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A cornucopia of dance across London
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Carols and seasonal favourites, Handel's Messiah and operas to raise the spirits add up to a bumper package this year by Claudia Pritchard
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Irish choreographer and theatre maker Michael Keegan-Dolan brings his Teaċ Daṁsa company to Sadler's Wells with a brand new work, Nobodaddy. by Teresa Guerreiro
The Southbank performance programme for 2025 showcases international avant-garde dance by Teresa Guerreiro
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Luca Silvestrini’s The Little Prince is possibly the most charming family offering for Christmas Dance 2024 and can be seen at The Place over the festive season
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Once again the Southbank Centre is bathed in Winter Light this festive season, brightening up the river with a dazzling exhibition of light art alongside its regular Christmas market
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Opera
A delightful new production of Donizetti's romantic comedy is set in wartime Britain
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Dance
Choreographer Wayne McGregor’s staggeringly ambitious three-Act work MaddAddam, has opened at Covent Garden, following its 2022 world premiere in Canada
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Choreographer Akram Khan returns to his roots in Indian dance in his latest work, GIGENIS, The Generation of the Earth, which has its UK premiere at Sadler's Wells
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Opera
A poet fails in love over and over again in Offenbach's opera, in a new production by Damiano Michieletto
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Dance
Lost Dog's Ruination at the ROH Linbury Theatre offers the perfect alternative to the sugar and spice of the Christmas season
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Swan Lake has a circus makeover this festive season and becomes Duck Pond, performed by Circa at the Royal Festival Hall
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Dance
Matthew Bourne's iconoclastic Swan Lake with its corps of aggressive male swans is Sadler's Wells's offering this festive season
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Dance
Irish choreographer and theatre maker Michael Keegan-Dolan brings his Teaċ Daṁsa company to Sadler's Wells with a brand new work, Nobodaddy.
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Dance
English National Ballet's brand new Nutcracker lights up the London Coliseum this Christmas season
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Young children can enjoy the full magic of The Nutcracker this festive season with Let's All Dance's specially devised short version of the Christmas ballet
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From twisted fairytales to festive musicals: book now for the best Christmas theatre shows London 2023 has to offer READ MORE
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Handel's Messiah dominates the month's great music, but there is also Bach, passionate Italian opera and a German fairy tale by Claudia Pritchard
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