This Festive Gathering includes a discounted ticket for the 4.30pm performance of Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas which will be booked at the same time. You will be directed to this performance and a code automatically applied when clicking ‘Book Now’ on this page. Please select ‘Full Price’ when choosing your seat and the discounted ticket will automatically be added. 

Join us for our final gathering of the year! No topics, not talking points – just a hot drink, festive sweet treats and a chance to celebrate our brilliant local artists with a natter and a trip to see Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas.

The Artist Development Festive Gathering will run from 2.30pm-4pm in the Gallery Café, followed by a magical performance of Raymond Brigg’s Father Christmas in The Drum from 4.30pm-5.20pm.

This gathering is open to local artists, and we also invite you to bring any little ones along who would enjoy the show by buying additional ticket(s) to the Festive Gathering.

The £8 ticket includes hot drinks, festive treats and ticket to see the show.

About Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas

Join Father Christmas as he awakes from a dream of sun, sea and sand only to find it is the busiest day of the year: Christmas Eve.

Watch as he prepares for his Christmas deliveries, feeds his reindeer and finally takes flight into the snowy night.

Back for another brilliant year, Christmas isn’t Christmas without this Lyric Hammersmith family favourite, co-produced with the Olivier Award-nominated Pins & Needles Productions.

FUSE, a strand of TRP’s Artist Development work, is proud to offer artists opportunities to connect with world class industry partners via programmes, workshops and touring offers. To find out more, please visit our Artist Development page.