{"title": "La Distance", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-02-13T00:00:00Z", "place": "Young Vic", "address": "66 The Cut, SE1 8LZ London", "price": "GBP 23", "price_from": "23.00", "price_to": "23.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/la-distance-tickets/2027/01/22/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "science/astronomy"], "description": "La Distance is a play set in 2077, when Earth is breaking and part of humanity lives in exile on Mars. A father still on Earth struggles to maintain his relationship with his daughter, who is building a new life on Mars, as they attempt to build a dialogue through very long-distance calls. It is an intimate, inventive play by Portuguese playwright and director Tiago Rodrigues, current director of the Festival d'Avignon, where it was first performed, exploring separation, hope and the bond between parent and child within a collapsing world. Original cast members Alison Dechamps and Adama Diop reprise their roles as father and daughter.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/la-distance-63386/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/17e7659591cddc3c7f1e66a66d0d883adbae838ac47fa63a58d027619c0ddf2f-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-02-13T00:00:00Z", "place": "Young Vic", "address": "66 The Cut, SE1 8LZ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Dünyada", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Space", "address": "Westferry Road 269, E14 3RS London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/solo-show"], "description": "Dünyada, meaning \"on earth\", is a formally adventurous solo theatre performance that tears the fabric of the one-person play through cinematic camera work, visual extension and sound design. Internationally acclaimed actor and director Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu brings it to Voila! Theatre Festival, reimagining Will Eno's celebrated monologue Title and Deed. A man arrives with a suitcase, a camera, and a voice that seems sad somehow, offering an evocative exploration of alienation and belonging and an existential look at love and death in a digital age. Nuroğlu manages lighting and soundscapes in real-time, creating a parallax between his physical body and his digital ghost; the result is intimate, funny, unsettling, and deeply human.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/dunyada-39749/", "official_url": "https://space.org.uk/event/dunyada/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/b520d680fd8e97572b2c73547e935c6af4b68eb985ef6c03ffff15264603d95a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Lightstreams", "start": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T00:00:00Z", "place": "Theatre503", "address": "The 503Studio, Moat Street, Nine Elms, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://theatre503.com/whats-on/", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "society/migration"], "description": "Lightstreams is a stage play about a migrant couple, Maurice and Hermia, who have made their home in the UK. Written by Mary Mazzilli and directed by Richard Bland, it follows care worker Maurice as he is torn between the residents of an elderly care home and his own family when a global crisis forces him to live there full-time. Developed through interviews with migrant health and social care workers across London, Essex and the South East, the play explores migration, care, racism, mental health and belonging. Lumenis Theatre and Turnpike Productions present this production, whose 2 November performance is followed by a post-show Q&A with the writer.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/lightstreams-65426/", "official_url": "https://theatre503.com/whats-on/lightstreams/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/5f4ecd42d2a9e8b8e517dc7a1a8b7ea6e2cfa4c15e83384c23034d0afe896f72-2000.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. 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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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Writer, director and performer Nadia Larina uses light, sound, body and voice to show 6-year-old Kiddi through the body of a 45-year-old woman: Act I is Kiddi's subjective, distorted inner reality, Act II retells the same events objectively as a neutral narrator. The play asks what happens when an insufficiently attuned environment meets a highly sensitive nervous system.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/sensitive-is-not-crazy-or-the-world-through-the-eyes-of-a-hi-60520/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/sensitive-is-not-crazy-or-the-world-through-the-eyes-of-a-highly-sensitive-child/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/2b5662abfe2ab52a7e06eafdf8d112f95f4765ca9a00caf7675208cc934e8b72-1200.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": "How To Cry In A House Full of Children", "start": "2026-11-06T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Space", "address": "Westferry Road 269, E14 3RS London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "\"How To Cry In A House Full of Children\" is a play performed at The Space. Originally from Uruguay and brought to the UK by True Life Productions, it is a powerful and intimate portrait of a mother driven to the brink of emotional collapse. Through memory, confession and raw vulnerability, this poetic work explores the invisible labour of motherhood and the longing to be truly seen. Playwright and director Victoria Vera and performer and choreographer Carolina Piñeyro Duarte lead a creative team including UK producer Rosina Piovani.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/how-to-cry-in-a-house-full-of-children-65904/", "official_url": "https://space.org.uk/event/how-to-cry-in-a-house-full-of-children/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/918076b8608160d31b4a7ebde935543f7ab63016fe31f4b59ca1674788187b1b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "My Mother Tongue Wants To Disown Me (VOILA! 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The 60-minute play, recommended for ages 16+, is about the deep nostalgia we feel for home despite not being connected to it.