{"title": "An Audience with Virginia Woolf: Writing One’s Mind", "start": "2026-11-14T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wilton's Music Hall", "address": "Graces Alley 1, E1 8JB London", "price": "£11.00 – £25 full price | £8.50 – £22.50 concession", "price_from": "11.00", "price_to": "25.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre", "literature"], "description": "A solo play in which Virginia Woolf delivers a withering critique of patriarchy, drawing on her novels The Waves, Orlando and To the Lighthouse and her essay A Room of One's Own to reveal her clarity on women and her vulnerability. It was written and is performed by Lucy Stevens, an actor, singer and theatre maker who creates new work telling women's stories, and is directed by Scotsman Fringe First award winner Margarett Perry. The play celebrates women winning their freedom in literature and champions writers from the past to inspire the voices of the future. 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One late night on an American college campus, Martha invites new professor Nick and his wife Honey home for after-party drinks, and the young couple are pulled into George and Martha's toxic games as dawn approaches. The evening builds to a devastating moment of truth-telling.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-37386/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1291c6958db4ebd588463b60216e629bb8162ccecbca096e02bc39b3e2fc4eab-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Orlando: A Pornobiography", "start": "2026-11-10T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-10T19:30:00Z", "place": "New Diorama Theatre", "address": "15 – 16 Triton Street, Regent's Place, NW1 3BF London", "price": "GBP 19", "price_from": "19.00", "price_to": "19.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["literature/adaptation", "stage/theatre"], "description": "Orlando: A Pornobiography is a theatre piece, part pornographic bildungsroman and part frosted fever dream, presented as a bold and fearless reinterpretation of Virginia Woolf's Orlando. It is created by the award-winning duo pissCARNATION, Charli Cowgill and Laurie Ward, and performed by an ensemble of transfemme performers in a world premiere commissioned by New Diorama Theatre. The story follows Orlando across centuries, from palace hunts and skaters on the frozen River Thames to a plane ticket to Neukölln, Berlin, as the 16th Century dials a phone sex hotline and finds the 21st Century seeking a body capable of enduring its own desires. The piece explores erotic entanglements, historical ruptures, and queer intrusions in this daring anti-adaptation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/orlando-a-pornobiography-64430/", "official_url": "https://newdiorama.com/whats-on/orlando", "image": "https://noky.io/images/58ca11be92b219f360331f74a176d9d723f8ff24818a0cfbcf4d94878d49e1fe-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", "start": "2026-09-21T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-19T00:00:00Z", "place": "@sohoplace", "address": "Soho Place 4, W1D 3BG London", "price": "Tickets from £40.00", "price_from": "40.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "A new production of Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, set in the round, runs at @sohoplace in the West End. Directed by Tony and Olivier Award winner Marianne Elliott, it stars Gillian Anderson as Martha and Billy Crudup as George. In the early hours on an American college campus, Martha has invited new professor Nick and his wife Honey for after-party drinks, and the young couple are drawn into George and Martha's toxic games as dawn approaches. Produced by Sonia Friedman Productions for a strictly limited run, the evening culminates in a moment of devastating truth-telling.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-38659/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3611a750947aa92a1805dba3181683b49706390ae1b10517a0760e1b320fa666-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Suddenly Last Summer", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-04-24T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Olivier - National Theatre", "address": "South Bank, SE1 9PX London", "price": "GBP 36", "price_from": "36.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "literature/drama"], "description": "Suddenly Last Summer is a one-act play by Tennessee Williams, staged at the Olivier - National Theatre. Directed by Michael Grandage, who returns to the National Theatre after more than 15 years, it stars Emma Corrin as Catharine and Harriet Walter as Violet. Wealthy widow Violet Venable will do anything to protect her late son Sebastian's reputation, even silencing her niece Catharine, whose recollection of the events of Sebastian's death the summer past is entirely different. The sharp and brutal haunting story about family, trauma, and truth will have you on the edge of your seat throughout the performance.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/suddenly-last-summer-63471/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5935ab2175f373f6cc22804b3c8b3e7b3d9bf15a500980de184ed6f4897d19a8-600.webp"}, {"title": "“Emlyn – A Divided Life” – A Chamber Play by W. A. Drew", "start": "2026-11-14T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Fan Museum", "address": "Crooms Hill 12, SE10 8ER London", "price": "£25", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "A charity premiere performance of the chamber play \"Emlyn – A Divided Life\" by W. A. Drew, staged in the painted orangery of The Fan Museum in Greenwich. The new play, written by W. A. Drew and performed by actor Mansel David, portrays the life of the writer and actor Emlyn Williams, from his roles on stage and screen – including Caligula in the ill-fated film of \"I, Claudius\" – to his famous plays \"The Corn is Green\" and \"Night Must Fall\" and his friendships with figures such as Richard Burton, Bette Davis and Noël Coward. Filled with humour, anecdotes, gossip, scandal and tears, it runs for one hour and twenty minutes without intermission and is suitable for adult audiences only. The evening also includes light refreshments and private entry to the museum's latest exhibition by contemporary fan maker Frédérick Yvan Manuel Gay.