Christmas Entertainment in Shepherd's Bush

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What's on in local theatres over the festive season

Over Christmas week, Shepherd's Bush Empire is taken over by two favourite seasonal shows.  A Matt Goss Christmas runs till Friday 22 December, then our own Bill Bailey will take over for Christmas Larks!

This show is on Saturday 23 December then from Wednesday 27 till Saturday 30 December, all at 7pm.

Find out more about these shows and book tickets here

At Hammersmith's Eventim Apollo, the Christmasaurus is a special Christmas spectaculer based on the debut novel from McFly star and bestselling children's author Tom Fletcher coming to Hammersmith for a special Christmas spectacular from December 21 to 28, with two shows at 1pm and 7pm on most days. The show is suitable for all the family and will feature music, animation, magic and some very special guests.

Hammersmith's Christmas shows, panto Jack and the Beanstalk continues till 6 January and Father Christmas till Christmas Eve, while in Lyric Square, HammersmithLondon's Christmas Cabin is back until 23 December. Buy your gifts in local Hammersmith shops and Santa’s elves will happily wrap them for you While visiting the cabin, you can also have your photo take the free festive photo scene. You shop, they wrap and everyone is merry!

If you haven't yet bought your Christmas tree, locally based company Shoots and Leaves, with sites including the south east corner of Fulham's Eel Brook Common, plus Little Brook Green and outside St Paul's Church is donating £5 for every one of its Nordmann Fire Trees sold to schools in Hammersith and Fulham.

"We are the only real local supplier operating in the borough year round," says Shoots and Leaves founder Hew Stevenson. "So it’s only right that we try and return something to the area.We employ a large number of people who live in H&F and we are very proud of the local credentials we’ve built up over the past 18 years."

Find out more at Shoot and Leaves.

At Westfield meanwhile, Santa's Snowflake Grotto is open for young visitors until Christmas Eve, and there are also daily festivities at KidZania.

 

December 19, 2017