Morning, London! Happy Thursday. Easter holidays are here. If your kids aren't already standing in the kitchen asking what the plan is, give it an hour. You've tried asking other parents what they're up to and everyone's gone suspiciously quiet. They've found something. They're not telling you. Classic. Good news is, so have we.

Boat Race on Saturday too. Oxford vs Cambridge on the Thames, free to watch, been happening since 1829. Hundreds of thousands of people on the riverbank pretending to care deeply about rowing. One of London's finest traditions.
Brace yourself for a lot of bunnies. Listings below.

🚣 Boat Race 2026 Is Nearly Here. Cambridge vs Oxford returns to the Thames on 4 April, with the historic rivalry going strong since 1829. Same river, same tension, slightly stronger rowers. Full story

📚 Dua Lipa Is Curating a London Literature Festival. Dua Lipa is taking over the London Literature Festival at the Southbank Centre this October, helping shape the programme alongside her Service95 book club. Pop star, book club founder, now festival curator. Busy. Full story

🛏️ London Gets Its First ‘Standing Bed’ Hotel. A new Covent Garden hotel is offering vertical sleeping pods where guests rest while standing. Yes, really. The concept promises more rooms, less space and a whole new way to question your life choices at £120 a night. Full story

We've managed to get our hands on a couple of pairs of tickets for our lovely readers. Dinosaur Adventure Live is at Bloomsbury Theatre on Thursday 9th April; sixty minutes of live dinosaurs, chaos, and whatever the opposite of a quiet afternoon is. Your kids will lose their minds. You'll probably enjoy it too.

No catches, no sharing, no tagging three friends and a distant cousin.

Just reply to this email with your kid's favourite dinosaur and you're in. We'll draw two winners on Monday.

One thing — pls only enter if you're actually around on the 9th. The dinosaurs won't wait.

🦖 Dinosaur Adventure Live @ Bloomsbury Theatre
Date & Loc: Apr 9 (Thu), Euston WC1
Gigantic life-size dinosaurs, live on stage. Sixty minutes of roars, effects, and the kind of chaos your kids will be talking about for weeks. A solid Easter outing.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £20 | Info

🌿 Discovery Days: Spring Surprises @ Hyde Park Learning Centre
Date & Loc: Apr 2, Hyde Park W2
Three days of free drop-in nature activities, pond dipping, bug hunting, sweep netting and a seedball to take home.
Age: Everyone | Price: No cost | Info

🌺 The Princess and the Pea @ New Wimbledon Theatre
Date & Loc: Apr 2, Wimbledon SW19
Let's All Dance Ballet Company brings the fairy tale to life with crystal-clear storytelling, fantastic dancing and lovely music.
Age: 2+ | Price: £15 | Info

🐨 The Koala Who Could @ Southbank Centre
Date & Loc: Apr 2–5, Southbank SE1
Kevin the Koala hates change and clings to his branch. Wombat and Kangaroo gradually convince him otherwise.
Age: 3+ | Price: £16 | Info

🌸 Easter Adventures @ Morden Hall Park
Date & Loc: Apr 2–6, Morden SM4
A 10-point Easter trail through the park with egg-themed games and playful challenges.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £3.50 | Info

🦖 Natural History Museum presents Dinosaurs Live @ Artsdepot
Date & Loc: Apr 2 (Thu), North Finchley N12
The Natural History Museum goes on tour with life-sized dinosaurs on stage.
Age: 3+ | Price: £15 | Info

✨ Luminarium: Myriad @ Woolwich Works
Date & Loc: Apr 2–6, Woolwich SE18
A monumental inflatable by Architects of Air fills Woolwich Works with winding pathways and soaring domes glowing with colour as daylight filters through the fabric.
Age: Everyone | Price: £8 | Info

🎤 The kids are all right @ Boxpark Wembley
Date & Loc: Apr 2 (Thu), Wembley Park HA9
A parent-teen summit with talks and workshops on adolescence. If you've got a teenager and questions, this might be worth the trip to Wembley.
Age: Teens | Price: no cost | Info

👑 Make a royal residence @ Sir John Soane's Museum
Date & Loc: Apr 2 (Thu), Holborn WC2A
Kids explore baroque design and use craft materials to build their own royal residence. One of London's more eccentric museum buildings, free to enter.
Age: 4+ | Price: no cost | Info

🥚 Easter Egg Trail @ Cutty Sark
Date & Loc: Apr 3–6, Greenwich SE10
The ship's chickens got loose and laid eggs all over the decks. Follow the trail, unscramble the nautical code and collect a chocolate treat from the café under the hull.
Age: 5+ | Price: from £11 | Info

