{"title": "Matthew Bourne's Play Without Words", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-08-21T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Sadler's Wells", "address": "Rosebery Avenue, EC1R 4TN London", "price": "GBP 63", "price_from": "63.00", "price_to": "63.00", "category": "dance", "tags": ["music/jazz", "stage/dance-theatre"], "description": "Matthew Bourne's Play Without Words is a dance drama returning for its first revival as part of New Adventures' 25th anniversary celebration, making its debut at Sadler's Wells in a strictly limited four week season. It was first produced by the National Theatre in 2002, where it was a critical and popular success, and won the 2003 Olivier Awards for Best Entertainment and Best Theatre Choreographer. The story is set in Chelsea in 1965, where an urbane master and his beautiful fiancée welcome their new manservant, Prentice, and what follows changes their lives forever. Designer Lez Brotherston and lighting designer Paule Constable repeat their Olivier-nominated work, and Terry Davies' acclaimed jazz influenced score will be played live at all performances.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/matthew-bournes-play-without-words-129574/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/351e0187961dc677349eeba118a9cc0090d9df6660e848bc7d559dfdd2bc5560-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-08-21T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Sadler's Wells", "address": "Rosebery Avenue, EC1R 4TN London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Matthew Bourne's Cinderella", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-17T00:00:00Z", "place": "Sadler's Wells", "address": "Rosebery Avenue, EC1R 4TN London", "price": "GBP 18", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": null, "category": "dance", "tags": ["stage/ballet"], "description": "Matthew Bourne's Cinderella is an Olivier Award-winning dance production returning to Sadler's Wells for its 30th anniversary. Created by Matthew Bourne, it reimagines the classic fairytale as a wartime romance: in London in 1940, Cinderella falls in love with a young RAF pilot, and the pair are pulled apart by the Blitz. The show features dazzling sets and costumes by Lez Brotherston and a dramatic score by Sergei Prokofiev layered with the sounds of war-torn London. First premiered in 1997, it has enchanted audiences for thirty years with its touching and thrilling storytelling.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/matthew-bournes-cinderella-63374/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bc64592065e03c1dd8c39df90f280ba9fa0b49dfede0e7d1904432e7617561b0-600.webp"}, {"title": "Boy Blue: 25 Stories", "start": "2026-11-05T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T19:30:00Z", "place": "Stratford East", "address": "Gerry Raffles Square, E15 1BN London", "price": "from £10.00", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["dance/hip-hop-dance", "music/hip-hop", "stage/dance-theatre"], "description": "Boy Blue: 25 Stories is a world-premiere hip-hop dance theatre show marking 25 years of Boy Blue, staged at Stratford East. It is created by the company's co-founders, Michael 'Mikey J' Asante MBE and Kenrick 'H2O' Sandy MBE, together with poet and playwright Inua Ellams. Drawing on voice notes, letters, films and raw conversations from generations of Boy Blue dancers and alumni, it turns real lived experiences into a high-octane stage memoir. Ellams' poetry fuels Asante's new score and Sandy's choreography in a show of sound, word and movement.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/boy-blue-25-stories-65394/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3aa818228b0ad640188ef5dd62960f5ebb70891eff544f254638c85a0f4a29b2-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Oliver!", "start": "2026-11-07T14:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Gielgud Theatre", "address": "Shaftesbury Avenue 35, W1D 6AR London", "price": "from £20", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "99.50", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/musical"], "description": "Oliver! is a musical playing at the Gielgud Theatre in Soho, booking until 14 March 2027. Produced by Cameron Mackintosh and directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne, with songs by Lionel Bart, it tells of a young orphan on the run who falls in with a pickpocket and a gang led by a dodgier man, a tale from Dickens wrapped in timeless songs. The performance lasts approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes including a 20 minute interval and includes gunfire and smoke. The age recommendation is 7+; children under 16 must sit next to a ticketholder aged at least 18, and children under 3 will not be admitted.