{"title": "PAN’S ASYLUM", "start": "2026-11-09T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Union Theatre", "address": "Old Union Yard Arches", "price": "£13", "price_from": "13.00", "price_to": "13.00", "tickets_url": "https://uniontheatre.savoysystems.co.uk/UnionTheatre.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_836.TcsWebTab_837", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "literature/fairy-tales"], "description": "PAN’S ASYLUM is a dark, surreal reimagining of Peter Pan, where the doctors are Pirates, the patients are Lost Boys, and Neverland is a place you can never leave. It was created by Ash Felkner and uses physical theatre, heightened language, and visceral movement to explore the thin line between institutional control and childhood innocence. The running time is 60 minutes. 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It is made and performed by Peut-Être Theatre, whose shows merge vibrant physicality with live music, and it runs about 50 minutes. Every show includes creatively integrated audio description and touch tours, making it accessible for blind and visually impaired children. 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A Station Master welcomes visitors to a place where lost stories, memories and objects are archived and kept safe, with trunks and suitcases brimming with tales and adventures to discover. It is presented by Half Moon and created by Wrongsemble, an award-winning theatre company known for imaginative, inclusive experiences for young audiences. Perfect for the whole family, with some elements best enjoyed by young explorers aged 2-9, it was originally commissioned by The British Library and supported by The Leeds Storytelling Festival.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/the-lost-property-library-41349/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/837056f1b340fe11c7a7c87a5bd507a2c4a06c039a28dc2fe489a43c2be0974c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Binary lives - Where fate takes us", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T20:00:00Z", "place": "The Cockpit Theatre", "address": "Gateforth Street, NW8 8EH London", "price": "Full price: £16.45 (Incl. booking fees)", "price_from": "16.45", "price_to": "16.45", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.thecockpit.org.uk/sales/shows/voila-festival-2026/binary-lives---where-fate-take", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/physical-theatre"], "description": "A wordless duet in which two strangers, stuck waiting on a station bench for a train that never arrives, fill the empty hours with increasingly absurd games. It is produced and presented by Dis Equilibre and blends visual, poetic performance with physical theatre and contemporary circus, turning boredom into play and shared silence into an unexpected encounter. The show won the 'Best Direction' award at the Rome Fringe Festival, was selected for the Thessaloniki Fringe, and has been touring Italy for two years.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/binary-lives-where-fate-takes-us-39098/", "official_url": "https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/binary_lives_-_where_fate_takes_us", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/91cc466c7e1d64deacbde3d4b07158d717e837640e5824c0c8df6c7d2164eafa-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Half term theatre: Hansel & Gretel", "start": "2026-10-29T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Fulham Palace", "address": "London", "price": "£12.00 child, £12.00 adult, £45.00 family (2 adults & 2 children)", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "45.00", "tickets_url": "https://fulhampalace.digitickets.co.uk/pages/terms", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word/storytelling"], "description": "An interactive theatre show for young children staged in the chaplain's garden marquee during half term. Cat & Hutch retell the classic Brothers Grimm tale of Hansel and Gretel, who wander into spooky woods and find a gingerbread house owned by a mysterious old lady who may not be as kind as she seems. The performance uses storytelling, puppetry and songs, lasts about 50 minutes, and is aimed at ages 4 to 7. Children must be accompanied by an adult, and dressing up is optional.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/half-term-theatre-hansel-gretel-36206/", "official_url": "https://www.fulhampalace.org/whats-on/events/half-term-theatre-hansel-gretel-2/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/824d7dc1e3e321c3dc51468be7d5193848940602d8b34601b4d50c75d1eaad9e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Juniper Tree (VOILA! 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It is Evan Placey's adaptation of Jekyll & Hyde, reimagining Robert Louis Stevenson's classic Gothic thriller for a modern audience, directed by Maisie Newman and performed by BA Acting and Actor Musicianship students. After Dr Jekyll's mysterious death, his widow Harriet searches for answers as rumours spread about the elusive Hyde, in a story blending Victorian London with today's digital world that explores identity, power and the suppression of who people really are.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/autumn-season-jekyll-and-hyde-by-evan-placey-after-robert-lo-64925/", "official_url": "https://www.bruford.ac.uk/event/jekyll-and-hyde/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/b7ecc6ea2e9c115f2c9c9d8167194abb80aef27c4f3df3f69900a3bb6af32e96-2000.webp"}, {"title": "At Sea", "start": "2026-10-29T11:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Polka Theatre", "address": "The Broadway 238-244, SW19 1SB London", "price": "£15.00", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://polkatheatre.com/book/?show=574746AKLKQLHCQRNJTNKTLPPJDJPDCBS", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/puppetry"], "description": "\"At Sea\" is a non-verbal puppet show for ages 6 to 12, told through puppetry, projections and original music. It is a Life and Limb Puppets production, co-produced with Alphabetti Theatre. The story follows a sailor whose heart compass is stolen, sending them through a coral reef, a siren's lair and to the bottom of the ocean to win it back. The hour-long family show asks whether they will find their way back to the surface or end up trapped in the belly of the beast who steals sailors' hearts.