{"title": "Derren Brown: Only Human", "start": "2026-10-10T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-01-30T00:00:00Z", "place": "Leicester Square", "address": "", "price": "££", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/magic"], "description": "Derren Brown: Only Human is a live show in the West End, following a sold-out UK & Ireland tour. Multi-award-winning master showman Derren Brown combines mind-reading, psychological illusion, and breathtaking storytelling. The show explores what it means to be human — our perceptions, beliefs, and the fragile line between reality and illusion. Smart, unsettling, and wildly entertaining, it is theatre at its most compelling.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/derren-brown-only-human-69948/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d463ad3fefacdb5e3a14d1a8f0f7abbbbdad3f03705bfbfa943de84f01643d97-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-10T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-01-30T00:00:00Z", "place": "Leicester Square", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Derren Brown: Only Human", "start": "2026-10-10T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-01-30T19:30:00Z", "place": "Apollo Theatre", "address": "Shaftesbury Avenue 31, W1D 7EZ London", "price": "GBP 25–60", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "60.00", "tickets_url": "https://ticketing.nimaxtheatres.com/shop/tickets/series/APDER02M", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/magic"], "description": "Derren Brown: Only Human is a live stage show by Derren Brown at the Apollo Theatre in London's West End, following a sold-out UK and Ireland tour. The multi-award-winning showman, who wrote the show with Stephen Long and Andrew O'Connor, combines mind-reading, psychological illusion and storytelling. Only Human explores what it means to be human, looking at our perceptions, beliefs and the fragile line between reality and illusion. Directed by Andrew O'Connor, the production runs for about 2 hours 25 minutes including one interval and is recommended for ages 12 and over.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/derren-brown-only-human-37385/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/32d99f6bf46105e9df7f52d17288566340709b5f9c703f40c683201c771eace3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Magic: An Illustrated History", "start": "2026-11-07T15:00:00Z", "end": null, "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/a-mouthful-of-tongues/book/469096", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/magic"], "description": "Magic: An Illustrated History is a theatre show combining live vocals, puppetry and illusion to create a shifting, dreamlike narrative. Performer and musician Jim Dahl Presents an oblique history of magic, exploring the conflicting role of the magician as conjuror, raconteur and charlatan. The 50-minute performance is recommended for ages 16 and over and takes place in the venue's Members Library. 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Comedian Onojie Idemudia examines human behaviour through the perspective of a wildlife scientist, using observations from the animal world as a framework for exploring human habits, rituals and social behaviours. The show moves between observational comedy, personal experiences and audience interaction, comparing humans with other species. 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It is performed by Christian Gambin, an award-winning magician, World FISM and French Magic Champion, who plays in the London West End for the first time. An expert in sleight of hand, he invites the audience to play against him, and the nearer you are, the less you can see – but he never loses.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-gentleman-cheater-magic-show-63521/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a50e4c2fbf15f7366675c6b9e23e75baa86afa435af49803e5229e5b6f83a11a-600.webp"}, {"title": "Live Magic/Theatre: The Great Divinator: Touched by Spirits", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Puppet Theatre Barge", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.tickettailor.com/events/artofthepuppetltd/2408581/select-date?modal_widget=true&widget=true", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/magic", "comedy"], "description": "A magic and theatre performance called 'The Great Divinator: Touched by Spirits', which is not a puppet show and is for ages 12 and up. It stars Katie Tranter, a multi award-winner and member of the Magic Circle, as a celebrated 19th-century spirit medium returning to the stage after a 106-year career break to prove he can communicate with spirits. The show combines vintage mind reading, outrageous audience participation, comedy Victorian seance, drag, mentalism and spooky paranormal happenings. It runs 1h30 including a 20-minute interval and has won awards including Best Variety Show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2025.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/live-magictheatre-the-great-divinator-touched-by-spirits-39614/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/07ef7c545b7f28f6380edb93625c3758ae47a9e0caf1c32ff50b8f2fdcf0cd7b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Magical Bones presents BONEFIDE MAGIC", "start": "2026-11-03T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Courtyard Theatre", "address": "", "price": "Tickets from £38.50 - £71.49", "price_from": "38.50", "price_to": "71.49", "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/magic"], "description": "Magical Bones presents BONEFIDE MAGIC is an 80-minute action-packed magic and illusion show running at The Courtyard Theatre in Shoreditch for an exclusive two-week run. Behind it is Magical Bones, a Britain's Got Talent finalist hailed as the hottest British talent on the magic scene, who stands alone for sheer originality. The show is an awe-inspiring journey featuring breakdance moves, backflipping card tricks and jaw-dropping street magic. Sold out at the Edinburgh Fringe 2024, it now comes to London for the first time.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/magical-bones-presents-bonefide-magic-45815/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/70cb1c611fc89a7998f6f146916adaf0f7620770b399b30000be3dfe2789b740-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Black Magic and Iterations (Double Bill)", "start": "2026-11-07T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "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/black-magic-iterations-double-bill/book/469097", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/magic"], "description": "A double bill of contemporary magic, 'Black Magic' and 'Iterations', asking how much you trust your own eyes through sleight of hand, illusion and trickery. 'Black Magic' is conceived by Luis Sartori do Vale and Kalle Nio, who merge black theatre techniques and double exposure with modern technology to create illusions in real time. 'Iterations' is written, choreographed and performed by Tom Cassani, exposing the practising magician and showing how impossibilities emerge through simple repetition.