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Light Up Light Up Sir Harold Hillier Gardens At Christmas – Hampshire’s largest festive light trail is back!

✨✨ Light Up
📍 Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Jeremyns Lane, Ampfield, Romsey SO51 0QA
🗓️ Thu, 27 Nov 2025 – Sat, 3 Jan 2026
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Partenope | Buy Opera Tickets for 2025 | ENO Book your tickets now to see the ENO’s award-winning production of Handel’s Partenope, featuring an iconic cast, live at the London Coliseum in 2025.

‘Don’t let anyone tell you Handel is a drag – this silly show is wonderful fun’ (The Telegraph) ★★★★

Don’t miss ENO's Olivier Award-winning production of Partenope at the London Coliseum | 20 Nov - 6 Dec 2025

The BIG London Christmas Sing A Union Chapel fantastic feast of family festive fun

🎄 The BIG Christmas Sing comes to London for the first time on 13 December!

Featuring a 150 strong choir, festive favourites, and special guests. This high energy concert at Union Chapel is perfect for all ages.

Book now! 🎶✨

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A Fairytale for Christmas A Fairytale for Christmas returns to Woking, Same great show with a new name!

🎄✨ A Fairytale for Christmas returns to Woking in 2025

Fresh off four sell-out UK tours (plus USA & Europe dates), this ultimate Irish Christmas concert is packed with festive hits and iconic Irish classics.

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Darkie Armo Girl A powerful and deeply personal one-woman show is back for a limited four-week season at Finborough Theatre.

🎭 Darkie Armo Girl
📍 Finborough Theatre, 118 Finborough Road, London SW10 9ED
🗓️ 25 Nov - 20 Dec 2025
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Swing Into Christmas A spectacular festive celebration from the Down for the Count Concert Orchestra. Featuring the music of Nat 'King' Cole, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland and many more. On tour in Nov and…

Celebrate the festive season with the Down for the Count Swing Orchestra as they tour their much-loved annual treat, Swing Into Christmas! Brimming with cheer, this 30-piece "big band with strings" brings classic tunes to exuberant life and leaves you glowing. www.swingintochristmas.co.uk

🔥 Ignite Fire Festival returns to Rochdale with fiery displays, glowing installations and festive fun across Broadfield Slopes and Rochdale Town Hall.

✨ Free entry — no booking needed.
📅 21–23 Nov, 5pm–8pm

More info at www.rochdale.gov.uk/ignite

An Instinct Queer thriller An Instinct makes London debut at Old Red Lion Theatre.

🎭 An Instinct - queer thriller makes its debut
📍 Old Red Lion Theatre, 418 St John Street, Angel, EC1V 4NJ
🗓️ 18 Nov - 6 Dec
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Interview: Nolan Regent, owner of Toulouse Lautrec jazz club Nolan Regent is the founder and owner of Kennington's Toulouse Lautrec jazz club and restaurant, a great venue featured in the EFG Jazz Festival 2025 (14 - 23 November)

🎙️ Our Interview with Nolan Regent, owner and founder of Toulouse Lautrec jazz club 🎷
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ALL MY SONS Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, his first and most abiding hit play at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre.

🎭 All My Sons - starring Bryan Cranston
📍 Wyndham’s Theatre
🗓️ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 – Sat, 7 Mar 2026
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🕵️ The game is afoot this Christmas!

Mystery, mayhem and festive fun to the stage. Written by The Penny Dreadfuls’ Humphrey Ker & David Reed, with new songs by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

🎭 Don’t miss this brand-new festive whodunnit!

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William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream A new retelling of Midsummer Night's Dream comes to the Globe this winter.

🎭 A Midsummer Night’s Dream
📍 Globe Theatre, 21 New Globe Walk, London SE1 9DT
🗓️ 13 Nov 2025 - 31 Jan 2026
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Precipice The world premiere of a darkly funny new musical with a thrilling electro-folk score.

🎭 Precipice - a darkly funny new musical with a thrilling electro-folk score
📍 New Diorama Theatre, NW1 3BF
🗓️ 11 Nov - 13 Dec 2025
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The Best Music Events in London This November A lot of legends, a lot of the new visionaries, a lot of international acts, a lot of international sounds: this November in London is rich with real music.

🎵 November is rich with real music - check out our guide to the best music events in London this month!
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Porn Play The Royal Court’s upcoming World Premiere of Porn Play by Sophia Chetin-Leuner.

