Until Sun 11 Apr
Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: Bloomsbury art at Tate Britain.
Tate Britain
£20
Things to do in London on Tuesday 22 December: 489 events, among them 135 in theatre, 127 in exhibitions and museums, 38 in kids and family, 33 in workshops and courses, 31 in tours and walks, 28 in quiz and games and 97 others.
Until Sun 17 Jan
Ana Mendieta: the artist of body and nature at Tate Modern.
Tate Modern
£18
Until Sun 3 Jan
Room on the Broom: theatre for ages 3 and up.
Lyric Theatre
from £10
Until Thu 24 Dec
Santa's Grotto: meet Father Christmas and get a gift.
Queen's House
from £27
Until Mon 3 May
Julio Le Parc: interactive light art.
Tate Modern
£15
Until Sun 24 Jan
Romeo & Juliet: Nureyev ballet, Prokofiev's score live.
London Coliseum
from £30
Until Sun 20 Jun
Agatha Christie: a major exhibition on the Queen of Crime.
The British Library
from £20
Until Sat 27 Mar
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Broadway musical at the Palladium.
London Palladium
from £66
Until Sun 3 Jan
The Smartest Giant In Town: a puppet musical about giving.
St Martin's
from £10
Until Sun 10 Jan
The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky's Christmas ballet, danced live.
London Coliseum
from £31
Until Sat 23 Jan
from 19:45
Hamlet Hail to the Thief: Shakespeare meets Radiohead.
Barbican Arts Centre
from £34
Until Sun 11 Jul
Lee Mead: Twenty Years in Technicolour, musical concert.
Adelphi Theatre
from £26
Until Mon 26 Apr
Recitals at Lunch: Finzi songs and Hardy poetry.
Royal Opera House
£16
Until Sun 31 Jan
Painting the French Riviera: modern art's Côte d'Azur.
Royal Academy of Arts
from £24
Tue 22 Dec · 11:00
Peter Pan, a family musical adventure for ages 5 to 12.
Polka Theatre
from £10
Until Sun 7 Feb
Tim Walker's Fairyland: portraits of queer love.
National Portrait Gallery
Price unknown
Until Sun 9 May
Constantinople to Istanbul: Byzantine and Ottoman treasures.
TBC
Until Sun 28 Feb
Childhood in War: hands-on family exhibition for ages 8+.
IWM London
Free
Tue 22 Dec · 19:00
The Jungle Book: puppetry for the whole family.
Olivier Theatre
from £26
Until Sun 3 Jan
Frida: The Making of an Icon, exhibition on Frida Kahlo.
Tate Modern
£25
Until Sun 20 Jun
Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery.
British Library
£20
Until Sun 21 Feb
William Eggleston: colour photos of the American everyday.
The Photographers' Gallery
£14
Until Sun 27 Jun
Hadestown: award-winning musical of Orpheus and Eurydice.
Lyric Theatre
from £25
Until Sat 10 Apr
Immersive David Bowie exhibition, narrated by Bowie.
Lightroom
£10
Until Sat 13 Mar
Rowan Live: Atkinson's sketches from Mr Bean to Blackadder.
Gillian Lynne Theatre
£10
Until Sun 5 Sep
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the West End play.
Palace Theatre
from £25
Until Sun 11 Apr
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Shakespeare's open-air comedy.
Globe Theatre
from £30
Until Wed 17 Feb
Mozart's beloved fair-tale opera at the Royal Opera House.
Royal Opera House
from £50
Until Sat 6 Feb
Bill Bailey: Vaudevillean, his new comedy show.
Theatre Royal Haymarket
from £21
Until Sun 21 Mar
Beyond Bayeux: Tapestry Now, new weaving with Hockney.
Guildhall Art Gallery
Free
Until Sun 31 Jan
Club NVRLND: Peter Pan club night of 2000s hits.
The Vaults
£10
Until Sun 3 Jan
Winter Wonderland: 150 festive rides in Hyde Park.
Hyde Park
from £1
Until Sat 31 Jul
Elton John's musical of a boy who trades boxing for ballet.
Adelphi Theatre
from £30
Until Sat 7 Aug
Amadeus, Peter Shaffer's play of Salieri's envy of Mozart.
Noël Coward Theatre
from £24
Until Sun 14 Feb
40 Objects 40 Years: the Freuds' life, newly seen.
Freud Museum London
Price unknown
Tue 22 Dec · 14:00
My Neighbour Totoro: a magical stage play for all.
Gillian Lynne Theatre
from £20
Until Sat 18 Sep
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory: family musical.
London Coliseum
from £17
Until Sun 7 Mar
Gathering Ground: art on ecology and justice.
Tate Modern
Free
Until Fri 5 Feb
Nicole Eisenman: monumental outdoor sculpture 'Stack'.
Royal Academy of Arts
Free
Until Sun 14 Feb
Julius Caesar: Shakespeare's thriller in candlelight.
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
from £5