🌸 Easter Egg Trail: the Spring Sprites @ Chelsea Physic Garden
Date & Loc: Apr 3–6, Chelsea SW3
Hunt for eggs through one of London's oldest botanical gardens to help awaken the Spring Sprites.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £5 | Info

🌙 The Gruffalo's Child @ Artsdepot
Date & Loc: Apr 3–9, North Finchley N12
The Gruffalo's daughter ventures into the dark, dark wood to find the Big Bad Mouse.
Age: 3+ | Price: £15 | Info

🔍 BucketRace Easter Scavenger Hunt @ Golden Square
Date & Loc: Apr 4 (Sat), Soho W1F
Team scavenger hunt across central London with Easter-themed challenges, egg and spoon races, finding giant eggs and clucking in public.
Age: Everyone | Price: £15 | Info

🦖🕺 Dino Disco for Kids @ Natural History Museum
Date & Loc: Apr 4, South Kensington SW7
A family-friendly silent disco inside the museum, complete with headphones, dancing dinosaurs and multiple DJs to choose from. Big energy, big smiles.
Age: 6–12yrs | Price: £20 | Info

🐣 Easter weekender @ Camden Market
Date & Loc: Apr 4–5, Camden NW1
Two days of aerial circus acrobatics, spring bulb planting, a chicken encounter and a 3D Easter trail. Camden doing Easter its own way.
Age: Everyone | Price: no cost | Info

🐣 Interactive Storytelling @ Royal Mews
Date & Loc: Apr 4–6, Buckingham Palace SW1W
Easter egg trail through the royal stables, with clues, a chocolate reward, and the chance to meet some horses and dress up in livery.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £8.50 | Info

🎨 Petals, Paints and Easter Eggs @ Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace
Date & Loc: Apr 4–6, Victoria SW1
Drop-in Easter crafts in the Livery Room with a springtime theme. Paint, decorate, get a bit messy, no booking needed.
Age: Everyone | Price: incl. with adm. | Info

🎵 Music by the river @ Gabriel's Wharf
Date & Loc: Apr 4–6, Waterloo SE1
Live blues, jazz and feel-good music over the bank holiday weekend. Street food and shopping alongside so kids can wander while grown-ups listen.
Age: Everyone | Price: TBC | Info

🐰 Easter Trail @ Lauderdale House
Date & Loc: Apr 5 (Sun), Highgate N6
Solve riddles and hunt for the Giant Bunny around Waterlow Park in the annual free Easter Trail. Outdoors, no booking needed, Highgate.
Age: TBC | Price: No cost | Info

🐰 Find the 'Giant Bunny' @ Waterlow Park
Date & Loc: Apr 5 (Sun), Archway N6
Free Easter trail on Easter Sunday. Pick up a treasure map on arrival and follow the route round the park. First 100 to finish get a prize.
Age: Everyone | Price: no cost | Info

🚡 Egg-citing Easter Adventure @ IFS Cloud Cable Car
Date & Loc: Apr 5–21, Royal Victoria Dock E16
Easter-themed cable car experience across the Thames with on-site entertainers from noon daily.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £10.50 | Info

🏰 Easter Egg Hunt @ Ham House
Date & Loc: until Apr 6, Ham TW10
Easter trail through the Ham House grounds inspired by the British Civil Wars, with activities for the whole family.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £3.50 | Info

🦊 Discovery Days: Marvellous Mammals @ Hyde Park Learning Centre
Date & Loc: Apr 7–9, Hyde Park W2
Drop-in sessions all about mammals in the Royal Parks, with hands-on activities and plenty to keep little ones busy.
Age: All ages | Price: no cost | Info

🍫 So Unfair @ Greenwich Theatre
Date & Loc: Apr 10 (Fri), Greenwich SE10
Help Daniel Bye change the world in an adventure involving engineering challenges, bad dad jokes and a remarkable quantity of molten chocolate.
Age: 7+ | Price: from £10 | Info

🌹 Romeo and Juliet Workshops @ Shakespeare's Globe
Date & Loc: until Apr 11, South Bank SE1
Practical family workshops bringing Shakespeare's love story to life through games and activities over Easter.
Age: 9–11 | Price: £13 | Info

⚓ Easter at the docks @ London Museum Docklands
Date & Loc: until Apr 12, West India Quay E14
Food-themed Easter activities including paper food-making and tea towel painting workshops. Good excuse to revisit one of London's more underrated museums.
Age: Everyone | Price: no cost | Info

🥚 Fulham Palace Easter egg trail @ Fulham Palace
Date & Loc: until Apr 12, Fulham SW6
Easter trail through the palace grounds. Pick up from the museum shop for £3.50 per child.
Age: TBC | Price: from £3.50 | Info

