{"title": "Theatre in The Pound: November", "start": "2026-11-16T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Cockpit Theatre", "address": "Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH London", "price": "£1", "price_from": "1.00", "price_to": "1.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/new-writing"], "description": "Theatre in The Pound: November is a not-for-profit scratch night at which performers or groups try out 10-15 minutes of new work on stage. It is produced and presented by The Cockpit as part of Theatre Maker, with support from their backstage and tech crew. The November line-up includes I'M DAFT by Nikki Simon, War Crimes, Saladin's Saga by David AL-Fahmi, Defective Altruism by Alex Rowntree and Stark Raving by Beth Noonan-Roberts. For audiences it offers a cheap, fun night out with the chance to see new work and share thoughts directly with the performers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/theatre-in-the-pound-november-39128/", "official_url": "https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/theatre_in_the_pound_november_0", "image": "https://noky.io/images/838301e155dda2ab7e15eaf19524a1622a6a237f31376c4d238df2aaa34c21f1-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-16T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Cockpit Theatre", "address": "Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "A Pleasance Scratch November 2026", "start": "2026-11-18T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Pleasance", "address": "Carpenters Mews, N7 9EF London", "price": "From £5.00", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre"], "description": "A Pleasance Scratch November 2026 is a theatre scratch night in the Main House Cabaret at Pleasance London. The Pleasance runs it through its Pleasance Futures initiatives, giving audiences a first glimpse of what developing theatre makers are creating next, with a line-up to be confirmed. The Pleasance supports these artists with free performance opportunities on its Main House stage, free rehearsal space, free photography and mentoring through its theatre department. 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All ticket and bar proceeds will be donated to Gendered Intelligence, a trans-led charity that works to increase understandings of gender diversity and improve the lives of trans people.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/transcripts-scratch-night-122227/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ce432ff24e6b8e85922e98f6adc08f8c126c62163aa46e6b5be63d3e3b5d9362-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Writers Drop In: Stage, Screen & Spoken Word", "start": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-07T00:00:00Z", "place": "Roundhouse", "address": "Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8EH London", "price": "£2", "price_from": "2.00", "price_to": "2.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature/creative-writing"], "description": "A monthly drop-in workshop for ages 18–25 interested in creative writing for performance, exploring styles from scriptwriting for stage and screen to contemporary poetry and spoken word. It is run by the Roundhouse as part of its autumn term youth programme, with a different guest tutor and focus each month. Participants try creative writing exercises, learn techniques from modern writers, share their texts for feedback, and meet other young writers in a supportive space, with no advance booking needed and spaces first-come, first-served.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/writers-drop-in-stage-screen-spoken-word-64951/", "official_url": "https://www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/writers-drop-in-stage-screen-spoken-word-au26/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a0aa45913f7c1a65efb2b0440088899e76e9c61d468e5cbfafe753160cafbca9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Byline @ The Cockpit: November", "start": "2026-11-09T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Cockpit Theatre", "address": "Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH London", "price": "Full price: £10 Concessions: £5 (Incl booking fees)", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics"], "description": "An evening of live discussion on current affairs, part of Byline @ The Cockpit. It is produced and presented by Byline & The Cockpit, joining the team behind the independent investigative news outlet Byline Times. The event promises an entertaining evening of challenging discussion to help understand the unprecedented times we are living in – and why they are happening – with those with an inside track.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/byline-the-cockpit-november-39103/", "official_url": "https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/byline_the_cockpit_november", "image": ""}, {"title": "Theatre Drop In", "start": "2026-11-04T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-09T00:00:00Z", "place": "Roundhouse", "address": "Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8EH London", "price": "£2", "price_from": "2.00", "price_to": "2.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["stage/theatre/improvisational-theatre"], "description": "Theatre Drop In is a weekly theatre session for 18–25 year olds, offering space to act, dance and explore performance while building confidence. Sessions cover a fresh focus each week, from improv and ensemble work to devising and cabaret, in a supportive, relaxed environment led by experienced facilitators including Phao May and Isaac Jordan, plus guest tutors, with guest tutors bringing expertise from different elements of theatre. No specific skills are needed, though it is most relevant to people who have done some theatre or dance before, and each session stands alone so you can drop in whenever you can. Join by coming to the front desk of Roundhouse Studios and paying on arrival; spaces are limited and first come first serve, so arrive at the latest fifteen minutes before the start to sign in.