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  • When you can't go out to the theatre, why not let the theatre come to you? This winter, the Doorstep Puppet Theatre are bringing their show, The Little Mermaid Finds Her Voice to your door...

  • This Christmas, watch The Wolves of Willoughby Chase at Greenwich Theatre or take on the interactive Sir Willoughby’s Challenge...

  • A new on demand theatre season continues this month with powerful and timely production, In Search of a White Identity...

  • This autumn, explore London's Chinatown in a different way and see the place in a new light, by taking a tour with a creative app...

Les Antliaclastes - Valse des Hommelettes © E. Dubost

Physical comedy and slapstick movies at mime festival

Forget Blue Monday as the London International Mime Festival gets under way, bringing you slapstick movies and physical comedy…

Nossa Bossa, The Cockpit

The Cockpit raises lockdown spirits with streaming shows

It may seem like lockdown has halted the arts once again, but The Cockpit Theatre in London’s Marylebone has other ideas…

London by William Santos/unsplash

Find some New Year inspiration with a virtual London tour

This January, head online to discover more about our capital city with a range of alternative and quirky virtual London tours…

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Extant, Flight Paths

Experience a different kind of flight path

It’s been a while since we’ve been able to travel. But now you can go on an altogether different type of journey with Flight Paths…

Late Night Staring At High Res Pixels

Original drama to help us through 2021

This year, the Finborough Theatre will be keeping us all amused by releasing original and free online content every month…

Photo by LoboStudio Hamburg on Unsplash

Ringing in the New Year with phone box artwork

This New Year’s Day, Pick Me Up (& hold me tight) will be aiming to make every phone box in the UK ring at the same time, at 11am…

Campfire at the Old Red Lion pub theatre

Old Red Lion reopens with comedy-horror

The Old Red Lion will be reopening its doors this winter with an eclectic season of shows, championing new writing and fringe theatre…

Ian Nicholson, Polka Theatre's A Christmas Carol

Enjoy a cardboard cabinet of Christmas curiosities

Polka Theatre are offering their supporters a free festive treat with a quirky retelling of A Christmas Carol featuring a cardboard cabinet of curiosities…

Le Gateau Chocolat Duckie, HOME Manchester, credit Manuel Vason

The Ugly Duckling is reimagined for festive theatre

Le Gateau Chocolat’s Duckie will be offering family audiences an online festive treat this Christmas…

St Bride's Foundation London - workshops events

Be inspired by a talk on one of London’s hidden gems

Bring in the New Year with an inspiring Zoom talk on one of London’s hidden gems. Find out how the St Bride Foundation inspires creatives…

Sleeping Beauty, courtesy of Lisa Ott

A twist on the tale of Sleeping Beauty

This Christmas, watch a Zoom adventure with a twist on the Sleeping Beauty tale, featuring puppetry, original music and comedy…

Christmas in London, emmanuel appiah via unsplash

Take some unusual and virtual walks around London

This December, Footprints of London are hosting festive and alternative walks around the capital, both virtually and in person…

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Curiosity of the Week

Normanton Church, a waterside wonder
Normanton Church by Karen Cann

Welcome to a new year, and a new Curiosity of the Week! Our first curiosity of 2021 is a sunken church. It’s also one of the UK’s finest hidden gem tourist attractions…

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Drama from a toilet cubicle
Overflow, Bush Theatre steaming show

This month, UK audiences can enjoy a streamed performance of Overflow, a heart-wrenching show played out in a club toilet…

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