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It was written by original Mischief team members Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, the Olivier Award-winners behind The Play That Goes Wrong. The ill-fated Cornley Amateur Drama Society stages Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, but hilarious problems with miscommunications, delays, missing actors and a fight over the lead role destroy the much-loved story of Ebeneezer Scrooge. 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It follows Will, the professional entertainer, booked every weekend and guided by his '10 commandments', whose rulebook is thrown out the window when his boss makes him train an opinionated newbie. Loosely based on real experiences, it features Australian daddies, assertive agents and bubbles, in a sharp queer comedy about an expiring entertainer trying to age gracefully. 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It is presented by Love Camden as part of Camden Council's Black History Season 2026, and joining Mr Cee on the bill are Josephine Lacey, Diesel, Selam Amare and Slim, the People's Champion: five distinct voices and plenty of feel-good moments. 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Directed by Michael Grandage, who returns to the National Theatre after more than 15 years, it stars Emma Corrin as Catharine and Harriet Walter as Violet. Wealthy widow Violet Venable will do anything to protect her late son Sebastian's reputation, even silencing her niece Catharine, whose recollection of the events of Sebastian's death the summer past is entirely different. The sharp and brutal haunting story about family, trauma, and truth will have you on the edge of your seat throughout the performance.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/suddenly-last-summer-63471/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5935ab2175f373f6cc22804b3c8b3e7b3d9bf15a500980de184ed6f4897d19a8-600.webp"}, {"title": "Oliver!", "start": "2026-10-30T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Gielgud Theatre", "address": "Shaftesbury Avenue 35, W1D 6AR London", "price": "from £20", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "99.50", "tickets_url": "https://buytickets.delfontmackintosh.co.uk/tickets/series/GIEOLI", "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. 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When their mother meets an untimely demise, the siblings must figure out which parts of their reality to keep and which to break. Writer Thomas Kirby won the WriteForTheStage Prize for New Writing for this play at the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival in 2022, and this production is fully restaged for its London debut by director Olivia Cole.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mother-there-art-thou-60511/", "official_url": "https://www.etceteratheatrecamden.com/events/mother-there-art-thou", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5e9d41d630e09bd0bc935dab3ad987494f71ec03afba8e0f1327c9ab223759c8-2000.webp"}, {"title": "DOLLY", "start": "2026-10-20T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "place": "Omnibus", "address": "Clapham Common North Side 1, SW4 0QW London", "price": "TIER 1 - £25 Standard / £23 Concession; TIER 2 - £20 Standard / £18 Concession; £10 PREVIEWS", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "society/law"], "description": "\"DOLLY\" is a gripping new play blending razor-sharp comedy with devastating truth, weaving fiction with fact. Stand-up comic Dolly has never thought much about the criminal justice system, but after one night she is attacked and places her trust in the system to catch the man who did it, no one listens. It is developed and written by Charlotte Ashton through the Royal Court Writers' Groups, directed by Anthony Biggs, and produced by PlayGC Theatre Company, with award-winning Jessica Clark playing Dolly. 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Written by Natasha Gordon and directed by Amit Sharma, it is a brand new production of her critically acclaimed debut play celebrating the humour and hardships of grief. When Gloria passes, her family gathers for the traditional Jamaican Nine Night, and that means the whole family. As more and more mourners gather bringing rum and curry and complaints, tensions build, and the family must face some uncomfortable truths.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/nine-night-36783/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/71277085fe5d28a179e1f750c704f16247b473d324d6fed65ed946b6ba75e5ef-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Sluts Die First!", "start": "2026-10-30T21:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T22:00:00Z", "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://events.humanitix.com/sluts-die-first", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/sketch", "film/horror"], "description": "'Sluts Die First!' is a brand-new hour of sketch comedy debuting at the Camden Horror Fest, in which an all-female ensemble is out for blood. Serious Billy Productions, founded by sister writing duo Alice and Lucy Walder and joined by longtime collaborators Zoe Monforte and Rosie Wood, presents characters spanning from accused witches of the 1600s to today's true-crime-obsessed girlies, promising classic horror homage with a sickeningly modern twist. Directed by Anna Roberts, the show follows their sold-out sketch show 'Love You, Bye!' at the Camden Fringe (2025) and their comedy play 'I'd Like a Job Please' at the Edinburgh Fringe (2024).", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/sluts-die-first-60510/", "official_url": "https://www.etceteratheatrecamden.com/events/sluts-die-first", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8a9ce47d5bfaedb0c94eb0fe5a8905210829841d1ad6e3f8790cdc36a823e599-2000.webp"}]}