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/theatre-drop-in-64957/", "official_url": "https://www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/drop-in-theatre-18-25-au26/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9a123e2cd77730b739edeec6394c8844d0be50b37af769c98a3a0f80b1f32097-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Re-Enchant: November", "start": "2026-11-15T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Cockpit Theatre", "address": "Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH London", "price": "£12 full price, £10 concessions (including booking fees)", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word"], "description": "Re-Enchant: November is a live literature evening of readings, recitations and incantations, with open mic slots. It is produced and presented by The Cockpit, curated and introduced by Nick Moss in collaboration with the venue, under the banner 'Poetic Experiments For A New World'. It features Gale Burns reading from his new book As It Must, Luigi Coppola, and Nadia Larina, a spoken-word artist who dissects human identity and the distortions society imposes on our inner worlds.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/re-enchant-november-39105/", "official_url": "https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/re-enchant_november_0", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3f90e804ad5d1d92d338a50abda93dae1d483083f9b094e4c13e0ff46a63c5e6-600.webp"}, {"title": "Racists, Recessions and Revolutions", "start": "2026-11-12T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T00:00:00Z", "place": "Theatre503", "address": "The 503Studio, Moat Street, Nine Elms, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy"], "description": "A 60-minute comedy play with no interval, recommended for ages 10 and up, that traces the untold birth of Fake News. It is written by Isabella Heaver, directed by Harry Conway, and presented by DBN Productions LTD/Harry Conway, with Heaver also playing Nadica. Nadica is a driven young Macedon/Brit who stops at nothing to build an empire of lies, defying tech giants, Covid lockdowns and a crumbling economy. DBN Productions is a new writing company staging cutting contemporary theatre that has toured Britain and Ireland and appears often at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/racists-recessions-and-revolutions-65430/", "official_url": "https://theatre503.com/whats-on/racists-recessions-and-revolutions/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c05d00dd2b9ac75502a93607f8843495de4d6cae6decf3499e3e3f32ab5969b1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "TWO PLAYS. ONE NIGHT.", "start": "2026-11-10T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T00:00:00Z", "place": "Union Theatre", "address": "Old Union Arches, 229 Union Street, SE1 0LR London", "price": "£17", "price_from": "17.00", "price_to": "17.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": [], "description": "Two Plays. One Night. is a double bill of two short plays presented in one evening by Actor's Instinct Studio Productions. In Jamie Davis's Beginners, directed by Richard Winsor, a small group of actors awaits the curtain on the most important night of their lives, told in real time. In Ben Stower's Natural Affairs, directed by Livia Sardão, guests, staff and resident ghosts of a rundown English B&B see their beliefs tested as secrets become scandals. Following a sold-out run at the King's Head Theatre, the evening brings together two stories about the hopes we cling to and the choices we make.", "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": "Hamish Lloyd Barnes: Stage Presence (WIP)", "start": "2026-11-19T21:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Pleasance", "address": "Carpenters Mews, N7 9EF London", "price": "from £10.00", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/character-comedy"], "description": "A work-in-progress character comedy show at the Pleasance London Studio. It is by Hamish Lloyd Barnes, co-artistic director of the award-winning theatre company Spies Like Us and a Leicester Square Sketch Off finalist, directed by Ollie Norton-Smith. The show is a ghost story told by ghosts: the haunted Ableforth Theatre will be demolished tonight, but first it stages one hell of a show, featuring whispering curtains, pouting ghosts of leading men and musical theatre kids. The hour-long performance is for ages 14 and up and contains strong language.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hamish-lloyd-barnes-stage-presence-wip-63921/", "official_url": "https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/hamish-lloyd-barnes-stage-presence-wip", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ff9f07c92892683b5d063745e5eb588744ac9469615bc82fa88b4e49ee13c110-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Pretend @SLT", "start": "2026-11-13T20:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-13T22:00:00Z", "place": "South London Theatre", "address": "Norwood High Street 2A, SE27 9NS London", "price": "£10 - £15", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/improvisational-theatre", "comedy/improv"], "description": "\"Pretend @SLT\" is an evening of improvised theatre at South London Theatre. The Pretend Company, a theatrical improv group with world class improviser-actors including Lee Simpson, Jenny Rowe and Liz Peters, performs plays made up on the spot, inspired by the SLT membership and their first visit to the space. The evening features Duo Roulette, two-hand plays by duos formed that night; Life Sonata, Pretend's signature style in a new format; and Actor's Nightmare, in which an SLT actor performs a prepared scene with improvisers who do not know it.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/pretend-slt-38726/", "official_url": "https://www.southlondontheatre.co.uk/event/pretend-slt/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/72f86208b098fd85ac2b063d9ccaf69da4b05540497c168802d1cc4d954b7980-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Three Little Pigs", "start": "2026-11-12T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Cockpit Theatre", "address": "Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH London", "price": "£20.57, concessions £18.51 (incl booking fees)", "price_from": "20.57", "price_to": "20.57", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "Three Little Pigs (or Chronicles of the Building Site) is a play at The Cockpit Theatre, part of the VOILA! Theatre Festival. Written by Inna Cebotari and directed by Sava Cebotari, it is produced and presented by Kinth Square, with four performers moving between three interwoven theatrical worlds. On a British building site, three construction workers navigate inductions, deadlines and banter, while elsewhere Mummy Pig reads her three sons a book that blurs work, migration, family and ambition. The play combines contemporary writing, physical theatre, visual storytelling and humour to explore craftsmanship, migration, masculinity, loneliness and the idea of home.