Theatre

6 guides

A shirtless performer standing on top of a tall metal stand, with a large crowd sitting in a circle on the cobbles in front of the market building

Covent Garden

Free street shows of juggling, circus skills and comedy at weekends in the piazza.

Polka Theatre, Wimbledon

Polka Theatre

A children's theatre, with shows, playground, a café, toys and dressing-up.

The Mad Hatter dancing on one leg in a green top hat, pink jacket and striped trousers, behind a row of teacups

Royal Ballet and Opera

International-quality dance - the Nutcracker is a must at Christmas.

The National Theatre's concrete terraces on the South Bank

South Bank

Theatre, concerts and films, plus a carousel, a book market, skateboarders and free film booths at the BFI.

Inside the Royal Albert Hall before a Prom, with BBC Proms banners over the stage, the organ lit blue behind it and tiers of red-curtained boxes round the hall

The Royal Albert Hall

Each summer's Proms include a family Prom and a Relaxed Prom, and older children can get cheap standing tickets.

Lit theatre signs at night on Shaftesbury Avenue: a big board for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg over the Gielgud, then the upright Apollo and Lyric signs

West End Theatres

Choose a West End show for children, and get cheap same-day tickets.

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