{"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", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-14T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Fan Museum", "address": "Crooms Hill 12, SE10 8ER London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Plenty", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-05-31T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Lyttelton - National Theatre", "address": "South Bank, SE1 9PX London", "price": "GBP 10", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "Plenty is a new production of David Hare's award-winning play about post-war disillusionment, staging the story of Susan Traherne, a former secret agent who struggles to adjust to a mundane life after the Second World War. Emilia Clarke, known for Game of Thrones, makes her National Theatre debut in the leading role, while former National Theatre Director Richard Eyre directs, marking a celebrated reunion between Eyre and Hare. The play is staged ahead of its 50th anniversary and Hare's 80th birthday, in a powerful revival that feels deeply resonant with modern Britain.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/plenty-63406/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6391a4a30b3c05ec4193a6eac74a7a5db2b42a1cbaec59ba9da575e67df432de-600.webp"}, {"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. It runs for 70 minutes with no interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/an-audience-with-virginia-woolf-writing-ones-mind-40347/", "official_url": "https://wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/an-audience-with-virginia-woolf-writing-ones-mind/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/db9bb15558f90b1c218a1752fcde953d1a07f9322b3b6724a8e28cd519d008e0-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Three Creative Legends: One Actor", "start": "2026-11-10T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T19:30:00Z", "place": "Bridge House Theatre", "address": "High Street 2, SE20 8RZ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["literature/biography", "stage/solo-show"], "description": "A repertory theatre season in which writer and performer Mark Farrelly brings together, for the first time, his three acclaimed solo portraits of major creative figures: Quentin Crisp, Derek Jarman and Patrick Hamilton. 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He will be joined in conversation by author and journalist Hadley Freeman, formerly of The Guardian and now a staff writer at The Sunday Times. The memoir weaves together wit, irreverence and vulnerability, reflecting on a life of writing, adapting and collaborating, from post-war Cardiff to the BBC boardroom. 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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": "SH Productions and telling tales presents Double Bill: tell me straight & aggy", "start": "2026-11-02T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "King's Head", "address": "Upper Street 115, N1 1QN London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "society/queer"], "description": "A double bill of two critically acclaimed queer plays, 'tell me straight' and 'aggy', performed in the Main House. Both are written by Paul Bradshaw, presented by SH Productions and telling tales, and follow a critically acclaimed run at the Park Theatre. 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'aggy' is a bold one-act play about privilege, gender, race and creativity, following couple Lawrence and Mahlik as a fabricated alter ego for Lawrence's art brings uncomfortable truths to the surface.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/sh-productions-and-telling-tales-presents-double-bill-tell-m-43414/", "official_url": "https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/double-bill-tell-me-straight-and-aggy-t8hc", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ed022b5775129499d5df9e41f5eff795ce0c57f310cb2776c278d7f69e2894b1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Matinee Double Bill: tell me straight & aggy", "start": "2026-11-02T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "King's Head", "address": "Upper Street 115, N1 1QN London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "society/queer"], "description": "A double bill of two critically acclaimed queer shows, \"tell me straight\" and \"aggy\", performed in the theatre's Main House. Written by and starring Paul Bradshaw, presented by SH Productions and telling tales, and following an acclaimed run at the Park Theatre. \"tell me straight\" is a witty, semi-autobiographical coming-of-adulthood play about navigating and embracing one's sexuality, while \"aggy\" is a bold one-act play about privilege, gender, race and who gets to make art. Each act runs 65 minutes with a 20-minute interval, and the show is rated 16+.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/matinee-double-bill-tell-me-straight-aggy-90589/", "official_url": "https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/double-bill-tell-me-straight-and-aggy-t8hc", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ed022b5775129499d5df9e41f5eff795ce0c57f310cb2776c278d7f69e2894b1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Nell!", "start": "2026-11-08T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T19:10:00Z", "place": "South London Theatre", "address": "Norwood High Street 2A, SE27 9NS London", "price": "£10/8", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama/historical-drama"], "description": "Nell! is a play at South London Theatre, written by L.A. Green and presented in association with Creative Curve Theatre company. It follows Nell Gwynne, harlot, actress, philanthropist and orange-seller mistress to King Charles II, as she reclaims her story while preparing for her darling Charlie's funeral, sharing lesser-known truths, including how she petitioned Charles II to give money to impoverished and injured soldiers and sailors. Ages 14+.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/nell-38725/", "official_url": "https://www.southlondontheatre.co.uk/event/nell/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4bc6e660094d8a41c18a3b92a7ba72868749f6d1e890730288656c856c70dbf9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Traitors - Acts of Betrayal", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-07-31T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Gillian Lynne Theatre", "address": "Drury Lane, WC2B 5PW London", "price": "GBP 30", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "film/reality-tv"], "description": "The Traitors - Acts of Betrayal is a stage adaptation of the BBC mega-hit series The Traitors, coming to the stage for the first time. It is made by Studio Lambert together with Sam Mendes' Neal Street Productions, written by John Finnemore and directed by Olivier Award winner Rob Hastie, with Nick Mohammed announced as host. The play brings to life the series's mix of whodunnit mystery and psychological drama, in which contestants compete for a cash prize while trying to weed out the traitors in their midst. It forms a cycle of five new plays sharing the same premise but diverging into different narratives, with Saturday performances letting audiences determine which character becomes a Traitor.