{"title": "How to become a fascist (a practical manual) (VOILA! Festival)", "start": "2026-11-18T21:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T22:00:00Z", "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "price": "£12", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/politics/authoritarianism", "stage/cabaret"], "description": "'How to become a fascist (a practical manual)' (VOILA! Festival) is a dark Brechtian cabaret with live music, original songs and razor-sharp humour, inspired by Michela Murgia's political satire 'Istruzioni per diventare fascisti'. Created by Margot Theatre and directed by Valentina Cognatti, it is performed by Perla Ambrosini and Andrea Marano with an original score by Marco Quircio. Disguised as a motivational seminar, it uses irony, paradox and dark humour to show how authoritarianism takes root through persuasion rather than force, as the audience recognises the mechanisms that shape consensus and manufacture enemies. The 60-minute show, recommended for ages 14 and over, ends with the Fascistometer, a final test you may not want to pass.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/how-to-become-a-fascist-a-practical-manual-voila-festival-60543/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/how-to-become-a-fascist-a-practical-manual/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3aafee615d970feae405dc3bef91116f4f512c4e00a427fa681e8db39f005bee-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-18T21:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T22:00:00Z", "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-19T21:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-19T22:00:00Z", "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Meet Me in The Dressing Room", "start": "2026-11-16T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Jago Dalston", "address": "Kingsland Road 440, E8 4AA London", "price": "Check Listings", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/activism", "stage/performance-art"], "description": "Meet Me in The Dressing Room is a solo performance show at the edge of history, in which a glittering showgirl of the apocalypse transforms her dressing room into a site of political organisation and resistance to a fascist moment. It is created and performed by Sophie, with an industrial soundscape by Vyvyan Stewardson built around Diane DiPrima's Revolutionary Letters and original costuming by Max Allen emblematic of leaders who offered radical hope. Through enigmatic and referential choreography, movement, live action and dirty tricks, the ritual nature of hope and defeat is embodied as the body is pushed to its extremes hoping to liberate the body politic. The show is completely self funded, with all profits going directly to the artists involved and tiered ticket prices, including free tickets for disabled persons' carers or companions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/meet-me-in-the-dressing-room-92823/", "official_url": "https://www.thejagodalston.com/event/meet-me-in-the-dressing-room/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0260ce7eadf0d1a772b8a42a48dd91f62aa1306d2fe1de5588145677183045bb-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Lento e Violento", "start": "2026-11-10T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T00:00:00Z", "place": "Battersea Arts Centre", "address": "SW11 5TN London", "price": "Pay What You Can (Recommended Price £15)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/circus"], "description": "Lento e Violento is a performance blending circus, dance, music and magical illusion, whose Italian title means 'Slow and Violent'. It is created and performed by Valentina Cortese, a trained dancer and circus artist. The show is a meditative psychodrama, a multi-layered riddle playing with repetition, disruption and manipulation, in which form matters as much as content. It gently provokes curiosity, seducing audiences into Cortese's enchanting, fantastical universe.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lento-e-violento-73830/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3b974f58e1b72ea9ca9ba7dfc1c1c4f62950d97f3fbe7f37e84ef1e9c8e9d329-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Swan, the Werewolf and Gianpiero", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Playground Theatre, Cafe and Bar", "address": "Latimer Industrial Estate 8, W10 6RQ London", "price": "£16 (General Admission); concessions £14", "price_from": "16.00", "price_to": "16.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy/absurd-comedy"], "description": "A dark, physical, absurd comedy in which a backstage breakup between tango partners spirals into chaos when Roxana ends her relationship with Mateo five minutes before their performance. Director Gianpiero, an eccentric 'artistic genius' and alleged descendant of Julius Caesar, decides to transform the disaster into his greatest masterpiece, casting Mateo as a werewolf and Roxana as a swan while manipulating them in front of a live audience. The result is an unhinged collision of Argentine tango, conspiracies and theatrical madness, with the director bowing while the actors call an ambulance. Voila! Theatre Festival and The Playground Theatre present the show, created by artists including Agata Nielsen, Erwin Janke, Mateusz Mirek and Maddy Miron, with Krystian Godlewski as consulting director, lasting 60 minutes with no interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-swan-the-werewolf-and-gianpiero-65858/", "official_url": "https://www.theplaygroundtheatre.org.uk/projects/theswanthewolfandgiawerenpiero", "image": "https://noky.io/images/be73cdbda9d281fd5a5e1710d386c4b17e5e9c77621dc11121daf6f03c0bc3a0-1200.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": "Overacting through song", "start": "2026-11-15T13:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-15T14:00:00Z", "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "price": "£18", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/musical"], "description": "A comedy show at the VOILA! Festival combining songs with stand-up comedy. It tells of a Taiwanese actor chasing her musical theatre dream who struggles with life's challenges until she realises she does not have to prove her worth. It is written by and stars Yu-Ting Chen, with Gigi Kuo on piano and music by multiple composers. The show lasts 50 minutes and is recommended for ages 10 and up.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/overacting-through-song-60533/", "official_url": "https://www.etceteratheatrecamden.com/events/overacting-through-song", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8d701e8f56df9da92b74ab6ae875803463117f247a16d6f3f9ce2790ca26944f-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": "dissent", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-04-24T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Young Vic", "address": "66 The Cut, SE1 8LZ London", "price": "GBP 23", "price_from": "23.