Christmas at Hampton Court Palace would not
be complete without its annual outdoor winter ice rink!
Regulars to the West Front attraction will no doubt be dusting
off their blades in excited anticipation of this enormously
popular event in the festive calendar! The famous Tudor
façade of the palace provides a magical backdrop
for six weeks of graceful gliding (or frustrated falling!)
For further information visit www.hamptoncourticerink.com
Family Christmas Concerts, 15th - 17th December
What better way to get into the Christmas spirit than
with a traditional carol concert for all the family? The
evening begins with mulled wine and minced pies by a roaring
fire in the famous Tudor Kitchens, then on to King Henry
VIII's Great Hall for a feast of festive music and singing.
In association with Kingston University.
Prices vary according to performances, visit www.hrp.org.uk
for further details.
A
Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, 18th- 23rd, 27th-30th
December (Matinees at 5pm on Sat 23rd and 30th)
Henry VIII's Great Hall is also the setting for Theatre
Clwyd's only London show this Christmas, starring Robert
Perkins in this wonderful one-man performance of Charles
Dickens' famous novel A Christmas Carol.
Evening performances begin at 8pm and Saturday matinees
at 5pm. Ticketed event. Visit www.hrp.org.uk
for more information.
Celebrate
Christmas with Henry VIII at Hampton Court Palace! Plus,
tantalising Tudor feasts sponsored by UKTV History, 27th
December - 1st January
In the Tudor Kitchens the palace's food historians will
be preparing a
Christmas feast for King Henry and his hungry courtiers.
What foods
tickled their taste buds? What sights rumbled a Tudor
tummy?!
All
will be revealed this Christmas in the newly re-presented
Tudor Kitchens at Hampton Court Palace, the only remaining
kitchens of their kind in Europe. Sponsored by UKTV History,
our food archaeologists will
experiment in the kitchens with Tudor recipes, ingredients,
utensils
and traditional cooking methods, preparing a typical Christmas
meal.
Then,
in the Tudor Apartments experience the Christmas of the
lavish King Henry VIII and his guests - see for yourself
what went on inside the great Tudor palace during this
great religious festival. Look out for entertainers in
the palace's Tudor Apartments, and see what foods, fun
and entertainment Henry and his courtiers enjoyed during
the festive holiday. Event included in normal ticket price.
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