Alternative Christmas events in London

Glued to the latest season of ‘Drag Race UK’? Then you’ll be gagging to book tickets for this panto (cue enthusiastic shouts of ‘Oh no we won’t!’). After the sell-out success of 2019’s ‘Cinderella’, specialist drag production company TuckShop is returning to the West End this winter with a second all-drag panto featuring Cheryl Hole, Kitty Scott-Claus and Choriza May, three stars of RuPaul’s iconic reality competition. Expect tongue pops galore and presumably as many dick jokes as they can cram into a two-hour show.

Curling has come to Queens, fka Queen’s Ice Bowl. After all, what is curling if not bowling on ice? The way it works is you slide stones across a rink and into the bullseye-esque ‘house’. All the while your trusty team mates are brushing and guiding the stone as best they can. Sound exhausting? It is! Luckily Meatliquor is on hand to offer burgers and cocktails to help keep you fed and watered.