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  • Christmas shows and pantomimes in London 2009

  • Compiled by Natasha Polyviou

    Updated: Wed Oct 7 2009

  • Under-fives | Family shows | Pantos | Grown-ups

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    Read our guide to London's best Christmas cabaret shows

    • Photo for “Christmas with the Rat Pack”

      Christmas with the Rat Pack

      Until Jan 2 2010, Adelphi Theatre

      The Olivier-award winning musical tribute show gets festive. Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Dean Martin are saluted in a glitzy extravaganza that includes such hits as Mr Bojangles, That's Amore, Witchcraft and New York, New York. The 'Rat Pack' is a recreation of the 'Summit at the Sands' that saw Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jnr and Dean Martin sharing the nightly bill at the Las Vegas casino. As fun an evening out as an inevitable disappointment can be. Read more

    • Photo for “La Clique” Hula hoopist Yulia Pykhtina performs as part of 'La Clique'

      La Clique

      Critics' Choice

      Until Jan 17 2010, Roundhouse

      The sexy, spellbinding circus of chaos returns after its nine-month Olivier Award-winning spell at the Hippodrome. Expect the same comedy, freakery and eye-watering bendery from burlesque performers, cabaret singers, roller skaters, trapeze artists and more. Read more

    • Photo for “Twelfth Night”

      Twelfth Night

      Dec 19-Feb 27 2010, Duke of York's Theatre

      Shakespeare's Malvolio is the ultimate killjoy and surely a comic ancestor of Victor Meldrew. So Richard Wilson is apt casting in Gregory Doran's new RSC production of 'Twelfth Night' which will come to the Duke of York's over Christmas. Read more

    • Photo for “Kim Noble - Kim Noble Will Die”

      Kim Noble - Kim Noble Will Die

      Recommended

      Tue Dec 8 - Sat Jan 9 2010, Soho Theatre

      For our obligatory anti-Christmas choice we nominate 'Kim Noble Will Die', the most shocking, graphic and visceral piece of live at / comedy produced this year. Examining the relationship between an individual and his legacy, it's a truly beautiful and tragic work of a genius , if troubled, mind. Read more

    • Studio II: Dr Marigold & Mr Chops

      Last Chance!

      Dec 9-Jan 31 2010, Riverside Studios

      Simon Callow stars in a one-man double bill of the Charles Dickens character shorts – which are playing in London for the first time in 150 years. It's a great way to do Dickens with a difference this Christmas. Read more

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