{"title": "Nayab Midha: Rajkumari", "start": "2026-11-21T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Soho Theatre", "address": "Dean Street 21, W1D 3NE London", "price": "From £24", "price_from": "24.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word"], "description": "Nayab Midha: Rajkumari is a spoken word poetry and storytelling show, described as India's highest-selling spoken word poetry show. It is presented by Beacon Live at Soho Theatre Walthamstow and performed in Hindi. The show challenges the narratives people were raised on, from fairy tales to fiction, asking what if the stories we grew up with were never meant for us. It promises an emotional, thought-provoking experience of laughter, happy tears and unlearning, inviting the audience to find their own unique perspective instead of living someone else's story.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/nayab-midha-rajkumari-38676/", "official_url": "https://sohotheatre.com/events/nayab-midha-rajkumari/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2608885d658364642af91c288b84d89d188724ea9070e79283b9f926cd20c94b-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-21T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Soho Theatre", "address": "Dean Street 21, W1D 3NE London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Jawdance", "start": "2026-05-20T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-25T00:00:00Z", "place": "Ovalhouse Theatre", "address": "Kennington Oval 52-54, SE11 5SW London", "price": "£15", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word"], "description": "Jawdance is a performance poetry night featuring honest and real storytelling, a resident DJ, and an open mic with typically ten slots for anyone to take the stage. It is presented by Apples and Snakes, a national organisation that has championed performance poetry for over forty years and puts artists first. The night welcomes everyone, from first-timers to seasoned performers, in a warm and welcoming poetry community. Performances include writers such as Amina Jama, Akila Richards, and Roger Robinson, with a collaboration with Flipped Eye Publishing.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jawdance-37686/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4e8c882c2f06ca6b9e53397b74a7809d04e582745eb0d95100cad1b298cd0aad-600.webp"}, {"title": "Poetry Evening: BBPC's Open Mic at The Nunnery", "start": "2026-11-20T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-20T20:00:00Z", "place": "Bow Road & Nunnery Gallery, 181-183 Bow Road, London, London, E3 2SJ, United Kingdom", "address": "", "price": "£5.00", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "A multilingual poetry open mic evening at Nunnery Café, where anyone can read a favourite poem in any language or join as audience. It is hosted by Eeshita Azad of the British Bilingual Poetry Collective (BBPC), an East London group of poets and poetry lovers. The event celebrates the colourful heritage of the local community through multilingual poetry, with presenters having up to four minutes each. No prior experience is needed, just a desire to share poetry.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/poetry-evening-bbpcs-open-mic-at-the-nunnery-35048/", "official_url": "https://bowarts.org/event/bbpcs-open-mic-at-the-nunnery-november/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dcff1872202002e6bdbe3c2e11b9714eb7cc8b4f505eddd9287579c3588cb2f1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Re-Enchant: November", "start": "2026-11-15T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Cockpit Theatre", "address": "Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH London", "price": "£12 full price, £10 concessions (including booking fees)", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word"], "description": "Re-Enchant: November is a live literature evening of readings, recitations and incantations, with open mic slots. It is produced and presented by The Cockpit, curated and introduced by Nick Moss in collaboration with the venue, under the banner 'Poetic Experiments For A New World'. It features Gale Burns reading from his new book As It Must, Luigi Coppola, and Nadia Larina, a spoken-word artist who dissects human identity and the distortions society imposes on our inner worlds.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/re-enchant-november-39105/", "official_url": "https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/re-enchant_november_0", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3f90e804ad5d1d92d338a50abda93dae1d483083f9b094e4c13e0ff46a63c5e6-600.webp"}, {"title": "A Night with the Madpo3t: showcasing 'Po3tryVent: Before I Self Destruct'", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "SOAS University of London", "address": "10 Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG London", "price": "", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "30.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word", "society/mental-health"], "description": "A 90-minute live performance event titled 'A Night with the Madpo3t: showcasing Po3tryVent: Before I Self Destruct'. Acclaimed creator Madpo3t presents his latest work, Po3tryVent: Before I Self Destruct, a kinetic exploration of survival, mental architecture, and turning chaos into art through high-energy, unfiltered spoken word. A live Q&A on the realities of the creative process follows.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-night-with-the-madpo3t-showcasing-po3tryvent-before-i-self-43670/", "official_url": "https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/night-madpo3t-showcasing-po3tryvent-i-self-destruct", "image": "https://noky.io/images/221f583bc312da52872f92aba2620d1d55ac8d11853b8a880d52f00a87d123c9-600.webp"}, {"title": "Legends and Folktales: Celebrating Diwali", "start": "2026-11-09T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Nehru Centre", "address": "South Audley Street 8, W1K 1HF London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word/storytelling", "occasion/diwali"], "description": "An enchanting storytelling session that brings the rich tapestry of Indian culture to life through captivating legends and folktales. As Diwali, the festival of lights, is celebrated, families are invited to gather and immerse themselves in timeless stories that illuminate the spirit of this joyous occasion. It is led by Usha Venkatraman, an award-winning storyteller, TEDx speaker, educationist, author, classical vocalist, puppeteer, and radio show host whose stories intersect Indian myths, folklore, feminism, and music. She is the founder of Mumbai Storytellers Society and festival director of Mumbai International Storytelling Festival.