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/three-little-pigs-39104/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/63fc4e4ab2323be69539c0124b29e13de52b5a95c0e58d750ffd14ce285a6878-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Binary lives - Where fate takes us", "start": "2026-11-06T21:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Cockpit Theatre", "address": "Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH London", "price": "Full price: £16.45 (Incl. booking fees)", "price_from": "16.45", "price_to": "16.45", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/physical-theatre"], "description": "A wordless duet in which two strangers, stuck waiting on a station bench for a train that never arrives, fill the empty hours with increasingly absurd games. It is produced and presented by Dis Equilibre and blends visual, poetic performance with physical theatre and contemporary circus, turning boredom into play and shared silence into an unexpected encounter. The show won the 'Best Direction' award at the Rome Fringe Festival, was selected for the Thessaloniki Fringe, and has been touring Italy for two years.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/binary-lives-where-fate-takes-us-39098/", "official_url": "https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/binary_lives_-_where_fate_takes_us", "image": "https://noky.io/images/91cc466c7e1d64deacbde3d4b07158d717e837640e5824c0c8df6c7d2164eafa-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Song & A Scene", "start": "2026-11-18T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Union Theatre", "address": "Old Union Arches, 229 Union Street, SE1 0LR London", "price": "£17.50, concession £15", "price_from": "17.50", "price_to": "17.50", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/musical"], "description": "Song & a Scene is a showcase celebrating emerging musical theatre writers and performers, bringing together scratch nights for plays and concerts for musicals. Presented by Mint Face Productions, it weaves song and book together as a tapestry of talented creatives and exciting new musical theatre writing. The programme presents pieces including 'Sense and Sensibility' by Grace O'Keefe and Thomas F. Arnold, 'The Mayfly Man' by Neil Bastian, 'Smile for the Camera' by Greg Link, Ewen Christie and Dee Taylor-Thompson, and 'Seven – A Sinful New Musical' by Ben Sheldrick and Chris Burgess, among others. It runs two hours with an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/song-a-scene-49672/", "official_url": "https://uniontheatre.biz/show/song-a-scene-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c29c74489d842e8de4bf03533b81e4c29d491b68df6e1ab77be6387f56e6ae41-1200.webp"}, {"title": "What Are you Looking At?", "start": "2026-11-18T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-19T00:00:00Z", "place": "Alexandra Palace", "address": "Alexandra Palace Way, N22 7AY London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "society/media"], "description": "Two performances staged in the Creativity Pavilion by the Alexandra Palace Young Actors Company, aged 16 to 28, and the Ally Pally Ensemble, aged 50 and over. One piece, written and directed by Martin Murphy with the Young Actors Company, follows residents celebrating the 90th birthday of a community pub called The Auntie, exploring how different generations use media for entertainment. The other is directed by Suzy Catliff, and together the intergenerational pieces look at media, memory and how rapid technological change and quick takes reshape public debate. The evening promises fun, drama and lots of laughs, running from 19:30 to 21:30.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/what-are-you-looking-at-34670/", "official_url": "https://www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/what-are-you-looking-at/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b2a58f3d7e79eb3818401141cdd03333f63cd3eebdd4e0fb2369fe066fa9882e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Bard Debuts - November 2026", "start": "2026-11-18T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T21:00:00Z", "place": "Bàrd Books", "address": "Roman Road 341-343, E3 5QR London", "price": "£5.00", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "Bard Debuts is a monthly night at Bàrd Books celebrating debut authors, likened to speed dating where new writers present themselves. The November edition is hosted by Kristin and features four brand new authors, each taking the stage for ten minutes to present their work. Authors will be available to sign copies of their books after the event, and the £5 ticket price is redeemable against a featured book on the evening.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bard-debuts-november-2026-41023/", "official_url": "https://www.wearebardbooks.co.uk/event-details/bard-debuts-november-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0cad96f3f2d9e18d1a8b324ea2f43ac82c66a6f4612f979f073452cba2d165fa-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Maker Meet-up", "start": "2026-11-18T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Poplar Union", "address": "Cotall Street 2, E14 6TL London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["community"], "description": "Maker Meet-up is a relaxed, inclusive regular meet-up for makers of any level and any artform, from theatremakers, writers, actors and directors to poets, musicians, comedians and producers. It is run by Brad, a writer, dramaturg and critic who is Programme & Engagement Manager at Greenwich Theatre and a champion of new writing and artists at all career stages. It offers a friendly, low-stakes sounding board for new ideas or projects in progress, a chance to connect, co-work, collaborate and expand your network of like-minded creatives. Poplar Union hopes the network built there could lead to events such as scratch nights, open mics, play readings and workshops.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/maker-meet-up-76776/", "official_url": "https://poplarunion.com/event/maker-meet-up/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2d7fc108f5b2c2007dba8eaaf96c550eeb19eaa9dcea1f1059d92c9cb6a6f8dd-2000.webp"}]}