#christmas-2025

#christmas-2025

Battersea's ice rink will take up its usual spot right next to the Thames for a fourth year. Glide is one of the most aesthetic ice rinks in the city, with views over the river and across London's glistening skyline. Besides the rink itself, there's a vintage fairground and a bar with DJs. Opening date: November 7

So far, four Nutcrackers have been announced for London's Christmas 2025 season, starting in November and stretching beyond Christmas Day to the very end of the year. What follows is a guide to those four shows, all splendid in their own way, in chronological order. All are centred on a Christmas Eve party at Clara's home, and the magic that happens as the clock strikes midnight, leading to a series of famous divertissements in Act II;