{"title": "The Ugly One", "start": "2026-11-17T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-19T18:30:00Z", "place": "Arcola Theatre", "address": "Ashwin Street 24, E8 3DL London", "price": "GBP 15–25", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "25.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy-drama"], "description": "A theatre production at the Arcola Theatre: Marius von Mayenburg's razor-sharp satire about beauty, identity and self-love, directed by Ramin Gray twenty years after its premiere at the Royal Court.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-ugly-one-34735/", "official_url": "", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-17T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-19T18:30:00Z", "place": "Arcola Theatre", "address": "Ashwin Street 24, E8 3DL London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "One Man's Land", "start": "2026-11-16T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-16T20:00:00Z", "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/dark-comedy"], "description": "One Man's Land is a dark comedy play about petty neighbours turning violent, told by one woman playing ten characters in one hour. 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Written by Ben Everett Riley, who also performs as Will, it is presented by BeWry Productions and directed by Ryan Graham Hinds. Will is a booked-out professional who sticks to his \"10 commandments\", until his boss makes him train a gorgeous twinky newbie and his firm routine starts to wobble. 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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! 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Written in a blend of colloquial Scots and English, it tackles how communities treat survivors of assault, complicity, and female friendship.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hame-teeth-club-65433/", "official_url": "https://theatre503.com/whats-on/hame-teeth-club/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/baa3fc6b19f18f931157b581fc0d9e036c29ff6e58bfd01f57dd9a91b30c13f9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope", "start": "2026-11-09T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Picturehouse Central", "address": "Great Windmill Street, W1D 7DH London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "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": "Off-Key", "start": "2026-11-12T14:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Theatre Peckham", "address": "Havil Street 221, SE5 7SB London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama/coming-of-age"], "description": "Off-Key is a coming-of-age drama about Black girlhood, ambition and friendship, set at a Birmingham grammar school where best friends Sabrin and Ruqqiyah are free-falling to their futures. 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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": "Double Bill: tell me straight & aggy", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "King's Head", "address": "Upper Street 115, N1 1QN London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "society/queer"], "description": "A double bill of two critically acclaimed queer plays, 'tell me straight' and 'aggy', performed in the Main House. Both are written by Paul Bradshaw, presented by SH Productions and telling tales, and follow a critically acclaimed run at the Park Theatre. 'tell me straight' is a fast-paced, semi-autobiographical coming-of-adulthood play about a man whose hookups are all straight, who sets out on a 30-day detox of no booze, no fast food and no men. 'aggy' is a bold one-act play about privilege, gender, race and creativity, following couple Lawrence and Mahlik as a fabricated alter ego for Lawrence's art brings uncomfortable truths to the surface.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/double-bill-tell-me-straight-aggy-43414/", "official_url": "https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/double-bill-tell-me-straight-and-aggy-t8hc", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ed022b5775129499d5df9e41f5eff795ce0c57f310cb2776c278d7f69e2894b1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Three Creative Legends: One Actor", "start": "2026-11-10T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T19:30:00Z", "place": "Bridge House Theatre", "address": "High Street 2, SE20 8RZ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["literature/biography", "stage/solo-show"], "description": "A repertory theatre season in which writer and performer Mark Farrelly brings together, for the first time, his three acclaimed solo portraits of major creative figures: Quentin Crisp, Derek Jarman and Patrick Hamilton. Each evening is a one-man show, directed by Linda Marlowe or Sarah-Louise Young, celebrating the lives and courage of these artists.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/three-creative-legends-one-actor-35085/", "official_url": "https://thebridgehousetheatre.co.uk/shows/three-creative-legends-one-actor/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5e856756aaa98454dd0cec57a4b9a39bc29916218d5fe63ef4b128c3269a65c4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Marlo", "start": "2026-11-14T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Space", "address": "Westferry Road 269, E14 3RS London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["art/media-art/video-art", "stage/theatre/absurd"], "description": "\"Marlo\" is an absurdist theatre and video installation piece in which a young woman stuck in her patterns ferociously debates with her future self, seeking a way forward. Writer Tilda Forss and director Meeri Aro created it, performed by Hille Auvinen and Luca Singelnstein, with video installations by Alberto Löfman Arranz and Tilda Forss. It is produced by Tilda Forss and Krisu Mäki. Marlo navigates long distance love, gender identity, exercise addiction and sudden grief in a living room where her past and future selves meet.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/marlo-65911/", "official_url": "https://space.org.uk/event/marlo/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/246b11eef3f5250915d8c5449715e802a31fd168507d8a7f2aefb883539624ab-1200.webp"}]}