{"title": "Peter Rugman is Mort Whimsey in The Animagical Museum of Delights - Work in Progress", "start": "2026-11-07T19:40:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Pleasance", "address": "Carpenters Mews, N7 9EF London", "price": "From £8.00", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "8.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.pleasance.co.uk/via/tickets/33%3A315748", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/stand-up"], "description": "A work-in-progress comedy show in which Peter Rugman plays Mort Whimsey, the defrosting mid-century mogul behind Whimsey Studios. Together with his cartoon sidekick Lucky the Possum, Mort defends his legacy, confronts past scandals and debunks suspicious accidents. It is a dark and hilarious one-man journey through capitalism, nostalgia and animagical delights. The show contains strong language and themes including death, suicide and corporate abuse, and is recommended for ages 16 and up.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/peter-rugman-is-mort-whimsey-in-the-animagical-museum-of-del-63936/", "official_url": "https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/peter-rugman-mort-whimsey-animagical-museum-delights-work-progress", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a7886a3c9e0b51b069ad85e959fecd28084a3e273c861e02db7914d04bdfb1ff-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-07T19:40:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Pleasance", "address": "Carpenters Mews, N7 9EF London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Museum", "start": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "place": "Mountview Academy", "address": "Peckham Hill Street 120, SE15 5JT London", "price": "£18 (standard); £13.50 (concessions); £12 (Southwark Presents Cardholder)", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.mountview.org.uk/shop/", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy", "art"], "description": "\"Museum\" is a comedy play staged at the Backstage Theatre. It was written by the American playwright Tina Howe and is directed by Alan Pearson, performed by Mountview's acting cohort. Set in a renowned art gallery on the final day of a major exhibition, it follows more than 50 characters as they encounter the artworks, exploring what art truly means in our lives. The production runs 90 minutes without an interval and is suitable for ages 13 and over.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/museum-46192/", "official_url": "https://www.mountview.org.uk/whats-on/show/museum/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a7217f5216657ad46da1bc14c09de606cc3d9657f1e7aa7808f27e8fdcc0a7fc-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Larger Than Life: Starring Wallace & Gromit, Shaun and More", "start": "2026-10-25T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-01-04T00:00:00Z", "place": "Lightroom", "address": "12, N1C 4DY London", "price": "Adults from £25; Students & Under 18s from £15; Under 3s go free in selected slots", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["film/animation"], "description": "Larger Than Life: Starring Wallace & Gromit, Shaun and More is a 50-minute looping immersive show at Lightroom, where state-of-the-art projection fills four 11-metre tall walls and the floor. It celebrates the 50th anniversary of the four-time Oscar-winning Aardman studio, telling how its legendary films and characters are built one tiny, hand-crafted move at a time. Visitors journey from the kitchen table where school friends Peter Lord and David Sproxton first experimented to the finished masterpieces, with iconic cinematic moments, archival treasures, new animation and a look behind the scenes at sets, props and an animator at work. Made in close collaboration with the Aardman production team and designed by Journey, it is suitable for ages 2 to 100.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/larger-than-life-starring-wallace-gromit-shaun-and-more-37020/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/81e8e707e94f4a97bd8772c798ae0912a0865bccc30cdda18b2c085436d1a52c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Magic: An Illustrated History", "start": "2026-11-07T15:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Battersea Arts Centre", "address": "SW11 5TN London", "price": "Pay What You Can (Recommended Price £15)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/a-mouthful-of-tongues/book/469096", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/magic"], "description": "Magic: An Illustrated History is a theatre show combining live vocals, puppetry and illusion to create a shifting, dreamlike narrative. Performer and musician Jim Dahl Presents an oblique history of magic, exploring the conflicting role of the magician as conjuror, raconteur and charlatan. The 50-minute performance is recommended for ages 16 and over and takes place in the venue's Members Library. Jim Dahl Presents is a performer and musician based in Wales whose practice is informed by folklore, music and the uncanny.