Arts Ahead 14- 20 December

Look-y! It's a dancing squirrel!

Yes, silly season is definitely here. "It's Christmas!" as someone once shouted, and everything's gone a bit fast and loose.

And in case a dancing squirrel isn't enough to convince you everything's gone a little bit screwy on London's cultural caledar, here's some more evidence:

• David Hasselhoff's in panto in Wimbledon
• CBBC stars are doing something called Potted Panto at the Vaudeville
• the Old Vic isn't doing a panto at all, but some farce called A Flea in Her Ear

In fact, it's the latter that I'm looking forward to seeing this week. I'm taking JC and hoping that Tom Hollander lives up to the excited look on LK's face every time we talk about this show at work...

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Image shows Royal Ballet: Tales of Beatrix Potter. Photo by Johan Persson