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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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