{"title": "The Conch", "start": "2026-11-04T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T20:30:00Z", "place": "South London Gallery", "address": "Peckham Road 65-67, SE5 8UH London", "price": "£10/£5 members & concessions", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["stage/performance-art"], "description": "The Conch is an event where artists share new work that is still in development, with the audience invited to respond after each presentation by sharing thoughts, questions and reflections. This edition brings together artists who explore domestic architectures not simply as backdrops, but as sites of labour and performance that can take on a life of their own. Georgina Hill performs a work on the overlooked history of cottage industries in Britain, Alia Hamaoui reworks behind-the-scenes footage from the whodunit crime film 8 Femmes, and Beatrice Vorster presents BOO!, a performance made with Yasmin Vardi that deconstructs the ghost-movie genre. 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It brings together two trailblazing performance artists, Marisa Carnesky and Jo Bannon, who discuss their respective practices and how each has explored magic within them. With questions from UNREAL curators Tom Cassani and Augusto Corrieri, the conversation touches on covert choreographies, hidden bodies, high rituals and Show Women. 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It presents the aftermath of a party that may have just ended or may never have begun, with a cargo net of balloons lowered and some escaped balloons strewn on the floor. Moving along a lightbox, Mayanja may pop some of the balloons with sharp implements. She conceived the piece in direct response to the exhibition's themes and brings her own stories of complaint into the gallery, rehearsing and reworking them in the space.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/party-done-performance-by-samra-mayanja-74130/", "official_url": "https://ica.art/exhibitions/autumn-knight-party-done", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ee6e3edce865f4e0850e10bd5daeded2b844308d0486356b76dfd4b358fd6298-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Elegy", "start": "2026-10-08T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-01-17T00:00:00Z", "place": "Ibraaz", "address": "Mortimer Street 93, W1W 7SS London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["society/violence-against-women", "stage/performance-art"], "description": "Elegy is a ritual performance and installation project by Gabrielle Goliath that gathers collective acts of mourning around lives and histories marked by violence, erasure and structural loss. Developed over more than a decade, it has been staged in Johannesburg, Cape Town, São Paulo, Paris, Amsterdam, Munich and beyond, and arrives in London following the cancellation of the South African Pavilion in Venice. Installed in the sonic chamber of Ibraaz's Minassa, voices and moving images immerse audiences in a space of mourning, kinship and collective care. Addressing rape culture and femicide in South Africa, the genocide of Ovaherero and Nama peoples in Namibia and the ongoing devastation of Palestinian life, it proposes mourning as a sustained practice of collective presence.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/elegy-36599/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bddd26bf2c80c57cde9f964f820a194720c5676bda6d23e076a328fea43bc74d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "CASA: Lines of Flight", "start": "2026-10-07T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Ovalhouse Theatre", "address": "Kennington Oval 52-54, SE11 5SW London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://brixtonhouse.co.uk/book-online/323857", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary"], "description": "CASA: Lines of Flight is a year-round multi-arts programme of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean art, whose final chapter 'Acts of Looking' runs at Brixton House this autumn. It was conceived and curated by Gabriela Román González, Head of Exhibitions and Programmes at CASA, a company founded in 2007 that places Latin American, Caribbean and diasporic arts at the heart of the UK's cultural conversation. Across exhibitions, art residencies, dance, performance and celebration, the programme attends to forms of knowledge that often remain at the margins, from relationships with landscapes, rituals and ancestral memory to practices of rest, grief, joy and collective celebration. On this day it opens with 'Keeping Things Whole', a private viewing of an exhibition presented by CASA and Not The Owners, bringing together the work of Aileen Gavonel, Lucia Pizzani, María Helena Toscano, Mena Guerrero and Sebastián Espejo.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/casa-lines-of-flight-37685/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5ee23c7c697bcc5c0250c980b98e26181e770a94900cc9320e2dbae33423fde1-600.webp"}, {"title": "Extra Second London", "start": "2026-10-31T18:45:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St. Margaret's House", "address": "Old Ford Road 15-23, E2 9PJ London", "price": "£4 (£5 for Open Mic + Guest)", "price_from": "4.00", "price_to": "5.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.tickettailor.com/events/stmargaretshouse/1432082/select-date", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word"], "description": "A cosy monthly evening of poetry, spoken word, music and discussion with open mic slots. Hosted by Kid Anansi and Julie G, it pairs performances with a discussion section that gives performers and audiences a space to reflect on writing and performing, welcoming everyone from newcomers to seasoned pros. The October theme is ALCHEMY.