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/black-magic-and-iterations-double-bill-73829/", "official_url": "https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/black-magic-iterations/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ae582b262c28872ac58d2a3d4be5d0015714dac1c2ea95dab23ae6b02d387eb7-1200.webp"}, {"title": "UNREAL A Festival of Magic and Performance", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T00:00:00Z", "place": "Battersea Arts Centre", "address": "SW11 5TN London", "price": "Pay What You Can (Recommended Prices from £8), all orders subject to a £2 transaction fee", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/a-mouthful-of-tongues/book/469096", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["stage/magic"], "description": "UNREAL is a festival of magic and performance at Battersea Arts Centre. It is curated by Tom Cassani, Augusto Corrieri and Tim Bromage, and brings together artists from across the UK and Europe working at the intersection of magic and performance. Over five days, audiences encounter images, transformations and moments of collective awe, as sleight of hand and stage illusion are reimagined through theatre, choreography and live art. The festival invites audiences behind the curtain, questioning assumptions about what we see, hear and believe.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/unreal-a-festival-of-magic-and-performance-73827/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/26b1487993350f78357fbddbc07b7fb23baa6cbe0c00d0a2e4ddeaafc7b6821b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Disappearing Man", "start": "2026-10-16T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "Queen's Theatre", "address": "RM11 1QT Hornchurch", "price": "£14.70–£30.70, Access £14.70–£22.70, Under 26s £10 (prices inc 70p QNext fee)", "price_from": "14.70", "price_to": "30.70", "tickets_url": "https://queens-theatre.co.uk/book?pid=19346&iid=316803", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "'The Disappearing Man' is a stage drama with live magic, recommended for ages 14 and over, running 140 minutes. Written by the multi-award-winning Kenny Emson and directed by Alex Thorpe, it is a Queen's Theatre Hornchurch and HighTide production. Washed-up magician Bazza Cadabra returns to the once-glittering Clacton-on-Sea for a final comeback after 20 years, hoping to reclaim the spotlight and mend his fragile bond with his son. Facing a flashy young magician, a no-nonsense new manager and the family he left behind, he blurs the line between performance and reality as he risks everything for his last great trick.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-disappearing-man-64294/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e2be5a2e438fd396cddf8bc5eb274245578888ad3f4393eb7d90cfd11debe172-600.webp"}, {"title": "The Man Who Thought He Was A Baboon", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "Drayton Arms Theatre", "address": "Old Brompton Road 153", "price": "", "price_from": "13.00", "price_to": "13.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.thedraytonarmssw5.co.uk/onlinebookingform#", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy"], "description": "A theatre show at a small studio theatre above a pub in London, running as part of GrimFest 2026 at the Drayton Arms Theatre. It tells of Hugo, who lives a quiet life with his wife, Summer, until one event changes everything: an inheritance. Summer and the village doctor then start to carefully convince Hugo that he's a baboon.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-man-who-thought-he-was-a-baboon-35647/", "official_url": "https://www.thedraytonarmstheatre.co.uk/baboon-2", "image": "https://noky.io/images/98c9a49ac664806c30a46c9f7ff44ef67dc17ab3034e475ec2602e48063033a6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "An Oak Tree", "start": "2026-10-07T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Other Palace", "address": "Palace Street 12, SW1E 5JA London", "price": "GBP 44", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "60.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/oak-tree-tickets/2026/10/28/2", "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": "Andrew Ryan: Honest Capacity", "start": "2026-10-29T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-02-13T00:00:00Z", "place": "Leicester Square Theatre", "address": "Leicester Place 6, WC2H 7BX London", "price": "From £20 (includes a £2 venue restoration levy)", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/visit-us/ticketsolve-protect/", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/stand-up"], "description": "Andrew Ryan: Honest Capacity is a stand-up comedy show at Leicester Square Theatre. Comedian Andrew Ryan, known as a host of the Q Radio Breakfast Show and from appearances on The Blame Game and Comedy Central Live, returns after a sell-out 2024 tour. In the show he tells tales of pet ownership, misreading rooms and his frustration with the world, claiming to be happy as a newlywed while making bewildering decisions. The show runs 1 hour 45 minutes including an interval and is strictly for ages 16 and over.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/andrew-ryan-honest-capacity-36972/", "official_url": "https://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/show/andrew-ryan-honest-capacity/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/39ddc9e69559c5d674a61f0ab2c2dda828a8edb23c3d0b8ed5d186a0bf189029-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Thomas Green: Brainstorm", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-04-22T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Leicester Square Theatre", "address": "Leicester Place 6, WC2H 7BX London", "price": "From £24.50 (ticket prices include a £2 venue restoration levy)", "price_from": "24.50", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/visit-us/ticketsolve-protect/", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/stand-up"], "description": "A stand-up comedy show running at Leicester Square Theatre. It stars Thomas Green, one of Australia's comedy exports, with a brand new hour following his sell-out debut tour. After a significant self-discovery, Green realises his life is a whirlwind full of tangents of his own making, navigating through the impulsive, random and stupid. The show runs for 1 hour 50 minutes including an interval and is advised for ages 16+.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/thomas-green-brainstorm-36974/", "official_url": "https://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/show/thomas-green-brainstorm/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ed47bb11e4ad5f41770dc31dd8f879d92792af48926d5380361b1c7599068303-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Autumn/ Winter 26: Jo Bannon - The Dirty Work", "start": "2026-11-10T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Place", "address": "Duke's Road 17, WC1H 9PY London", "price": "£22 (£5–£18)", "price_from": "22.00", "price_to": "22.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.thecockpit.org.uk/sales/Shows/voila-festival-2026/huella", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/solo-show"], "description": "The Dirty Work is a new solo performance by Jo Bannon at The Place. It peeks behind the velvet curtain, blending the tricks of the trade — a white rabbit, a magic wand, a puff of smoke — with Bannon's lived experience of visual impairment. She invites audiences to glimpse a world where truth and illusion, performance and reality converge.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/autumn-winter-26-jo-bannon-the-dirty-work-65765/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}