# Drama in London this weekend Drama in London this weekend, Friday 30 October to Sunday 1 November: 69 events, among them 68 in theatre and 1 in kids and family. Page 1 of 2, 40 events each: [next](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/stage/theatre/drama/?format=markdown&page=2). ## When - [Today](https://noky.io/en/london/today/stage/theatre/drama/?format=markdown): 60 - [Tomorrow](https://noky.io/en/london/tomorrow/stage/theatre/drama/?format=markdown): 65 - [Weekend](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/stage/theatre/drama/?format=markdown): 69 - [This week](https://noky.io/en/london/week/stage/theatre/drama/?format=markdown): 83 - [Friday 30 October](https://noky.io/en/london/2026-10-30/stage/theatre/drama/?format=markdown): 65 - [Saturday 31 October](https://noky.io/en/london/2026-10-31/stage/theatre/drama/?format=markdown): 65 - [Sunday 1 November](https://noky.io/en/london/2026-11-01/stage/theatre/drama/?format=markdown): 58 ## Where - [Berlin](https://noky.io/en/berlin/weekend/stage/theatre/drama/?format=markdown): 34 - [London](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/stage/theatre/drama/?format=markdown): 69 - [New York City](https://noky.io/en/new-york/weekend/stage/theatre/drama/?format=markdown): 17 - [Zürich](https://noky.io/en/zurich/weekend/stage/theatre/drama/?format=markdown): 2 ## What - [Anything](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/?format=markdown): 3,301 - [The best](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/best/?format=markdown): 33 - [Concerts](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/concerts/?format=markdown): 368 - [Theatre](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/theatre/?format=markdown): 268 - [Party and club](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/party-club/?format=markdown): 664 - [Comedy](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/comedy/?format=markdown): 72 - [Film](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/film/?format=markdown): 132 - [Exhibitions and museums](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/exhibitions-museums/?format=markdown): 286 - [Festivals and street parties](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/festivals-street/?format=markdown): 57 - [Talks and readings](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/talks-readings/?format=markdown): 96 - [Dance](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/dance/?format=markdown): 21 - [Food and drink](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/food-drink/?format=markdown): 158 - [Markets](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/markets/?format=markdown): 21 - [Tours and walks](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/tours/?format=markdown): 71 - [Quiz and games](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/quiz-games/?format=markdown): 70 - [Kids and family](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/kids-family/?format=markdown): 204 - [Workshops and courses](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/workshops-courses/?format=markdown): 295 - [Sport](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/sport/?format=markdown): 280 - [Worship](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/worship/?format=markdown): 236 - [History](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/history/?format=markdown): 154 - [Music](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/music/?format=markdown): 855 - [Literature](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/literature/?format=markdown): 95 - [Thriller](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/stage/theatre/drama/thriller/?format=markdown): 5 - [World War II](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/history/wwii/?format=markdown): 13 - [Society](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/society/?format=markdown): 96 - [Rock](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/music/rock/?format=markdown): 110 - [Drama](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/literature/drama/?format=markdown): 7 - [Classic drama](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/stage/theatre/drama/classic-drama/?format=markdown): 3 - [Science](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/science/?format=markdown): 27 - [Classical](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/music/classical/?format=markdown): 56 - [Community](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/community/?format=markdown): 48 - [Holocaust](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/history/holocaust/?format=markdown): 3 - [Historical drama](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/stage/theatre/drama/historical-drama/?format=markdown): 2 - [Literary classics](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/literature/classics/?format=markdown): 8 - [Political drama](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/stage/theatre/drama/political-drama/?format=markdown): 2 - [Nature](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/nature/?format=markdown): 62 - [Occasions](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/occasion/?format=markdown): 815 - [Law](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/society/law/?format=markdown): 5 - [Climate](https://noky.io/en/london/weekend/nature/climate/?format=markdown): 5 ## Friday 30 October - until 19 Dec Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — @sohoplace — from £40 — A new production of Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, set in the round, runs at @sohoplace in the West End. