With Christmas creeping up on us, London's arts and theatre scene begins to slide into festive mayhem. Don't worry; your Londonist Fairy Godmother enters in a cloud of glitter stage right, to sort the handsome princes from the ugly sisters. If you can't stand panto, take the little ones to see The Gruffalo at the Duchess Theatre instead. It opens today. If you can't beg, borrow or steal a kid, head to the very......

Ignore the crazy weather, and book on something more definite: London's world-class cultural scene is here to entertain you, come rain or shine. Regent's Park Open Air Theatre is offering a reimagined Midsummer Night's Dream for everyone aged six and over from today. If you've got kids, nieces, nephews, or are just trying to entertain small people over the summer, this is sure to be a hit. Camden tube station comes to Shakespeare's Globe......

Yikes, summer's here, and London's gone festival mad. We can hardly keep up… We're sorry we've only just got round to telling you about this year's Lift Festival, which started last week in Stratford, then moves to the Southbank Centre next Thursday, and on to Shoreditch from 16-24 August. Previously the London International Festival of Theatre, Lift has been bringing innovative world theatre to London for 25 years, usually in the last place you......