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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. 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It was written by original Mischief team members Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, the Olivier Award-winners behind The Play That Goes Wrong. The ill-fated Cornley Amateur Drama Society stages Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, but hilarious problems with miscommunications, delays, missing actors and a fight over the lead role destroy the much-loved story of Ebeneezer Scrooge. 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The continuing drama turns spooky as audiences find out what happens to the favourite Pengeites after the explosion of the Bleak House pub at the end of Season Two, what becomes of Scarlett Morden, whether Tony's heart holds up, and what secrets lurk beneath the streets of Penge.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/penge-west-halloween-special-35083/", "official_url": "https://thebridgehousetheatre.co.uk/shows/penge-west-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4999a0a340a68fdf777324133552c78d3c78b4929327d5871517f0a454ac318e-1200.webp"}, {"title": "A Christmas Carol - Old Vic", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-09T00:00:00Z", "place": "Old Vic Theatre", "address": "103 The Cut, SE1 8NB London", "price": "GBP 60", "price_from": "60.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/a-christmas-carol-old-vic-tickets/2026/11/12/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama/classic-drama", "occasion/christmas"], "description": "A Christmas Carol is a stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic Christmas ghost story, staged as an immersive theatrical experience at the Old Vic Theatre. Matthew Warchus directs the production, adapted for the stage by Jack Thorne, with Giles Terera playing the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge. Now in its tenth consecutive year, the show follows Scrooge on a ghostly journey through time with the spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Future in Victorian London. 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Director Caroline Steinbeis and translator Rory Mullarkey, who together made the 2025 production of Three Sisters, reunite for this timeless story of ambition and desire, inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet. On a rural estate, the lives of four people intersect: the middlebrow writer Boris Trigorin, the ingenue Nina, the washed-up actress Irina Arkadina, and her son Konstantin Treplev, a brooding experimental playwright. 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Written and directed by Ben Woodthorpe, it is set in March 1889, four months after the Ripper's reign of terror, when a mutilated woman is found beneath Fenchurch Street Station and the question is whether Jack has returned. As students of social reformer Henrietta Barnett at Toynbee Hall, the audience helps the police investigation, examining the victim's belongings, studying police reports and interviewing witnesses to find the killer. The two-hour performance with an interval also features a virtual reality crime scene.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/keepsake-of-a-killer-39967/", "official_url": "https://uniontheatre.biz/show/keepsake-of-a-killer/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c34a1d0259494d4a90adbf08873456ca953d845e496562bd8844c16ec2a61e08-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Southbury Child", "start": "2026-11-07T19:45:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre", "address": "Beech Walk, DA1 4NP Crayford", "price": "", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.thegwt.org.uk/your-visit/", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy-drama"], "description": "The Southbury Child is a darkly funny and moving stage play about grief, faith, family and the rituals that shape our lives. Written by Stephen Beresford, it follows David Highland, a raffish and frequently drunk vicar who has held onto his remote coastal parish through charm and determination. When his faith compels him to take a stand with a bereaved parishioner, he finds himself isolated, with his family, his place in the town and his certainties all at risk. 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Written by Levi Holloway and directed by Felix Barrett, visionary Artistic Director of Punchdrunk and the international hit Sleep No More, it is based on the films first written and directed by Oren Peli and brought to screen by Blumhouse and Solana Films, and produced in association with Paramount Pictures. James and Lou move from Chicago to London to escape their past, but they soon discover that places aren't haunted, people are. 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Ben Stower's Natural Affairs, directed by Livia Sardão, follows the guests, staff and resident ghosts of a rundown English B&B as secrets become scandals and beliefs are tested. The evening runs 80 minutes with an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/two-plays-one-night-39970/", "official_url": "https://uniontheatre.biz/show/two-plays-one-night/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5baf4aa9fd9bc72e190263d89cc7471bce2d86eff624f1b407bf54ac3ff5414a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "THE DINNYWICK", "start": "2026-11-01T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Union Theatre", "address": "Old Union Yard Arches", "price": "£13.50", "price_from": "13.50", "price_to": "13.50", "tickets_url": "https://uniontheatre.savoysystems.co.uk/UnionTheatre.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_836.TcsWebTab_837", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/horror"], "description": "THE DINNYWICK is a folk horror stage play written by David Jones, presented by Metalore. 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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"}, {"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"}]}