{"title": "Counting and Cracking a Belvoir St Theatre and Kurinji co-production", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-07-10T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Soho Theatre", "address": "Dean Street 21, W1D 3NE London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/migration/diaspora", "stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "Counting and Cracking is a theatrical epic telling a Sri Lankan-Australian family story across four generations, two countries and nearly fifty years, from 1956 to 2004. It is a Belvoir St Theatre and Kurinji co-production, written by S. Shakthidharan and directed by Eamon Flack. On the banks of a suburban Sydney river, Radha and her son Siddhartha gather to release the ashes of Radha's mother, when a phone call from Colombo brings a remarkable family story vividly to life. Performed by 19 actors from six countries in English, Tamil and Sinhalese with live translation, the show has won 14 major awards and makes its London debut after a UK premiere at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2022.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/counting-and-cracking-a-belvoir-st-theatre-and-kurinji-co-pr-131302/", "official_url": "", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-07-10T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Soho Theatre", "address": "Dean Street 21, W1D 3NE London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Talking in Tongues", "start": "2026-11-03T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-05-01T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Theatre Royal Stratford East", "address": "Gerry Raffles Square, E15 1BN Stratford", "price": "GBP 10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "Talking in Tongues is Winsome Pinnock's acclaimed comedy-drama, staged for the first time since its 1991 premiere at the Royal Court. Set between London and Jamaica, it follows friends and lovers trying to understand each other, and themselves, across cultures, continents and everything left unsaid. Leela struggles to process her husband's infidelity after witnessing his affair at a New Year's Eve party during a trip to Jamaica. It is directed by Olivier Award-winner and Stratford East Associate Artistic Director Jade Lewis and stars Tamara Lawrance as Claudette and Kayla Meikle as Leela.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/talking-in-tongues-112059/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4d03614f03217de5ee99857c32ed67db6dbf24e44b7f05524193b560dbf694f3-600.webp"}, {"title": "Mother Tongue", "start": "2026-11-14T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Space", "address": "Westferry Road 269, E14 3RS London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/horror"], "description": "Mother Tongue is a theatre show about women whose identities have been altered or taken by violence, whose sisterhood emerges from the earth each full moon desperate to have their stories heard. 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The show is in English and non-verbal, is recommended for ages 12 and up, and carries warnings for mentions of violence, reference to guns, and loud noises including sirens.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/overflood-voila-festival-60528/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/overflood/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8273de4aad53bffe0771a0de9d7215cbc9e006720387d14b0d278f2bf709072b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Café (VOILA! Festival)", "start": "2026-11-16T17:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-16T18:00:00Z", "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "price": "£10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "12.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/new-writing"], "description": "The Café is a piece of new writing performed as part of the VOILA! Festival at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden. Written by Roccia Zhang and directed by Siyao Wu, it follows four people in a small London café who, as money, visas and confidence run out, become one another's temporary shelter. The play explores the human need for connection, asking what home can mean when it is no longer nearby and who gets to feel safe in a city that is always moving. 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Curated and choreographed by Sithumini Amarasingha, founder and artistic director of Ceylon Dance Company England, it features performances including Kuweni and Kalu: Myth & Feminism, alongside cultural dialogue and the launch of her latest book.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/ceylon-dance-company-presents-dancing-sri-lanka-73842/", "official_url": "https://www.bhavan.net/events/ceylon-dance-company-presents-dancing-sri-lanka/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f6b0f1640f75ed47f4301196fa636f50140d9345c47f8f1693475c9abb32614a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Three Little Pigs", "start": "2026-11-12T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Cockpit Theatre", "address": "Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH London", "price": "£20.57, concessions £18.51 (incl booking fees)", "price_from": "20.57", "price_to": "20.57", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "Three Little Pigs (or Chronicles of the Building Site) is a play at The Cockpit Theatre, part of the VOILA! 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The play combines contemporary writing, physical theatre, visual storytelling and humour to explore craftsmanship, migration, masculinity, loneliness and the idea of home.