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Book early for The Royal Ballet's Christmas treat like no other: The Nutcracker returns to The Royal Opera House for the festive season
Embark on new adventures with our guide to the best new kids events and activities London 2022 has to offer
The Drunken Butler invites his guests to experience a traditional Iranian Sunday family meal
Mayerling, Kenneth Macmillan’s dark and complex tale of political intrigue, madness and death in the Austro-Hungarian court, opens The Royal Ballet's new season
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The Jamie Lloyd Company has done it again: The Seagull is a minimally dressed take on the classic brought vividly to life by a skilled ensemble
Handel's opera of magic and transformation is staged with showbiz dazzle-dazzle
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An excellent courtyard installation and over 1,200 artworks are on show – and for sale – for the Royal Academy's 2022 Summer Exhibition
A superb performance in the title role is a thrilling addition to a fine production of Puccini's moving opera
The debut play of northwest London's literary queen Zadie Smith returns to the Kiln Theatre for Christmas 2022, ahead of transferring to the US
Sam Mendes's generation-spanning finance epic returns to the National Theatre following transfers to the West End and Broadway, and a spate of Tony Awards
David Tennant returns to the stage to explore Nazism in a revival of CP Taylor's production of Good, directed by Dominic Cooke
Back in the fast lane…
It might be arriving two years later than planned and with a slightly altered line-up, but Glastonbury Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary this June
It's a bumper month for women composers, soloists and conductors, with world and London orchestral premieres and the Opera Holland Park season under way
Punchdrunk’s Felix Barrett and Maxine Doyle on the company’s major new London show, The Burnt City, an immersive extravaganza based on the fall of Troy
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Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's three-hour triumph lost Best Picture at this year's Oscars, but deserved better. A delicate odyssey through grief and storytelling, Drive My Car was the best film of 2021
Rana Begum’s colourful interventions bring lightness and form to the illuminated architecture of Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery
As the weather improves and the evenings become brighter, thoughts turn to outdoor pursuits and warmer days. Here are 10 paintings to help get you in the mood for spring
Three art galleries' exhibitions we love this month
Writer John Logan and director Alex Timbers’ Tony-winning, Broadway-charming Moulin Rouge! The Musical is ‘spectacular, spectacular’ – and worth the wait
How to embrace the vegan diet in London: plant-based dining that carnivores will love too
The most versatile of all instruments is celebrated in a full year of song, joyful and contemplative, old and new
The clarinet and trumpet show off their appeal, one Handel opera is staged after 270 years while another is given in concert, and two great American conductors breeze into town
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From twisted fairytales to traditional panto: book now for the best Christmas theatre shows London 2021 has to offer
The Christmas story is told in grand choruses and virtuosic solos, sung by the finest artists and with thrilling instrumental playing