
Christmas Theatre in Waterloo: Four Shows Within Ten Minutes of Each Other
Most of London does Christmas theatre in the West End, where you pay West End prices, eat at a chain because it’s the only thing with a table, and fight
Most of London does Christmas theatre in the West End, where you pay West End prices, eat at a chain because it’s …
Waterloo gets treated as somewhere you pass through. Four million people a year come up those escalators, look at the departure boards, …
London Literature Festival 2026: Key Dates & Curator Dua Lipa is interviewing Zadie Smith about White Teeth. Two days later she’s on …
A 146-strong all-woman choir opens it. Steve Reich turns 90 and gets four events across the closing weekend, including one billed as …
The Music is Black Festival from East Bank closes with a bang. Black to the Future – the fourth and final live …
Anne-Marie Duff is one of the finest stage actors working today. Best known to millions for her role in Bad Sisters on …
London’s queer collectives are taking over Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park this August. Queer Frequencies – the third weekend of The Music is …
West Ham United are back at London Stadium for the 2026-27 season – this time in the EFL Championship. The club, the …
When Sadler’s Wells East opened on the East Bank of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in January 2025, it arrived as one of …
Tumbling Bay Playground in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is one of the best playgrounds in London – and it is completely free …

Most of London does Christmas theatre in the West End, where you pay West End prices, eat at a chain because it’s the only thing with a table, and fight

Everybody has been to that Christmas do. Long table. Three-course set menu chosen six weeks earlier by someone in operations. Crackers. A DJ playing Slade at a volume that makes

Right, the important bit first, because plenty of listings get this wrong. Oktoberfest at Between the Bridges is not a three-week continuous run. It’s eight nights, Fridays and Saturdays only:

A fashion mogul cancels Christmas because it’s getting in the way of her landmark show. Three visitors turn up to explain why that’s a mistake. It is exactly the story

Waterloo gets treated as somewhere you pass through. Four million people a year come up those escalators, look at the departure boards, and leave. Which is a shame, because between

London Literature Festival 2026: Key Dates & Curator Dua Lipa is interviewing Zadie Smith about White Teeth. Two days later she’s on stage with Patti Smith. Michael Douglas is doing