🏰 Easter Quest @ Eltham Palace and Gardens
Date & Loc: until Apr 19, Eltham SE9
Easter quest trail at one of London's more unusual historic sites. £2 per child on top of standard admission.
Age: Everyone | Price: £2 | Info

🐊 The Enormous Crocodile @ Rose Theatre Kingston
Date & Loc: until Apr 12, Kingston KT1
The mischievous musical based on Roald Dahl's rib-tickling book, with puppets, toe-tapping tunes and a very bad crocodile who learns something the hard way.
Age: 3+ | Price: from £16.50 | Info

🕵️ The Shivers @ Polka Theatre
Date & Loc: until Apr 12, Wimbledon SW19
A fox, a pigeon and a secret agent on a mission to save the world, where everything is not what it seems.
Age: 7–11 | Price: £15 | Info

🐰 Lindt Gold Bunny Hunt @ Hampton Court Palace
Date & Loc: until Apr 12, East Molesey KT8
Gold bunny statues representing historical characters hidden around Hampton Court Palace.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £14.5 (under 5 free) | Info

🧸 Your Toys @ Unicorn Theatre
Date & Loc: until Apr 12, Southwark SE1
Kids bring a toy, lend it for the show and watch it perform on stage alongside other borrowed toys.
Age: 5–9 | Price: from £15.5 | Info

🐰 Alice in Wonderland @ Riverside Studios
Date & Loc: until Apr 12, Hammersmith W6
Lewis Carroll's rabbit-hole adventure brought to life with enchanting puppets and a kaleidoscope of colourful sets.
Age: 5+ | Price: from £22 | Info

🦒 London Zoo's Zoonormous Egg Hunt! @ London Zoo
Date & Loc: until Apr 12, Regent's Park NW1
Six giant Easter eggs hidden around the Zoo, plus arts and crafts making an Easter Bunny crown, part of ZSL's 200th anniversary year.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £22 | Info

🐝 Octonauts Above & Beyond @ Kew Gardens
Date & Loc: until Apr 12, Kew TW9
3 to 6s explore Kew Gardens to find the bees, build them a new hive and get them safely home.
Age: 3–6 | Price: free with adm. | Info

🌳 Easter Eggsporers 2026 @ Hobbledown Heath
Date & Loc: until Apr 12, Hounslow TW14
Free-with-admission Easter egg trail at Hobbledown Heath.
Age: Everyone | Price: free with adm. | Info

🧝 Gnome Trail @ Headstone Manor
Date & Loc: until Apr 12, Harrow HA2
Find the gnomes hidden around the manor grounds, solve their puzzle and earn a prize.
Age: Everyone | Price: Free with adm. | Info

🚌 Future London @ London Transport Museum
Date & Loc: until Apr 6, Covent Garden WC2E
What will London look like in 100 years? Easter holiday crafts, design the skyline, meet time-travelling artist Montague Black and more.
Age: Everyone | Price: No cost | Info

🥚 Percy vs Mr Fox: The Great Egg Hunt @ RAF Museum
Date & Loc: until Apr 12, Colindale NW9
Mr Fox has nicked Percy's eggs. Follow the indoor trail through the RAF Museum to find ten hidden letters and crack the mystery.
Age: 3+ | Price: £5 | Info

🐔 Spring Time at Lewis of London
Date & Loc: until Apr 12, Barnet EN5
Chicks to hold, lambs to pet, egg hunts, duck races and seasonal ice cream under cover in the Farmyard Marquee.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £5 | Info

🐣 Easter Bunny Tales @ Chickenshed Theatre
Date & Loc: Apr 7–11, Southgate N14
Easter stories, songs and movement in inclusive performances, followed by the annual colouring competition and café treats.
Age: 0-6yo | Price: from £7 | Info

🎪 Midnight in the Toyshop @ St Martin's Theatre
Date & Loc: Apr 7–12, West End WC2H
Midnight strikes, the toyshop bursts to life and an adventure unfolds. Catchy songs, dazzling dances and heartwarming storytelling.
Age: 3+ | Price: from £17 | Info

🤝 The Boy at the Back of the Class @ Southbank Centre
Date & Loc: Apr 7–12, Southbank SE1
Onjali Q Raúf's beloved novel on stage: refugee boy Ahmet joins the class, his classmates hatch a bold plan to help.
Age: 7+ | Price: £16 | Info

🌱 Museum of Edible Earth @ Somerset House
Date & Loc: until Apr 26, Strand WC2R
An exhibition about geophagy, the practice of eating earth for health, ritual and culinary benefit.
Age: Everyone | Price: No cost | Info

🧚 Fairy Tales @ British Library
Date & Loc: until Aug 23, King's Cross N1C
The British Library opens a fairy tales exhibition with books, original illustrations, theatre costumes, puppets and pop-ups.
Age: 3-10yo | Price: £11.50 | Info

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