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/magic-an-illustrated-history-73826/", "official_url": "https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/magic-an-illustrated-history/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3a5f3757b4ce3fccfbca9ea0e5e18e04172e635127df6987b7e791ea2d128237-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Guided Tours with Vadim Kosmos – Emeritus Director of the Museum", "start": "2026-11-04T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History", "address": "Mare Street 11, E8 4RP London", "price": "£12 including a glass of Devil's Botany Chocolate Absinthe Liqueur", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/absinthe-parlour/reservations/", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/magic-occult", "art"], "description": "A guided tour of the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History, held in person in the museum's tiny, claustrophobic basement. It is led by Vadim Kosmos, Emeritus Director of the Museum, and includes a glass of Devil's Botany Chocolate Absinthe Liqueur. Visitors see dodo bones, erotica from around the world, real fairies, mermaids, occult masterpieces by Austin Osman Spare, works by Leonora Carrington, voodoo fetishes, masks, taxidermy and the Cabinet of Monsters, among much more. This is an 18+ only event and proof of ID will be required due to the nature of the exhibits.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/guided-tours-with-vadim-kosmos-emeritus-director-of-the-muse-79100/", "official_url": "https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/exhibition/guided-tours-with-vadim-kosmos-emeritus-director-of-the-museum-55/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/35a9dfffbbf975b1abc74394b5df06d47dd99f0c9a2ca0b26b6ad0ef68e1b65a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Andrew Ryan: Honest Capacity", "start": "2026-10-29T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-02-13T00:00:00Z", "place": "Leicester Square Theatre", "address": "Leicester Place 6, WC2H 7BX London", "price": "From £20 (includes a £2 venue restoration levy)", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/visit-us/ticketsolve-protect/", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/stand-up"], "description": "Andrew Ryan: Honest Capacity is a stand-up comedy show at Leicester Square Theatre. Comedian Andrew Ryan, known as a host of the Q Radio Breakfast Show and from appearances on The Blame Game and Comedy Central Live, returns after a sell-out 2024 tour. In the show he tells tales of pet ownership, misreading rooms and his frustration with the world, claiming to be happy as a newlywed while making bewildering decisions. The show runs 1 hour 45 minutes including an interval and is strictly for ages 16 and over.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/andrew-ryan-honest-capacity-36972/", "official_url": "https://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/show/andrew-ryan-honest-capacity/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/39ddc9e69559c5d674a61f0ab2c2dda828a8edb23c3d0b8ed5d186a0bf189029-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Triumph of Death", "start": "2026-10-30T19:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Pleasance", "address": "Carpenters Mews, N7 9EF London", "price": "From £14.00", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.pleasance.co.uk/via/tickets/33%3A315243", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy/farce"], "description": "The Triumph of Death is a farce about the holy trinity of Art, Money and Death, a comedy awash with the blood of the innocent, featuring clowns, spooky puppets and musical numbers. It is created by Popsie Theatre. An activist group defaces a painting and calls on a museum to drop its dubious funders, but if you dig deep enough, they are all dubious. An aggressively people-pleasing Head of Development is pulled between a queer-adjacent nepo-baby artist and a conniving pharmaceutical heiress, until a brush with Death themself forces her to reconsider her ethical position.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-triumph-of-death-63908/", "official_url": "https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/triumph-death", "image": "https://noky.io/images/119e39784e13de391ff35df28d9e546d6d72329aaebf2ec3a626d3dfa22299aa-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Perpetuity (Work-in-Progress)", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Battersea Arts Centre", "address": "SW11 5TN London", "price": "Pay What You Can (Recommended Price £10), all orders subject to a £2 transaction fee", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/perpetuity-work-in-progress/book/469296", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/clowning"], "description": "Perpetuity (Work-in-Progress) is a solo theatre show by Shambles Ensemble, staged in the Members Bar of Battersea Arts Centre as part of the UNREAL festival. Created by the company and directed by Chris Yarnell, it fuses visual and physical storytelling, clowning, performance art and illusion to explore what it means to spend an eternity, what constitutes a soul, and how resilient the human spirit is. Inspired by Dorian Gray, lockdown and pot plants, the 60-minute show asks how you would spend forever and follows a life that is never quite finished. It is recommended for ages 14 and up and contains haze, flashing lights, sudden loud noises and themes of loss, death and suicide.