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/my-mother-tongue-wants-to-disown-me-voila-festival-60514/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/my-mother-tongue-wants-to-disown-me/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/e9642c8b6cd87d3116c676b04706f3511b5e0e7bed20052247216c27cc872852-1200.webp"}, {"title": "dissent", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-04-24T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Young Vic", "address": "66 The Cut, SE1 8LZ London", "price": "GBP 23", "price_from": "23.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/dissent-tickets/2027/03/05/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "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 compliance. It explores humanity's capacity for monstrous behaviour and our urge to resist freedom in the face of oppression. The world premiere is written and directed by Olivier and BAFTA award-winner debbie tucker green, known for ear for eye, stoning mary and dirty butterfly.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/dissent-63388/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/1b316bda209c33bdafe25f9566c76ae9a9afe0e0128591df320d09d9b8fc9984-600.webp"}, {"title": "Mother There Art Thou", "start": "2026-10-30T12:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T13:00:00Z", "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://events.humanitix.com/mother-there-art-thou", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "Mother There Art Thou is a play staged at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden. It follows oddball siblings Charlie and Murphy, who don't remember a world outside their remote home and are strictly governed by \"The Rules\". When their mother meets an untimely demise, the siblings must figure out which parts of their reality to keep and which to break. Writer Thomas Kirby won the WriteForTheStage Prize for New Writing for this play at the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival in 2022, and this production is fully restaged for its London debut by director Olivia Cole.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/mother-there-art-thou-60511/", "official_url": "https://www.etceteratheatrecamden.com/events/mother-there-art-thou", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/5e9d41d630e09bd0bc935dab3ad987494f71ec03afba8e0f1327c9ab223759c8-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Much Crazy About Nothing", "start": "2026-11-03T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Playground Theatre, Cafe and Bar", "address": "Latimer Industrial Estate 8, W10 6RQ London", "price": "General Admission £16; Concession | Senior over 60 £14; Access for All | Unemployed | Student £14", "price_from": "16.00", "price_to": "16.00", "tickets_url": "https://buytickets.at/theplaygroundtheatre/2274556", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy"], "description": "Much Crazy About Nothing is a surreal new play set in a world where professional breakup agents are hired to end relationships on behalf of their clients. Voila! Theatre Festival and The Playground Theatre present the piece by Shhh Theatre, an emerging company making contemporary theatre around intimacy and modern relationships. As one employee begins to question the system they help sustain, the boundary between performance and genuine emotion starts to dissolve. Blending absurdity with wit, the play explores emotional labour, race, identity and modern intimacy, asking what remains of human connection when our most intimate relationships become transactional.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/much-crazy-about-nothing-65856/", "official_url": "https://www.theplaygroundtheatre.org.uk/projects/much-crazy-about-nothing", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/a68e758dcd484026d5167c2aced76a39390b2b5a09d50cf68fd3c9de2b683f99-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Do You Know Where To Go From Here? at VOILÀ! 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Written by Bunmi Aworanti, directed by Estelle Uba and performed by Samantha Kanu, it is produced and presented by Mudhut IO as part of the Voila! Theatre Festival. It follows Kike, a woman in her mid-20s navigating modern dating and family expectations while her mum prays hard for a husband to appear. 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": "Eucharist", "start": "2026-10-28T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-29T00:00:00Z", "place": "Riverside Studios", "address": "Queen Caroline Street 101, W6 9BN London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "science/ai"], "description": "Eucharist is a theatre play about Clara, who in an economy without opportunity and overrun with AI sells the one thing it cannot: her human heart. As her wounds heal, she finds comfort in a friendship with the gentle, devoted Ben, whose care grows increasingly watchful until protection and possession begin to blur. It is the biting debut play by Saskia Mollard and Tobias Abbott, winner of the Best New Writing Award at the London Pub Theatre Standing Ovation Awards. Co-produced by Springbok Production House and Talking Bird Productions and directed by Josh Maughan, it asks what the true price is of living beyond survival.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/eucharist-64907/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/f94de6be82ca211053ca15a66e4a520a16f8d034d7d5fee7183a0709e296f442-2000.webp"}, {"title": "OVERFLOOD (VOILA! 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The show is in English and non-verbal, is recommended for ages 12 and up, and carries warnings for mentions of violence, reference to guns, and loud noises including sirens.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/overflood-voila-festival-60528/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/overflood/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/8273de4aad53bffe0771a0de9d7215cbc9e006720387d14b0d278f2bf709072b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Girls", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Young Vic", "address": "66 The Cut, SE1 8LZ London", "price": "GBP 26", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/the-young-vic", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "Girls is an award-winning play performed at the Young Vic in London. Ewa Dina, winner of the 2026 JMK Award, makes her Young Vic debut directing Theresa Ikoko's play, about the 2014 kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian girls by the extremist group Boko Haram. 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"}]}