Manor Park Area Guide

Come and visit Santa’s Workshop, where Santa and his hard-working elves are busily getting ready for The Big Day. There is so much for everyone to do: all the boys and girls need to write their letters to Santa, and make sure the letters are safely put in Santa’s post-box. You'll then help the elves to get ready for their special Christmas party – help decide what songs they'll sing, learn their special dance routines, and join in their party games. Santa himself will be on hand to join in the fun and give every child their special Christmas gift.

Welcome to the botanic garden, baby; it's a Guns N' Roses tribute.

A one-night mega sing-song featuring comedians singing, you guessed it, carols. With Amy Annette, Jack Rooke, Lolly Adefope, Nish Kumar, James Acaster, Charlie Craggs, Himesh Patel and more surprise special guests to be announced. Bring your voice, your friends and a sense of joy. Raising money for the UK Transcommunity and, in our festive best, thinking about how we all can best protect all our rights... Let's be 'Free Wise QUEENS' together (sorry) (three wise men/kings) (you got it). Everyone, e.g. Any/no/lots of, religion, is welcome. This is about being loud, singing the wrong descant and, in the splendour of Soho Walthamshow, enjoying comedians taking you through our version of a Carol Service. Come join the congreSLAYtion (v sorry). Profits from the show will go to FiveforFive, a mutual aid charity that supports trans people directly: https://www.fiveforfive.co.uk/ 14+

It’s that time of year again, when Diane Chorley dusts off her signature pout, drags Milky and Ron off Universal Credit, and does her damndest to spread a little festive mustard on this terrifying sausage we call Earth. For one night only, backed by her riotous band The Buffet, a sprinkling of special guests, and her arsenal of (festive) belters, she’ll say goodbye to 2025 with a swift, high-heeled boot up the jacksie. So round up the work Christmas party, puff up that flammable turkey hat from Temu, and prepare yourself for one of the finest, most joyous celebrations of the season. Catch this cult icon before she disappears up the estuary once again.

Elmer is not elephant colour... Elmer is patchwork! Join three adventurers on a joyful jungle quest in Tall Stories’ magical, musical adaptation of the much-loved Elmer books by David McKee Searching for a mysterious patchwork elephant, our adventurers transform their jungle campsite into a festive storytelling world. Three classic Elmer tales burst into life with toe-tapping tunes, playful puppetry and happy humour - and a few surprises along the way! A celebration of uniqueness, family and fun, this feel good show for everyone aged 3 to 103 is presented by Tall Stories, the company that brought you The Gruffalo live on stage. The Elmer Adventure features three classic David McKee stories - Elmer, Elmer and the Tune and Elmer and the Hippos. Celebrate Elmer’s unique patchwork colours and wear your most colourful festive clothes when you see the show. Performance Audio Described by Caroline Burn: Fri 2 Jan 1.30pm, with touch tour 12.45pm Relaxed performance: Sat 3 Jan, 1.30pm Performance Captioned by Alex Romeo: Sun 4 Jan 1.30pm

ONLY UK SHOW! With the ever growing interest and respect around the world for the rock music genre known as the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal means there's never been a better time to celebrate the music of those pioneering bands from the era. We have succeeded in bringing together a group of musicians that were key members of some of the biggest bands of that time to faithfully perform many of those classic songs that are now a major part of rock music history. Members of Praying Mantis, Diamond Head, Raven, Tank, and Persian Risk have come together to create LORDS OF NWOBHM. The set list will feature classic tracks from the above bands plus a carefully curated selection of songs from several of the other iconic artists from the era to make this the ultimate NWOBHM show. The official LORDS OF NWOBHM line up comprises Tino Troy (Praying Mantis - guitar), John Gallagher (Raven - bass), Karl Wilcox (Diamond Head - drums), Cliff Evans (Tank - guitar), Carl Sentance (Persian Risk - vocals).