Rising star Jordan Fein’s sumptuous revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods is the first actual proper major Sondheim revival to be staged in this country since the great man’s passing. It’s a clever send up of fairytales that pushes familiar stories into absurd, existential, eventually very moving territory, but it’s also a fiddly musical with a lot of moving parts. You need to get it right, and Fein smashes it, largely thanks to exceptional casting. The whole thing looks astonishing: Tom Scutt’s astonishingly lush, vivid woods are glistening, eerie and primal. The costumes are similarly ravishing. It’s just great, really, a sublime production of a sublime musical with a sublime cast.
Any night out in London always comes with a lot of choices, but come New Year’s Eve, the number of options intensifies. You might find yourself faced with so many, in fact, that you opt for the much easier choice of staying in with bottles of booze, some mates and a banging Spotify playlist on the speakers. That’s not a bad way to spend NYE, but should you want to get out and about, there are plenty of spots that will be partying til the early hours that will give you a great night out.
No matter how you decide say goodbye to 2025, there’s something for everyone in the city this year. Pro tip: don’t procrastinate over your planning for too long – events often quickly sell out, meaning all you could be left with is a serious case of FOMO. Here’s our guide to the best things to do on December 31.
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