Clifton Life

Family Fun

Santa’s Grotto
Visit Father Christmas in his magical grotto at Bristol Zoo. Each child receives a personalised gift. £3.80 (not including zoo admission). Bristol Zoo Gardens; 0117 974 7307

11 DEC – 18 JAN

A Christmas Carol
This year’s Christmas show at the Tobacco Factory is a fabukously entertaining adaptation of Dicken’s classic tale of the original Scrooge.The creative team behind Alice Through the Looking Glass return with a witty and magical production for all the family. £8-£15; Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Southville; 0117 9020344

Eye for colour
How would you feel if sausages were purple? Find out how colour alters our perception at At-Bristol,
Anchor Road, Harbourside; 0845 345 1235.

BIG BANG!
This exhibition celebrates the Large Hadron Collider, in which scientists at CERN are recreating the conditions just after the Big Bang. At-Bristol, Anchor Road, Harbourside; 0845 345 1235

21 DECEMBER
Peter and the Wolf
Watch the Oscar-winning animated film version of the classic wintry tale with a live musical accompaniment by the Emerald Ensemble. Recommended for ages 6+. St George’s, Great George Street; 0845 4024 001