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/emlyn-a-divided-life-a-chamber-play-by-w-a-drew-39177/", "official_url": "https://www.thefanmuseum.org.uk/events/emlyn-a-divided-life-a-chamber-play-by-w-a-drew", "image": "https://noky.io/images/df0409beee6bc7ac912d08d73bd8451ca02b524f68559e0471c7c1ba438b1ef7-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Some Woman", "start": "2026-11-02T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Dorfman Theatre", "address": "", "price": "GBP 60", "price_from": "60.00", "price_to": "99.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "Some Woman is a new play about Julie Robson, a woman used to being overlooked, whose life changes when an encounter on a station platform goes wrong and she feels compelled to make a stand. It asks what happens when an ordinary woman refuses to be quiet and pits herself against the forces that shape the world. The play is by Helen Edmundson and directed by Blanche McIntyre, with Anne-Marie Duff playing Julie. It runs 1hr 50min with no interval and contains strong and misogynistic language.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/some-woman-46134/", "official_url": "https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/some-woman/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fe52fabfefdc48316071b91c3fbca2c8347164dedae539a015a1bc216d63ff42-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Autumn Season: The Mill On The Floss by George Eliot, adapted by Helen Edmunson", "start": "2026-11-04T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T00:00:00Z", "place": "Rose Bruford College", "address": "Burnt Oak Lane, DA15 9DF Sidcup", "price": "", "price_from": "2.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama/adaptation", "literature/classics"], "description": "A stage performance of George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss, adapted for the theatre by Helen Edmundson, staged as part of Rose Bruford College's Autumn Season. Directed by Rachel Valentine Smith and performed by BA Acting and Actor Musicianship students, it follows Maggie Tulliver, a passionate young woman in rural nineteenth-century England whose longing for freedom clashes with her family and society. The play blends lyrical storytelling and ensemble performance in an exploration of love, loyalty, identity and the struggle for self-determination. It runs approximately two and a half hours including an interval at the college's Rose Theatre.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/autumn-season-the-mill-on-the-floss-by-george-eliot-adapted-64923/", "official_url": "https://www.bruford.ac.uk/event/the-mill-on-the-floss/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/72f604045f25dc96454e35b2810f2314de056662a0855dc0fdfa9e0de692d4b8-2000.webp"}, {"title": "John Proctor Is the Villain", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-04-24T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Wyndham's Theatre", "address": "32-36 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0DA London", "price": "GBP 30", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "society/feminism"], "description": "A bitingly funny and urgent play that revisits Arthur Miller's The Crucible through five high school girls in small-town Georgia who study the classic while navigating sexual politics and gender inequality. It was written by Kimberly Belflower, a Tony Award-nominated work, and is directed by Tony Award-winner Danya Taymor. After a sold-out Broadway run, the production brings the Salem Witch Trials to the modern age in a witty story about feminine rage. The running time is 1hr 45min with no interval, and the show is suitable for ages 12 and over.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/john-proctor-is-the-villain-63426/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f70e049ec3ee2929d60a46a95b75492d11ca6342d718742c695ae4f74e708d38-600.webp"}, {"title": "The Seat of Me (VOILA! Festival)", "start": "2026-11-08T14:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T15:00:00Z", "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "price": "£10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/migration", "stage/solo-show"], "description": "The Seat of Me is an intimate autobiographical solo performance staged at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden as part of the VOILA! Festival. It is written and performed by Giulia A.Cryan and produced by Iter Pictures. Through storytelling, music and minimalist staging, it follows one woman's journey across Rome, New York, Los Angeles and London, exploring identity, migration and the search for belonging, with fragments of Edith Piaf's music woven through. Recommended for ages 14 and up, it lasts 50 minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-seat-of-me-voila-festival-60525/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/86aa3f85a863dfe9c2b5ec0840a61e69c0e2f4cdd9e5826757fb5bbffbd76910-1200.webp"}, {"title": "New Stuff: November", "start": "2026-11-01T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Cockpit Theatre", "address": "Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH London", "price": "£3", "price_from": "3.00", "price_to": "3.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/drama", "stage/theatre"], "description": "New Stuff: November is a monthly night of rehearsed readings of new theatre writing. It is produced and presented by The Cockpit as part of its Theatre Maker programme. This edition features 'VINZ & VINCÉ' by Federico Balla and Louis Lambeaux, about two friends sharing a room in London, and 'HELD' by Lei, a psychological thriller in which Chinese playwright Leanne is detained and ordered to write under surveillance, raising questions of state power, artistic freedom and who controls the narrative. Afterwards, everyone is welcome to continue conversations in the bar downstairs.