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Christmas 2024 Dance in London

By Teresa Guerreiro on 8/11/2024

Nutcrackers galore, of course, but Christmas 2024 has a lot more dance on offer besides

ENB's Nutcracker. Dancer Ivana Bueno. Photo © Jason Bell. Creative Direction Charlotte Wilkinson Studio

English National Ballet, Nutcracker, Coliseum

English National Ballet's brand new Nutcracker promises a fresh, engaging, novel take on the traditional Christmas ballet. We're excited for it!

WHEN

12 Dec 2024 – 12 Jan 2025, Various starting times, inc mats - consult website. Dur.: 2 hours inc one interval

WHERE

London Coliseum
St Martin's Lane, , London , WC2N 4ES

Enrique Corrales as Mambi Doll, Denzel Francis as Rat King in Nutcracker in Havana. Photo: Johan Persson

Carlos Acosta's Nutcracker in Havana Review ★★★★★

Also brand new and with a unique Cuban twist, Acosta Danza's vibrant, thoroughly enjoyable Nutcracker in Havana has a short run at the Southbank. Don't miss it!

WHEN

10 Dec 2024 – 15 Dec 2024, 19:30 mats available. Dur: 2 hours inc one interval

WHERE

Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake. Matthew Ball as 'The Swan' and ensemble. Photo by Johan Persson

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake - The Next Generation, Sadler's Wells

Matthew Bourne's timeless take on Swan Lake with its flock of male swans has an extended run this festive season at Sadler's Wells, where it premiered almost 30 years ago. Tweaked for our times, it's worth seeing again, or anew...

WHEN

30 Nov 2024 – 26 Jan 2025, 19:30 Mats Sat 14:30, Sun 14:00 Dur.: 2 hours 20 mins inc one interval

WHERE

Sadler's Wells
Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4TN

Matthew Ball, Yasmin Naghdi & Artists of the Royal Ballet in Ashton's Cinderella © ROH 2023 Tristram Kenton

The Royal Ballet, Cinderella, Royal Opera House

The Royal Ballet swaps Nutcracker magic for the no less enchanting magic of Frederick Ashton's Cinderella. A glorious outing for the whole family this festive season.

WHEN

03 Dec 2024 – 15 Jan 2025, 19:30. Mats available. No performance 24, 25, 26 & 27 Dec. Dur: 2 hours 45 mins inc two intervals

WHERE

Royal Opera House
Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

The Nutcracker, The Royal Ballet © 2022 Asya Verzhbinsky

The Royal Ballet, The Nutcracker in Cinemas

If, however, you cannot forego your annual dose of The Royal Ballet's unmatched production of The Nutcracker, you'll be happy to hear it's coming to a screen near you in a performance filmed during last Christmas run at Covent Garden

WHEN

17 Nov 2024 – 22 Jan 2025, Start times depend on venue. Dur.: 2 hours 20 mins inc one interval

Birmingham Repertory Theatre's The Snowman 2024, Peacock Theatre

Always a hit with the children, The Snowman reprises its annual run at The Peacock Theatre, engaging the whole family in the adventures if the flying boy and his snowman

WHEN

23 Nov 2024 – 04 Jan 2025, Start times: 11:00, 14:30, 19:00 Dur.: 1 hour 50 mins inc one interval

WHERE

Peacock Theatre
Portugal Street, London, WC2A 2HT

Let's All Dance, The Nutcracker, Lilian Baylis Studio

Especially conceived for very young children, Let's All Dance's version of The Nutcracker comes to Sadler's Wells' second stage, the Lilian Baylis Studio, offering a shortened, intimate and very magical version of the Christmas ballet,

WHEN

27 Dec 2024 – 05 Jan 2025, Start times: 13:30, 15:30. Dur.: 52 mins no interval

WHERE

Sadler's Wells
Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4TN

Circa, Duck Pond, Southbank Centre

We're promised feathers will fly in Duck Pond, a circus version of the much loved ballet Swan Lake, brought to the Southbank Centre this Christmas by the Australian aerialists of Circa

WHEN

19 Dec 2024 – 30 Dec 2024, Eves 19;30, mats 15:00, Sun 11:00 Dur.: TBC

WHERE

Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX

BRB The Nutcracker, Anniek Soobroy and Marion Rainer as Snowflakes and Steven Monteith as a Wind. Photo: Bill Cooper

BRB, The Nutcracker 2024, Royal Albert Hall

The final Nutcracker of the season is Birmingham Royal Ballet's, which has a very short run at the Royal Albert Hall at the end of December. It's a beautiful production, perfect for this venue, and with many performances every day, there's no excuse for missing it!

WHEN

29 Dec 2024 – 31 Dec 2024, Start times: 12 noon, 14:00, 16:00, 19:00 Dur.: 2 hours 10 mins inc one interval

WHERE

Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AP

Ruination, Lost Dog, ROH

The ROH alternative Christmas offering is Lost Dog's Ruination, a vibrant, subversive take on the myth of Medea which will run at the Linbury Theatre for the whole of the festive season

WHEN

02 Dec 2024 – 04 Jan 2025, 19:15 Sat mats at 14:30 Dur.: 1 hour 30 mins no interval

WHERE

Royal Opera House
Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD