{"title": "A Song and Dance", "start": "2026-11-17T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Battersea Arts Centre", "address": "SW11 5TN London", "price": "Pay What You Can (Recommended Price £16)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/play"], "description": "A Song and Dance is a theatre performance about masking, performing and 'acting the part.' Created and performed by Action Hero, with text by Gemma Paintin and James Stenhouse and direction by Gemma Paintin. A reluctant actor, lost inside a recurring nightmare filled with the phantoms of his disapproving ancestors, returns to the stage to conquer an 8-year period of intense stage fright, replays his own life story and starts to lose the plot. He re-writes his anxiety dreams live on stage with the audience, in the hope of banishing the ghosts of performances past.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-song-and-dance-73838/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/17ed1a4add0e852f4da63c74cdfec18f2d0991d9c62e62c5893554685f93b209-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-17T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Battersea Arts Centre", "address": "SW11 5TN London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "LIBERATING: She Dances (in Chains)", "start": "2026-11-11T21:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T22:00:00Z", "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "price": "£12", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "category": "dance", "tags": ["stage/physical-theatre"], "description": "LIBERATING: She Dances (in Chains) is a visceral physical theatre work about discipline, masking and the paradox of agency within constraint. Created, produced and performed by Xiaoyao Luo, it uses chains, masks, movement and multilingual text to move through the roles a woman is taught to inhabit, from daughter and student to lover and mother. It sketches a world of internalised surveillance where social scripts become muscle memory, asking what freedom might be when conduct is measured from within. Recommended for ages 16+, it runs 50 minutes and contains chains, masks, physical restraint, intense movement and swearing.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/liberating-she-dances-in-chains-60529/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/liberating-she-dances-in-chains/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6640f6fc327901363f441d2edd7391d65daa7568bcfbd3e3f1ab7c8d2e116e53-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Song & A Scene", "start": "2026-11-18T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Union Theatre", "address": "Old Union Arches, 229 Union Street, SE1 0LR London", "price": "£17.50, concession £15", "price_from": "17.50", "price_to": "17.50", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/musical"], "description": "Song & a Scene is a showcase celebrating emerging musical theatre writers and performers, bringing together scratch nights for plays and concerts for musicals. Presented by Mint Face Productions, it weaves song and book together as a tapestry of talented creatives and exciting new musical theatre writing. The programme presents pieces including 'Sense and Sensibility' by Grace O'Keefe and Thomas F. Arnold, 'The Mayfly Man' by Neil Bastian, 'Smile for the Camera' by Greg Link, Ewen Christie and Dee Taylor-Thompson, and 'Seven – A Sinful New Musical' by Ben Sheldrick and Chris Burgess, among others. It runs two hours with an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/song-a-scene-49672/", "official_url": "https://uniontheatre.biz/show/song-a-scene-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c29c74489d842e8de4bf03533b81e4c29d491b68df6e1ab77be6387f56e6ae41-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Home Song", "start": "2026-10-02T10:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T13:30:00Z", "place": "Unicorn Theatre", "address": "Tooley Street 147, SE1 2HZ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["stage/musical"], "description": "Home Song is an interactive musical for babies aged 6 to 18 months, a multi-sensory show about young Adwoa and her mum on a journey to find the true meaning of home, from the streets of Kumasi to the heart of London. It is written, directed and composed by theatre-maker and composer Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong, and produced by the Unicorn Theatre, originally commissioned with Talawa Theatre Company. The show features puppetry, interactive soundscapes and a cappella singing, and returns after a sold-out run last year. Adults and babies sit on the floor, with babies encouraged to play and explore under adult supervision.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/home-song-39957/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4c92ca04bc0acf5ecab10a1a749e2a29f1f99a1969b71f6572d92dca29071a9a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Meet Me in The Dressing Room", "start": "2026-11-16T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Jago Dalston", "address": "Kingsland Road 440, E8 4AA London", "price": "Check Listings", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/activism", "stage/performance-art"], "description": "Meet Me in The Dressing Room is a solo performance show at the edge of history, in which a glittering showgirl of the apocalypse transforms her dressing room into a site of political organisation and resistance to a fascist moment. It is created and performed by Sophie, with an industrial soundscape by Vyvyan Stewardson built around Diane DiPrima's Revolutionary Letters and original costuming by Max Allen emblematic of leaders who offered radical hope. Through enigmatic and referential choreography, movement, live action and dirty tricks, the ritual nature of hope and defeat is embodied as the body is pushed to its extremes hoping to liberate the body politic. The show is completely self funded, with all profits going directly to the artists involved and tiered ticket prices, including free tickets for disabled persons' carers or companions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/meet-me-in-the-dressing-room-92823/", "official_url": "https://www.thejagodalston.com/event/meet-me-in-the-dressing-room/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0260ce7eadf0d1a772b8a42a48dd91f62aa1306d2fe1de5588145677183045bb-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The View", "start": "2026-11-12T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Space", "address": "Westferry Road 269, E14 3RS London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["nature/animals/birds", "stage/physical-theatre"], "description": "\"The View\" is a devised physical performance running at The Space. It was created and directed by Chloe Shyan, who performs it with Eliza Jean Scott, and is produced in the UK by Wang Shao Kai and in Singapore by WUSHIREN Theatre. Through three interwoven scenarios — a scientist with an endangered bird, a young woman seeking words to tell an old tree she loves it, and two individuals meeting again and again — it explores relationships that transcend spoken language and asks what it means to be seen, heard and known. Sonic and visual landscaping meets physical performance in a show that is occasionally humorous, bordering on absurd, and achingly bittersweet at its core.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-view-65909/", "official_url": "https://space.org.uk/event/the-view/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/89ec66d985c0762da58000d357e0701b6a27b1b18c38a08a82b0d411ff81196b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Wide Awake (VOILA! Festival)", "start": "2026-11-16T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-16T16:00:00Z", "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "price": "£12", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/physical-theatre"], "description": "Wide Awake is an experimental theatre piece using movement and storytelling to explore how emotions impact the body and can dictate the course of our lives. It is created and performed by RADA graduates Helen Percival and Gen Labuschagne, and inspired by Bessel van der Kolk's book The Body Keeps the Score. Drawing on their personal explorations of how life experiences and societal expectations become lodged in the body, it invites audiences to embrace the full spectrum of their emotional capacity. The piece runs 50 minutes and is recommended for ages 16 and up.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/wide-awake-voila-festival-60536/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/wide-awake/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fc04be703adab976873779e84cca8992096962d1d3b2928c5c9d9cbf5f52c14e-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Biting Off More Than We Can Chew", "start": "2026-11-13T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T00:00:00Z", "place": "Union Theatre", "address": "Old Union Arches, 229 Union Street, SE1 0LR London", "price": "£10 (full), £5 (concession)", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/performance-art", "dance"], "description": "A night of performance, drag, dance, poetry, politics and provocation by seven queer artists sharpening their teeth and chewing up the rulebook. It runs 4.5 hours with multiple intervals. The creatives are Ben, Fiora, Hunter Manning, Jesse, Luminescence Thring, Rita Booke and Luka/Lula Williams.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/biting-off-more-than-we-can-chew-39971/", "official_url": "https://uniontheatre.biz/show/biting-off-more-than-we-can-chew/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cf177195ff681def574be3cf9e335e1b7f3de74667c5498f55c8d98078a00da5-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Sleep Show", "start": "2026-11-06T10:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Polka Theatre", "address": "The Broadway 238-244, SW19 1SB London", "price": "£14.00 +£2.50 booking fee per order", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/childrens-theatre", "dance"], "description": "The Sleep Show is a dreamy performance for children aged 3 to 6 that turns the mysteries of sleep into a playful adventure of dance and storytelling. It is a Peut-Être Theatre production directed by Daphna Attias, exploring the funny and frustrating parts of trying to fall asleep. Instead of stressful bedtime, the show makes sleep fun, magical and wonderfully silly, with soft cosy vibes, eclectic music and a bedtime story coming to life on stage. The performance lasts 55 minutes, includes a stay and play session afterwards, and aims to spark gentle chats between kids and parents about why sleep matters.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-sleep-show-63959/", "official_url": "https://polkatheatre.com/event/the-sleep-show/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cec01a36d798deccaa2f7def3eda8cee75ceaf69c2ee7b1dd42dcd28e4032e4f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Lost Dog – The Last Hamlet", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Sadler's Wells East", "address": "Carpenters Road 101, E20 2AR London", "price": "From: £15.00", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/dance-theatre"], "description": "Lost Dog – The Last Hamlet is a dance-theatre work imagining the final performance of Hamlet, after which Shakespeare's play will never be staged again. It is made by Lost Dog, an award-winning dance and theatre company led by director and choreographer Ben Duke. Having learned his drama has been cancelled, Hamlet takes the stage one last time with new material, hoping to persuade the audience to let him stay. In the company's hands, Shakespeare's most iconic character becomes the starting point for a darkly comic exploration of existence, love, revenge, and the stories we cannot seem to escape.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lost-dog-the-last-hamlet-74767/", "official_url": "https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/lost-dog-the-last-hamlet/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/94bb4dd7d793f8d5f650fb76f2fe0d9fd1c512c3592b05d877e5833ed684f44b-600.webp"}, {"title": "Good Sex", "start": "2026-11-04T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T00:00:00Z", "place": "Battersea Arts Centre", "address": "SW11 5TN London", "price": "Pay What You Can (Recommended Price £25)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre"], "description": "Good Sex is a piece of theatre that asks how you have sex on stage. It comes from theatre makers Dead Centre with novelist and essayist Emilie Pine, and follows two strangers each night who perform a story of desire, betrayal and loneliness without having rehearsed together, guided by an Intimacy Director. Since premiering at Dublin Theatre Festival in 2022 it has toured Europe and New York, and now makes its UK premiere at Battersea Arts Centre. The Wednesday performance features Jack Gleeson and Phia Saban.