{"title": "Off-Key", "start": "2026-11-12T14:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-16T00:00:00Z", "place": "Theatre Peckham", "address": "Havil Street 221, SE5 7SB London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://theatrepeckham.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173694521", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama/coming-of-age"], "description": "Off-Key is a coming-of-age drama about Black girlhood, ambition and friendship, set at a Birmingham grammar school where best friends Sabrin and Ruqqiyah are free-falling to their futures. It is staged by Side eYe, the award-winning collective behind Dugsi Dayz (2022) and Desperate Times (2023), which stages stories by Black Muslim women and their allies. Written by Fatima Ali Omar and directed by Neetu Singh, it features Salma Muse as Ruqqaiyah and Mannan Guled as Sabrin. 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Through intimate storytelling, movement and music, it explores forms of resistance, struggle and survival that have shaped generations, with stories of friendship, family and community at its heart. The work reflects on the strength carried within Black older bodies and the histories they hold, honouring voices that have too often gone unheard. Bold, moving and deeply human, it is a celebration of endurance, memory and collective care.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-weight-of-standing-69596/", "official_url": "https://www.broadwaytheatre.org.uk/events/the-weight-of-standing", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b28e7b626949218210950801f1b0893b66d480e9adfac6f5b48980033b1e2db4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Some Woman", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Dorfman - National Theatre", "address": "National Theatre, Upper Ground, SE1 9PX Ground South Bank, London", "price": "GBP 71", "price_from": "71.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/some-woman-tickets/2026/10/28/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "\"Some Woman\" is a provocative new play at the Dorfman - National Theatre about an ordinary woman who takes a stand against a system determined to oppress her. 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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. 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