{"title": "DOLLY", "start": "2026-10-20T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "place": "Omnibus", "address": "Clapham Common North Side 1, SW4 0QW London", "price": "TIER 1 - £25 Standard / £23 Concession; TIER 2 - £20 Standard / £18 Concession; £10 PREVIEWS", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "society/law"], "description": "\"DOLLY\" is a gripping new play blending razor-sharp comedy with devastating truth, weaving fiction with fact. Stand-up comic Dolly has never thought much about the criminal justice system, but after one night she is attacked and places her trust in the system to catch the man who did it, no one listens. It is developed and written by Charlotte Ashton through the Royal Court Writers' Groups, directed by Anthony Biggs, and produced by PlayGC Theatre Company, with award-winning Jessica Clark playing Dolly. 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Written and directed by Finn Lanchester, it is the company's debut production. 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The audience makes decisions about her love life, spots red flags and competes in games, exploring romantic love, family approval and cultural expectations.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/love-vs-fear-and-my-mothers-prayers-39100/", "official_url": "https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/love_vs_fear_and_my_mothers_prayers", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/9140b4599bd8610668339eb535f9407d9f79f9bfe3ed7e8bdf4b91ed311e59ac-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Thou Shalt Sit The F*** Down", "start": "2026-11-08T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "King's Head", "address": "Upper Street 115, N1 1QN London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://kingsheadtheatre.com/spektrix/ChooseSeats?EventInstanceId=502402APCGDJNJJHCLDVBMCVBDPPJLSSN", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy", "comedy/stand-up"], "description": "\"Thou Shalt Sit The F*** Down\" is a sharp queer one-person comedy drama about children's entertainment, running 60 minutes and recommended for ages 16 and over. Written by Ben Everett Riley, who also performs as Will, it is presented by BeWry Productions and directed by Ryan Graham Hinds. Will is a booked-out professional who sticks to his \"10 commandments\", until his boss makes him train a gorgeous twinky newbie and his firm routine starts to wobble. Loosely based on real experiences, the filthy comedy features Australian daddies, pretentious kids and bubbles.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/thou-shalt-sit-the-f-down-43417/", "official_url": "https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/thou-shalt-sit-the-f-down-7y68", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/23579311567195c28b5c3310e62bbe13e277a5a28d48dc3157049b4f76342d22-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Dogstar", "start": "2026-10-30T19:45:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Hampstead Theatre", "address": "Eton Avenue, NW3 3EU London", "price": "From £12.80", "price_from": "12.80", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.theatreticketsdirect.co.uk/shows/seats/7430/2026/10/30/2/19-45/0", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy"], "description": "Dogstar is a darkly comic play at Hampstead Theatre. Daisy Hall wrote it, returning to Hampstead Downstairs after her sell-out hit Bellringers in 2024, and Lucy Morrison directs, following her 2025 sell-out hit Personal Values. The crew of the Dogstar are whalers with no whales left to catch, icebound for months with mutiny in the air as they cast blame. Strange heavenly visions appear among them: are they a symptom of scurvy, a result of the endless polar night, or a chance at salvation?", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/dogstar-36392/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/5d18611fee0d61b8cdd90ad62f82b378f8924c9303764bd16a5fc769040d3d0b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Girls", "start": "2026-10-22T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Maria Theatre", "address": "", "price": "GBP 36", "price_from": "32.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "Girls is a play set in Nigeria in 2014, in which teenagers Tisana, Haleema and Ruha are best friends. When they are kidnapped by militant insurgents and forced towards an uncertain future, they have only each other to turn to. As fear and religious differences begin to fracture their bond, their friendship is tested to see how far it can stretch before it breaks. 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The play is set on a scorching summer's day, where the Stone family gathers to celebrate Sylvia's wedding to Marek, a Polish immigrant. As vodka and beer flow freely, long-buried resentments, secrets, and cultural friction boil over, testing family loyalties. It is funny in the way families are funny until the ground shifts and it heads somewhere darker, toward the things the sisters have kept from each other for years.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/till-the-stars-come-down-37324/", "official_url": "https://www.networktheatre.org/show/till-the-stars-come-down/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/2310406e9480e77f90aa8c48dfcea66b98949e95f6dd5787b576396c890c305b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "New Stuff: November", "start": "2026-11-01T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Cockpit Theatre", "address": "Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH London", "price": "£3", "price_from": "3.00", "price_to": "3.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.thecockpit.org.uk/sales/shows/new-stuff-1", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/drama", "stage/theatre"], "description": "New Stuff: November is a monthly night of rehearsed readings of new theatre writing. It is produced and presented by The Cockpit as part of its Theatre Maker programme. This edition features 'VINZ & VINCÉ' by Federico Balla and Louis Lambeaux, about two friends sharing a room in London, and 'HELD' by Lei, a psychological thriller in which Chinese playwright Leanne is detained and ordered to write under surveillance, raising questions of state power, artistic freedom and who controls the narrative. 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As secrets, grudges and forgotten dreams surface and the bar is drunk dry, there is more to lose than just a pub. The sharply funny and melancholy play is by Anna Jordan, the award-winning writer behind TV's Succession, Killing Eve and One Day, and was previously a 2024 hit for the club. This amateur production is staged by Teddington Theatre Club, directed by Joanna Taylor, and recommended for ages 16+.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/we-anchor-in-hope-36394/", "official_url": "https://www.hamptonhilltheatre.org.uk/production/we-anchor-hope", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/8f1d1bbdc370e40f68e94a0c5d431b4cd9cdaa3080cf35a5de75514c8e1d46e2-1200.webp"}]}