{"title": "The Man Who Thought He Was A Baboon", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "Drayton Arms Theatre", "address": "Old Brompton Road 153", "price": "", "price_from": "13.00", "price_to": "13.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.thedraytonarmstheatre.co.uk/tickets/baboon-2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy"], "description": "A theatre show at a small studio theatre above a pub in London, running as part of GrimFest 2026 at the Drayton Arms Theatre. It tells of Hugo, who lives a quiet life with his wife, Summer, until one event changes everything: an inheritance. 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Director Gianpiero, an eccentric 'artistic genius' and alleged descendant of Julius Caesar, decides to transform the disaster into his greatest masterpiece, casting Mateo as a werewolf and Roxana as a swan while manipulating them in front of a live audience. The result is an unhinged collision of Argentine tango, conspiracies and theatrical madness, with the director bowing while the actors call an ambulance. Voila! Theatre Festival and The Playground Theatre present the show, created by artists including Agata Nielsen, Erwin Janke, Mateusz Mirek and Maddy Miron, with Krystian Godlewski as consulting director, lasting 60 minutes with no interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-swan-the-werewolf-and-gianpiero-65858/", "official_url": "https://www.theplaygroundtheatre.org.uk/projects/theswanthewolfandgiawerenpiero", "image": "https://noky.io/images/be73cdbda9d281fd5a5e1710d386c4b17e5e9c77621dc11121daf6f03c0bc3a0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Derren Brown: Only Human", "start": "2026-10-10T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-01-30T19:30:00Z", "place": "Apollo Theatre", "address": "Shaftesbury Avenue 31, W1D 7EZ London", "price": "GBP 25–42.50", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "42.50", "tickets_url": "https://ticketing.nimaxtheatres.com/shop/tickets/series/APDER02M", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/magic"], "description": "Derren Brown: Only Human is a live stage show by Derren Brown at the Apollo Theatre in London's West End, following a sold-out UK and Ireland tour. The multi-award-winning showman, who wrote the show with Stephen Long and Andrew O'Connor, combines mind-reading, psychological illusion and storytelling. Only Human explores what it means to be human, looking at our perceptions, beliefs and the fragile line between reality and illusion. Directed by Andrew O'Connor, the production runs for about 2 hours 25 minutes including one interval and is recommended for ages 12 and over.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/derren-brown-only-human-37385/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/32d99f6bf46105e9df7f52d17288566340709b5f9c703f40c683201c771eace3-2000.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. 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Smart, unsettling, and wildly entertaining, it is theatre at its most compelling.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/derren-brown-only-human-69948/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d463ad3fefacdb5e3a14d1a8f0f7abbbbdad3f03705bfbfa943de84f01643d97-1200.webp"}, {"title": "An Oak Tree", "start": "2026-10-07T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Other Palace", "address": "Palace Street 12, SW1E 5JA London", "price": "GBP 44", "price_from": "44.00", "price_to": "44.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/oak-tree-tickets", "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": "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. 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Comedy legend Stewart Lee appears alongside Marty Gleeson, winner of the 2026 Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer, Chloe Petts of Channel 4's Taskmaster, and acclaimed comics Alexandra Haddow and Elliot Steel. The night is hosted by Matt Green, an experienced stand-up comedian and MC, with James Gill, acclaimed host of Always Be Comedy, keeping things on track. Every ticket helps SOS work with conservation partners and communities in Indonesia to protect orangutans, forests and biodiversity in Sumatra.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-buffoonery-60919/", "official_url": "https://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/show/the-buffoonery/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ccb324c0656c55a49c57f98b57c3534791e7d8c6eea98e4f23aa419f4aa5bf1a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "A Homo Alone 2: Yikes, We Did It Again!", "start": "2026-10-26T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-03T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Other Palace", "address": "Palace Street 12, SW1E 5JA London", "price": "£28 – £38", "price_from": "28.00", "price_to": "38.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/a-homo-alone-2-yikes-we-did-it-again-tickets", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["comedy/parody", "stage/musical"], "description": "A Homo Alone 2: Yikes, We Did It Again! is an upbeat, filthy-fun musical parody running at The Other Palace in the Studio. Written by Jodie Prenger and Neil Hurst and directed by Laura Checkley, it is produced by The Other Palace and follows the smash hit Homo Alone. Camp Kevin, unsupervised once more and armed with his dad's credit card, finds himself lost in New York City, the gayest place on Earth, dodging a couple of burglars, a Rocky Horror-esque hotel manager and a Trump cameo nobody asked for. The cast includes Thomas John Stocks as Kevin alongside Jermaine Woods, Charlotte Dixon and Jenny Bede, with a running time of 2 hours and an age recommendation of 16+.