Things to do in London on Tuesday 15 December: 578 events, among them 159 in exhibitions and museums, 100 in theatre, 82 in kids and family, 51 in workshops and courses, 35 in quiz and games, 34 in tours and walks and 117 others.
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Until Sun 11 Apr
Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: Bloomsbury art at Tate Britain.
Tate Britain
£20
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Until Sun 3 Jan
Room on the Broom: theatre for ages 3 and up.
Lyric Theatre
from £10
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Until Thu 24 Dec
Santa's Grotto: meet Father Christmas and get a gift.
Queen's House
from £27
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Until Sat 10 Apr
Immersive David Bowie exhibition, narrated by Bowie.
Lightroom
£10
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Until Sun 11 Apr
Van Eyck: The Portraits, an exhibition of early realism.
National Gallery
£18
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Until Sun 10 Jan
The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky's Christmas ballet, danced live.
London Coliseum
from £31
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Until Sun 31 Jan
Painting the French Riviera: modern art's Côte d'Azur.
Royal Academy of Arts
from £24
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Until Sat 19 Dec
Albee's Virginia Woolf with Gillian Anderson.
@sohoplace
from £40
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Until Sun 14 Mar
Peggy Guggenheim: her London gallery with Dalí and Mondrian.
Royal Academy
£17
- Until Sun 7 Feb Tim Walker's Fairyland: portraits of queer love. National Portrait Gallery Price unknown
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Until Sun 27 Jun
Hadestown: award-winning musical of Orpheus and Eurydice.
Lyric Theatre
from £25
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Until Sat 6 Feb
Bill Bailey's Vaudevillean: comedy, music and variety acts.
Theatre Royal Haymarket
from £21
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Tue 15 Dec · 19:00
The Jungle Book: puppetry for the whole family.
Olivier Theatre
from £26
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Tue 15 Dec · 19:00
Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl, live.
MOTH Club
£42.60
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Until Sun 14 Mar
Peggy Guggenheim in London: Dalí, Hepworth, Moore and more.
Royal Academy of Arts
£17
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Until Sun 20 Jun
Agatha Christie exhibition: a world of mystery.
British Library
from £20
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Until Sun 21 Feb
William Eggleston: colour photos of the American everyday.
The Photographers' Gallery
£14
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Until Sat 13 Mar
Rowan Live: Atkinson's sketches from Mr Bean to Blackadder.
Gillian Lynne Theatre
£10
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Until Sun 5 Sep
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the West End play.
Palace Theatre
from £25
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Until Sun 14 Feb
The 90s: Art and Fashion, curated by Edward Enninful.
Tate Britain
£22
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Until Thu 18 Feb
The Jazz Room: Sinatra and Armstrong hits, live on stage.
Phoenix Arts Club
from £34.86
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Until Sun 21 Mar
Beyond Bayeux: Tapestry Now, new weaving with Hockney.
Guildhall Art Gallery
Free
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Until Sun 31 Jan
Club NVRLND: Peter Pan club night of 2000s hits.
The Vaults
£10
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Until Sun 3 Jan
Winter Wonderland: 150 festive rides in Hyde Park.
Hyde Park
from £1
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Until Sun 14 Feb
40 Objects 40 Years: the Freuds' life, newly seen.
Freud Museum London
Price unknown
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Tue 15 Dec · 19:30
Caryl Churchill's Cloud 9 in a bold new staging.
National Theatre
from £20
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Until Sun 11 Jul
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: best nature photography.
Natural History Museum
from £17
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Until Sat 10 Apr
August: Osage County: Tracy Letts' prize-winning drama.
Noël Coward Theatre
£10
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Until Fri 5 Feb
Nicole Eisenman: monumental outdoor sculpture 'Stack'.
Royal Academy of Arts
Free
- Until Sun 10 Jan Skate at Somerset House: festive outdoor ice rink. Somerset House from £11
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Until Sun 14 Feb
Julius Caesar: Shakespeare's thriller in candlelight.
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
from £5
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Until Mon 16 Aug
Sondheim's Pulitzer-winning musical on Seurat's painting.
Barbican Theatre
from £30
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Tue 15 Dec
Funk Jam Session: London's monthly funk jam night.
Toulouse Lautrec
£12
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Tue 15 Dec · 19:00
My Neighbour Totoro: a magical stage play for all.
Gillian Lynne Theatre
from £20
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Tue 15 Dec · 19:30
Phantom of the Opera: Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic musical.
His Majesty's Theatre
from £156.50
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Tue 15 Dec · 19:00
Velvet Break: sapphic pool night for all skill levels.
The Rising Sun
Price unknown
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Until Sat 21 Aug
Matthew Bourne's Play Without Words, dance drama.
Sadler's Wells
£63
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Until Fri 18 Dec
Georg Baselitz: The Heroes, paintings of 1965–66.
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
Price unknown
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Until Sat 16 Oct
Ivanov, Chekhov's drama with Chris Pine.
Bridge Theatre
£35
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Until Thu 31 Dec
Guided Tour: The Second World War aboard HMS Belfast.
HMS Belfast
from £36.80
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