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Christmas theatre shows: London 2019 highlights

By Lucy Brooks on 27/11/2019

From icy Narnia and the promise of a White Christmas to cheerful comedy and new musicals to delight all the family, here's the best Christmas shows in London for a very merry winter night at the theatre.

A Christmas Carol, Old Vic Theatre London 2018-19

A Christmas Carol, Old Vic Theatre

So good it is back for the third year running: Jack Thorne's adaptation of A Christmas Carol returns to the Old Vic once more with an atmospheric and utterly charming take on Charles Dickens's festive classic.


Mostly sold out until December 17 but good availability for the rest of the run.

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WHEN
23 Nov 2019 – 18 Jan 2020, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
WHERE
The Old Vic
The Cut, London, SE1 8NB
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Bridge Theatre

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Bridge Theatre

Venture through the wardrobe the magical world of Narnia as C.S Lewis's classic is brought to life at the Bridge Theatre. Sally Cookson's devised production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe transfers to London after a successful opening in Leeds in 2017.


Good availability.

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WHEN
09 Nov 2019 – 02 Feb 2020, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
WHERE
Bridge Theatre
3 Potters Fields Park, London, SE1 2SG
The Boy in the Dress musical

The Boy in the Dress, RSC Stratford Upon Avon

Wherever you're planning on going for Christmas 2019, make sure that a trip to Stratford-Upon-Avon is top of the list: the RSC is transforming David Walliams' hit book, The Boy in the Dress, into a large-scale musical production, featuring songs by Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers. It might just be the best family musical since Matilda...


Low availability from December 20 to December 31 but good availability for the rest of the run.

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WHEN
08 Nov 2019 – 08 Mar 2020, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
WHERE
RSC Stratford-Upon-Avon
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6BB
Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane, National Theatre

The Ocean at the End of the Lane, National Theatre

Enter a magical world plagued by dark forces in a new show at the National Theatre, based on a novel by Neil Gaiman, the ever imaginative writer behind Good Omens, American Gods and Coraline.


Mostly sold out. Best availability from December 20 to January 1.

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WHEN
03 Dec 2019 – 25 Jan 2020, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
WHERE
National Theatre
South Bank, London, SE1 9PX
Goldilocks and the Three Bears panto, London Palladium

Goldilocks and the Three Bears panto, London Palladium

Finding a panto for all the family is tricky: some are too long, some are too complicated. But we know one coming up next festive season that looks like it's going to be just right.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears at the London Palladium is the biggest, glossiest and starriest panto this year. No word on whether porridge is included, though.


Best availability from January 5.

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WHEN
07 Dec 2019 – 12 Jan 2020, various
WHERE
London Palladium
Argyll Street, London, W1F 7TF
A new play by Mike Bartlett: Snowflake, Kiln Theatre

Snowflake, Kiln Theatre

Three-time Olivier Award-winning playwright Mike Bartlett (Dr Foster, King Charles III) explores the family politics of the festive season in a warm, witty new play that comes to Kilburn's Kiln Theatre after impressing in Oxford last year.


Limited availability until December 16 but good availability for the rest of the run.

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WHEN
10 Dec 2019 – 18 Jan 2020, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
WHERE
Kiln Theatre
269 Kilburn High Road, London, NW6 7JR
Sh!t-Faced Showcase: A Pissedmas Carol

Sh!t-Faced Showtime: A Pissedmas Carol, Leicester Square Theatre

Jumping off of the success of Fringe favourites Sh!t-Faced Shakespeare and Sh!t-Faced Showtime, the professional piss-heads from both shows return to give A Christmas Carol a tipsy twist.

The production takes an all-singing, all-drinking approach to the classic Dikensian tale as the penny-pinching Scrooge faces encounters with spirits – of both the ghostly and alcoholic varieties. Charge your glasses in preparation for an evening of inebriated improvisation of the highest quality.


Good availability.

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WHEN
20 Nov 2019 – 05 Jan 2020, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
WHERE
Leicester Square Theatre
6 Leicester Place, London, WC2H 7BX
Audrey Brisson as Amélie Poulain

Amélie The Musical, The Other Palace

The musical adaptation of everyone’s favourite French film, Amélie, returns to the London stage for Christmas. Prepare for whimsical charm a-plenty.


Good availability.

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WHEN
29 Nov 2019 – 02 Feb 2020, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
WHERE
The Other Palace Theatre
12 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5JA
Still from film of Mary Poppins: West End show returns to Prince Edward Theatre

Mary Poppins, Prince Edward Theatre London

Get ready for a flurry of kites, jolly holidays and spoons full of sugar as everyone's favourite nanny flies back onto the London stage.Fifteen years after its impressive premiere, Disney's stage show of Mary Poppins returns the West End to offer a practically perfect family night at the theatre.


Best availability from January 6.

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WHEN
23 Oct 2019 – 29 Mar 2020, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
WHERE
Prince Edward Theatre
Old Compton Street, London, W1D 4HS
White Christmas, Dominion Theatre

White Christmas, Dominion Theatre

If you're dreaming of a white Christmas then head to the Dominion Theatre this winter, where the classic musical is revived with nostalgic charm. With crooning classics and glitzy ensemble numbers, it's a heart-warming winter musical.


Best availability from December 3.

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WHEN
15 Nov 2019 – 04 Jan 2020, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
WHERE
Dominion Theatre
268-269 Tottenham Court Rd, London, W1T 7AQ
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