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Based on Nikolai Erdman's twice-banned 1928 play The Suicide, it follows unemployed Semyon Podsekayev, whose planned suicide in 1990s Russia is hijacked by crooks who make it famous and broadcast it live on television. 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It is Peter Konwitschny's Olivier Award nominated production, a bold, minimalist take on one of the world's most performed operas, telling the heartbreaking love story of Violetta and Alfredo, torn apart by family and duty and forced into an inevitable sacrifice. 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When Konstantin falls in love with Nina while staging a play on his uncle's estate, but she is drawn to Trigorin, his mother's lover, a thrilling psychological drama follows.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-seagull-63524/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/25e9b6bb190dd82d3939273b1d03f7d3ea96b8a8f8892a32a7f27350d3607255-600.webp"}, {"title": "Double Bill: Amelia al ballo & Trouble in Tahiti", "start": "2026-11-02T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-09T19:00:00Z", "place": "Barbican Arts Centre", "address": "Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS London", "price": "£30, £15, £6", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.barbican.org.uk/register", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/opera/comic-opera"], "description": "An evening of two short operas, Gian Carlo Menotti's Amelia al ballo and Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti, presented as a new double-bill production set in the 1950s. It is directed by Ashley Dean and promoted by the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Both works centre on female protagonists whose desires are constrained by the marriages meant to sustain them. 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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": "The Swan, the Werewolf and Gianpiero", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Playground Theatre, Cafe and Bar", "address": "Latimer Industrial Estate 8, W10 6RQ London", "price": "£16 (General Admission); concessions £14", "price_from": "16.00", "price_to": "16.00", "tickets_url": "https://buytickets.at/theplaygroundtheatre/2278824", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy/absurd-comedy"], "description": "A dark, physical, absurd comedy in which a backstage breakup between tango partners spirals into chaos when Roxana ends her relationship with Mateo five minutes before their performance. 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! Theatre Festival and The Playground Theatre present the show, created by artists including Agata Nielsen, Erwin Janke, Mateusz Mirek and Maddy Miron, with Krystian Godlewski as consulting director, lasting 60 minutes with no interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-swan-the-werewolf-and-gianpiero-65858/", "official_url": "https://www.theplaygroundtheatre.org.uk/projects/theswanthewolfandgiawerenpiero", "image": "https://noky.io/images/be73cdbda9d281fd5a5e1710d386c4b17e5e9c77621dc11121daf6f03c0bc3a0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Sacrilegious", "start": "2026-10-26T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-05-29T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Riverside Studios", "address": "Queen Caroline Street 101, W6 9BN London", "price": "GBP 30", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/sacrilegious-tickets/2027/04/03/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["comedy"], "description": "Sacrilegious is a smart, funny, and provocative comedy about what money can or can't buy, staged at the Riverside Studios. Directed by Andy Sandberg and written by Tom Schulman, the Academy Award-winning author of Dead Poets Society, it is his first original play. On the holiest day of the year, an idealistic young rabbi dares to challenge the billionaire president of his congregation and questions a multi-million-dollar donation, igniting a battle for the hearts and minds of the entire community. The razor-sharp play pits principle against power as the congregation must decide whether morality can survive with $30 million on the table.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/sacrilegious-46103/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/321473db3af2266458fc589aeaff8677b17a5e3402338074a1bf5a0a316a7097-600.webp"}, {"title": "The Cherry Orchard", "start": "2026-10-03T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-01-09T00:00:00Z", "place": "Harold Pinter Theatre", "address": "Panton Street, SW1Y 4DN London", "price": "GBP 31", "price_from": "31.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/the-cherry-orchard-tickets/2026/10/28/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre"], "description": "The Cherry Orchard is a stage play at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Anton Chekhov wrote it, and this new version is by Conor McPherson, directed by Ian Rickson, with Kristin Scott Thomas and Stephen Mangan among the cast. 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It comes from Team StarKid, the American musical theatre company founded at the University of Michigan and best known for A Very Potter Musical, with the original cast directed and choreographed by Lauren Lopez. 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Ivan Uryvski's acclaimed production, premiered at the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theatre, uses striking visual imagery and Petro Bogomazov's award-winning set design to explore the abuse of power, surveillance, fear and human responsibility. 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Serious Billy Productions, founded by sister writing duo Alice and Lucy Walder and joined by longtime collaborators Zoe Monforte and Rosie Wood, presents characters spanning from accused witches of the 1600s to today's true-crime-obsessed girlies, promising classic horror homage with a sickeningly modern twist. Directed by Anna Roberts, the show follows their sold-out sketch show 'Love You, Bye!' at the Camden Fringe (2025) and their comedy play 'I'd Like a Job Please' at the Edinburgh Fringe (2024).", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/sluts-die-first-60510/", "official_url": "https://www.etceteratheatrecamden.com/events/sluts-die-first", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8a9ce47d5bfaedb0c94eb0fe5a8905210829841d1ad6e3f8790cdc36a823e599-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Tiger Lillies: Songs for The Dead", "start": "2026-11-01T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Soho Theatre", "address": "Dean Street 21, W1D 3NE London", "price": "From £15", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "39.00", "tickets_url": "https://sohotheatre.com/book-online/1600603", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["occasion/day-of-the-dead", "stage/cabaret"], "description": "The Tiger Lillies: Songs for The Dead is a concert by the band The Tiger Lillies, making its world premiere at Soho Theatre as part of a Day of the Dead celebration dedicated to their favourite subject: death. Created by Soho Theatre and Tim Whitehead, it features Martyn Jacques, Adrian Stout, and Budi Butenop, with songs written by Martyn Jacques spanning mortality, the afterlife, grief, murder, memory, and the strange comedy of our inevitable end. Their blend of dark cabaret, anarchic opera, and black humour is joined by classic songs including Heroin, Gin, and Crack of Doom alongside new compositions from their brand-new album of the same name.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-tiger-lillies-songs-for-the-dead-38667/", "official_url": "https://sohotheatre.com/events/the-tiger-lillies-songs-of-the-dead/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1ff58db39ce9687b5ee720b2e7bd29537d26eab7eab253b2b2e61ec4d898ae11-1200.webp"}]}