{"title": "Thomas: Hamlet", "start": "2026-11-01T17:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Cadogan Hall", "address": "Sloane Terrace 5, SW1X 9DQ London", "price": "£54.50, £44.50, £34.50, £24.50", "price_from": "24.50", "price_to": "54.50", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "A concert performance of Ambroise Thomas's opera Hamlet, sung in French with English surtitles. The Chelsea Opera Group chorus and orchestra perform it, conducted by Jonathon Cole-Swinard in his debut with the group, with Jacques Imbrailo as Hamlet and Haegee Lee as Ophélie. The opera, first premiered in Paris in 1868, sweeps darkly and splendidly through Shakespeare's famous tragedy. It is a rare chance to hear a 19th-century dramatic gem, with a pre-concert talk before the performance.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/thomas-hamlet-35201/", "official_url": "https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/chelsea-opera-group-ambroise-thomas-hamlet/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/382839758d04294ea4056610271239fe95571e33dcaf93901c6b6e7ccba763e4-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-01T17:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Cadogan Hall", "address": "Sloane Terrace 5, SW1X 9DQ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Hamlet Hail to the Thief", "start": "2026-10-31T19:45:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Barbican Centre (Cinema)", "address": "Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS London", "price": "GBP 38", "price_from": "38.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "music/rock"], "description": "'Hamlet Hail to the Thief' is a stage show that fuses theatre, music and movement, distilling Shakespeare's great tragedy with Radiohead's critically acclaimed album into a live experience. It is co-created by Thom Yorke and directors Steven Hoggett and Christine Jones, with Yorke reworking the band's sixth album into a deconstructed score performed by live musicians. Elsinore has a new ruler, and the show centres on Hamlet and Ophelia's awakening to the lies and corruption infecting their war-like state. Originally produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company and Factory International, it runs at the Barbican for a strictly limited season.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hamlet-hail-to-the-thief-46116/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/887ec008afb9e6669e51da31810f447a10bf81e849e5c3ed8ab34db17b95c3db-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Hamlet Hail to the Thief", "start": "2026-10-31T19:45:00Z", "end": "2027-01-23T19:45:00Z", "place": "Barbican Arts Centre", "address": "Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS London", "price": "From £34 (including a £4 transaction fee); £18 tickets for ages 16–29 from public booking date", "price_from": "34.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["music/rock/alternative", "stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "Hamlet Hail to the Thief is a live stage show that fuses theatre, music and movement, bringing Shakespeare's tragedy and Radiohead's album together on one stage. It is co-created by Thom Yorke and directors Christine Jones and Steven Hoggett, with Yorke reworking the band's sixth album into a deconstructed score performed live by musicians. In this frenetic retelling, Elsinore has become a surveillance state where paranoia reigns, and Hamlet and Ophelia awake to lies and corruption revealed by ghosts and music. The production, played by a cast of actors and musicians (though Radiohead themselves are not performing), distils the tragedy to its dark and glittering emotional core.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hamlet-hail-to-the-thief-34802/", "official_url": "https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/hamlet-hail-to-the-thief", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c05fba420aa2262e6b2b67accbe34b5ba59ccb29f859d144fa1ec2f09a96c83c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "La Dame de Pique", "start": "2026-10-29T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Battersea Arts Centre", "address": "SW11 5TN London", "price": "Band A £50 (£40 Disabled Person); Band B £35 (£28 Concessions); Band C £25 (£20 Concessions), plus £", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "50.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["occasion/halloween", "stage/opera"], "description": "La Dame de Pique is an opera by Fromental Halévy, premiered in 1850 and not staged since, in a Halloween production by the London-based, female-led company Gothic Opera. Loosely based on Pushkin's story, it follows a shifting web of ambition, strategy and survival across every level of a French society on the brink, in the dying days of the Ancien Régime. It is performed in French with English surtitles by a cast of emerging singers with a chamber orchestra, and runs about 2 hours and 45 minutes including an interval. The show is recommended for ages 12 and over and takes place in the venue's Grand Hall.