The festive classic to end all classics, no holiday season is complete without taking your seats for a showing of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol - and this year, Mark Gatiss' version of Dickens' winter ghost story is coming to haunt the Alexandra Palace Theatre again in 2025. A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story - a thrillingly atmospheric take on the tale - promises to sweep you up in this supernatural Victorian world, with the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformative supernatural Christmas Eve visitations.

A tale of adventure and magic, The Nutcracker is one of the Christmas season's must-see shows and who better to perform this cherished classic than the English National Ballet? Back this Christmas with 2025's brand new production with choreography by the company's Artistic Director, Aaron S. Watkin, and Olivier Award-winner Arielle Smith, be prepared to fall in love with The Nutcracker all over again when it steps into the London Coliseum from December 11th!

Oh Cinders! The family-favorite pantomime heads to Richmond Theatre for 2025's festive season! Join Cinderella, the handsome prince and her evil stepsisters at the ball this Christmas for a good dose of glitzy costumes and sets, innuendo and plenty of audience participation. The perfect way to welcome in the holidays!

Ever-charming Welsh gent Rob Brydon brings his fantastic Christmas show back for a live tour across the UK, following its roaring success in the West End last year. Setting off with his fabulous band in tow, A Festive Night of Songs and Laughter is a delectable evening of Christmas music, side splitting stories and hilarious impressions, perfect for a seasonal get-together with the whole family!

Humbugs beware! This affectionate production brings Charles Dickens's classic tale to life once again for Christmas 2025! First debuting in 2017 at London's iconic Old Vic Theatre, this adaptation from Harry Potter and the Cursed Child writer Jack Thorne and Old Vic Artistic Director Matthew Warchus has been praised for its joyful and warmhearted approach to the fable. Prepare to meet a brand new Scrooge in Paul Hilton as this gloriously festive crowd-pleaser returns!

Join the Gruffalo's Child as she embarks on an exciting adventure in Tall Stories' captivating musical adaptation of the beloved book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler! On a stormy night, the Gruffalo's Child secretly heads out into the deep dark wood, against her father's advice about the Big Bad Mouse who lurks there.

For the festive season the delightfully befuddled Count Arthur Strong sets his sights on none other than Charles Dickens, performing his very own adaptation of A Christmas Carol! In the fashion you'd probably expect from Arthur, what begins as a respectful homage to a classic is almost certain to spiral into something accidentally, uniquely, completely his own. With his showbiz flair, misplaced confidence and penchant for the odd malapropism, this timeless tail is surely worth a fresh watch if it's delivered by old Arthur.

Transferring to the Barbican following its run in Stratford-Upon-Avon is the Prasanna Puwanarajah-directed Twelfth Night, Shakespeare's delightfully spirited tale of Viola, a shipwrecked orphan who takes matters into her own hands when stranded on the shores of the ancient isle of Illyria. With music by Matt Maltese bringing a contemporary flavour to this production, Twelfth Night includes Shakespearean mainstays - mistaken identity, mischief, a shipwreck and, of course, his deft wit, yet this RSC staging has been praised for its search in between the lines of the text, revealing new insight to an age-old classic.

The wildly successful live stage adaptation of Raymond Briggs' best-loved children's cartoon marks its 28th year at the Peacock this Christmas! On a cold winter's night, a young boy gets the surprise of his life, when the snowman that he built that day magically comes to life! Together, they embark on a wondrous adventure and escape peril from the troublesome Jack Frost. A must-see for youngsters and adults alike, this will relight your Christmas spirit!

Be our guest! In this incredibly adult version of the beloved story - get ready for laughs, a little chaos, and a whole lot of heart. This panto is set to be a beast of a show that'll have everyone sweating under the collar and grinning from ear to ear! A ridiculous new version of the 18th greatest love story ever told. Enter the frostbitten Scottish village of Lickmanochers where inexperienced mummy's boy Bertie becomes the prisoner of an aristocratic brute with lustrous body hair and a castle that's just begging for a makeover. As the snow falls, it's not just the tension that rises...

The classic tale of the Nutcracker gets a thrilling new take courtesy of Cuban-British ballet superstar Carlos Acosta! Reimagining Tchaikovsky's timeless score into a Cuban style with musician, composer and arranger Pepe Gavilondo, Acosta's Nutcracker is set in the vibrant city of Havana, with breathtaking traditional Cuban choreography at its core as the locals prepare for a Christmas like no other! All enhanced by stunning set design and live visuals by Nina Dunn, costume design by Angelo Alberto and lighting designed by Andrew Exeter, witness the Nutcracker like you've never seen it before.

Step into Christmas is a joyful show here to light up the season, getting you into the holiday spirit through festive music! With a top live band and vocalists bringing the soundtrack of the season to life, it's an evening designed to wrap you in warmth and send you away sated as the holiday season steps up!

With a program covering Christmas classics from Wham to Wet Wet Wet, The Nutcracker to Feliz Navidad, fever's Candlelight Christmas Classics is a treat that'll get the family in the festive mood. So take a break from the dreaded Christmas shopping and the stress of the in-laws and enjoy an evening of musical merriment in a venue glittering with more fairy lights than a fairy light factory!

There's nothing like a Christmas movie, be they transporting us to a magical world ala How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Kevin's hijinks in Home Alone, or the romantic lives of Londoners in Love Actually, these heartwarming tales always make the festive season even brighter. This year, our friends at fever have collated all the best soundtracks from your favourite films, as played by the finest ensemble while surrounded by hundreds of candles. It's simply a must for your Christmastime.

Nicholas Allan's cherished and delightfully fun book comes to life in this lively and musical new stage adaptation, landing at the Arts Theatre just in time for Christmas! Telling the charmingly silly tale of Santa suddenly finding himself getting rather desperate while doing the rounds, Father Christmas Needs A Wee! is a charming festive treat that will put a smile on the faces of kids and grown-ups alike.

This Christmas get a little Las Vegas sparkle in your life, as performers Tom Russell Fox, Glenn Macnamara, and Jim Whitley bring to life Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.! Step back in time to one of the most glamorous periods in entertainment recreated with incredible accuracy, with Ol' Blue Eyes and Co. serving up a smorgasbord of Christmas hits, just as they did from Vegas' world famous Sands Hotel back in the day!