Morning, London! Happy Thursday. Easter is basically here. A few more school runs and then it’s game on.

Clocks go forward this Sunday. One less hour of sleep, just as things get busier. Strong planning. Also… why is it still this cold? Late March, longer days, all the signs are there. Just missing the actual warmth. If anyone can organise one of those random warm winds, now would be ideal.

Plenty going on across London to keep everyone busy over the break.

Let’s dive in.

🎸 Camden’s Getting a Museum of Teen Chaos. A brand new Museum of Youth Culture is opening in Camden on 15 May, packed with everything from rocker jackets to rave badges and school leavers’ hoodies. Basically, all the stuff your parents begged you to throw away. Full story

🐱 A lynx playing with its lunch just won the Natural History Museum's wildlife photo public vote. Over 85,000 people chose Austrian photographer Josef Stefan's shot of an Iberian lynx cheerfully tossing a rodent into the air in Spain. The lynx spent 20 minutes playing with it before getting bored and eating it. You can see the winning image at the Natural History Museum in South Kensington until July. Full story

🐿️ A squirrel in Brixton was filmed vaping. A grey squirrel was caught on camera in a south London park holding a disposable e-cigarette between its paws and chewing on it. Experts say squirrels are drawn to the fruity flavours. The RSPCA is not amused. Full story

In 1746, a cartographer called John Rocque published the most detailed map of London ever made. Every street, every alley, the Thames rammed with sailing ships. Hyde Park was the edge of the city. 551 people lived on London Bridge. All drawn by hand. It's just been republished, 280 years later. Have a look, it's a bit mind-bending. More info

🌈 Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat @ Winston Churchill Theatre
Date & Loc: Mar 26-27, Ruislip HA4
Fifty local young performers take on the biblical story via rock, calypso and a very famous coat. Neighbourhood kids giving it everything.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £11 | Info

⚓ Easter at the docks @ London Museum Docklands
Date & Loc: Mar 28–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: Mar 26–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: Mar 28–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

🐰 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: Mar 27–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

🧚 Fairy Tales @ British Library
Date & Loc: Mar 27–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

🌸 Hello Spring! Community Fair @ Walthamstow
Date & Loc: Mar 28 (Sat), Walthamstow E17
A relaxed local fair with a makers market, free activities for kids and the promise of tea, coffee and cake.
Age: All ages | Price: No cost | Info

🎬 Cinema Chill: Peace at Last @ Half Moon Theatre
Date & Loc: Mar 28 (Sat), Whitechapel E1
Half Moon's relaxed, low-sensory screening format.
Age: 3–5 | Price: £5 | Info

🎬 Enchanted Cinema @ National Archives Kew
Date & Loc: Mar 28 (Sat), Kew TW9
Help bring classic animated films to life as part of a family orchestra. A cinematic adventure that involves participating rather than just watching.
Age: 4–12 | Price: £8 | Info

🏰 Easter Egg Hunt @ Ham House
Date & Loc: Mar 28–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

🦒 London Zoo's Zoonormous Egg Hunt! @ London Zoo
Date & Loc: Mar 28–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: Mar 28–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: Mar 28–Apr 12, Hounslow TW14
Free-with-admission Easter egg trail at Hobbledown Heath.
Age: Everyone | Price: free with adm. | Info

🌹 Romeo and Juliet Workshops @ Shakespeare's Globe
Date & Loc: Mar 28–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

🐳 The Tale of the Loneliest Whale @ Lyric Hammersmith
Date & Loc: Mar 28 (Sat), Hammersmith W6
Deep-sea adventure with beautiful puppets, hilarious sea creatures, original songs and audience interaction.
Age: 4+ | Price: £12 | Info

🐛 The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show @ Harrow Arts Centre
Date & Loc: Mar 28-29, Hatch End HA5
Eric Carle's stories brought to life through puppetry and original music — Brown Bear, 10 Little Rubber Ducks and the Very Hungry Caterpillar himself.
Age: Everyone | Price: £13 | Info

🧝 Gnome Trail @ Headstone Manor
Date & Loc: Mar 28–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: Mar 28–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: Mar 28–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: Mar 28–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 Family Day @ Brixton Windmill
Date & Loc: Mar 29 (Sun), Brixton SW2
Treasure hunt for a chocolate treat, free Easter craft workshops all afternoon, and guided windmill tours.
Age: Everyone | Price: No cost | Info

🏰 Mini Museum: Tudor Easter at the Manor @ Headstone Manor
Date & Loc: Mar 29 (Sun), Harrow HA2
Step into the Tudor world of Headstone Manor to find out how people prepared for Easter long ago.
Age: 3–5 | Price: from £4 | Info

🎤 POP-KID SETLIST @ Somerset House
Date & Loc: Mar 29 (Sun), Strand WC2R
Beyoncé, K-Pop bangers, Spice Girls and glow sticks at one of London's most gorgeous outdoor venues.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £7 | Info

🌿 Discovery Days: Spring Surprises @ Hyde Park Learning Centre
Date & Loc: Mar 31–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

🌷 Grooving in the garden @ Museum of the Home
Date & Loc: Mar 31 (Tue), Hoxton N1
Family day in the museum's outdoor garden space with plant-themed craft workshops.
Age: Everyone | Price: no cost | Info

🩰 English National Ballet: Cinderella @ Peacock Theatre
Date & Loc: Apr 1–12, Holborn WC2A
Selling out quickly! ENB's family Cinderella with a narrator guiding small audiences through a shortened version of Prokofiev's score.
Age: 3+ | Price: from £12 | Info

🔍 Holmes and Watson and The Curious Case of the Masked Magician @ Artsdepot
Date & Loc: Apr 1 (Wed), North Finchley N12
The great Masked Magician vanishes mid-show in 1906 and Scotland Yard calls in Holmes.
Age: 5+ | Price: £13.75 | Info

🦁 The Zoo That Comes to You @ The Exchange Twickenham
Date & Loc: Apr 1 (Wed), Twickenham TW1
A show about animal conservation with puppetry, live music and playful characters. Comes to Twickenham for one performance over Easter.
Age: 5+ | Price: £12 | Info

🌺 The Princess and the Pea @ New Wimbledon Theatre
Date & Loc: Apr 1–2, 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 1–5, 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 1–6, Morden SM4
A 10-point Easter trail through the park with egg-themed games and playful challenges.
Age: Everyone | Price: from £3.50 | Info

🐊 The Enormous Crocodile @ Rose Theatre Kingston
Date & Loc: Apr 1–12, 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: Apr 1–12, 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

🐱 Gabby's Dollhouse Live! @ Eventim Apollo
Date & Loc: Apr 1 (Wed), Hammersmith W6
Live stage show based on the Netflix preschool series, with songs, characters, and all the dollhouse chaos.
Age: Under 5 | Price: TBC | Info

🏺 Meet the artist @ V&A
Date & Loc: Apr 1 (Wed), South Kensington SW7
Kids explore the galleries with ceramicist Emily Stapleton-Jefferis, whose work looks at the natural world.
Age: 5+ | Price: no cost | Info

🐑 Say 'baaaa' @ Stepney City Farm
Date & Loc: Apr 1 (Wed), Stepney Green E1
Meet the newborn lambs and join a family farm tour. Classic springtime, and it's a genuinely good farm.
Age: Everyone | Price: no cost | 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

🌙 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

🦖🕺 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

🐰 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

🦊 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

🐣 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

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