Ballet will be returning to the world's most successful music and entertainment venue this December as it stages the celebrated family Christmas show The Nutcracker. Birmingham Royal Ballet will follow the critical and commercial success of the Royal Ballet's Romeo and Juliet which was staged at The O2 in June and was watched by nearly 50,000 people.

From 27 to 30 December 2011 Victor Hochhauser and The O2 in association with Universal Music Arts and Entertainment will present six magical performances of Sir Peter Wright’s world acclaimed interpretation of the Christmas classic. Tickets on sale now.

The O2, the most popular music and entertainment venue in the world, today announced it will be hosting the final of the ‘Premier League Darts.’

The O2, the most popular music and entertainment venue in the world, today announced it will be hosting the final of the ‘Premier League Darts.’

The tournament will come to The O2 in May 2012 and see the world's top eight dart players battle it out for the £125,000 first prize.

The field of eight players will be confirmed in January following the Ladbrokes World Darts Championship, with the top four players from the PDC Order of Merit joined by four Wildcards.

Phil Taylor, Adrian Lewis, James Wade and Gary Anderson currently occupy the top four places in the PDC Order of Merit, ahead of Simon Whitlock and Raymond van Barneveld.

The likes of Wes Newton - who reached the Speedy Hire UK Open final in June - World Championship semi-finalist Mark Webster and Paul Nicholson, the 2010 Players Championship Finals winner, are amongst a host of top PDC players chasing a place in the tournament next year.