🎭 Porn Play - WORLD PREMIERE
📍 Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London SW1W 8AS
🗓️ 6 Nov - 13 Dec
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The Best Art Exhibitions in London This November Discover must-see exhibitions and art shows that are happening in London right now

🎨 🗿 📸 Check out our guide to the best art exhibits in London - including some that are leaving this week!
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Pantomime) Tickets | New Victoria Theatre, Woking in Woking | ATG Tickets Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, don’t miss the fairest pantomime of them all!

👑 The fairest panto in the land is coming to Woking this festive season!

Get ready for a sparkling adventure filled with laughter, music, and magic as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs takes to the stage.

Book now for a magical panto experience you won’t forget!

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Halloween Streaming Guide What's better than a scary movie to get you in the mood for Halloween

🎃What’s better than a scary movie to get you in the Halloween spirit? 👻

We’ve picked 30 of the best films to stream on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, and Paramount+ this spooky season, from chilling classics to family favourites.

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Moominvalley in November Tove Jansson’s final Moomin story, Moominvalley in November, is brought to the stage as a new musical.

Tove Jansson’s final Moomin story, Moominvalley in November, is brought to the stage as a new musical at Upstairs at the Gatehouse 🎭

🗓️ 23 Oct – 16 Nov 2025
📍 Upstairs At The Gatehouse, London

West End Musical Halloween West End Musical Halloween returns for a Spooktacular Night at the Lyric Theatre!

🎃 West End Musical Halloween returns for a spooktacular night at the Lyric Theatre!

🗓️ 27th Oct | 7:30PM
📍 Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London

👻 Costumes encouraged. Goosebumps guaranteed

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Diwali at the National Maritime Museum Celebrate the Festival of Lights in Greenwich with lantern parades, dance performances and rangoli workshops.

🪔 Celebrate Diwali at the National Maritime Museum!
📍 Romney Rd, London SE10 9NF
⏰ 10am - 5pm
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Moominvalley in November Tove Jansson’s final Moomin story, Moominvalley in November, is brought to the stage as a new musical.

🎭 Moominvalley in November - a new Moomin musical!
📍 Upstairs at the Gatehouse @gatehouse.london
🗓️ 23 Oct – Sun, 16 Nov 2025
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Pre-book Your Free Ticket: 6 - 9 November 2025 - Wimbledon Art Fair Pre-book your free ticket to Wimbledon Art Fair for a chance to win £200 to spend on art at the show, and more perks.

🎨 Meet 180+ artists and explore thousands of original, affordable artworks at Wimbledon Art Fair!

🗓️ 6–9 November
📍 Wimbledon Art Studios
🎟️ Free entry — pre-book for early access + your chance to win £200 to spend on art!

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QUEENZ: Drag Me To The Disco! Tickets | Tours & Dates | ATG Tickets Direct from London’s West End and following their sensational Las Vegas debut, these fearless and fabulous Queenz are bringing their electrifying live vocal drag-stravaganza to the stage.

✨ The QUEENZ are back — fresh from the West End and Las Vegas — with their fierce, feel-good drag-stravaganza Drag Me To The Disco! 💃🎤

Expect powerhouse vocals, disco anthems & all the glitz you can handle.

📍 New Victoria Theatre
📅 31st October 2025
🎟️ Book now

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Amici: Our History Amici: Our History exhibition to honour the life and legacy of late founder Wolfgang Stange.

Amici: Our History - exhibition honouring the life and legacy of founder Wolfgang Stange
📍 Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
🗓️ Wed 22 – Sat 25 October
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Nutcracker This festive season, book your tickets for Nutcracker from English National Ballet, a magical Christmas tradition for all the family.

🎄 Experience the magic of Christmas with English National Ballet’s Nutcracker — a glittering festive favourite bursting with colour, music and joy.

📍 London Coliseum
📅 11th Dec - 11th Jan

🎟️ Book now for a night of holiday magic!

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Home Page - Liza Pulman Her eclectic career has taken her from Glyndebourne Opera to London’s West End and her work as one third of the legendary British satirical song-writing trio Fascinating Aida has seen her perform all…

🎤 Liza Sings Streisand – a stunning celebration of Barbra Streisand’s timeless music, performed by the incredible Liza Pulman with her live band.

📅 This Autumn/Winter – select UK dates
🎟️ Book now at lizapulman.com

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The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Wayne Thiebaud. American Still Life First UK exhibition on American artist Wayne Thiebaud opens at The Courtauld Gallery.

🎨 Wayne Thiebaud. American Still Life 
📍The Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN
🗓️ until 18 January 2026
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Bloomsbury Festival 2025 An inspiring programme of culture, arts, science, literature, performance, discussion, debate and family events.

🎭 🎵 🎨 Bloomsbury Festival 2025
📍 Bloomsbury, London
🗓️ Friday 17th – Sunday 19th October
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