{"title": "Jonathan Coe", "start": "2026-11-09T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Backstory", "address": "Balham High Road 71, SW12 9AP London", "price": "£15.00", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://backstory.london/products/2nd-november-7-30pm-ella-risbridger-the-kitchen-book", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/historical-fiction", "music/classical"], "description": "An evening with bestselling author Jonathan Coe at Backstory, a bookshop on Balham High Road in London, where he talks about his writing career and his new novel. It is his third visit to Backstory. The novel, Lessons in Harmony, is set in 1907 in Belle Epoque Paris and follows a decades-long friendship between composers Maurice Ravel and Ralph Vaughan Williams, told through Ravel's devoted acolyte Mylo. As the shadow of war approaches, the two friends pursue their vocation through one of history's most turbulent but creative periods, while their differing senses of national identity raise the question of whether these liberate or constrain them.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jonathan-coe-40989/", "official_url": "https://backstory.london/products/9th-november-7-30pm-jonathan-coe-lessons-in-harmony", "image": "https://noky.io/images/60fbec7927ba0507a430ae88f043d27273048c96c60d02056c79afbd1ae51cc1-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-09T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Backstory", "address": "Balham High Road 71, SW12 9AP London", "tickets": "sold_out"}], "similar": [{"title": "Jonathan Coe on Ravel and Vaughan Williams and the Music of Nations", "start": "2026-11-10T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "£12, conc. £10, students £5", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "https://cinelumiere.savoysystems.co.uk/CineLumiere.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_600.TcsWebTab_601.TcsPerformance_7122904.TcsSection_6930861", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/contemporary-fiction", "music/classical"], "description": "An evening of conversation and live music at the Institut français du Royaume-Uni, held in English. 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First staged at St Mary's Perivale in 2016 for the Somme 100 commemorations, it has since played venues across the UK, including sell-out West End performances, and was described by BBC Radio 3 as 'an incredibly moving performance'. It juxtaposes piano music by Elgar, Ravel, Debussy and Ivor Gurney with words by writers such as Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Vera Brittain, interwoven with the story of Kent's great uncle, Private Percy O'Key, through his real-life letters and diaries. 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The writer and critic is joined by Devorah Baum to discuss the novel, a fictional account tracing the lives and imagined interconnections of Edith Stein and Gillian Rose. Their talk explores psychoanalysis in the creative process, the relationship between biography and fiction, and how fiction can engage with history and identity. 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Zolinsky is known for his individual interpretations, his work with living composers and a repertoire ranging from Bach to the present day.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/andrew-zolinsky-piano-recital-46167/", "official_url": "https://morleycollege.ac.uk/event/andrew-zolinsky-piano-recital/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b2be07f846633d88fdc17f30b2edf668d76fe49dd172157b0d01d3c32b31f129-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Martin Guerre", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "Old Vic Theatre", "address": "103 The Cut, SE1 8NB London", "price": "GBP 17", "price_from": "17.00", "price_to": "32.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/martin-guerre-tickets/2026/10/28/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/musical"], "description": "Martin Guerre is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, the creators of Les Misérables and Miss Saigon, staged at the Old Vic Theatre. It tells of a man who returns to his wife Bertrande and village in 16th century rural France after years away, only to be accused of being an imposter by the community. Based on a real historical mystery, this revival is directed by Old Vic Artistic Director Matthew Warchus. 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It features Royal College of Music musician Emme Hensel on flute, performing a varied programme spanning Romantic, Baroque and 20th-century works by Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns, Bach and Morlacchi, ending with the showpiece The Swiss Shepherd. A hot drink and a pastry are included in the ticket price.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/classical-coffee-mornings-at-the-royal-albert-hall-emme-hens-38300/", "official_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3872277", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8f613d7fb1bdc26d42878af9450a46f118f723a31c620200304b374cbf2d56bc-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Wolf Hall – Words, Music, Power", "start": "2026-10-30T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Landmark Arts Centre", "address": "Ferry Road, TW11 9NN Teddington", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama/historical-drama", "history/early-modern/tudor", "music/classical"], "description": "An evening event at the Landmark Arts Centre bringing the world of Wolf Hall to the stage through music and spoken word. Debbie Wiseman's orchestral score is combined with Hilary Mantel's drama and readings by BAFTA-nominated actor Anton Lesser, joined by soprano Grace Davidson and the Locrian Ensemble of London. It follows Thomas Cromwell's rise and fall in the Tudor court of Henry VIII, alongside striking imagery. Billed as more than a concert, it is described as an immersive journey into Tudor intrigue.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/wolf-hall-words-music-power-36883/", "official_url": "https://www.landmarkartscentre.org/shows/wolf-hall/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/489a8c46796c3fcd7540a7f1d1c95cfb97f8c45289e410f84ebd0c7a6b47c870-2000.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, "tickets_url": "", "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": ""}]}