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/perpetuity-work-in-progress-73832/", "official_url": "https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/perpetuity/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d1e93627a3b674fe2374f86bb3901b996fd63b0bc39ef68e33010d8035d27498-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Dark Fairy Tales From Around The World, with Viktor Wynd – LIVE", "start": "2026-11-09T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History", "address": "Mare Street 11, E8 4RP London", "price": "Early Bird £15, full price £20", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/absinthe-parlour/reservations/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fairy-tales"], "description": "An in-person storytelling evening at the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History, with tickets including a complimentary glass of Devil's Botany Absinthe. Master storyteller Viktor Wynd, proprietor of the museum, tells his favourite dark fairy tales from around the world — grim German tales, macabre stories from Borneo, giant octopuses and a buried moon from Papua New Guinea, or shapeshifting creatures from Wales. Be warned these are not the Ladybird or Disney versions and may not suit tender ears; only 30 tickets are available.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dark-fairy-tales-from-around-the-world-with-viktor-wynd-live-79102/", "official_url": "https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/exhibition/dark-fairy-tales-from-around-the-world-with-viktor-wynd-live-10/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8c804595c0a24ab94d1774578355d02bb4b6ba997db28f7f0a69ce1a76e1d05a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Pam Ann: There’s No Place Like First Class", "start": "2026-11-12T18:45:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Clapham Grand", "address": "Saint John's Hill 21-25, SW11 1TT London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pam-ann-theres-no-place-like-first-class-tickets-1989683050565", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/stand-up"], "description": "Pam Ann: There's No Place Like First Class is a one-night comedy show at the Clapham Grand. Pam Ann celebrates 30 years of flying with Wizard of Oz-inspired movie spoofs, starring herself as Dorothy with new costumes and in-flight musical madness. Her fully improvised style brings razor-sharp stand-up, airline satire, flight attendant roasts and crowd interaction that is never the same twice. A BSL interpreter will be present at the show.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/pam-ann-theres-no-place-like-first-class-73898/", "official_url": "https://claphamgrand.com/event/pam-ann-theres-no-place-like-first-class/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/32273554055e68fb6b8fda33d1669a0c60ab4c3a4c4e83163f5b54cc903ca5ac-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Penguin", "start": "2026-10-31T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St. Margaret's House", "address": "Old Ford Road 15-23, E2 9PJ London", "price": "£5 / £7 / £9", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "9.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.tickettailor.com/events/stmargaretshouse/2344201/select-date?ref=website_widget&show_event_filter=false", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["music/childrens-music", "stage/puppetry"], "description": "Penguin is a musical puppet show for children aged about 2 to 8 and their families, based on Polly Dunbar's award-winning picture book. It tells of Ben, who receives a penguin as a present; the penguin says nothing however hard Ben tries to entertain it, until a passing lion intervenes and Ben discovers something worth the wait. The show is made by Long Nose Puppets, who create colourful musical puppet shows full of surprises, with lively songs by Tom Gray of Gomez. It runs 40 minutes, with 15 minutes afterwards to meet the puppets.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/penguin-38817/", "official_url": "https://www.stmargaretshouse.org.uk/events/penguin", "image": "https://noky.io/images/87529d27174b86b37f59eebd0d5ab1819e655fa1e2975543355f572eae17c645-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Monkey", "start": "2026-11-05T21:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Pleasance", "address": "Carpenters Mews, N7 9EF London", "price": "From £15.00", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.pleasance.co.uk/via/tickets/33%3A315718", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/dark-comedy"], "description": "The Monkey is a theatre show about a man in a corporate waiting room whose job-interview anxiety takes the shape of an innocent-seeming monkey that terrorises the stage. It is made by Migraine Theatre Company and confronts the stigma of male fragility, exploring anxiety, societal expectations, depression and panic attacks through a comedic lens. The show contains loud music, live drums and strobe lights, and discusses sensitive topics including depictions of panic attacks. It runs at Pleasance London's Main House Cabaret and is suitable for ages 16 and over.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-monkey-63907/", "official_url": "https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/monkey", "image": "https://noky.io/images/69f1d6fa0206f2dfddd1f140f791f852915553e0a1187b8bb6691e3aed1fe03e-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Pam Ann: There’s No Place Like First Class", "start": "2026-11-12T18:45:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Clapham Grand", "address": "21-25 St John's Hill, London SW11 1TT, UK", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pam-ann-theres-no-place-like-first-class-tickets-1989683050565", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/stand-up"], "description": "Pam Ann: There's No Place Like First Class is a one-night-only comedy show at The Clapham Grand. Pam Ann marks 30 years of flying with Wizard of Oz-inspired movie spoofs, improvised stand-up, airline satire and flight attendant roasts, saying what cabin crew cannot. A BSL interpreter will be present at the show.