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-38659/ - until 9 Jan The Lives of Others — Adelphi Theatre — from £25 — The Lives of Others is a stage play at the Adelphi Theatre. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-lives-of-others-37308/ - until 30 Sep Death of a Salesman — Lyttelton - National Theatre — from £30 — Death of a Salesman is a new staging of Arthur Miller's Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning play, widely considered one of the greatest American works of theatre. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/death-of-a-salesman-63402/ - 19:00 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — @sohoplace — from £40 — A West End stage production of Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, performed in the round at @sohoplace. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-37386/ - 19:45 Blood of my Blood — Royal Court Theatre — Blood of My Blood is a play spanning two time frames that explores the legacy of slavery, asking what we inherit, how we challenge injustice and what we need … — https://noky.io/en/london/events/blood-of-my-blood-64980/ - 19:00 2026: The Banality of Evil: Hannah Arendt, France 1940 — Arcola Theatre — A world premiere play, 'THE BANALITY OF EVIL: HANNAH ARENDT, FRANCE, 1940', written and directed by Julia Pascal, presented by Arcola Theatre and Pascal … — https://noky.io/en/london/events/2026-the-banality-of-evil-hannah-arendt-france-1940-59988/ - 19:15 CADEL: Lungs on Legs — Riverside Studios — CADEL: Lungs on Legs is a one-man play performed entirely on a bicycle, about Cadel Evans, the first Australian to win the Tour de France. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/cadel-lungs-on-legs-64906/ - 14:00 Boyhood — Pleasance — £20 — A new theatre play at the Pleasance London Main House Cabaret, performed by two actors with a live hip-hop score. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/boyhood-63883/ - 19:00 Double Bill: Tell Me Straight & Aggy — King's Head Theatre — A double bill of two plays, tell me straight and aggy, presented at the King's Head Theatre after a critically acclaimed run at the Park Theatre. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/double-bill-tell-me-straight-aggy-60841/ - 19:00 2026: The Master Builder — Arcola Theatre — £13–75 — '2026: The Master Builder' is a stage play at the Arcola Theatre in London. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/2026-the-master-builder-59989/ - 19:30 DOLLY — Omnibus — £20–25 — "DOLLY" is a gripping new play blending razor-sharp comedy with devastating truth, weaving fiction with fact. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/dolly-41782/ - 19:30 The Signalman — Bridewell Theatre — £16–20 — "The Signalman" is a tense, intimate ghost story about isolation, guilt, and the things that wait for us in the dark. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-signalman-74843/ - 12:00 Mother There Art Thou — Etcetera Theatre — Mother There Art Thou is a play staged at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/mother-there-art-thou-60511/ - 19:00 Double Bill: tell me straight & aggy — King's Head — A double bill of two critically acclaimed queer plays, 'tell me straight' and 'aggy', performed in the Main House. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/double-bill-tell-me-straight-aggy-43414/ - 19:30 Wolf Hall – Words, Music, Power — Landmark Arts Centre — An evening event at the Landmark Arts Centre bringing the world of Wolf Hall to the stage through music and spoken word. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/wolf-hall-words-music-power-36883/ - 19:30 TALES FROM THE SHADOWS — Lantern Arts Centre — £12 — "Tales from the Shadows" is an evening of spooky Gothic stories performed at the Lantern Arts Centre's Studio Theatre. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/tales-from-the-shadows-60916/ - until 14 Nov Tru — Menier Chocolate Factory — £58 — Tru is a one-man play about the writer Truman Capote at a moment of scandal and isolation. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/tru-46117/ - until 12 Dec The Standard Of Living — Theatre Royal Haymarket — £31–220 — The Standard Of Living is a world-premiere play telling the story of John Maynard Keynes, the rebellious economist and Bloomsbury Group member whose ideas … — https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-standard-of-living-46111/ - until 12 Dec The Standard of Living — Leicester Square — ££ — The Standard of Living is a new play about the economist John Maynard Keynes, alive with music, dance, desire and debate, and a portrait of a man who dared to … — https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-standard-of-living-69940/ - until 31 Oct Agatha Christie's The Hollow — Richmond Theatre — A new stage production of Agatha Christie's psychological thriller 'The Hollow', featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/agatha-christies-the-hollow-70268/ - until 9 Jan The Cherry Orchid — Leicester Square — ££ — A West End stage production of THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Anton Chekhov's tragicomedy about a family on the brink of irreversible change. