18/11/25

The Great Christmas Feast from The Lost Estate

The Christmas holidays got a little more exciting with the return of The Great Christmas Feast from The Lost Estate, running 14 November 2025 to 4 January 2026. Described as a Victorian feast for the senses, the experience invites guests to step through a magical portal and journey back to London, Christmas Eve 1843. Audiences enter Dickens’ own home to hear A Christmas Carol told by Dickens himself, accompanied by live music and served alongside a three-course banquet inspired by authentic dishes of the era.

Blending performance, storytelling and dining, The Great Christmas Feast creates an immersive world that envelops its guests. At its heart is a mesmerising one-man performance by David Alwyn (Secret Cinema, War of the Worlds Immersive Experience), who embodies Dickens while effortlessly shifting between narrator and character to bring Scrooge, Marley and Tiny Tim vividly to life.

The audience will also be entertained cinematic live music, composed by The Lost Estate’s Composer in Residence, Steffan Rees and performed by three outstanding classical musicians, three exceptional classical musicians; Guy Button on violinBeth Higham-Edwards on percussion, and Kieran Carteron on cello. Together, the performers and musicians immerse audiences fully in Dickens’ world, capturing the textures, tones and spirit of the Victorian era and giving the entire experience a richly atmospheric, deeply moving quality.

Evening performances are at 7pm (doors from 6pm) and matinee performances are at 1pm (doors from 12noon).

Prices:

● Classic Dining -From £139.50, shared tables with a three-course festive banquet and immersive Christmas Carol experience.

● Charlie’s Circle -From £179.50, private table seating with welcome drink, coat check, three-course banquet and Christmas Carol experience.

● Charlie’s Circle “Royale” - From £249.50, VIP seating with Champagne and canapés on arrival, after-dinner digestif, priority entry, check-in and coat check, plus three-course banquet and Christmas Carol experience.

To book click here.

Photo courtesy of The Lost Estate

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Updated: May 28, 2024

Co-commission by 180 Studios and in partnership with Westminster City Council Back in the Air: A Meditation on Higher Ground by LAKWENA has now launched, and will be running until 30 April 2022, on London’s Temple Underground stations roof!

This is the first time since it was built in 1870 by Sir Joseph Bazalgette that the half-acre roof terrace on top of Temple Underground Station between the Thames and the Strand has come to life.

Titled ‘The Artist’s Garden’, the al fresco installation is the result of four years in the making, the fruits of London based artist Lakwena Maciver’s labour. Invisible from the street, it offers unparalleled views of London, reaching cross the River Thames and South Bank, alongside intensely coloured, geometric, and immersive floor-spaces, a creative paradise hidden in the depths of the city’s belly.

Website: www.thecolab.art/temple

Address: Temple Underground Station, London WC2R 2PH

Dates: Until 30 April 2022

Written by Jordan Crowley

Photography by David Parry/PA Wire

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