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/la-dame-de-pique-73824/", "official_url": "https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/la-dame-de-pique/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4f83a25762fd86f4a424effb470a41c28adf8cfde71f146afce63a0d1e6a1433-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Carmen", "start": "2026-11-02T19:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Opera House", "address": "Bow Street, WC2E 9DD London", "price": "£47 - £343", "price_from": "23.00", "price_to": "343.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "Carmen is an opera at the Royal Opera House on the Main Stage, sung in French with English surtitles. Director Damiano Michieletto stages Georges Bizet's score, with libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, conducted by Sesto Quatrini. In a Spanish town, the free-spirited Carmen seduces police officer Don José, who abandons his career for her, until her attention turns to the toreador Escamillo and his jealousy threatens to erupt violently. The cast includes Ginger Costa-Jackson and Ramona Zaharia as Carmen, alongside Russell Thomas and Valentyn Dytiuk as Don José.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/carmen-38317/", "official_url": "https://www.rbo.org.uk/production/carmen-damiano-michieletto", "image": "https://noky.io/images/88edf53c8a4e48ec7f6fcdcce76199acc6ac22893bf04b2f75dc888517fefc97-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Royal Ballet & Opera 2026/27: Carmen", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Phoenix Cinema", "address": "52 High Rd, London N2 9PJ, UK", "price": "", "price_from": "22.00", "price_to": "22.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "Royal Ballet & Opera 2026/27: Carmen is a screening of Bizet's opera Carmen. Under the oppressive heat of the Spanish sun, the fiercely independent Carmen attracts the attention of Don José, who warns that his obsession knows no bounds. Damiano Michieletto's searing production returns, casting scorching light on the lust, violence and destructive desire of the ever-popular opera. Ginger Costa-Jackson sings the title role alongside Russell Thomas as Don José, with Sesto Quatrini conducting Bizet's electrifying and sensual score.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/royal-ballet-opera-202627-carmen-63791/", "official_url": "https://www.phoenixcinema.co.uk/PhoenixCinemaLondon.dll/Booking?Booking=TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_447.TcsWebTab_448.TcsProgramme_590268", "image": "https://noky.io/images/20d5a934f12fcee4d35514ea2cbdac32b7dcc52847e090e8c636c07e9f87dc2d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "RBO Encore 2026-27: Carmen", "start": "2026-11-13T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Picturehouse Central", "address": "Great Windmill Street, W1D 7DH London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "RBO Encore 2026-27: Carmen is a screening of Bizet's ever-popular opera Carmen in a staging of the Royal Opera. 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An all-star cast brings the drama to life, with Ginger Costa-Jackson in the fiery title role alongside Russell Thomas as the jealous and despairing Don José.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rbo-encore-2026-27-carmen-37904/", "official_url": "https://yahoo.picturehouses.com/movie-details/030/HO00018058/rbo-encore-2026-27-carmen", "image": ""}, {"title": "Phantom of the Opera", "start": "2026-11-10T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T00:00:00Z", "place": "ArtsEd", "address": "Cone Ripman House, 14 Bath Road, Chiswick, W4 1LY London", "price": "£20 / £14", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/musical"], "description": "ArtsEd stages the musical 'Phantom of the Opera', with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe, and a book by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Gaston Leroux's novel, directed by Rupert Hands. It tells of a masked figure lurking beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, terrorising all who work there. He falls madly in love with the innocent young soprano Christine and devotes himself to making her a new star, nurturing her talents and using every devious method at his command. The double-cast student production on this date is performed by the Music Company, led by Lasairfhíona De Brun as Christine and Dominic Birtley as the Phantom.