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/new-stuff-november-39124/", "official_url": "https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/new_stuff_november_1", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bc58e3ddc44141d5ae96c569c1e91e1f311c55c84ecf38cb164b4d571daaf775-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Oh, Mary!", "start": "2026-11-02T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Trafalgar Theatre", "address": "Whitehall 14, SW1A 2DY London", "price": "GBP 25", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy"], "description": "A dark, outrageous historical comedy play that reimagines Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks before her husband's assassination. Written by American comedian and playwright Cole Escola, it is a gleefully anachronistic, absurdist one-act show in which Mary is a foul-tempered alcoholic stuck in an unhappy marriage, dreaming of her days as a cabaret dancer. The West End transfer, starring Jinkx Monsoon and Catherine Tate, follows a multi-award-winning run on Broadway. The 80-minute production packs in rapid-fire gags and mayhem, ages 14 and up.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/oh-mary-63395/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5f584735a010019aeb14855c9c978e9fccfe96978fa4aacf4620c9735e8dc0c5-600.webp"}, {"title": "Love vs Fear and My Mother's Prayers", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Cockpit Theatre", "address": "Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH London", "price": "£16.45", "price_from": "16.45", "price_to": "16.45", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/immersive-theatre"], "description": "An immersive one-woman play in which your smartphone becomes part of the show. Written by Bunmi Aworanti, directed by Estelle Uba and performed by Samantha Kanu, it is produced and presented by Mudhut IO as part of the Voila! Theatre Festival. It follows Kike, a woman in her mid-20s navigating modern dating and family expectations while her mum prays hard for a husband to appear. The audience makes decisions about her love life, spots red flags and competes in games, exploring romantic love, family approval and cultural expectations.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/love-vs-fear-and-my-mothers-prayers-39100/", "official_url": "https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/love_vs_fear_and_my_mothers_prayers", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2414ad5468ad247cc93f57745a070b34a756c786c4590c34a331ad99771ee991-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Rise and Fall Of Little Voice", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-23T00:00:00Z", "place": "Dorfman - National Theatre", "address": "National Theatre, Upper Ground, SE1 9PX Ground South Bank, London", "price": "GBP 24", "price_from": "24.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "A new stage production of 'The Rise and Fall Of Little Voice', a modern classic play about the perils of fame and stardom. It was written by acclaimed British dramatist Jim Cartwright and is directed by Robert Hastie, with Francesca Mills starring as Little Voice, a reclusive young woman who sings in the sanctuary of her bedroom until she is forced into the spotlight. First written in 1992, it has been revived multiple times and adapted into a 1998 film, enchanting audiences for decades with its powerful, heartrending story about finding your voice and the exploitation of stardom.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-rise-and-fall-of-little-voice-63508/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/53c1ab111c39d11cb2f9e1ca68d0d6c2be7ef8215e17ee15fc79333277e6bd57-600.webp"}, {"title": "An Oak Tree", "start": "2026-11-01T15:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Other Palace", "address": "Palace Street 12, SW1E 5JA London", "price": "GBP 44", "price_from": "44.00", "price_to": "44.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "An Oak Tree is a theatre show in which a father who has lost his daughter in a car accident meets the stage hypnotist who was driving, when the father volunteers for the hypnotist's act. It was written by Tim Crouch, who calls each performance live with a new co-star who sees the script for the first time on stage, with no rehearsal and no safety net. The show is presented by the Olivier Award-winning producers of Fleabag, Baby Reindeer and Weather Girl. Critics have praised it, with The Guardian calling it a play that illuminates the manipulation and the wonder of the way stories transform us.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/an-oak-tree-39521/", "official_url": "https://theotherpalace.co.uk/an-oak-tree/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/010ed328807d0544e1a2b2a0beed45590d52ef70f77223239e2225b9f545965d-600.webp"}, {"title": "Devour", "start": "2026-11-07T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "price": "£14", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/stand-up", "society/sex-work"], "description": "Devour is a comedy theatre show by Lady Wentworth, part of the VOILA! Festival. In it she mixes personal experience with mischievous storytelling, taking a bold feminist look at the realities of sex work and the social norms we are taught to swallow. Inspired by Nigella Lawson and served with innuendo, whipped cream and a latex-clad gimp, it stirs the pot on desire and dismantles stigma around fetish and kink. The show lasts 55 minutes and is for audiences aged 18 and over, with content warnings for adult themes and references to domestic abuse.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/devour-60526/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/devour/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9634f0d4deb05bc0a6de7c62232d05bd8abebbd7dab1ec149527f4a77f8a2527-1200.webp"}]}