One of the capital’s best-loved festive family shows, Slava’s Snowshow, will return to the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall this Christmas.
The award-winning international hit, which has become renowned for the breathtakingly blizzard that sweeps through the auditorium during the show’s finale, will play from 16 December to 3 January.
Now in its fifth year on the South Bank, the Olivier Award-winning show combines hilarity and poignancy with stunning spectacle, and is suitable for children aged five and older.
While family audiences will have to wait until winter to enter Slava’s dream-like world, there is plenty on offer from the Southbank Centre this summer, with the Udderbelly Festival and London Wonderground hosting a handful of treats for young theatregoers.
Children aged four and older are invited to join two Russian-born brothers at the London Wonderground from 20 June to 5 July as they recall how they became the nation’s favourite puppet-clown duo in Boris And Sergey: Origins.
Meanwhile next door at the Udderbelly Festival it is female siblings who take centre stage. Suitable for children aged three and older, The King Of Tiny Things tells the story of one magical midsummer’s night and two sisters who huddle together, fearful of what the darkness holds.
Jeanne Willis and Gwen Millward’s enchanting tale, which features circus, puppetry and song, stars four world-class circus artists and plays from 11 to 13 July.
This summer, family audiences can also take advantage of what Paines Plough’s award-winning theatre Roundabout has to offer. Situated behind the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, the 168-seat circular auditorium, which flat-packs into a lorry, is currently hosting another sibling-inspired tale, Our Teacher’s A Troll.
Written by Matilda The Musical’s Dennis Kelly, the show is suitable for ages seven and older and tells the story of two terrible twins with a talent for turmoil. It plays until 18 July.
Tickets for Slava’s Snowshow can be booked through us here. For more information and to book tickets for the Southbank Centre’s summer shows, visit the venue’s website.