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/legends-and-folktales-celebrating-diwali-113499/", "official_url": "https://www.nehrucentre.org.uk/events/storytelling-legends-and-folktales-celebrating-diwali/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a5a4184f3120c1e1d99eb24c6355f9e1952510f03ce3ff541ab73db5fd49f92d-600.webp"}, {"title": "Picador Poetry Presents...", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T23:00:00Z", "place": "Bàrd Books", "address": "Roman Road 341-343, E3 5QR London", "price": "", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word"], "description": "Picador Poetry Presents... is a night of performance and spoken word. It is presented by Picador Poetry and hosted at Bàrd Books, a bookshop on Roman Road in Bow. The evening offers live performance and spoken word from its guests.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/picador-poetry-presents-41020/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4658f0807c708b8b073a9bbb5869e942d8ed5401a2e667613c44fce0b974a0aa-600.webp"}, {"title": "Unhomed/Unravelled Shephali Frost – Poetry & Song", "start": "2026-11-14T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Hundred Years Gallery", "address": "Pearson Street 13, E2 8JD London", "price": "£13", "price_from": "13.00", "price_to": "13.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["music/world/sufi", "literature/poetry"], "description": "An evening of poetry and song called \"Unhomed/Unravelled\" brings modern English poetry together with South-Asian songs and improvised music under the theme of Memory, Migration & Home. It features Shephali Frost, a bilingual poet in Hindi and English and singer of Sufi and Urdu songs, with Mark Hewins on electric guitar and synthesizer, Adrian Northover on soprano saxophone and Ansuman Biswas on fusion percussion. Hewins has toured with Lou Reed and the Bob Geldof band, Northover performs on the London and international improv and jazz scene, and Biswas draws on jazz, Indian classical and experimental music and has worked with the National Theatre, Royal Ballet and English National Opera.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/unhomedunravelled-shephali-frost-poetry-song-36577/", "official_url": "http://hundredyearsgallery.co.uk/music-poetry-unhomed-unravelled/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9142d91a73e7ffd2219698a92e689246c11aba8f3668cb6962954182362cdea7-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Aayushi + Ray Vincent-Mills + Hannah Lou Clark", "start": "2026-11-11T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Paper Dress Vintage", "address": "352a Mare Street, E8 1HR London", "price": "", "price_from": "14.04", "price_to": "14.04", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/folk/singer-songwriter"], "description": "A live music night at Paper Dress Vintage, the venue's bar and events space on Mare Street in London. The line-up was handpicked by Aayushi, a Birmingham-based folk singer-songwriter who writes strikingly tender songs blending poetry with vocals drawn from her Indian heritage, and has drawn nearly 10 million streams. She is joined by Ray Vincent-Mills, a Birmingham-based poet and performer whose work explores his identities as a BLACK, trans and queer artist through imagery that is abstract yet sharp. Hannah Lou Clark appears as Special Guest, with praise from NME, Guy Garvey, Steve Lamacq and Line of Best Fit.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/aayushi-ray-vincent-mills-hannah-lou-clark-61645/", "official_url": "https://paperdressvintage.co.uk/?p=18526", "image": "https://noky.io/images/89779fc7869450aa649c71b1b30646092fa0864ff262dcd3a75cee936ff8a035-600.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": "Artangel and Nitin Sawhney present L'esprit d'accord", "start": "2026-11-13T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-13T21:00:00Z", "place": "The Round Chapel", "address": "1D Glenarm Road, London, E5 0LY, United Kingdom", "price": "", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/experimental"], "description": "A one-evening music performance marking the launch of 'Earth Rising: Messages from the Pale Blue Dot' Volume II. Artangel presents Nitin Sawhney, who offers a new work unlike any he has created before, staged in Hackney's Round Chapel. He performs the title piece accompanied by Aref Durvesh, Eos Counsell, Shapla Salique, Ashwin Srinivasan, YVA and a string sextet, then develops the evening with improvised spoken word and further pieces from his catalogue. Seating is unreserved.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/artangel-and-nitin-sawhney-present-lesprit-daccord-47046/", "official_url": "https://www.roundchapel.org/listings/nitinsawhney/artangel/fri-13-nov/round-chapel/hackney", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8e9e3be08fe537926ca22ffeb9a5353317eb1e58b11075a6b66ebb0ef3ca8081-600.webp"}, {"title": "Poetry Open Mic Night in November", "start": "2026-11-18T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Old London Road cafe", "address": "Old London Road 52, KT2 6QF Kingston upon Thames", "price": "FREE", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word"], "description": "Poetry Open Mic Night in November is an evening of spoken word at Old London Road Café, with rhythm, rhyme and raw expression on an open stage. The café invites both experienced poets and those simply scribbling lines in a notebook to take a turn at the mic. Spots can be reserved by message or email, or you can arrive early and register on the night. The intimate setting offers soft lights, welcoming seats and a wide range of drinks, from coffee to something a little stronger, and admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/poetry-open-mic-night-in-november-50327/", "official_url": "https://olrcafe.co.uk/event/poetry-open-mic-night-in-november/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4ed8ec1f529d1e0e2e60cea7699c65b85133b061e4a283db02149671052b523c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Twist: Live Storytelling", "start": "2026-11-13T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Corner Corner", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "13.00", "price_to": "13.