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-traitors-acts-of-betrayal-63465/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a7adcb9a773cb60a0c577f0573fbbfe0efbd92b5acbc0c2422f414dba3919e19-600.webp"}, {"title": "Museum", "start": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "place": "Mountview Academy", "address": "Peckham Hill Street 120, SE15 5JT London", "price": "£18 (standard); £13.50 (concessions); £12 (Southwark Presents Cardholder)", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy", "art"], "description": "\"Museum\" is a comedy play staged at the Backstage Theatre. It was written by the American playwright Tina Howe and is directed by Alan Pearson, performed by Mountview's acting cohort. Set in a renowned art gallery on the final day of a major exhibition, it follows more than 50 characters as they encounter the artworks, exploring what art truly means in our lives. The production runs 90 minutes without an interval and is suitable for ages 13 and over.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/museum-46192/", "official_url": "https://www.mountview.org.uk/whats-on/show/museum/", "image": ""}, {"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": "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", "start": "2026-11-07T13:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "@sohoplace", "address": "Soho Place 4, W1D 3BG London", "price": "Tickets from £40", "price_from": "40.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "A West End stage production of Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, performed in the round at @sohoplace. It is directed by Marianne Elliott and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, starring Gillian Anderson as Martha and Billy Crudup as George. 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": "The Truth", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-10-16T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Theatre Royal Haymarket", "address": "Suffolk Street, SW1Y 4HT London", "price": "GBP 36", "price_from": "36.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy"], "description": "The Truth is a razor-sharp, darkly witty marital comedy by Florian Zeller, staged at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in a West End revival directed by Lindsay Posner and adapted by Christopher Hampton. Stephen Mangan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Sarah Hadland and Janie Dee star in the Olivier-nominated play about two married couples caught in a tangled web of adultery and deception. Michel, a middle-aged businessman, has been having an affair with Alice, the wife of his best friend Paul, and things come to a head when the couples spend a night away in a hotel. Packed with twists, secrets and biting humour, it promises to leave audiences on the edge of their seats.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-truth-63390/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f79b16ea8703f7602155010e53a290e4423fbba74a722f0cb245b97c568a2231-600.webp"}, {"title": "Flare Path - Reading", "start": "2026-11-08T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T20:00:00Z", "place": "Hampton Hill Playhouse", "address": "High Street 90, TW12 1NZ Hampton Hill", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama/historical-drama"], "description": "A play reading of Terence Rattigan's \"Flare Path\", hosted by Teddington Theatre Club at Hampton Hill Playhouse and led by director Roger Smith. Written while Rattigan served as bomber aircrew, it is a love story set in 1941, following a love triangle between American matinee idol Peter Kyle, British actress Patricia Graham and her RAF bomber pilot husband Teddy, alongside other wartime relationships. Further readings, an audition and full performances are planned for 2027. The reading is an informal social occasion with the bar open, and anyone may join in or simply listen, with no booking needed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/flare-path-reading-36396/", "official_url": "https://www.hamptonhilltheatre.org.uk/events/flare-path-reading", "image": ""}, {"title": "Let the Wind Have It", "start": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z", "place": "Drayton Arms Theatre", "address": "Old Brompton Road 153", "price": "£14.00 Standard", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "Let the Wind Have It is a collection of three short plays by Tennessee Williams, staged at the Drayton Arms Theatre. Presented by E10 Productions and directed by Annie Bunce and Anna Hampton, the plays share a narrative of loss and abandonment. In This Property is Condemned two lonely children meet on a railroad track; in Why Do You Smoke So Much, Lily? Lily confronts her failure to fit into society; and in Mister Paradise a university student finds a long lost poem and tries to bring the poet back to light. The cast includes Daisy Hargreaves, Alex Holliday, Brooke Bazarian, Carly Helms and Colin Hurley, and the one act runs 50 minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/let-the-wind-have-it-35648/", "official_url": "https://thedraytonarmstheatre.co.uk/let-the-wind-have-it", "image": "https://noky.io/images/017fb9b6c770237c6d697ec467ced5762d3b7591668f7b4cee45c2cedf9338ec-600.webp"}, {"title": "The Lives of Others", "start": "2026-11-07T14:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Adelphi Theatre", "address": "Strand 409-412, WC2R 0NS London", "price": "Tickets from £25", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama/political-drama", "history/gdr/stasi"], "description": "The Lives of Others is a stage play at the Adelphi Theatre. Adapted and directed by Olivier Award-winner Robert Icke and based on the Oscar-winning 2007 film, it is Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's story set in 1984 East Germany, where a writer and an actor are placed under state surveillance and their Stasi man listens for evidence of subversion from the attic above their apartment. It stars Keira Knightley, Stephen Dillane and Luke Thompson and explores artistic censorship, state surveillance and the relationship between art and politics.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-lives-of-others-37308/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c110bb1e1e49f9a83c00453dbd6893f6ffd48dcf83c219fa823555ed9f012799-2000.webp"}]}