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/oliver-60634/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4a88e7d31583af551186111cfc8360a1ff376301429d4d18c34b03046a3ce388-600.webp"}, {"title": "A Song and Dance", "start": "2026-11-17T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Battersea Arts Centre", "address": "SW11 5TN London", "price": "Pay What You Can (Recommended Price £16)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/play"], "description": "A Song and Dance is a theatre performance about masking, performing and 'acting the part.' Created and performed by Action Hero, with text by Gemma Paintin and James Stenhouse and direction by Gemma Paintin. A reluctant actor, lost inside a recurring nightmare filled with the phantoms of his disapproving ancestors, returns to the stage to conquer an 8-year period of intense stage fright, replays his own life story and starts to lose the plot. He re-writes his anxiety dreams live on stage with the audience, in the hope of banishing the ghosts of performances past.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-song-and-dance-73838/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/17ed1a4add0e852f4da63c74cdfec18f2d0991d9c62e62c5893554685f93b209-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Mojo", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Park Theatre", "address": "Clifton Terrace, N4 3JP London", "price": "GBP 28", "price_from": "28.00", "price_to": "32.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/dark-comedy"], "description": "Mojo is a black comedy play set in the Soho clubland of the 1950s, where the murder of a club owner leaves those behind locked in a brutal fight for control. It is the landmark debut play of Jez Butterworth, the author of Jerusalem, first performed at the Royal Court in 1995 and winner of an Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. The story follows rising star Silver Johnny and a world of brewing rivalries and fractured loyalties amid the glitz and glamour of the 1950s rock n roll scene.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mojo-63487/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9ecd736334b2022501e7bbd195d37299912877e982e92c6b13f219a5fdb736ea-600.webp"}, {"title": "Lost Dog – The Last Hamlet", "start": "2026-11-07T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Sadler's Wells East", "address": "Carpenters Road 101, E20 2AR London", "price": "From: £15.00", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/dance-theatre"], "description": "Lost Dog – The Last Hamlet is a dance-theatre work imagining the final performance of Hamlet, after which Shakespeare's play will never be staged again. It is made by Lost Dog, an award-winning dance and theatre company led by director and choreographer Ben Duke. Having learned his drama has been cancelled, Hamlet takes the stage one last time with new material, hoping to persuade the audience to let him stay. In the company's hands, Shakespeare's most iconic character becomes the starting point for a darkly comic exploration of existence, love, revenge, and the stories we cannot seem to escape.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lost-dog-the-last-hamlet-74767/", "official_url": "https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/lost-dog-the-last-hamlet/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/94bb4dd7d793f8d5f650fb76f2fe0d9fd1c512c3592b05d877e5833ed684f44b-600.webp"}, {"title": "Billy Elliot", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-07-31T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Adelphi Theatre", "address": "Strand 409-412, WC2R 0NS London", "price": "GBP 35", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/musical"], "description": "Billy Elliot is a beloved musical returning to the West End after ten years, staged at the Adelphi Theatre. Based on the 2000 film directed by Stephen Daldry, it has a book and lyrics by Lee Hall and music by Elton John. It tells of eleven-year-old Billy, growing up in a small northern town during the miners' strike of 1984/5, who leaves boxing for ballet and discovers a surprising talent for dance. This uplifting, heartwarming story about the transformative power of art and following your dreams is revived by the original creative team, including director Stephen Daldry.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/billy-elliot-63429/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/715b96cafd4337919c68459b1f91eb249406a46c080b004a61fc491b531cc2db-600.webp"}, {"title": "NON FINITO: ART in EVOLUTION", "start": "2026-11-19T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Union Theatre", "address": "Old Union Arches, 229 Union Street, SE1 0LR London", "price": "Full Price £18, Concession £15", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/performance-art", "dance", "music"], "description": "NON FINITO: ART in EVOLUTION is a live arts festival made up of new performance pieces still in evolution, including live music, dance and theatre, under the title NON FINITO: ART in EVOLUTION. It is created by EVOL Creation, produced with TAKA Strike Club and supported by the Global Mosaic Foundation, and presents an artistic patchwork of works on a journey, from unrecorded albums played live to an ancient legend told through dance. The line-up features pieces such as DESCENDANTS OF ANANSI by Kofi Mingo and LUX written and performed by Olivier Sublet, alongside live sets by BRNSRGHT, Stamatis Seraphim and the South London rapper Consensus, plus movement and writing workshops. The creative team includes director Jack Gilliat and composer and sound designer Stamatis Seraphim.