It’s the end of the year, and we are busy with our final tips and final Q&A for 2024.

But another thing that we like to do before we head off on holiday is to just give you a quick reminder of all the shows that we recommended over the last few weeks that will still be on over the Christmas and New Year period. You know, just in case you forgot.

Many are on until the end of December (with a break around actual Christmas Day), many into early January, and some even until late January. But we’re going to start with those that you haven’t got long left to see, because they all end on Christmas Eve.

There’s TW favourite Luca Silvestrini’s ‘The Little Prince’ at The Place, ‘Well Done, Mummy Penguin’ at The Albany Deptford, and ‘The Holly King And The Oak King’ at Battersea Arts Centre, all of which are, of course, suitable for family viewing.

And speaking of family stuff: there’s a whole plethora of pantos for you to choose from if you’re still looking to book into one.

There are two productions of ‘Sleeping Beauty’, so I’ll start there, one at The Bridge House Theatre until 30 Dec, the other at Catford’s Broadway Theatre until 31 Dec. There’s a staging of ‘Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs’ at Croydon’s Fairfield Halls until 5 Jan, ‘Cinderella’ at the King’s Head Theatre in Islington until 5 Jan, and ‘Dick Whittington And His Cat’ at Greenwich Theatre from 22 Nov to 5 Jan. 

And from my file marked ‘more unusual panto’ is ‘Pinocchio’ at Stratford East until 4 Jan – perhaps it’s not that unusual, but I haven’t witnessed many ‘Pinocchio’ pantos myself.

The next one is definitely unusual – and expectedly so, it’s Charles Court Opera – ‘Napoleon: Un Petit Pantomime’ at Jermyn Street Theatre until 5 Jan; and finally, ‘Potted Panto’ at Wilton’s Music Hall until 4 Jan which is, of course, many pantos mashed together.

And from pantos to more shows suitable for families and children. You’ll hopefully definitely remember ‘The Fir Tree’, on at ArtsDepot until 31 Dec, because we recently did a lovely Q&A with its director. Elsewhere – Polka Theatre to be precise – Christmas classic ‘The Nutcracker’ is on until 26 Jan. 

And there are plenty of shows with a wintry, snowy, frosty feel still running. First up, ‘The Snowy Day’ which is also showing at Polka Theatre all the way until 2 Feb.

Meanwhile, over in Chiswick at The Tabard Theatre you can see ‘The Snow Queen’ until 4 Jan, while ‘Odd And The Frost Giants’ plays at Unicorn Theatre until 31 Dec. ‘Christmas Comes To Moominvalley’, on at Jacksons Lane until 5 Jan, looks quite snowy, and ‘Rosie The Robin And The Christmas Post’ (pictured) at Little Angel Theatre until 5 Jan is all about adversity caused by a great big snow storm. 

Also on at the Little Angel Theatre is ‘The Singing Mermaid’ and it’s on until 26 Jan, which gives you plenty of post Christmas time to see it, in fact. Other fab family shows for you include ‘Captain Sandy & The Sea Monster’ at Puppet Barge until 26 Jan, and ‘Alice In Wonderland’ at Brixton House until 4 Jan.  

Lots of panto and child friendly shows, but now we’re headed into the territory of grown up funny stuff and theatre with three shows all ending on 11 Jan. Although to be fair, this first funny one is fine for older kids – dinosaur film parody ‘Hold On To Your Butts’ at Arcola Theatre. Up next is TW fave clown Julia Masli with ‘ha ha ha ha ha ha ha’ at Soho Theatre, and more funnies with Sh!t-Faced Showtime’s ‘A Pissedmas Carol’ at Leicester Square Theatre. 

And if you are after something theatrical, the excellent ‘Cyrano’ is on at Park Theatre until – again! – 11 Jan, as is ‘The Massive Tragedy Of Madame Bovary’ over at Southwark Playhouse Borough.

Orange Tree Theatre’s ‘Twelfth Night’ continues until 25 Jan, you can see ‘Montague’s Millions’ at Jack Studio until 4 Jan and, finally, ‘St Nicholas’ at the Omnibus Theatre finishes on 5 Jan – read our Q&A with its star Nick Danan here. 

And even more finally: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all those who celebrate these things. See you in January!