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "dissent is a dystopian play set in a futuristic world where the state sponsors air conditioning and gives people free cigarettes in return for unquestioning compliance. It explores humanity's capacity for monstrous behaviour and our urge to resist freedom in the face of oppression. The world premiere is written and directed by Olivier and BAFTA award-winner debbie tucker green, known for ear for eye, stoning mary and dirty butterfly.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dissent-63388/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1b316bda209c33bdafe25f9566c76ae9a9afe0e0128591df320d09d9b8fc9984-600.webp"}, {"title": "Oraculum (Work-in-Progress)", "start": "2026-11-13T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Battersea Arts Centre", "address": "SW11 5TN London", "price": "Pay What You Can (recommended price £12)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/performance-art"], "description": "Oraculum (Work-in-Progress) is a solo performance show in which the audience takes part in a mass psychic reading. It is made by Tom Cassani, an award-winning UK-based performance maker who works with choreography, magic, sideshow and live art. Built around a classic psychic reading and a live text, the show draws on the worlds of mind readers, divinators and charismatic public speakers to reveal how we as an audience unknowingly share similar experiences and thoughts. Cassani turns an individual reading into a collective, self-reflective experience where unlikely connections begin to appear.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/oraculum-work-in-progress-73834/", "official_url": "https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/oraculum/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/458be263d7bc16cc5c799edb217590ddfebf156069a3d4b93cd5acd33c2b2fd6-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Literal Translation (VOILA! Festival)", "start": "2026-11-19T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-19T16:00:00Z", "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "price": "£8", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "8.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/performance-art", "comedy"], "description": "The Literal Translation is a bilingual, autobiographical show combining gender-fluid prose, verse, comedy and song, with some foolhardy attempts at actual French. It is written and performed by performance poet Alice d'Lumiere, who was inspired by failing to order a coffee in French while performing at a festival in Avignon. The piece is a playful, silly but absurdly honest response to that failure, about late life learning, shifting identity, non-conforming voices and romanticizing the exotic. The show runs for 60 minutes and is recommended for ages 16 and up, contains some mild swearing, and is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-literal-translation-voila-festival-60544/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/the-literal-translation/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/abbf8c57494617636871f208b5545ec5ce0a76cebfd31253d112086f42d5e235-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Caligula", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Broadway Theatre", "address": "Catford Road, SE6 4RU London", "price": "£30.95 - £100.95", "price_from": "29.00", "price_to": "99.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "A stage production of Albert Camus' Caligula, presented as powerful contemporary theatre about tyranny, dictatorship, power and morality. Ivan Uryvski's acclaimed production, premiered at the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theatre, uses striking visual imagery and Petro Bogomazov's award-winning set design to explore the abuse of power, surveillance, fear and human responsibility. It is performed in Ukranian with English Surtitles and is appropriate for audiences 16+.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/caligula-60134/", "official_url": "https://www.broadwaytheatre.org.uk/events/caligula", "image": "https://noky.io/images/30abe80180d5c7066b2b37996138333af231e30aa65ecd1004dd5149663b236d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Voice of Butterflies", "start": "2026-11-11T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T16:00:00Z", "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "price": "£15", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "society/violence-against-women"], "description": "The Voice of Butterflies is an artivistic performance originally created to commemorate the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, running as part of the VOILA! Festival at the Etcetera Theatre on Camden High Street. Created by the company Hilanderas, directed by Stephanie Prieto and performed by Stephanie Prieto and Esmeralda Sears, it draws an analogy between butterflies' lack of a physical voice and how trauma silences parts of the human body. The narrative follows a woman and her therapist on a regressive journey into childhood to uncover a secret held within the flesh, triggering a metamorphosis in which other women listen to the protagonist within the sound of her silence. After the 45-minute performance, offered in Latin American Spanish with English surtitles for ages 14 and over, Hilanderas hosts a Q&A and a Roy Hart-based workshop.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-voice-of-butterflies-60519/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/the-voice-of-butterflies/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0e53b6b5efb173a3ed6ab8b18e3bd1a35a7ec13e53e468e751ee3a3fd1318a0a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "OVERFLOOD (VOILA! Festival)", "start": "2026-11-09T21:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-09T22:00:00Z", "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "price": "£11", "price_from": "11.00", "price_to": "11.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/physical-theatre"], "description": "OVERFLOOD (VOILA! Festival) is a 45-minute theatre piece set deep underground in a doomsday bunker, where three strangers thrown together by the tides of war have made themselves into a family. It is directed by Kylie Williams, who performs alongside devisers Hector Berenger and Hollie Milne, with sound design by Hollie Milne. Day after day their routine, repeated like a loop, becomes ritual dedicated to survival, until it begins to slip and the family starts to break apart. 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"}]}