{"title": "The Weight Of Standing", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Broadway Theatre", "address": "Catford Road, SE6 4RU London", "price": "£10.00", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.broadwaytheatre.org.uk/events/a-place-at-my-table", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/black-culture/black-british", "stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "The Weight Of Standing is a world premiere theatre performance celebrating the lives, resilience and enduring legacy of Black older people in Britain. Through intimate storytelling, movement and music, it explores forms of resistance, struggle and survival that have shaped generations, with stories of friendship, family and community at its heart. The work reflects on the strength carried within Black older bodies and the histories they hold, honouring voices that have too often gone unheard. Bold, moving and deeply human, it is a celebration of endurance, memory and collective care.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-weight-of-standing-69596/", "official_url": "https://www.broadwaytheatre.org.uk/events/the-weight-of-standing", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b28e7b626949218210950801f1b0893b66d480e9adfac6f5b48980033b1e2db4-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Broadway Theatre", "address": "Catford Road, SE6 4RU London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Come Mek We Larf: A Comedy Night", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T22:00:00Z", "place": "Camden Town Hall", "address": "Judd Street, WC1H 9JE Camden", "price": "Pay What You Can, all proceeds to ACLT", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/come-mek-we-larf-tickets-2001592668553", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["society/black-culture/black-british", "comedy/stand-up"], "description": "Come Mek We Larf: A Comedy Night is an evening of stand-up comedy celebrating Black British humour, culture and community, hosted by Mr Cee in The Salon. 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An open mic hosted by BBC Radio 1Xtra Introducing's Theo Johnson gives nine artists the chance to perform live for BBC Introducing.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/new-black-british-sound-x-bbc-introducing-40095/", "official_url": "https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/RwGL37RqpD/new-black-british-sound-x-bbc-introducing-nov-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7220b15f5dda4434b888bc624ed4ba543164d9dc44e7abfb29095f4d110f713b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Black Is The Color Of My Voice", "start": "2026-07-12T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-01-18T00:00:00Z", "place": "Garrick Theatre", "address": "", "price": "GBP 38", "price_from": "38.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["music/jazz", "society/civil-rights", "stage/musical"], "description": "Black Is The Color Of My Voice is a play with live songs at the Garrick Theatre in London. 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Two London Irish Nigerian brothers, the poet and playwright Gabriel Gbadamosi and the retired storyteller David Gbadamosi, evoke the life of their older brother Storm, a gay black Irishman, and pay tribute to their younger brother Nick. Blending family memories and London lives with humour, tenderness and honesty, it is part memoir, part performance and part celebration of identity, belonging and bonds that endure across loss, with musicians The Quiery Brothers, Nessan and Eoin, with Gary Lilburn and friends.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/storm-an-irish-nigerian-family-story-41565/", "official_url": "https://irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/storm-an-irish-nigerian-family-story/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7252f457e1657c92c2d0e762b559c5591eb34a07693dcc27b753c4bb9e49c1a3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Lightstreams", "start": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T00:00:00Z", "place": "Theatre503", "address": "The 503Studio, Moat Street, Nine Elms, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://theatre503.com/whats-on/", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "society/migration"], "description": "Lightstreams is a stage play about a migrant couple, Maurice and Hermia, who have made their home in the UK. Written by Mary Mazzilli and directed by Richard Bland, it follows care worker Maurice as he is torn between the residents of an elderly care home and his own family when a global crisis forces him to live there full-time. Developed through interviews with migrant health and social care workers across London, Essex and the South East, the play explores migration, care, racism, mental health and belonging. Lumenis Theatre and Turnpike Productions present this production, whose 2 November performance is followed by a post-show Q&A with the writer.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lightstreams-65426/", "official_url": "https://theatre503.com/whats-on/lightstreams/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5f4ecd42d2a9e8b8e517dc7a1a8b7ea6e2cfa4c15e83384c23034d0afe896f72-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Legacy After Dark", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Theatre Peckham", "address": "Havil Street 221, SE5 7SB London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://theatrepeckham.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173691926/events", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["community/youth", "music/hip-hop", "dance"], "description": "Legacy After Dark is a flagship talent showcase for talented young black artists from across London, featuring performances in singing, rap, dance, and spoken word. It is created and produced by Legacy in Motion, led by Shakeil Edwards and Tyrese Walters, and hosted by Steph not Steve of Wall of Entertainment. 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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": "Open Mic", "start": "2026-10-30T17:30:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T20:00:00Z", "place": "Beethoven Centre", "address": "Third Avenue, W10 4JL London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/black-history", "literature/spoken-word"], "description": "An open mic evening where local poets, musicians, spoken word artists and performers take the stage. 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Brand is a BAFTA-winning star and co-writer of Getting On, familiar from Have I Got News for You, Would I Lie to You and Taskmaster. Every ticket includes a copy of her book to collect on the night.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/decline-and-falling-over-with-jo-brand-73995/", "official_url": "https://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/events/decline-and-falling-over-with-jo-brand", "image": "https://noky.io/images/eb41cde8259152928c7741822939f71c54b148ca897b179e57bce144c880246c-600.webp"}, {"title": "Boy Blue: 25 Stories", "start": "2026-11-05T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T19:30:00Z", "place": "Stratford East", "address": "Gerry Raffles Square, E15 1BN London", "price": "from £10.00", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.stratfordeast.com/whats-on/all-shows/boy-blue-25-stories", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["dance/hip-hop-dance", "music/hip-hop", "stage/dance-theatre"], "description": "Boy Blue: 25 Stories is a world-premiere hip-hop dance theatre show marking 25 years of Boy Blue, staged at Stratford East. 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Talulah leaves Shepherd's Bush for a cabin on a former plantation in South Carolina seeking answers, while more than 150 years earlier her ancestor Ginnie lived in the same cabin as an enslaved woman. 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Led by and centring Black residents of Barking and Dagenham, it marks Black History Month and invites visitors to bring family photos, DVDs and tapes to be digitised for a borough-wide community archive. The programme includes Early Years by Morgan Quaintance, Super Sam by Sandi Hudson Francis, and Eileen's Party, a home movie by local resident Eileen.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tracing-posterity-screening-and-scanning-social-40351/", "official_url": "https://womensmuseum.org.uk/events/tracing-posterity-screening-and-scanning-social/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b76e5b14dc4792c68dfe22d592716439c2265ed022594685261aea3707f3fcd5-600.webp"}]}