{"title": "The Briar Patch", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-06-26T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Royal Court Theatre", "address": "Sloane Square, SW1W 8AS London", "price": "GBP 10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "\"The Briar Patch\" is a theatre show running at the Royal Court Theatre in London, with Juliet Stevenson starring. 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The question is whether she can find her zen — which seems unlikely.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jen-brister-61656/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bdfd6dc8bd2e7133930d6ca6dd34014bc514ea0de30d00a9bc2fa71fd2e72ffc-600.webp"}, {"title": "The Apology", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-04-24T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Royal Court Theatre", "address": "Sloane Square, SW1W 8AS London", "price": "GBP 10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "\"The Apology\" is a theatre show at the Royal Court Theatre, starring Tobias Menzies. 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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": "Jen Brister: Reactive", "start": "2026-11-11T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Soho Theatre", "address": "Dean Street 21, W1D 3NE London", "price": "From £26", "price_from": "26.00", "price_to": null, "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/stand-up"], "description": "A stand-up comedy show by British comedian Jen Brister, running 105 minutes and recommended for ages 18 and over. Titled 'Reactive', it follows Jen as she finds herself constantly exasperated by the state of the world and the people around her, having been told she needs to chill out and find her zen. She is a critically acclaimed comedian and writer, seen on BBC shows such as Live at the Apollo, Frankie Boyle's New World Order, QI and Mock the Week. The Guardian has called her 'furiously funny'.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jen-brister-reactive-38674/", "official_url": "https://sohotheatre.com/events/jen-brister-reactive/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/05e5279287e8d382887ec83e6d04e61607429b2dd05d752271658231bff03e36-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Cherry Orchard", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Harold Pinter Theatre", "address": "Panton Street, SW1Y 4DN London", "price": "GBP 31", "price_from": "31.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre"], "description": "The Cherry Orchard is a stage play at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Anton Chekhov wrote it, and this new version is by Conor McPherson, directed by Ian Rickson, with Kristin Scott Thomas and Stephen Mangan among the cast. It tells of Lyubov Ranevskaya, who returns to her Russian family estate and finds it in financial trouble, with the beloved cherry orchard set to be sold unless something changes. The play follows the family facing this loss, mixing humour with heartbreak.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-cherry-orchard-46110/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c1775095deb439b9cd6542f91f169d4ff7df92b62f20e0d055358a20800c1022-2000.webp"}, {"title": "An Oak Tree", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Other Palace", "address": "Palace Street 12, SW1E 5JA London", "price": "GBP 44", "price_from": "44.00", "price_to": "44.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "An Oak Tree is a theatre show in which a father who has lost his daughter in a car accident meets the stage hypnotist who was driving, when the father volunteers for the hypnotist's act. It was written by Tim Crouch, who calls each performance live with a new co-star who sees the script for the first time on stage, with no rehearsal and no safety net. The show is presented by the Olivier Award-winning producers of Fleabag, Baby Reindeer and Weather Girl. Critics have praised it, with The Guardian calling it a play that illuminates the manipulation and the wonder of the way stories transform us.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/an-oak-tree-39521/", "official_url": "https://theotherpalace.co.uk/an-oak-tree/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/010ed328807d0544e1a2b2a0beed45590d52ef70f77223239e2225b9f545965d-600.webp"}, {"title": "Hamish Lloyd Barnes: Stage Presence (WIP)", "start": "2026-11-19T21:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Pleasance", "address": "Carpenters Mews, N7 9EF London", "price": "from £10.00", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/character-comedy"], "description": "A work-in-progress character comedy show at the Pleasance London Studio. It is by Hamish Lloyd Barnes, co-artistic director of the award-winning theatre company Spies Like Us and a Leicester Square Sketch Off finalist, directed by Ollie Norton-Smith. The show is a ghost story told by ghosts: the haunted Ableforth Theatre will be demolished tonight, but first it stages one hell of a show, featuring whispering curtains, pouting ghosts of leading men and musical theatre kids. The hour-long performance is for ages 14 and up and contains strong language.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hamish-lloyd-barnes-stage-presence-wip-63921/", "official_url": "https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/hamish-lloyd-barnes-stage-presence-wip", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ff9f07c92892683b5d063745e5eb588744ac9469615bc82fa88b4e49ee13c110-1200.webp"}, {"title": "We're Gonna Kill Billy", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-03-27T00:00:00Z", "place": "Royal Court Theatre", "address": "Sloane Square, SW1W 8AS London", "price": "GBP 10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "\"We're Gonna Kill Billy\" is a theatre show running at the Royal Court Theatre. The sources do not say who wrote it or what it is about beyond warnings that it contains depictions of kidnapping, violence and police brutality. It is open only to visitors aged 14 and over.