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/non-finito-art-in-evolution-39973/", "official_url": "https://uniontheatre.biz/show/non-finito-art-in-evolution/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3c4540042f1d1856d1c4b3933daa665d9487c9b5040728d984eacc3f913010cf-1200.webp"}, {"title": "BalletBoyz - Six Lethargies", "start": "2026-11-18T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Sadler's Wells", "address": "Rosebery Avenue, EC1R 4TN London", "price": "From: £15.00", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": null, "category": "dance", "tags": ["music/classical", "stage/contemporary-dance"], "description": "Six Lethargies is a contemporary dance work in which 44 dancers perform alongside 37 string players on stage. Choreographers Iván Pérez and Seirian Griffiths respond to Keaton Henson's 2019 musical work of the same name, working with Michael Nunn and William Trevitt of BalletBoyz, one of Britain's leading contemporary dance companies. It seeks to embody the intangible by asking, in movement, whether what one person feels can be felt by others. The piece runs one hour and ten minutes without an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/balletboyz-six-lethargies-74777/", "official_url": "https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/balletboyz-six-lethargies/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f6be673583778842952655fa0bb2a244ee1016abdeef6831aa9fd76e208c29ad-600.webp"}, {"title": "Romeo & Juliet", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-24T00:00:00Z", "place": "London Coliseum", "address": "St Martin's Lane 32-35, WC2N 4ES London", "price": "GBP 30", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "48.00", "category": "dance", "tags": ["stage/ballet/classical-ballet"], "description": "Romeo & Juliet is a ballet reimagining of Shakespeare's famous tragedy about star-crossed lovers, created by Rudolf Nureyev in 1977 and revived for its 50th anniversary year. The English National Ballet Philharmonic perform Prokofiev's soaring score live, including the unforgettable Dance of the Knights. Set in Verona amid the violent feud between the Montagues and Capulets, it tells of the doomed love between Romeo and Juliet. With electrifying drama, a gorgeous score and jaw-dropping choreography, the production premiered at the London Coliseum, where it now returns.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/romeo-juliet-63438/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3b1f01a4204f10957d09e6c05998e59d0e246d49ce432b7b421c0095b39d30fe-600.webp"}, {"title": "Noises Off", "start": "2026-11-03T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-03-13T00:00:00Z", "place": "Theatre Royal Stratford East", "address": "Gerry Raffles Square, E15 1BN Stratford", "price": "GBP 10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy/farce"], "description": "Noises Off is a riotously funny farce about a theatre company desperately trying to keep its disastrous production on the road, while the real drama unfolds backstage: doors are slammed, lines are forgotten, and egos begin unravelling. Written by English playwright Michael Frayn in 1980, inspired by watching one of his own plays from the wings, it is a love letter to backstage chaos. This revival is directed by Stratford East Artistic Director Lisa Spirling and stars Tameka Empson and Paterson Joseph, opening Stratford East's highly anticipated 2027 season.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/noises-off-112057/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1bee2cc58421d99a95912c63c8eb9303026dec9b7a1ce7384132817425ae6343-600.webp"}, {"title": "An Inspector Calls", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-09-25T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Alexandra Palace", "address": "Alexandra Palace Way, N22 7AY London", "price": "GBP 86.50", "price_from": "22.