Afternoon, London! Happy Thursday. We know, we know, this is arriving closer to dinner than breakfast. In our defence, it's the week after Easter, the chocolate is still everywhere, and frankly we're surprised we made it at all. But we always deliver. Your trust is safe.
Congrats to George and Joanna, our two giveaway winners! Hope you and the little ones had a brilliant time at the dinosaur show. And a big thank you to everyone who entered.
Also, hope you enjoyed yesterday's 26 degrees. For London in April, that's basically the surface of the sun.
Right. Let's go. A shorter edition this week.
..LONDON SNIPPETS..
Bits that caught our eye
By the time we finished this edition, half the news was already yesterday's. The intern is sunburnt. We're calling it. Full snippets back next week
..BRAIN BITES..
Wow your kid, and outsmart the other parents
London Fact: Covent Garden was once a literal convent garden. 🎭 Back in the 1200s, it was a vegetable patch owned by the monks of Westminster Abbey, known as “the garden of the Abbey and Convent.” Henry VIII seized it during the dissolution of the monasteries, and it later passed to the Earl of Bedford, who built the piazza. The monks would not recognise it today.
Fun Fact: Penguins propose with pebbles. 🐧In some species, male penguins search for the smoothest pebble they can find and present it to a female. If she accepts, they use it to start building a nest together. Entirely serious. Entirely adorable.
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What’s on this week?
🍫 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
🩰 My First Ballet: Cinderella @ Sadler’s Wells East
Date & Loc: Apr 10–11, Stratford E20
A gentle intro to ballet for little ones, following Cinderella through an enchanted forest with plenty of music and storytelling to keep them hooked.
Age: 3+ | Price: from £16 | Info
🚇 Depot Open Days @ London Transport Museum Depot
Date & Loc: Apr 10–12, Acton W3
A rare chance to wander through vintage Tube trains and buses all under one roof.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £10 | Info
🧸 Midnight in the Toyshop @ St Martin’s Theatre
Date & Loc: Apr 10–12, Covent Garden WC2H
Toys come to life after dark in this lively stage show with music, dancing and plenty of silliness.
Age: 3+ | Price: from £17.50 | Info
👠 Apparently Ugly @ Underbelly Boulevard Soho
Date & Loc: Apr 11 (Sat), Soho W1F
Cinderella's snarky stepsisters Olga and Agnes take centre stage to tell their side of the story.
Age: 89+ | Price: £11.50 | Info
🐰 Wallace & Gromit Movie @ Barbican
Date & Loc: Apr 11 (Sat), Barbican EC2Y
Big screen outing for the iconic duo, plus a live intro from composer Julian Nott.
Age: 6+ | Price: £2.50 | 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
🧵 Community Quilting: A Family Workshop @ Southbank Centre
Date & Loc: Apr 10-11, Southbank SE1
Drop in and help create a giant community quilt. No sewing skills required, just turn up and give it a go.
Age: 7+ | Price: No cost | Info
🐸 Pond Life Family Day @ Centre for Wildlife Gardening
Date & Loc: Apr 12 (Sun), Peckham SE15
Pond dipping, games and crafts all centred around what’s lurking in the water. Expect muddy hands and very excited kids.
Age: Everyone | Price: £3 | Info
🪩 Disco Kids: Spring Family Day Rave @ The Albany
Date & Loc: Apr 12 (Sun), Deptford SE8
A daytime rave for little ones with music, crafts and snack breaks built in. High energy, low bedtime disruption.
Age: 3–8 | Price: £12 | 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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