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/were-gonna-kill-billy-129580/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8febb8519439fb2228925a4379976cf593b1bb7764ef448e8fc77dd2426109a2-600.webp"}, {"title": "Good Sex", "start": "2026-11-04T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T00:00:00Z", "place": "Battersea Arts Centre", "address": "SW11 5TN London", "price": "Pay What You Can (Recommended Price £25)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre"], "description": "Good Sex is a piece of theatre that asks how you have sex on stage. It comes from theatre makers Dead Centre with novelist and essayist Emilie Pine, and follows two strangers each night who perform a story of desire, betrayal and loneliness without having rehearsed together, guided by an Intimacy Director. Since premiering at Dublin Theatre Festival in 2022 it has toured Europe and New York, and now makes its UK premiere at Battersea Arts Centre. The Wednesday performance features Jack Gleeson and Phia Saban.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/good-sex-73825/", "official_url": "https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/good-sex/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b5e4d98ab18e72912cc2ecf8c3ce55e557af40466d9da48ade733d08480ab262-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Autumn Season: Jekyll and Hyde by Evan Placey after Robert Louis Stevenson", "start": "2026-11-09T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T00:00:00Z", "place": "Rose Bruford College", "address": "Burnt Oak Lane, DA15 9DF Sidcup", "price": "", "price_from": "2.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama/gothic"], "description": "A stage performance at The Barn Theatre of Rose Bruford College, running in the college's Autumn Season. It is Evan Placey's adaptation of Jekyll & Hyde, reimagining Robert Louis Stevenson's classic Gothic thriller for a modern audience, directed by Maisie Newman and performed by BA Acting and Actor Musicianship students. After Dr Jekyll's mysterious death, his widow Harriet searches for answers as rumours spread about the elusive Hyde, in a story blending Victorian London with today's digital world that explores identity, power and the suppression of who people really are.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/autumn-season-jekyll-and-hyde-by-evan-placey-after-robert-lo-64925/", "official_url": "https://www.bruford.ac.uk/event/jekyll-and-hyde/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b7ecc6ea2e9c115f2c9c9d8167194abb80aef27c4f3df3f69900a3bb6af32e96-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Cloud 9", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Theatre", "address": "", "price": "GBP 32", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "78.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "Cloud 9 is a stage play performed at the National Theatre's South Bank home in London. What happens when identity, power and desire collide across time? Caryl Churchill's daring classic is reimagined by Dominic Cooke in a bold new production. The production plays at the Lyttelton Theatre.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/cloud-9-37297/", "official_url": "https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/cloud-9/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/328d2c68e7590618af75ad43e0c2c8648c33060835b27b0e17869ac4c4c00328-600.webp"}, {"title": "Lear", "start": "2026-11-18T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Yard Theatre, Hackney Wick", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/shakespeare"], "description": "Lear is a new stage adaptation of King Lear at the Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick, London. It stars Ian McKellen, who returns to the stage with the reopening season of the theatre, and co-stars Taylor Russell as Cordelia. The adaptation is by playwright Simon Stephens and Yard boss Jay Miller, with contributions from McKellen himself, and weaves in his life and thoughts.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lear-49656/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ca80d2dd0e449a1681c22a0076ca95fc40cc954a16f68c3e278dd4cebf808f54-2000.webp"}, {"title": "A Local Song for Local People | Kate Butch", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Bloomsbury Theatre", "address": "Gordon Street 15, WC1H 0AH London", "price": "£27, £26 concessions", "price_from": "27.00", "price_to": "27.00", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/kabarett"], "description": "A live comedy-cabaret show by drag performer Kate Butch, presented by Gag Reflex, based on the location-specific songs she performed during her 2026 UK and Ireland tour. Accompanied by Jordan Paul Clarke and a live band, she sings reworked local favourites in new ways while recording a live album for release in 2027. The show runs about two hours and twenty minutes with an interval and is recommended for ages 15 and over, with under-18s accompanied by an adult.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-local-song-for-local-people-kate-butch-35002/", "official_url": "https://www.bloomsburytheatre.com/event/2026/11/local-song-local-people-kate-butch", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7b7b0c8c635b1e8c57adf9025460a403e16c01ec3d9fdf4d1acf4ddf3e7b14e1-2000.webp"}]}