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word/storytelling"], "description": "The Twist: Live Storytelling is a live storytelling night founded in London, hosting intimate monthly shows with storytellers, writers, comedians and all kinds of people. Real stories told by extraordinary people bring together folks of all ages and backgrounds to share, listen and laugh together. Stories can be funny, confessional, heartbreaking or uplifting, with no topic off-limits. Expect twists and turns, and every story is 100% true.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-twist-live-storytelling-60355/", "official_url": "https://cornercorner.com/whats-on/the-twist-live-storytelling", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e0760ca016041ccd2ddf6d26962fe8176a512840ee7623cf744a6322944fa85c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Slideshow: In Color!", "start": "2026-11-15T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-15T20:00:00Z", "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/storytelling"], "description": "Slideshow: In Color! is a live show where storytellers, poets, comedians, musicians and more speak their truth with their own slides shown on the big screen to prove it. The Los Angeles underground hit has landed in London, praised by the Los Angeles Times for its shockingly honest stories as downright magical, uncomfortable, and anarchic. Recommended for ages 16 and over due to some language and adult content.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/slideshow-in-color-60534/", "official_url": "https://www.etceteratheatrecamden.com/events/slideshow-in-color2-fk6t6-rm9ya", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a74b4ba76997c89c3496854001c67f673807d223c5b85b03807c90233def4514-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Theatre in The Pound: November", "start": "2026-11-16T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Cockpit Theatre", "address": "Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH London", "price": "£1", "price_from": "1.00", "price_to": "1.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/new-writing"], "description": "Theatre in The Pound: November is a not-for-profit scratch night at which performers or groups try out 10-15 minutes of new work on stage. It is produced and presented by The Cockpit as part of Theatre Maker, with support from their backstage and tech crew. The November line-up includes I'M DAFT by Nikki Simon, War Crimes, Saladin's Saga by David AL-Fahmi, Defective Altruism by Alex Rowntree and Stark Raving by Beth Noonan-Roberts. For audiences it offers a cheap, fun night out with the chance to see new work and share thoughts directly with the performers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/theatre-in-the-pound-november-39128/", "official_url": "https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/theatre_in_the_pound_november_0", "image": "https://noky.io/images/838301e155dda2ab7e15eaf19524a1622a6a237f31376c4d238df2aaa34c21f1-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Family Shakespeare: Pyramus & Thisbe -...", "start": "2026-11-21T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Cockpit Theatre", "address": "Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH London", "price": "PWYC: £18, £15, £13 | Westminster Locals: £10 (includes booking fees)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["literature/classics"], "description": "Family Shakespeare: Pyramus & Thisbe - November is an interactive theatre show for children and grown-ups at The Cockpit Theatre. Produced and presented by The Cockpit in partnership with Hullabaloo, it features the Rude Mechanicals, who have been asked to perform a play at the Duke's wedding but have forgotten to write it. Recalling the tragic love story of Pyramus and Thisbe from A Midsummer Night's Dream, the audience helps finish the play by creating characters, songs, sound effects and dance moves. Each performance blends Shakespeare's original text with the audience's fresh ideas, so no two shows are the same.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/family-shakespeare-pyramus-thisbe-39107/", "official_url": "https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/family_shakespeare_pyramus_thisbe_-_november", "image": "https://noky.io/images/76bc43916cb726969f8e725764f46bb6c8e9897a8d23860903a50f8857e343b0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "So This Is What Happened", "start": "2026-09-11T19:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-04-02T19:00:00+01:00", "place": "Omnibus Clapham", "address": "Clapham Common North Side 1, SW4 0QW London", "price": "£13 Standard, £11 Concession", "price_from": "13.00", "price_to": "13.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word/storytelling"], "description": "SO, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED is a popular storytelling night where six people tell a true story from their lives. The evening invites the audience to laugh, cry and celebrate stories from the lives of real people. The event runs for two hours and is recommended for ages 14 and over.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/so-this-is-what-happened-63690/", "official_url": "https://www.omnibus-clapham.org/whatson/so%2C-this-is-what-happened", "image": "https://noky.io/images/eebaa5bd4c4fed72baa8b63f6644c4533b1ea1ec0026449171b42738a0c12025-1200.webp"}]}