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Palestinian actor and comedian Alaa Shehada, whose debut The Horse of Jenin won a Scotsman Fringe First award, returns with this tale of family and connection, hope and joy. He follows a journey from Jenin to Amman across the Jordan Valley, carrying a leaking container of olive oil, on a funny and moving road trip that explores the realities of the Palestinian struggle and the impacts of colonialism.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-bridge-63505/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b9eb66771b897e7f3ec164c00372f0ad307a9fd45e7703134cf4b4be016eada3-600.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", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.thecockpit.org.uk/sales/shows/voila-festival-2026/love-vs-fear-and-my-mothers-pr", "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/9140b4599bd8610668339eb535f9407d9f79f9bfe3ed7e8bdf4b91ed311e59ac-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", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.thecockpit.org.uk/sales/shows/new-stuff-1", "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": "Boyhood", "start": "2026-10-14T14:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "Pleasance", "address": "Carpenters Mews, N7 9EF London", "price": "From £20.00", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.pleasance.co.uk/via/tickets/33%3A315212", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama/coming-of-age", "music/hip-hop"], "description": "A new theatre play at the Pleasance London Main House Cabaret, performed by two actors with a live hip-hop score. Written by Conor Hunt with music by Conrad Murray and directed by Tom Bellerby, it is produced by Attic Theatre Company. It follows Jay, a 17-year-old Londoner who, on the edge of adulthood, faces an unplanned pregnancy and navigates mates, masculinity, grief and loyalty in a coming-of-age story developed with local young people. The show is for ages 14+ and runs 70 minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/boyhood-63883/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fd68da93afddc7a09700450876b969e1d3d5fef2cd509b4cd56fb48858f728bb-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Memoriam", "start": "2026-10-22T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Southwark Playhouse Borough", "address": "Newington Causeway 77-85, SE1 6BD London", "price": "£10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "28.00", "tickets_url": "https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/group-booking-enquiry-form/", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "history/holocaust", "science/technology"], "description": "Memoriam is a new play making its UK premiere, a story both startlingly funny and deeply moving. 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A man arrives with a suitcase, a camera, and a voice that seems sad somehow, offering an evocative exploration of alienation and belonging and an existential look at love and death in a digital age. Nuroğlu manages lighting and soundscapes in real-time, creating a parallax between his physical body and his digital ghost; the result is intimate, funny, unsettling, and deeply human.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dunyada-39749/", "official_url": "https://space.org.uk/event/dunyada/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b520d680fd8e97572b2c73547e935c6af4b68eb985ef6c03ffff15264603d95a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Dark", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "Battersea Arts Centre", "address": "SW11 5TN London", "price": "Pay What You Can (Recommended Price £15)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/the-dark/#book", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/childrens-theatre"], "description": "The Dark is a family theatre show for children aged 4 and over, adapted from Lemony Snicket's picture book, about a boy called Laszlo who is afraid of the dark until the night it visits his room and he journeys to meet it. It is made and performed by Peut-Être Theatre, whose shows merge vibrant physicality with live music, and it runs about 50 minutes. Every show includes creatively integrated audio description and touch tours, making it accessible for blind and visually impaired children. It is an empowering adventure about facing one's fears.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-dark-60013/", "official_url": "https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/the-dark/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c7cb2ea06a1835ddf43b30c66b272f0dd6614e53991eb2e18a138271a29cfe61-2000.webp"}]}