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/phantom-of-the-opera-87577/", "official_url": "https://artsed.co.uk/whats-on/the-phantom-of-the-opera/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7ae3f173f37f17568e9a97eacb313940fa2f97769f76454050e1f412ee558688-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Tosca", "start": "2026-11-05T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "London Coliseum", "address": "St Martin's Lane 32-35, WC2N 4ES London", "price": "from £15", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "Tosca is an opera by Giacomo Puccini performed by the English National Opera at the London Coliseum. In Annilese Miskimmon's new production, sung in an English translation by Amanda Holden, the opera singer Floria Tosca plans a secret meeting with her lover, the painter Mario Cavaradossi, in a concert hall in an unidentified European state overtaken by civil conflict. When the corrupt police chief Scarpia intervenes, a place of music is transformed into a site of fear and violence, and over one night Tosca is forced to fight for her love, her honour and her life. The cast includes Grammy Award winner Axelle Fanyo as Tosca, tenor Chaz'men Williams-Ali as Cavaradossi and Christopher Purves as Scarpia, conducted by Ben Glassberg.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tosca-60506/", "official_url": "https://www.eno.org/events/tosca/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c971c1bc964175a88cdca87e7af34a2baaaaa42eadf53be50e01193a896d5afc-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Regents Opera And New Palace Opera: Strauss’ Elektra", "start": "2026-11-01T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Blackheath Halls", "address": "23 Lee Road, SE3 9RQ London", "price": "£45 / £35 / £20", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "45.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "A concert performance of Richard Strauss' opera Elektra, a monumental tragedy and operatic masterpiece. Critically acclaimed Regents Opera and New Palace Opera are combining to present it, with Catharine Woodward in the title role and Ben Woodward conducting the NPORO Orchestra. The cast also includes Karin Lovelius as Klytaemnestra, Ella de Jongh as Chrysothemis, Ashley Mercer as Orest and Jonathan Finney as Aegisth. Sung in German with English surtitles, the music encompasses both the horrific and the heart-breaking for a gripping and memorable evening.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/regents-opera-and-new-palace-opera-strauss-elektra-69558/", "official_url": "https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/regent-opera-and-new-palace-opera-strauss-elektra/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/99ea28a256ea9146e64edafb2c97d4cd19440f44b04d705bdd884328eb5959a2-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Iphigénie en Tauride", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T00:00:00Z", "place": "London Coliseum", "address": "St Martin's Lane 32-35, WC2N 4ES London", "price": "Tickets from £15 (Ticket price includes all fees. All tickets subject to availability)", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "Iphigénie en Tauride is Gluck's rarely performed opera about Iphigénie and her brother Oreste, children of a blood-soaked Greek dynasty, who are stranded apart and each fear the other is dead. Stranded on a remote island, forced to serve a terrifying ruler, Iphigénie dreams of home and of reuniting with her brother, until a mysterious stranger washes ashore with news of her family's collapse. English National Opera presents the work in a new staging by Olivier award-winning director Lyndsey Turner, with baroque specialist David Bates conducting and Christine Rice leading the cast as Iphigénie. The opera is sung in its original French libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard with English surtitles projected above the stage.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/iphigenie-en-tauride-60507/", "official_url": "https://www.eno.org/events/iphigenie-en-tauride/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7dd1a66cc123feb2f784ec9eb43691fa34487cdb080bfe64e50376724043e149-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Amadeus", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-08-07T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Noël Coward Theatre", "address": "St Martin's Lane 85-88, WC2N 4AU London", "price": "GBP 24", "price_from": "24.00", "price_to": "61.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "music/classical"], "description": "Amadeus is a play at the Noel Coward Theatre about the rivalry between court composer Antonio Salieri and the young prodigy Mozart. Written by Peter Shaffer and directed by Jeremy Herrin, it stars Michael Sheen as Salieri and Callum Scott Howells as Mozart. In Vienna, 1820, Salieri is driven wild with jealousy by Mozart's extraordinary gift and begins a dangerous obsession, launching a campaign to destroy the rival he both worships and despises. A breath-taking soundtrack of the composers' music fuels this electrifying story of ambition, betrayal, and the cost of greatness.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/amadeus-63416/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/82b471fe7856bab67add1c6d07441c9f701f8500fb22931dc739b02d0ff26b13-600.webp"}]}