{"title": "Insane Asylum Seekers", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-03-20T00:00:00Z", "place": "Bush Theatre", "address": "Uxbridge Road 7, London", "price": "GBP 12", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "18.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/insane-asylum-seekers-tickets/2027/02/12/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "community/refugees"], "description": "A darkly funny and moving autobiographical play about a British-Iraqi family. Thirty years after Laith's parents fled Iraq to escape Saddam Hussein's dictatorship and claimed asylum in the UK, his family is falling apart as he struggles to hide his darkest secret. It was written by award-winning British-Iraqi playwright Laith Elzubaidi and directed by Olivier Award-nominee Emily Ling Williams, starring Tommy Sim'aan as Laith. 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It was written by Grant Corr and is produced by Mai Elphinstone and Raquel Cipriano, with development guidance and facilitation from R Creatives, an organisation supporting emerging playwrights, and dramaturgical advice from Melissa Syversen. Set in modern-day East Belfast, it follows Val Fitzpatrick, who fled Afghanistan decades ago and runs a pet shop with two teenage assistants, whose ordered life is thrown into chaos when her nephew Rafi appears desperate for refuge. 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Written and performed by Güni Koçak and directed by James Haddrell, the intimate play follows him as career, family and love begin to strain and his belief that control is safety fractures. It is a funny, tense and quietly moving piece about masculinity, class, silence and the emotional cost of becoming the kind of person the world rewards. Voila! 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Voila! Theatre Festival and The Playground Theatre present the show. Built on a single deliberately bad joke, it becomes a dream-riff on families, intergenerational trauma, envy, hate, mothers and sons, and the theatre itself. Following a successful Camden Fringe run, it was the Camden New Journal's Pick of the Fringe of over 400 shows.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/the-gall-of-the-house-of-sud-the-perils-of-youth-play-65857/", "official_url": "https://www.theplaygroundtheatre.org.uk/projects/theperilsofyouthplay", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/c9d2a388a03531c81fb4be307298c7ff47047d2fcc7afb2f270ac575373ce020-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Global Majority", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-16T00:00:00Z", "place": "Bush Theatre", "address": "Uxbridge Road 7, London", "price": "GBP 12", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/global-majority-tickets/2026/11/25/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre", "comedy"], "description": "\"Global Majority\" is a new dystopian stage play at the Bush Theatre, described as Black Mirror meets Succession, blending dark comedy, horror, and political satire. It is the latest work by Tony Craze award-winning writer Chris Fung, directed by Rupert Hands and part of the first season from the venue's artistic director Taio Lawson. The story follows Brian Tran, interviewed for the role of the world's most powerful leader, as the questions turn into brutal psychological warfare. 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'aggy' is a bold one-act play about privilege, gender, race and creativity, following couple Lawrence and Mahlik as a fabricated alter ego for Lawrence's art brings uncomfortable truths to the surface.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/double-bill-tell-me-straight-aggy-43414/", "official_url": "https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/double-bill-tell-me-straight-and-aggy-t8hc", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/ed022b5775129499d5df9e41f5eff795ce0c57f310cb2776c278d7f69e2894b1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "(M)Others Between Shores", "start": "2026-11-05T21:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Playground Theatre, Cafe and Bar", "address": "Latimer Industrial Estate 8, W10 6RQ London", "price": "£17.00 (General Admission, including £1.00 booking fee); concessions from £13.50", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "16.00", "tickets_url": "https://offwestend.com/tag/tickets-under-20/", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/migration", "stage/physical-theatre"], "description": "(M)others Between Shores is a movement-led ethnodrama exploring migrant motherhood and belonging. Created by Resonant Shore Theatre from the lived experiences of migrant mothers, it blends physical theatre, puppetry, live music and multilingual performance to show how migration reshapes motherhood, identity and belonging. The devised production traces journeys of displacement, resilience and rebuilding home across borders, transforming personal testimony into poetic theatrical language. From the creators of the award-winning Mothering Voices, this intimate ensemble piece celebrates the strength, care and courage of mothers forging new lives.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/mothers-between-shores-46242/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/22bbe87cd86c7f26618b7746b099c606c47af9378007858aed374e073964279f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Monolithic Theatre FOUR Fathers", "start": "2026-10-29T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Sunbeam Theatre", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "26.00", "price_to": "26.00", "tickets_url": "https://patrons.ladbrokehall.com/event/106771/tickets", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["art/photography", "literature", "stage"], "description": "An evening of four intimate theatre performances exploring fatherhood, family, identity, memory and what we inherit, with a special bonus performance. It is curated and directed by Justin Marosa, produced by Erycka Morales and Xolani Annakie, and comes from Monolithic Theatre, an actor-centred performance platform. The evening presents four works by Olivia Bennett, Isaiah Weekes, Roger Robinson and Yomi Sode, performed by actors, plus an extract from James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time. A photographic collaboration with Eddie Otchere extends the themes with his series FATHER.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/monolithic-theatre-four-fathers-60848/", "official_url": "https://ladbrokehall.com/live-programme/theatre-dance/monolithic-theatre-four-fathers/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/8a8b2884ed62032953024996220e8d88001cdae5c74a05199caee13b3214152b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Double Bill: tell me straight & aggy", "start": "2026-10-28T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T00:00:00Z", "place": "King's Head Theatre", "address": "Upper Street 116P, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://kingsheadtheatre.com/spektrix/ChooseSeats?EventInstanceId=491403ADVPQPLCCKQNLTVQTVMGDMKGJLM", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "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. 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Written and performed by Stephanie Renae Lau, an actor and theatre maker from Hong Kong and Canada, and directed by Myriam Angela, it follows Sophie, who wakes in a strange space full of clothes with no way out and tries to escape by tidying up. 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Best friends Tisana, Haleema, and Ruha must rely on each other to survive, while fear and religious differences strain their friendship and hope for escape. Based on horrifying true events, it is a powerful story of friendship, survival, and the impossible choices we're faced with.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/girls-63385/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/be696a14d6f1fbd31e42caf227f4129951e8f69029932842e4429828ebe32211-600.webp"}]}