{"title": "The Afronauts", "start": "2026-11-16T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Court Theatre", "address": "Sloane Square, SW1W 8AS London", "price": "GBP 29", "price_from": "44.00", "price_to": "44.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "history"], "description": "The Afronauts is a play at the Royal Court Theatre about Zambia's defiant 1960s dream of joining the space race. Written by Sky Arts Award-winning playwright Ryan Calais Cameron as a world premiere, it tells the true(ish) story of the Zambian Space Program, in which a schoolteacher gathers a group of misfit dreamers and trains them for lift-off while the world's great powers set their sights on the moon. Lucian Msamati stars as Edward Nkoloso, the schoolteacher and freedom fighter behind Zambia's quixotic contribution to the Space Race.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-afronauts-46127/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1a70e00291e88b5c943166c025e08d66128907b5b6cace97ded339bec7fe347e-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-16T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Court Theatre", "address": "Sloane Square, SW1W 8AS London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "They Promised Her the Moon", "start": "2026-11-03T20:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T22:15:00Z", "place": "South London Theatre", "address": "Norwood High Street 2A, SE27 9NS London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "history"], "description": "A play telling the true story of Jerrie Cobb, one of the female pilots known as the Mercury 13 who were tested by NASA in the 1960s as astronauts but denied the chance to fly to space. 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Nadica is a driven young Macedon/Brit who stops at nothing to build an empire of lies, defying tech giants, Covid lockdowns and a crumbling economy. 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It tells the story of the unlikely but moving friendship between an enslaved woman and her former mistress. The play was written by Nigerian-born, internationally celebrated poet, playwright, and artist Inua Ellams, and is directed by Roy Alexander Weise. This Alfred Fagon Award-winning family drama explores freedom, faith, power, and the clash between personal and political worlds.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/once-upon-a-time-in-sokoto-63499/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/18faf6703062329bcbc34aee48fb236d47dc08f0103f952ca7b012765d27221c-600.webp"}, {"title": "La Distance", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-02-13T00:00:00Z", "place": "Young Vic", "address": "66 The Cut, SE1 8LZ London", "price": "GBP 25", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "science/astronomy"], "description": "La Distance is a play set in 2077, when Earth is breaking and part of humanity lives in exile on Mars. A father still on Earth struggles to maintain his relationship with his daughter, who is building a new life on Mars, as they attempt to build a dialogue through very long-distance calls. It is an intimate, inventive play by Portuguese playwright and director Tiago Rodrigues, current director of the Festival d'Avignon, where it was first performed, exploring separation, hope and the bond between parent and child within a collapsing world. Original cast members Alison Dechamps and Adama Diop reprise their roles as father and daughter.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/la-distance-63386/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/17e7659591cddc3c7f1e66a66d0d883adbae838ac47fa63a58d027619c0ddf2f-600.webp"}, {"title": "Off-Key", "start": "2026-11-12T14:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Theatre Peckham", "address": "Havil Street 221, SE5 7SB London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "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. 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The Royal Court has spent seventy years championing playwrights, from the premiere of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger to launching writers such as Caryl Churchill, Sarah Kane and Martin McDonagh.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/an-evening-with-the-royal-court-theatre-76447/", "official_url": "https://www.bookbaruk.com/event-details/an-evening-with-the-royal-court-theatre", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4dc5b0081e7a033310e7a1b485b4f7823d0f556933965db3911b2a305e0af21e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Bridge", "start": "2026-11-09T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Bush Theatre", "address": "Uxbridge Road 7, London", "price": "GBP 13", "price_from": "13.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/play", "comedy/stand-up", "history/colonialism"], "description": "The Bridge is a play at the Bush Theatre, performed and co-written by Palestinian actor and comedian Alaa Shehada. It follows Alaa as he carries a leaking container of olive oil from his mother's home in Jenin to his aunt in Amman, crossing the bridge in the Jordan Valley, the only way Palestinians in the West Bank may leave or return. It mixes storytelling, stand-up and physical comedy, directed and co-written by Sam Beale, telling a human tale of family, connection, hope and joy against the impacts of colonialism and the broken promises of the British in Palestine.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-bridge-46132/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/215be5d94dd3f3c1555e54f5090243502e3d2d1183b0f45213115756cf7ba885-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Round Lights", "start": "2026-11-17T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-28T00:00:00Z", "place": "Brockley Jack Theatre", "address": "Brockley Road, SE4 2DH London", "price": "£17, £15 conc", "price_from": "17.00", "price_to": "17.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/play"], "description": "Round Lights is a play about a journalist visiting American pilots at a French airfield in December 1944, whose stories of unearthly lights and close encounters turn his trip into an otherworldly vigil. Based on true events, it follows the ordinary and extraordinary people whose job became documenting phenomena that remain unexplained to this day. The production is written and directed by Joe Edgar and presented by Sosij Productions, an award-nominated theatre company founded on a shared desire to make the kind of show you'd want to watch twice. The cast includes Tom Canavan, Alex Crook, Charlie Collinson, Josh Penrose and Chris Williams.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/round-lights-35135/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3dfef3dba07406f6e4e5bba03af17f4da3d2b49867751f3e97773412ddc85342-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Girls", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Young Vic", "address": "66 The Cut, SE1 8LZ London", "price": "GBP 26", "price_from": "26.00", "price_to": "26.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "Girls is an award-winning play performed at the Young Vic in London. Ewa Dina, winner of the 2026 JMK Award, makes her Young Vic debut directing Theresa Ikoko's play, about the 2014 kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian girls by the extremist group Boko Haram. Best friends Tisana, Haleema, and Ruha must rely on each other to survive, while fear and religious differences strain their friendship and hope for escape. Based on horrifying true events, it is a powerful story of friendship, survival, and the impossible choices we're faced with.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/girls-63385/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/be696a14d6f1fbd31e42caf227f4129951e8f69029932842e4429828ebe32211-600.webp"}, {"title": "Home Song", "start": "2026-10-02T10:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T13:30:00Z", "place": "Unicorn Theatre", "address": "Tooley Street 147, SE1 2HZ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["stage/musical"], "description": "Home Song is an interactive musical for babies aged 6 to 18 months, a multi-sensory show about young Adwoa and her mum on a journey to find the true meaning of home, from the streets of Kumasi to the heart of London. It is written, directed and composed by theatre-maker and composer Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong, and produced by the Unicorn Theatre, originally commissioned with Talawa Theatre Company. The show features puppetry, interactive soundscapes and a cappella singing, and returns after a sold-out run last year. Adults and babies sit on the floor, with babies encouraged to play and explore under adult supervision.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/home-song-39957/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4c92ca04bc0acf5ecab10a1a749e2a29f1f99a1969b71f6572d92dca29071a9a-2000.webp"}]}