Here's your guide to some of the best things to do in the week ahead:

 

  • Kat in Kixx

This urban panto by Pineapple Arts is the story of Puss in Boots with extra sole, featuring  comedy, songs, fresh raps and sick street dance. When Tilly Miller inherits a scruffy old cat, she thinks life is kicking her when she’s down. But when the cat slips his paws into the freshest kicks on her market stall, he trans mog rifies into quick thinking, fast talking Kitt Kat! Can Kitt save Tilly’s Cru’s street dance rehearsal space from demolition before arch enemy, Circe the Sorceress finds him and takes the last of his nine lives?

Dugdale Centre, Thomas Hardy House, London Road, Enfield, December 12 to January 4. Details: 0208 807 6680, dugdalecentre.co.uk

 

  • Hamlet

Enfield Independent:

Try something a little bit darker this December with ACS Random's version of Shakespeare's tragedy which transforms the iconic tale of revenge and murder into a terrifying Victorian ghost story. Will Hamlet unravel the truth about his father's death and decide whether it is better 'to be or not to be'?

Park Theatre, Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, until December 14. Details: 020 7870 6876, parktheatre.co.uk

 

  • Welcome to Thebes

The Musical Theatre Academy presents a play by Moira Buffini which premiered at The National Theatre in 2010 and offers a passionate exploration of an encounter between the world’s richest and poorest countries in the aftermath of a brutal war. 

Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Town Hall Approach Road, Tottenham Green, December 15 to 17. Details: 0208 365 5450, berniegrantcentre.co.uk

 

  • Wiley 

Enfield Independent:

The Bow-born master of Grime is back with tracks from his fourth album with Big Dada, Snakes & Ladders. This promises to be an intimate gig showcasing his music's innovative, banging beats and fast, scattershot, brilliant rhyming.

The Garage, Highbury Corner, Highbury and Islington, Tuesday, December 16, 7pm to 11pm. Details: 0844 847 1678, mamacolive.com/thegarage

 

  • ROH Live: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Enfield Independent:

Christopher Wheeldon’s full-length ballet based on Lewis Carroll’s book is an exuberant piece of storytelling featuring an instantly recognizable cast of characters, among them a tap-dancing Mad Hatter, a tetchy White Rabbit and a raucously bad-tempered Queen of Hearts. Regular ballet goers will also appreciate nods to other famous works such as a parody of the Rose Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty. It will be screened live from the Royal Opera House.

ArtHouse, Tottenham Lane, Crouch End, Tuesday, December 16, 7.15pm. Details: arthousecrouchend.co.uk

 

For a full list of events, see the Just the Ticket pages in this week's Independent Series newspapers in print or online here.