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/extra-second-london-38811/", "official_url": "https://www.stmargaretshouse.org.uk/events/extra-second-london", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bba057d21d53ce77888181cc3445b100438830ba4441c8eda3441b81cdb90301-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Enclosure: Jenkin van Zyl in conversation with Adam Alston", "start": "2026-10-29T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Somerset House", "address": "Strand, WC2R 1LA London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://my.somersethouse.org.uk/10904/10906", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/contemporary"], "description": "A free evening talk at Somerset House pairing a studio artist with an author for a public conversation. Artist Jenkin van Zyl, who works in film, sculpture and performance, joins Adam Alston, a theatre scholar at Goldsmiths, University of London. They discuss the ideas and processes behind van Zyl's new film and installation Enclosure, covering how technology can advance faster than meaning, maintenance as a form of denial, and systems outliving their usefulness. The event ends with an audience Q&A.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/enclosure-jenkin-van-zyl-in-conversation-with-adam-alston-38684/", "official_url": "https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/jenkin-van-zyl-enclosure-in-conversation", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a81b213f7cabc1381e1bfa57e0a3e6799e0f693521d25e0151e49e4ce287f677-600.webp"}, {"title": "Voices in the Room", "start": "2026-06-16T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-29T00:00:00Z", "place": "Foundling Museum", "address": "Brunswick Square 40, WC1N 1AZ London", "price": "Adult £14.50 (£13.50 online), Student (22+) £13 (£12 online), Reduced price £13 (£12 online), 21 & u", "price_from": "13.00", "price_to": "14.50", "tickets_url": "https://shop.foundlingmuseum.org.uk/products/general-admission", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary"], "description": "Voices in the Room is a display of three contemporary artworks recently acquired by the Foundling Museum. The works are by Rachel Kneebone, Tamsin van Essen and Grayson Perry, and are shown for the first time as part of the permanent Collection. They offer fresh perspectives on the Foundling story, exploring care for children, memory, identity and belonging. Among them is Rachel Kneebone's ceramic sculpture Through a Glass III, 2023 and Tamsin van Essen's Entangled Roots, 2023.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/voices-in-the-room-36164/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e5828ed1dd8369ed5e60eeb98b48f39445d5b19874f03a955099fc4cc24132ae-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Artist Talk: Gabriella Presnal", "start": "2026-10-29T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "arebyte Gallery", "address": "Botanic Square 7, E14 0LG London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-artist-residency-talk-gabriella-presnal-tickets-2003471978620?aff=oddtdtcreator&_gl=1*1caz9o2*_up*MQ..*_ga*MzQ4OTc5NTYuMTc5MjA4OTMzOQ..*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3OTIwODkzMzgkbzEkZzAkdDE3OTIwODkzMzgkajYwJGwwJGgw", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/contemporary"], "description": "An artist talk in which multidisciplinary artist Gabriella Presnal presents the practice and research developed during her month-long residency in London, followed by an audience Q&A after short introductions from the partner organisations. The residency, hosted by arebyte Digital Art Centre with mentors including Pita Arreola, Jussi Koitela, Sam Mercer and Tanya Boyarkina, is part of an exchange programme with M-Cult in Helsinki and the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland. Presnal has used photogrammetry to document the city's architecture and material culture, drawing on Situationist psychogeography to consider how agency is performed within the city. The residency is part of arebyte's 2026–2028 programme theme, REBOOT: Recoding Reality, exploring how artists can reimagine more equitable worlds.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/artist-talk-gabriella-presnal-34769/", "official_url": "https://www.arebyte.com/events/artist-residency-talk-gabriella-presnal", "image": "https://noky.io/images/39276b298b1494acbdef371afdeeaf5c7d7f48bc7cd83e7c802dc3f341a2d038-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Second Daughter: She Was Never One Body pt II", "start": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Eastway Baths", "address": "80 Eastway, E9 5JH London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eastwaybaths.co.uk/events#", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/media-art/film-video", "film/short-film"], "description": "An art exhibition with a short film screening, presented by Second Daughter at Eastway Baths. The works and films explore the body as a collective swarm, with pieces by Karolina Ursala Urbaniak, Keyannah Isaacs, Lottie Stephens, Holly Lou Jones, Eleanor Cox, Georgia Scholes and Kai Thaís, and films including Cailleach, Uproot, Dancing with Broken Feet, Choir of Catharsis and Know That As I Hex You, I Hug You. Film curation is by Lucy Chappell and artwork curation by Holly Lou Jones and Noda Lichen. Second Daughter celebrates dark cinema, art and performance exploring women's stories, made by anyone.