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/pam-ann-theres-no-place-like-first-class-65487/", "official_url": "https://claphamgrand.com/event/pam-ann-theres-no-place-like-first-class/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/32273554055e68fb6b8fda33d1669a0c60ab4c3a4c4e83163f5b54cc903ca5ac-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Kay’s Gruesome Games: with Adam Kay and Henry Paker", "start": "2026-10-25T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Leicester Square Theatre", "address": "Leicester Place 6, WC2H 7BX London", "price": "From £23 (ticket prices include a £2 venue restoration levy)", "price_from": "23.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/visit-us/ticketsolve-protect/", "category": "quiz-games", "tags": ["games/quiz", "history/medical-history"], "description": "Kay’s Gruesome Games: with Adam Kay and Henry Paker is a stage quiz show at Leicester Square Theatre, described as the world's most queasy quiz. Writer Adam Kay and illustrator Henry Paker, the pair behind Kay's Anatomy, present blood-curdling brain-teasers, disgusting draw-alongs and grisly games about the revolting history of medicine, from dead moles strapped to heads to worms growing inside brains. It is for wretches aged 7 and over, and both creators sign books and meet fans after the show. It runs 1 hour without an interval, with tickets from £23 including a £2 venue restoration levy.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/kays-gruesome-games-with-adam-kay-and-henry-paker-36967/", "official_url": "https://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/show/kays-gruesome-games-with-adam-kay-and-henry-paker/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4682d96352fc1829b5bd1d6086cc3fe12b8882f196a868eef4dc6a7d098b830a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Garth Marenghi – This Bursted Earth", "start": "2026-10-31T21:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Leicester Square Theatre", "address": "Leicester Place 6, WC2H 7BX London", "price": "From £32 (including a £2 venue restoration levy)", "price_from": "32.00", "price_to": "32.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/visit-us/ticketsolve-protect/", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["literature/horror", "comedy"], "description": "This is a live stage show in which horror author Nick Steen's imagination bursts out of his brain and threatens to destroy the entirety of Stalkford. It features a sinister Black Steeple, eerie lights in the sky that are not a Catherine wheel, and a giant skeleton with a moustache. The show is the work of Garth Marenghi, self-described Horror Fiction's Grand Frightener and author of the Sunday Times-bestselling Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome and Garth Marenghi's Incarcerat. It offers three freshly rancid tales from This Bursted Earth, possibly the grand finale of a three-book trilogy.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/garth-marenghi-this-bursted-earth-49184/", "official_url": "https://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/show/garth-marenghi-this-bursted-earth/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/95fb2ef17fbaa8d479f49fe88399b5d455a581cc6c7c59f5b956007bb802bd2b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Lachlan Werner: Sleeper Hit (WIP)", "start": "2026-11-01T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Bill Murray", "address": "Queen's Head Street 39, N1 8NQ London", "price": "£8.54 + 96p booking fee", "price_from": "8.54", "price_to": "8.54", "tickets_url": "https://link.dice.fm/c2fac2bac16e", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy"], "description": "A work-in-progress comedy show billed as the world's first ventriloquial hypnotherapy session. It is performed by Lachlan Werner with Brew the Witch, a character who has lived inside his mind for 27 years. The hour features secrets, Punch and Judy love songs, magpies, clinically depressed frat bros, and a man called Ray. It is an 18+ event presented by Angel Comedy with unreserved seating.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lachlan-werner-sleeper-hit-wip-40894/", "official_url": "https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/event-detail/lachlan-werner-sleeper-hit-wip-sun-1st-nov-the-bill-murray-london-tickets-202611011900", "image": "https://noky.io/images/05778b13cc512b03bc70327aa83d5d531ec5b0921a895048e9cd4262ed97c1c1-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Scary Movies: Gigi and Crusty Play Literally Everybody", "start": "2026-10-30T21:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Pleasance", "address": "Carpenters Mews, N7 9EF London", "price": "From £15.00", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.pleasance.co.uk/via/tickets/33%3A315277", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/kabarett", "film/horror"], "description": "A cabaret show created by drag performers Gigi Zahir and Crusty. After four years of their sold-out Buffy the Vampire Slayer sing-along, they bring musical clown chaos featuring horror characters from Ghostface to Chucky. Expect parody songs, audience participation and sinister singalongs with strong language and strobe lighting.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/scary-movies-gigi-and-crusty-play-literally-everybody-63901/", "official_url": "https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/scary-movies-gigi-and-crusty-play-literally-everybody", "image": "https://noky.io/images/98841fea504888d71698f52b85d618d66c052fea0a04aa8eee6519980d0be28c-1200.webp"}]}