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/three-little-pigs-39104/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/63fc4e4ab2323be69539c0124b29e13de52b5a95c0e58d750ffd14ce285a6878-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Dog Mom", "start": "2026-11-07T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Southwark Playhouse Borough", "address": "Newington Causeway 77-85, SE1 6BD London", "price": "Standard from £22, Concessions from £18, Previews £16, Pioneers' Preview (14 Oct) £10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "22.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy", "society/family"], "description": "Dog Mom is a stage comedy at Southwark Playhouse Borough, staged by EnActe Arts in association with Riding Lights as part of a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. Written by Tate Elizabeth Hanyok and directed by Ajay Chowdhury, it follows Sarita, freshly divorced in a tiny Brooklyn flat, who insists she is not a dog person until a scruffy stray appears on her doorstep and refuses to leave. As she is drawn into dog parks and meddling dog owners, her ordered life slides into comic chaos and she finds that family can arrive covered in mud. The cast includes Vinita Belani, Patty Gallagher, Joey Holden, Tom Barnes and Jarreau Antoine.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dog-mom-38737/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7035d0ae737230e5240bd394417b898d0b89b497543e855af4d7bafa53f48198-1200.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": "NINE NIGHT", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T19:30:00Z", "place": "Kiln Theatre", "address": "Kilburn High Road 269, NW6 7JR London", "price": "from £19", "price_from": "19.00", "price_to": "32.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "Nine Night is a play at the Kiln Theatre described as a heartfelt drama about grief, family and forgiveness. Written by Natasha Gordon and directed by Amit Sharma, it is a brand new production of her critically acclaimed debut play celebrating the humour and hardships of grief. When Gloria passes, her family gathers for the traditional Jamaican Nine Night, and that means the whole family. As more and more mourners gather bringing rum and curry and complaints, tensions build, and the family must face some uncomfortable truths.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/nine-night-36783/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/71277085fe5d28a179e1f750c704f16247b473d324d6fed65ed946b6ba75e5ef-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Radical Wedding Engine", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T00:00:00Z", "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"], "description": "The Radical Wedding Engine is a playful theatre piece about marriage, chosen family and artistic partnership. Five East Asian migrant artists from Ensemble Not Found take the wedding apart and put it back together, testing vows, rituals, traditions and expectations. It moves between sincerity and absurdity as they explore ways of caring, committing and belonging while building a ceremony of their own. It was developed through The Yard Theatre's Live Drafts programme and a Making Space residency at Battersea Arts Centre.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-radical-wedding-engine-39102/", "official_url": "https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/the_radical_wedding_engine", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2dc6814570f8d1cb38b7cd03aae09333a5208c91701521e32a9a1c531c5fb94c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Racists, Recessions and Revolutions", "start": "2026-11-12T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T00:00:00Z", "place": "Theatre503", "address": "The 503Studio, Moat Street, Nine Elms, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy"], "description": "A 60-minute comedy play with no interval, recommended for ages 10 and up, that traces the untold birth of Fake News. It is written by Isabella Heaver, directed by Harry Conway, and presented by DBN Productions LTD/Harry Conway, with Heaver also playing Nadica. Nadica is a driven young Macedon/Brit who stops at nothing to build an empire of lies, defying tech giants, Covid lockdowns and a crumbling economy. DBN Productions is a new writing company staging cutting contemporary theatre that has toured Britain and Ireland and appears often at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/racists-recessions-and-revolutions-65430/", "official_url": "https://theatre503.com/whats-on/racists-recessions-and-revolutions/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c05d00dd2b9ac75502a93607f8843495de4d6cae6decf3499e3e3f32ab5969b1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Crnogorac U Krevetu", "start": "2026-11-13T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Questors Theatre", "address": "Mattock Lane 12, W5 5BQ London", "price": "£33.00 – £39.00", "price_from": "33.00", "price_to": "39.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy"], "description": "\"Crnogorac U Krevetu\" is a classic Montenegrin comedy performed at The Questors Theatre in Ealing. It is by Peđa Šuškavčević, who also stars alongside Ana Selski, and humorously explores the married life of an average Montenegrin couple. The show is performed in the original Montenegrin language and runs for approximately 90 minutes with no interval. Before the performance, the Detinjstvo choir performs three songs.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/crnogorac-u-krevetu-70228/", "official_url": "https://questors.org.uk/event/crnogorac-u-krevetu/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/09dc858743be91c62c436d5a9d416c5c9c885a0c46bd910b8ed606c44918a983-2000.webp"}]}