hairy Beast.
Will he find true love and reverse the curse? Will village girl Belle be able to see his true heart under his beastly appearance? All will be revealed.
Featuring all the ingredients of a traditional pantomime including big song and dance numbers, side-splitting comedy, lots of audience participation and a huge sprinkling of pantomime magic this is a show that will delight young and old.
Dick & Dom and Derek Griffiths will be starring in this year’s pantomime.
December 10 to January 2
Fairfield Halls
The Guilty Feminist
Join comedian Deborah Frances-White and guests for this The Guilty Feministshow, recorded in front of a live audience in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
They’ll be discussing the big topics all 21st Century feminists agree on, whilst confessing their insecurities, hypocrisies and fears that undermine their lofty principles.
December 12
The Globe
A Christmas Carousel
The Sonnet Wind Orchestra is hosting an evening of festive cheer for charity.
Conducted by Stephen Maw, the wind orchestra is inviting you to come and sing along at their carol concert including some old favourites.
The event will raise money for the Royal Trinity Hospice in Clapham Common.
December 12
St Luke’s Church, SW12 8RQ
FAUZIA: Installation
FAUZIA invites you to interact with an audiovisual installation retelling the history of Somalia, created in collaboration with Alex Peverett.
Grabbing the opportunity provided by the Purcell Sessions to push her creativity in new directions, FAUZIA presents a wildly different venture for a DJ-turned-producer known first and foremost for her music, which laces a love of footwork and jungle with hushed, downtempo pop and RnB.
December 12
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Handel’s Messiah
Surrender to the power and glory of 350 voices in monumental harmony, as massed choirs join the Philharmonia Orchestra and internationally renowned soloists.
Enjoy beautiful arias and rousing choruses, including favourites such as ‘I Know that my Redeemer Liveth’, ‘The Trumpet Shall Sound’, and the ‘Hallelujah’ Chorus.
Handel’s choral masterpiece never fails to rouse the spirits and fill the audience with wonder.
December 12
Royal Festival Hall