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama/thriller"], "description": "An Inspector Calls is a classic drama by the English playwright J. B. Priestley, first performed in 1945 in the Soviet Union and in Britain during 1946. This staging is directed by Stephen Daldry, whose multi award-winning revival of Priestley's thriller returns for a strictly limited season. The story is set in April 1912, when the wealthy Birling family's engagement celebration is interrupted by Inspector Goole, whose investigations into the death of a young woman shake the foundations of their lives. The production has won more awards than any other, including three Oliviers and four Tonys, and has entertained more than four million theatregoers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/an-inspector-calls-63504/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6a993779809030a7a8877e9041c5231c921ff68c010ef8bb3eae5907820fb4f4-600.webp"}, {"title": "Manon", "start": "2026-11-07T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Opera House", "address": "Bow Street, WC2E 9DD London", "price": "£9 - £207", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "207.00", "category": "dance", "tags": ["stage/ballet"], "description": "Manon is a three-act ballet performed on the Main Stage of the Royal Opera House. Kenneth MacMillan choreographed this 1974 work for The Royal Ballet, set to music by Jules Massenet with designs by Nicholas Georgiadis. It tells of Manon, torn in 18th-century Paris between her love for the student Des Grieux and the tempting riches of Parisian society. The performance lasts approximately 2 hours 45 minutes including two intervals and is suitable for ages 14+.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/manon-38316/", "official_url": "https://www.rbo.org.uk/production/manon-kenneth-macmillan", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4df9b3a2cf082f181b884ca085d6e85f0bc175e565d470c4d635518b838e6c01-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Pianist", "start": "2026-11-07T15:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Park Theatre", "address": "Clifton Terrace, N4 3JP London", "price": "GBP 26", "price_from": "26.00", "price_to": "88.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "history/wwii"], "description": "The Pianist is a stage play receiving its world premiere, adapted from Wladyslaw Szpilman's internationally bestselling memoir of one of the twentieth century's most remarkable true stories. It is adapted and directed by Thom Southerland, with music by Szpilman himself heard on stage for the first time, in new orchestrations by Simon Lee. A cast of virtuoso actor-musicians conjures the golden age of Jewish Warsaw, its concert halls, candlelit cafés and irrepressible spirit. At its heart it is a love letter to culture and to the power of creativity to outlast history's most turbulent chapters.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-pianist-46125/", "official_url": "https://parktheatre.co.uk/events/the-pianist/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/654b72bd6bcd4e350d56b7da527a88c4ff77e22c0d39a3d4937180f70d946cab-2000.webp"}, {"title": "TWO PLAYS. ONE NIGHT.", "start": "2026-11-10T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T00:00:00Z", "place": "Union Theatre", "address": "Old Union Arches, 229 Union Street, SE1 0LR London", "price": "£17", "price_from": "17.00", "price_to": "17.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": [], "description": "Two Plays. One Night. is a double bill of two short plays presented in one evening by Actor's Instinct Studio Productions. In Jamie Davis's Beginners, directed by Richard Winsor, a small group of actors awaits the curtain on the most important night of their lives, told in real time. In Ben Stower's Natural Affairs, directed by Livia Sardão, guests, staff and resident ghosts of a rundown English B&B see their beliefs tested as secrets become scandals. Following a sold-out run at the King's Head Theatre, the evening brings together two stories about the hopes we cling to and the choices we make.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/two-plays-one-night-39970/", "official_url": "https://uniontheatre.biz/show/two-plays-one-night/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5baf4aa9fd9bc72e190263d89cc7471bce2d86eff624f1b407bf54ac3ff5414a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Binary lives - Where fate takes us", "start": "2026-11-06T21:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Cockpit Theatre", "address": "Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH London", "price": "Full price: £16.45 (Incl. booking fees)", "price_from": "16.45", "price_to": "16.45", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/physical-theatre"], "description": "A wordless duet in which two strangers, stuck waiting on a station bench for a train that never arrives, fill the empty hours with increasingly absurd games. It is produced and presented by Dis Equilibre and blends visual, poetic performance with physical theatre and contemporary circus, turning boredom into play and shared silence into an unexpected encounter. The show won the 'Best Direction' award at the Rome Fringe Festival, was selected for the Thessaloniki Fringe, and has been touring Italy for two years.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/binary-lives-where-fate-takes-us-39098/", "official_url": "https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/binary_lives_-_where_fate_takes_us", "image": "https://noky.io/images/91cc466c7e1d64deacbde3d4b07158d717e837640e5824c0c8df6c7d2164eafa-1200.webp"}]}