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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", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Cockpit Theatre", "address": "Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Proud Mary (VOILA! 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Created by Resonant Shore Theatre from the lived experiences of migrant mothers, it blends physical theatre, puppetry, live music and multilingual performance to show how migration reshapes motherhood, identity and belonging. The devised production traces journeys of displacement, resilience and rebuilding home across borders, transforming personal testimony into poetic theatrical language. From the creators of the award-winning Mothering Voices, this intimate ensemble piece celebrates the strength, care and courage of mothers forging new lives.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mothers-between-shores-46242/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/22bbe87cd86c7f26618b7746b099c606c47af9378007858aed374e073964279f-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", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.thecockpit.org.uk/sales/shows/voila-festival-2026/three-little-pigs", "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! Theatre Festival. Written by Inna Cebotari and directed by Sava Cebotari, it is produced and presented by Kinth Square, with four performers moving between three interwoven theatrical worlds. On a British building site, three construction workers navigate inductions, deadlines and banter, while elsewhere Mummy Pig reads her three sons a book that blurs work, migration, family and ambition. 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Best friends Tisana, Haleema, and Ruha must rely on each other to survive, while fear and religious differences strain their friendship and hope for escape. Based on horrifying true events, it is a powerful story of friendship, survival, and the impossible choices we're faced with.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/girls-63385/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/be696a14d6f1fbd31e42caf227f4129951e8f69029932842e4429828ebe32211-600.webp"}, {"title": "The Seat of Me (VOILA! 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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": "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", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.thecockpit.org.uk/sales/shows/voila-festival-2026/the-radical-wedding-engine", "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": "Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-10T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Other Palace", "address": "Palace Street 12, SW1E 5JA London", "price": "GBP 24", "price_from": "24.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/feeling-afraid-as-if-something-terrible-is-going-to-happen-tickets", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy"], "description": "A darkly funny one-man show where stand-up comedy meets theatre, following a thirty-six-year-old chronically single, professionally neurotic comedian who finally meets Mr Right, only to do everything wrong. It is written by Marcelo Dos Santos, a Fringe First Award-winning hit returning to London for the first time in three years, and stars West End favourite Steven Webb as the hapless, unhinged comedian. From the Olivier Award-winning producers of Fleabag and Baby Reindeer, it explores vulnerability, intimacy, ego and truth with razor-sharp, fast-paced and filthy humour. The show runs 1hr 5min with no interval and is for ages 14+.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/feeling-afraid-as-if-something-terrible-is-going-to-happen-63513/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a893a037c38046a433901b641eb2c0e84379e06761d3ac54cf73171f3db7fafe-600.webp"}, {"title": "Jaja's African Hair Braiding", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-02-27T00:00:00Z", "place": "Lyric Hammersmith", "address": "King Street, Lyric Square, W6 0QL London", "price": "GBP 12", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/jajas-african-hair-braiding-tickets", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy"], "description": "Jaja's African Hair Braiding is a witty, uplifting and heartwarming comedy play set in a bustling braiding salon in Harlem, New York, where women from the neighbourhood gather to have their hair done and share laughter and dreams with a lively team of West African immigrant stylists. It is written by Jocelyn Bioh and directed by Monique Touko, the team behind School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, and follows the women over one hot summer day as their dreams increasingly pit them against the city they love. The Tony Award-winning show first premiered on Broadway in 2023 before its critically acclaimed UK premiere in 2026, and runs for 1 hour 40 minutes with no interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jajas-african-hair-braiding-63497/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9cd0d94fabe924604820fe93c969add656508278b6bc9b10f464b645ac51b9f8-600.webp"}, {"title": "My Mother Tongue Wants To Disown Me (VOILA! 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The 60-minute play, recommended for ages 16+, is about the deep nostalgia we feel for home despite not being connected to it.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/my-mother-tongue-wants-to-disown-me-voila-festival-60514/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/my-mother-tongue-wants-to-disown-me/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e9642c8b6cd87d3116c676b04706f3511b5e0e7bed20052247216c27cc872852-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Girls", "start": "2026-10-31T15:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Maria Theatre", "address": "", "price": "GBP 36", "price_from": "37.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/46827-girls", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "Girls is a play set in Nigeria in 2014, in which teenagers Tisana, Haleema and Ruha are best friends. When they are kidnapped by militant insurgents and forced towards an uncertain future, they have only each other to turn to. As fear and religious differences begin to fracture their bond, their friendship is tested to see how far it can stretch before it breaks. The play is by Theresa Ikoko, winner of the Alfred Fagon Award and the George Devine Award, and is directed by Ewa Dina, winner of the 2026 JMK Award.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/girls-46130/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0aee017b0cd7ac112d84560b0a553725902457f1d5537cf45b222f5be10fb4aa-2000.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", "tickets_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/overflood/", "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"}]}