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-homo-alone-2-yikes-we-did-it-again-39524/", "official_url": "https://theotherpalace.co.uk/a-homo-alone-2-yikes-we-did-it-again/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b86178a6d7f63af2e4d9cc5a9f814ee5c86fc686644a7e03799a37b171a9bff4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", "start": "2026-10-14T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Boston Manor", "address": "Boston Manor Road, TW8 9JX Brentford", "price": "£13.50 – £19", "price_from": "13.50", "price_to": "19.00", "tickets_url": "https://theartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/the-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "literature/classics"], "description": "A gothic theatre piece staged inside Boston Manor House, running as an intimate thriller for ages 11 and up. The Arts Centre Hounslow presents Jack Fairey's new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic. In London in 1886, Dr Henry Jekyll hosts a dinner while two brutal crimes point to the mysterious Edward Hyde, and as the evening unfolds his respectable world begins to fracture.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-35026/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fea32b37b9d0cd12f3120dbc2f2221ca342a9da0dc0da64e98c54b238149ef46-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time", "start": "2026-11-10T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "New Wimbledon Theatre", "address": "The Broadway 93, SW19 1QG London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.atgtickets.com/shows/the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time/new-wimbledon-theatre/", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama/mystery"], "description": "A staging of the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at New Wimbledon Theatre. The theatre's own announcements describe it as a thrilling mystery, with a sneak peek inside rehearsals shared ahead of its arrival. It runs in the second week of November.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time-37345/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/050f5f8d1782e27f07ff0adaf008b1255f355b783275fa68404164c46c1e8af0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Keep Calm and Bring Back the Cricket! (VOILA! Festival)", "start": "2026-11-03T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-03T16:00:00Z", "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "price": "£12.50", "price_from": "12.50", "price_to": "12.50", "tickets_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/keep-calm-and-bring-back-the-cricket/", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy/absurd-comedy", "sport/cricket"], "description": "A 45-minute absurd solo comedy playing as part of the VOILA! Festival. When World War III erupts under bizarre circumstances and the Cricket World Cup is cancelled, British couch potato Woodrow MacGuffin sets out to bring the cricket back. Propelled out of his Anglophone comfort zone, he navigates a world of languages and cultures he doesn't understand, racing against the clock across the globe as the war rages on. Recommended for ages 12 and over.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/keep-calm-and-bring-back-the-cricket-voila-festival-60517/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/keep-calm-and-bring-back-the-cricket/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3cbbc45b0d8de5674439a9321652faf297f68682ec944dacc16acd2e9ea30d06-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Town Mouse & The Country Mouse", "start": "2026-10-24T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Puppet Theatre Barge", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["stage/puppetry"], "description": "A puppet show for children aged 3 to 7, based on the classic tale of The Town Mouse & The Country Mouse. It is staged by the Puppet Theatre Barge, whose programme presents it at Little Venice, running from October 24th to November 15th.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-town-mouse-the-country-mouse-42632/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5cf78fb488d1c1a64ddf72fc39959ece1850d0f023f9f63ace7ced59f30cd673-1200.webp"}, {"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"}, {"title": "Pleasing Terrors: MR James Festival", "start": "2026-11-08T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Drayton Arms Theatre", "address": "Old Brompton Road 153", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["literature/ghost-stories"], "description": "Pleasing Terrors: MR James Festival is a festival at the Drayton Arms Theatre. The theatre's programme page presents it under that title, with an image labelled \"symposium undead beach\". No further details about who is behind it or what it involves are given on the pages that list it.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/pleasing-terrors-mr-james-festival-35650/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8a44de204573031824abd30a7f31b277ae8e3a2d51cd0afe123dd7a23cfa4b41-600.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"}, {"title": "Signal-Man & Trial performed by James Swanton Halloween 2026", "start": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Charles Dickens Museum", "address": "Doughty Street 48-49, WC1N 2LX London", "price": "From £25", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://dickensmuseum.digitickets.co.uk/event-tickets/81275", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/horror", "literature/classics"], "description": "A live one-man performance of two Charles Dickens ghost stories, 'The Signal-Man' and 'The Trial for Murder', staged in a room of the Charles Dickens Museum like a gathering in Dickens's own drawing room. Actor James Swanton, known for screen and BBC horror roles, tells the tales, which follow a railway signal-man haunted by a warning figure and a man tormented by a murdered enemy's spectre. The horror writer Ramsey Campbell called the double bill an unforgettable experience. The performance lasts 60 minutes and is recommended for ages 12 and up.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/signal-man-trial-performed-by-james-swanton-halloween-2026-35243/", "official_url": "https://dickensmuseum.com/blogs/all-events/signal-man-trial-performed-by-james-swanton-halloween-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/caf17ca2c05715588b81c7699569f2b54932f1f75b95e282409e08f025423c66-1200.webp"}]}