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/good-sex-73825/", "official_url": "https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/good-sex/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b5e4d98ab18e72912cc2ecf8c3ce55e557af40466d9da48ade733d08480ab262-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Simile: Highly Sprung", "start": "2026-11-17T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Jacksons Lane", "address": "Archway Road 269a, N6 5AA London", "price": "£10.00 - £20.00", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["literature/poetry", "stage/physical-theatre"], "description": "Simile is a bold show for young people, by young people, blending poetry, physical theatre, dance, and spoken word into a high-energy celebration of growing up. It is performed by Highly Sprung Performance Company and inspired by the GCSE anthology Worlds and Lives. Three friends revise the night before a poetry exam: one is being trolled, another struggling to hold it together, and a dark secret binds them together. Co-written by Mark Worth, Highly Sprung, and Jasmine Gardosi with The Co-Creatives Group, aged 13-18, it explores the excitement, fear, and hope of finding your you.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/simile-highly-sprung-60797/", "official_url": "https://www.jacksonslane.org.uk/events/similie-highly-sprung/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9ce5b4ccbff9824a97eb3f87dfe58a509fdeea0dff9faf00df34678dd593d037-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Jawdance", "start": "2026-05-20T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-25T00:00:00Z", "place": "Ovalhouse Theatre", "address": "Kennington Oval 52-54, SE11 5SW London", "price": "£15", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word"], "description": "Jawdance is a performance poetry night featuring honest and real storytelling, a resident DJ, and an open mic with typically ten slots for anyone to take the stage. It is presented by Apples and Snakes, a national organisation that has championed performance poetry for over forty years and puts artists first. The night welcomes everyone, from first-timers to seasoned performers, in a warm and welcoming poetry community. Performances include writers such as Amina Jama, Akila Richards, and Roger Robinson, with a collaboration with Flipped Eye Publishing.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jawdance-37686/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4e8c882c2f06ca6b9e53397b74a7809d04e582745eb0d95100cad1b298cd0aad-600.webp"}, {"title": "party done: Performance by Samra Mayanja", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institute of Contemporary Arts", "address": "The Mall, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/performance-art"], "description": "party done is a solo performance by London-based artist Samra Mayanja, staged in the Lower Gallery as part of the setting of Autumn Knight's exhibition. It presents the aftermath of a party that may have just ended or may never have begun, with a cargo net of balloons lowered and some escaped balloons strewn on the floor. Moving along a lightbox, Mayanja may pop some of the balloons with sharp implements. She conceived the piece in direct response to the exhibition's themes and brings her own stories of complaint into the gallery, rehearsing and reworking them in the space.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/party-done-performance-by-samra-mayanja-74130/", "official_url": "https://ica.art/exhibitions/autumn-knight-party-done", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ee6e3edce865f4e0850e10bd5daeded2b844308d0486356b76dfd4b358fd6298-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Binary lives - Where fate takes us", "start": "2026-11-06T21:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Cockpit Theatre", "address": "Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH London", "price": "Full price: £16.45 (Incl. booking fees)", "price_from": "16.45", "price_to": "16.45", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/physical-theatre"], "description": "A wordless duet in which two strangers, stuck waiting on a station bench for a train that never arrives, fill the empty hours with increasingly absurd games. It is produced and presented by Dis Equilibre and blends visual, poetic performance with physical theatre and contemporary circus, turning boredom into play and shared silence into an unexpected encounter. The show won the 'Best Direction' award at the Rome Fringe Festival, was selected for the Thessaloniki Fringe, and has been touring Italy for two years.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/binary-lives-where-fate-takes-us-39098/", "official_url": "https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/binary_lives_-_where_fate_takes_us", "image": "https://noky.io/images/91cc466c7e1d64deacbde3d4b07158d717e837640e5824c0c8df6c7d2164eafa-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Act of God", "start": "2026-11-09T19:15:00Z", "end": "2026-11-26T19:15:00Z", "place": "Riverside Studios", "address": "Queen Caroline Street 101, W6 9BN London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/gender/masculinity", "stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "\"Act of God\" is a stage play running at Riverside Studios. It is the debut play from Manchester writer Jacob O'Connor, following a young man from Wythenshawe sent on a ten-week poetry therapy course, exploring masculinity and class.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/act-of-god-74659/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Answer Me, Pythia (Work-in-Progress)", "start": "2026-11-14T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Battersea Arts Centre", "address": "SW11 5TN London", "price": "Pay What You Can (Recommended Price £12)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/performance-art"], "description": "A work-in-progress performance sharing in which a performer and a ventriloquist's dummy share one voice between two bodies. It is made by Stina Fors, a performance artist, choreographer and experimental vocalist whose work centres on the voice. The piece continues her research into ventriloquism and its lineage, from oracle to witch to comedian, asking what happens to a voice when the belief system around it changes. It follows a two-week residency at the venue as part of the UNREAL festival.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/answer-me-pythia-work-in-progress-73836/", "official_url": "https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/answer-me-pythia/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d5ac507c35c4db13319d0fadf8fa95219744889eeae7575358898d018760615c-1200.webp"}]}