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/second-daughter-she-was-never-one-body-pt-ii-60442/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b729ec8bc12fc075cd3fe063f334b03ee0f2cdcd811785077d4da46481f84c6c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Nicer Tuesdays: November", "start": "2026-11-03T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-03T21:00:00Z", "place": "EartH", "address": "Stoke Newington Road 11-17, N16 8BH London", "price": "", "price_from": "13.48", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://link.dice.fm/ld7bf9f0c2f3", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/design"], "description": "Nicer Tuesdays: November is an evening of talks by creatives, presented by It's Nice That and held in the EartH Theatre in Hackney. Speakers include Yinka Ilori, a multi-disciplinary artist and designer whose bold visual language draws on his British-Nigerian heritage; illustrator and designer DaRynci (aka Daryn Roongrawewan), who crafts ornamental icons and animations; and Simon Elvins and Roy Barker of London's independent creative and advertising company Wonderhood Studios, discussing their local Soho community work. The event takes place in partnership with Affinity and Cavalry by Canva, with drinks and snacks from sponsors El Rayo Tequila and Lovecorn when doors open. Doors open at 6pm and the talks begin around 7:15pm.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/nicer-tuesdays-november-35765/", "official_url": "https://earthackney.co.uk/events/nicer-tuesdays-november-3rd-nov-earth-london-tickets-g5v6v2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6960451af14c854d2298197d05b241f2e5c576370dd70de48cf1281269e23759-2000.webp"}, {"title": "In Concert: Exhibition in Barbican’s The Curve", "start": "2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-01-24T00:00:00Z", "place": "Barbican Centre (Cinema)", "address": "Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://onecitylondon.com/shop/", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/installation"], "description": "'In Concert' is a major new exhibition by Japanese artist Yuko Mohri taking over The Curve at the Barbican from October 2026. Through her multidisciplinary practice, Mohri stages dynamic installations in dialogue with spaces and their atmospheric conditions. Her multi-sensory commission features new works inviting visitors to reflect on the radical potential of permeability and repair. Shaped during a residency at the Barbican, it marks the 20th year of the venue commissioning artists for The Curve.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/in-concert-exhibition-in-barbicans-the-curve-37587/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1305ef5f3e5337c1db8fde0f6e46071b672c7dcd361c7d3c8677c90ae7d6d879-2000.webp"}, {"title": "KOKONA", "start": "2026-11-11T19:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Playground Theatre, Cafe and Bar", "address": "Latimer Industrial Estate 8, W10 6RQ London", "price": "General Admission £16; Concession | Senior over 60 £14; Access for All | Unemployed | Student £14", "price_from": "16.00", "price_to": "16.00", "tickets_url": "https://buytickets.at/theplaygroundtheatre/2278802", "category": "dance", "tags": ["stage/dance-theatre"], "description": "KOKONA is a dance theatre duet exploring ideas around body, identity and self-expression. 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It builds a world where bodies are detached from their materiality, imagining how we would experience different norms and constraints if we had not yet embodied them.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/kokona-65865/", "official_url": "https://www.theplaygroundtheatre.org.uk/projects/kokona", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5c3e68c836462188eb6ed12a51e4def5ea7f8121857251b1bd8572205e3a3d9e-1200.webp"}, {"title": "FOTD: Witch, Hag, Crone - breakfast conversation", "start": "2026-10-31T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Woodfield Pavilion", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.southlondonstorytelling.com/coming-up/witches-hags-and-crones-whats-in-a-name", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word"], "description": "A breakfast conversation over coffee and croissants with Prof. June Boyce-Tillman, held at The Woodfield Pavilion in London. It is a spoken word event, and attendance is free. 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At its heart is a film that assembles archival footage, text, song and new 16mm material drawn from the work of poets, writers, musicians and artists. These extracts form a collage of image and sound bringing together real and imagined scenes of feminist coalition and inheritance. The work invites visitors to consider what commitments they might make when forming relationships across the intimate and the political, and how such relationships might be rehearsed, reimagined and received anew.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/there-are-no-honest-poems-about-dead-women-jemma-desai-38682/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4b8e94453a18da6eeba0c809da012bbf390cb78ee8b3278374fa96a019addc15-600.webp"}, {"title": "Talk and draw: Celebrating Black History Month", "start": "2026-10-30T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Gallery", "address": "London", "price": "Free (booking required)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://my.nationalgallery.org.uk/13665/13666", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing", "society/identity"], "description": "An online talk and draw workshop marking Black History Month, hosted on Zoom. It is led by artist and Gallery Educator Joanna Conybeare together with Articulation alumnus Jacob Panchoo. Participants explore representations of Black and minority figures in the National Gallery's collection, reflecting on identity, visibility and lived experience, and respond creatively through relaxed drawing activities. No drawing experience is needed; the session lasts about an hour and is accompanied by live speech-to-text transcription.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/talk-and-draw-celebrating-black-history-month-49217/", "official_url": "https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/workshop-talk-and-draw-october-celebrating-black-history-month-30-10-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8161ecc473d4d5dfbf2907ca5a8ba57f8570484451a44a16df7bf7b029aadf1f-2000.webp"}]}