{"title": "The Pelicot Trial", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-30T00:00:00Z", "place": "London County Hall", "address": "Belvedere Road, SE1 7PB London", "price": "GBP 10", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/london-county-hall", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/documentary-theatre", "society/feminism"], "description": "The Pelicot Trial is a one-off piece of documentary theatre staged at London County Hall. Created by Milo Rau and Servane Dècle, it explores the true events of Gisele Pelicot's rape trial, drawing on trial testimonies, police files, social commentary and psychiatric reports of the 51 men prosecuted. A company of 30 actors and public figures performs it, including Alfred Enoch, Juliet Stevenson, Adjoa Andoh and Rosie O'Donnell. The play is a tribute to a woman whose bravery sparked a global reckoning with sexual violence.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-pelicot-trial-63518/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6a320a53b26af2ddd0e475f7e7df1e5b6b0833e138ea0c6ed76911a8b61f4bc2-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-30T00:00:00Z", "place": "London County Hall", "address": "Belvedere Road, SE1 7PB London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Gorgon Syndrome", "start": "2026-11-06T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T16:00:00Z", "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "price": "", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/gorgon-syndrome/", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/violence-against-women", "stage/physical-theatre"], "description": "'Gorgon Syndrome' is a piece of physical theatre blending ritual, original music and sign language, part of the VOILA! 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It runs at the Etcetera Theatre at 265 Camden High Street.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/gorgon-syndrome-voila-festival-60524/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/gorgon-syndrome/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9634f0d4deb05bc0a6de7c62232d05bd8abebbd7dab1ec149527f4a77f8a2527-1200.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", "tickets_url": "https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/room-13/#book-by-time", "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": "DOLLY", "start": "2026-10-20T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "place": "Omnibus", "address": "Clapham Common North Side 1, SW4 0QW London", "price": "TIER 1 - £25 Standard / £23 Concession; TIER 2 - £20 Standard / £18 Concession; £10 PREVIEWS", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "society/law"], "description": "\"DOLLY\" is a gripping new play blending razor-sharp comedy with devastating truth, weaving fiction with fact. Stand-up comic Dolly has never thought much about the criminal justice system, but after one night she is attacked and places her trust in the system to catch the man who did it, no one listens. It is developed and written by Charlotte Ashton through the Royal Court Writers' Groups, directed by Anthony Biggs, and produced by PlayGC Theatre Company, with award-winning Jessica Clark playing Dolly. Urgent and timely, the play asks what happens to women in the absence of justice.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dolly-41782/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1479feed8a97a1bf451f492e9a540ef57a16e96b7723c858e2ad5ee230ec7acb-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Devour", "start": "2026-11-08T20:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T21:00:00Z", "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "price": "£14", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/devour/", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/stand-up", "society/sex-work"], "description": "Devour is a comedy theatre show by Lady Wentworth, part of the VOILA! Festival. In it she mixes personal experience with mischievous storytelling, taking a bold feminist look at the realities of sex work and the social norms we are taught to swallow. Inspired by Nigella Lawson and served with innuendo, whipped cream and a latex-clad gimp, it stirs the pot on desire and dismantles stigma around fetish and kink. The show lasts 55 minutes and is for audiences aged 18 and over, with content warnings for adult themes and references to domestic abuse.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/devour-60526/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/devour/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9634f0d4deb05bc0a6de7c62232d05bd8abebbd7dab1ec149527f4a77f8a2527-1200.webp"}, {"title": "House of Shame (VOILA! 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Expect cringy memories, ass-shaking and slutty nuns, with references to alcohol, sex and sexual abuse; recommended for ages 16+.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/house-of-shame-voila-festival-60521/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/house-of-shame/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3646fc40002ce4cdb47f6706ec2293371f6a6b0f1f51c5e6c449b9c5d3196cde-2000.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": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/the-young-vic", "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": "The Voice of Butterflies", "start": "2026-11-04T17:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T18:00:00Z", "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "price": "£15", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/the-voice-of-butterflies/", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "society/violence-against-women"], "description": "The Voice of Butterflies is an artivistic performance originally created to commemorate the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, running as part of the VOILA! Festival at the Etcetera Theatre on Camden High Street. Created by the company Hilanderas, directed by Stephanie Prieto and performed by Stephanie Prieto and Esmeralda Sears, it draws an analogy between butterflies' lack of a physical voice and how trauma silences parts of the human body. The narrative follows a woman and her therapist on a regressive journey into childhood to uncover a secret held within the flesh, triggering a metamorphosis in which other women listen to the protagonist within the sound of her silence. After the 45-minute performance, offered in Latin American Spanish with English surtitles for ages 14 and over, Hilanderas hosts a Q&A and a Roy Hart-based workshop.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-voice-of-butterflies-60519/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/the-voice-of-butterflies/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0e53b6b5efb173a3ed6ab8b18e3bd1a35a7ec13e53e468e751ee3a3fd1318a0a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "OVERFLOOD (VOILA! 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The show is in English and non-verbal, is recommended for ages 12 and up, and carries warnings for mentions of violence, reference to guns, and loud noises including sirens.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/overflood-voila-festival-60528/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/overflood/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8273de4aad53bffe0771a0de9d7215cbc9e006720387d14b0d278f2bf709072b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope", "start": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Picturehouse Central", "address": "Great Windmill Street, W1D 7DH London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy"], "description": "National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope is a filming of a play, shown live on stage at the National Theatre. Indhu Rubasingham directs Martin Crimp's razor-sharp reimagining of Molière's classic dark comedy, starring award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) in the title role, alongside Paul Chahidi, Tom Mison and Abigail Cruttenden. Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the carefully constructed lies of modern society, but the more she challenges those around her, the fiercer the backlash becomes. Soon she must confront the price of speaking her truth in a world that would rather silence her.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/national-theatre-live-the-misanthrope-37848/", "official_url": "https://pcm.picturehouses.com/movie-details/030/HO00018166/national-theatre-live-the-misanthrope", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ceeda67395dc722c5c42065dabcd2a922478ef9de160009a3e5fd666bee07126-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Love vs Fear and My Mother's Prayers", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Cockpit Theatre", "address": "Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH London", "price": "£16.45", "price_from": "16.45", "price_to": "16.45", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.thecockpit.org.uk/sales/shows/voila-festival-2026/love-vs-fear-and-my-mothers-pr", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/immersive-theatre"], "description": "An immersive one-woman play in which your smartphone becomes part of the show. Written by Bunmi Aworanti, directed by Estelle Uba and performed by Samantha Kanu, it is produced and presented by Mudhut IO as part of the Voila! Theatre Festival. It follows Kike, a woman in her mid-20s navigating modern dating and family expectations while her mum prays hard for a husband to appear. The audience makes decisions about her love life, spots red flags and competes in games, exploring romantic love, family approval and cultural expectations.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/love-vs-fear-and-my-mothers-prayers-39100/", "official_url": "https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/love_vs_fear_and_my_mothers_prayers", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9140b4599bd8610668339eb535f9407d9f79f9bfe3ed7e8bdf4b91ed311e59ac-1200.webp"}, {"title": "John Proctor Is the Villain", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-04-24T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Wyndham's Theatre", "address": "32-36 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0DA London", "price": "GBP 24", "price_from": "24.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/john-proctor-is-the-villain-tickets/2027/02/02/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "society/feminism"], "description": "A bitingly funny and urgent play that revisits Arthur Miller's The Crucible through five high school girls in small-town Georgia who study the classic while navigating sexual politics and gender inequality. It was written by Kimberly Belflower, a Tony Award-nominated work, and is directed by Tony Award-winner Danya Taymor. After a sold-out Broadway run, the production brings the Salem Witch Trials to the modern age in a witty story about feminine rage. The running time is 1hr 45min with no interval, and the show is suitable for ages 12 and over.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/john-proctor-is-the-villain-63426/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f70e049ec3ee2929d60a46a95b75492d11ca6342d718742c695ae4f74e708d38-600.webp"}, {"title": "2026: The Banality of Evil: Hannah Arendt, France 1940", "start": "2026-10-08T19:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T18:30:00Z", "place": "Arcola Theatre", "address": "Ashwin Street 24, E8 3DL London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/listings/7674", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama/historical-drama", "history/holocaust"], "description": "A world premiere play, 'THE BANALITY OF EVIL: HANNAH ARENDT, FRANCE, 1940', written and directed by Julia Pascal, presented by Arcola Theatre and Pascal Theatre Company. It follows Hannah Arendt, artist Charlotte Salomon and teenage Communist Eva Daube, three Jewish women interned in 1940 at Camp Gurs, the largest French internment camp near the Spanish border, from their arrest to their escape. Drawing on testimony, archival research and Arendt's own interviews, and weaving cabaret, physical theatre, satire and Brechtian theatricality, it uncovers the little-known story of thousands of refugees fleeing Hitler who were interned by the French state. The cast is led by Mai Weisz as Hannah Arendt, alongside Anna Eckhard as Charlotte Salomon and Ariella Barnett as Eva Daube, with Pat Dynowska as Trude, Helen Goldwyn as Agathe and Anja Fahlenkamp as musical composition & arrangement/ensemble.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/2026-the-banality-of-evil-hannah-arendt-france-1940-59988/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/30d6dd73c0956cb0fa15d0477009377c0385baa1242fc1548d8154af16be02a4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-09-19T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "London County Hall", "address": "Belvedere Road, SE1 7PB London", "price": "GBP 20", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "123.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/witness-for-the-prosecution-by-agatha-christie-tickets/2026/10/28/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre"], "description": "Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution is a gripping courtroom drama performed in the immersive setting of London County Hall, whose octagonal chamber and galleries create a courtroom-like atmosphere. The story follows Leonard Vole, arrested for the murder of his wealthy older lover Emily French, whose wife Romaine testifies for the prosecution as part of a complex plan, with shocking twists right up to the final verdict. The tale began as a short story published in 1925 and reached book form in 1933. Jury seat members can take part in deciding Vole's fate, and the production is recommended for ages 10 and above.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/witness-for-the-prosecution-by-agatha-christie-63517/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b13b3d96ceeb187e00394c857e21bde69cdd8fe04e33ce21854cadb5b742323d-600.webp"}, {"title": "The Seat of Me (VOILA! 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Recommended for ages 14 and up, it lasts 50 minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-seat-of-me-voila-festival-60525/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/86aa3f85a863dfe9c2b5ec0840a61e69c0e2f4cdd9e5826757fb5bbffbd76910-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Some Woman", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "National Theatre", "address": "", "price": "GBP 71", "price_from": "71.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/some-woman-tickets/2026/10/28/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "\"Some Woman\" is a provocative new play at the Dorfman - National Theatre about an ordinary woman who takes a stand against a system determined to oppress her. It was written by Helen Edmundson and directed by Blanche McIntyre, with Anne-Marie Duff starring as Julie Robson, a woman constantly overlooked at work and at home. When an encounter on a station platform goes wrong and all eyes turn to Julie, something shifts and she feels compelled to make a stand. This world premiere is a thoughtful, demanding story about what it means to be overlooked and what happens when you refuse to remain quiet.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/some-woman-63509/", "official_url": "https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/some-woman/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/549797ae42a06bc79a6925fafcce658652f318271d8ee521c4be1a877f6fb790-600.webp"}]}