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-cherry-orchid-69944/ - until 31 Oct Fences — Lyric Hammersmith — £18–41 — A landmark play by August Wilson, staged in a new production at a London theatre. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/fences-46120/ - until 15 Nov An Oak Tree — The Other Palace — £20–60 — An Oak Tree is a theatre show in which a father who has lost his daughter in a car accident meets the stage hypnotist who was driving, when the father … — https://noky.io/en/london/events/an-oak-tree-39521/ - until 21 Nov Some Woman — Dorfman Theatre — £60 — Some Woman is a new play about Julie Robson, a woman used to being overlooked, whose life changes when an encounter on a station platform goes wrong and she … — https://noky.io/en/london/events/some-woman-46134/ - until 1 Nov The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — Boston Manor — £13.50–19 — A gothic theatre piece staged inside Boston Manor House, running as an intimate thriller for ages 11 and up. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-35026/ - until 28 Nov The Pianist — Park Theatre — £38–62 — The Pianist is a stage play receiving its world premiere, adapted from Wladyslaw Szpilman's internationally bestselling memoir of one of the twentieth … — https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-pianist-46125/ - until 31 Oct The Disappearing Man — Queen's Theatre — £14.70–30.70 — 'The Disappearing Man' is a stage drama with live magic, recommended for ages 14 and over, running 140 minutes. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-disappearing-man-64294/ - until 8 Nov Long After the Labyrinth — Upstairs at the Gatehouse — "Long After the Labyrinth" is an epic new play inspired by the Minotaur and the true tale of the lost Jews of Crete. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/long-after-the-labyrinth-40031/ - until 21 Nov Memoriam — Southwark Playhouse Borough — £10–28 — Memoriam is a new play making its UK premiere, a story both startlingly funny and deeply moving. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/memoriam-38738/ - until 21 Nov Girls — The Maria Theatre — £37 — Girls is a play set in Nigeria in 2014, in which teenagers Tisana, Haleema and Ruha are best friends. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/girls-46130/ - until 24 Jul The History Boys — Theatre Royal Haymarket — GBP 10 — The History Boys is a stage play returning to the West End for the first time in two decades. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-history-boys-46108/ - until 17 Jan Speculations — Marylebone Theatre — from £22 — Speculations is a new political thriller on stage at the Marylebone Theatre. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/speculations-37133/ - until 14 Feb Julius Caesar — Sam Wanamaker Playhouse — £10–89 — A staged production of Shakespeare's thriller 'Julius Caesar' in the intimate, candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/julius-caesar-38516/ - until 3 Apr The Guilty — Harold Pinter Theatre — £35–36 — The Guilty is a one-man psychological thriller play running at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-guilty-63380/ - until 9 Jan A Christmas Carol - Old Vic — Old Vic Theatre — from £60 — A Christmas Carol is a stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic Christmas ghost story, staged as an immersive theatrical experience at the Old Vic Theatre. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-christmas-carol-old-vic-63382/ - until 9 Jan Eurotrash — Young Vic — from £14 — Eurotrash is a darkly comedic stage play about a mother and son on a chaotic road trip through the Swiss Alps as they attempt to give away their family … — https://noky.io/en/london/events/eurotrash-63384/ - until 21 Nov Girls — Young Vic — GBP 26 — Girls is an award-winning play performed at the Young Vic in London. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/girls-63385/ - until 13 Feb La Distance — Young Vic — £23 — La Distance is a play set in 2077, when Earth is breaking and part of humanity lives in exile on Mars. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/la-distance-63386/ - until 17 Jul Gem of the Ocean — Young Vic — from £23 — Gem of the Ocean is a play at the Young Vic, the first UK staging in 20 years of August Wilson's work. — https://noky.io/en/london/events/gem-of-the-ocean-63387/ - until 24 Apr dissent — Young Vic — from £23 — dissent is a dystopian play set in a futuristic world where the state sponsors air conditioning and gives people free cigarettes in return for unquestioning … — https://noky.io/en/london/events/dissent-63388/