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/at-sea-38076/", "official_url": "https://polkatheatre.com/event/at-sea/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/5b2ebcd29e5294e48fb5db6f5c74bfdd9f966b99b1e7007ec3ec06899bf71413-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Potted Panto", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-03T00:00:00Z", "place": "Apollo Theatre", "address": "Shaftesbury Avenue 31, W1D 7EZ London", "price": "GBP 30", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/potted-panto-tickets/2026/12/06/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/pantomime", "occasion/christmas"], "description": "Potted Panto is a festive stage show that packs seven classic pantomimes into 70 hilarious minutes. The Olivier Award nominated celebration, performed by a dastardly double act, dashes through the biggest stories and best-loved characters of the panto world, from rubbing Aladdin's lamp to roaming Dick Whittington's London and getting Cinderella to the Ball. Full of madcap energy, terrible jokes and manic costume changes, it is recommended for families and fun whether you are six or 106. The show runs for four weeks only at the Apollo Theatre.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/potted-panto-63369/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/12286160286fb9a563611cf75cd0446ec711a0a37eeb2f2896b00fdd3392a2a3-600.webp"}, {"title": "Pans Labyrinth", "start": "2026-10-31T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Cinema in the Arches", "address": "Arches Lane 22, SW11 8AB London", "price": "", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "22.50", "tickets_url": "https://www.thecinemainthepowerstation.com/ticket-info", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/fantasy"], "description": "A screening of the 2006 fantasy drama war film Pan's Labyrinth. Guillermo del Toro directs a story set in post–civil war Spain, where 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/pans-labyrinth-39063/", "official_url": "https://www.thecinemainthepowerstation.com/film/pan-s-labyrinth", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/566a820ec746f8c16e46863d11a9a321f7f59e5b985b1174bbee338e09c4501d-2000.webp"}, {"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. The play explores British-Iraqi identity, generational trauma, family expectations and the realities of the refugee experience.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/insane-asylum-seekers-63506/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/36684510bee6ab13648ff2b3b4fa538f64f993efcb9836e60a254b0614813d18-600.webp"}, {"title": "Grow: Highly Sprung", "start": "2026-11-08T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T11:00:00Z", "place": "Jacksons Lane", "address": "Archway Road 269a, N6 5AA London", "price": "£12.50", "price_from": "12.50", "price_to": "12.50", "tickets_url": "https://www.offwestend.com/tag/tickets-under-15/", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["stage/physical-theatre"], "description": "Grow by Highly Sprung is an immersive dance and physical theatre adventure for young children aged 3 to 7. It is created by the company Highly Sprung and directed by Emily-May Hyde. The show travels to the skies, dives beneath the oceans and journeys through lush jungles, using dance, physical theatre, intriguing soundscapes and tactile props to bring the natural world to life. It is suitable for children under 12.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/grow-highly-sprung-46240/", "official_url": "https://www.jacksonslane.org.uk/events/grow-highly-sprung/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/67ada2a015e75ec7fe777a18e36421099abc7ca5de47df11e9ad37ff70da74c2-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Penguin", "start": "2026-10-31T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St. Margaret's House", "address": "Old Ford Road 15-23, E2 9PJ London", "price": "£5 / £7 / £9", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "9.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.tickettailor.com/events/stmargaretshouse/2344201/select-date?ref=website_widget&show_event_filter=false", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["music/childrens-music", "stage/puppetry"], "description": "Penguin is a musical puppet show for children aged about 2 to 8 and their families, based on Polly Dunbar's award-winning picture book. It tells of Ben, who receives a penguin as a present; the penguin says nothing however hard Ben tries to entertain it, until a passing lion intervenes and Ben discovers something worth the wait. The show is made by Long Nose Puppets, who create colourful musical puppet shows full of surprises, with lively songs by Tom Gray of Gomez. It runs 40 minutes, with 15 minutes afterwards to meet the puppets.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/penguin-38817/", "official_url": "https://www.stmargaretshouse.org.uk/events/penguin", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/87529d27174b86b37f59eebd0d5ab1819e655fa1e2975543355f572eae17c645-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Orlando: A Pornobiography", "start": "2026-11-10T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-10T19:30:00Z", "place": "New Diorama Theatre", "address": "15 – 16 Triton Street, Regent's Place, NW1 3BF London", "price": "GBP 19", "price_from": "19.00", "price_to": "19.00", "tickets_url": "https://newdiorama.com/whats-on", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["literature/adaptation", "stage/theatre"], "description": "Orlando: A Pornobiography is a theatre piece, part pornographic bildungsroman and part frosted fever dream, presented as a bold and fearless reinterpretation of Virginia Woolf's Orlando. It is created by the award-winning duo pissCARNATION, Charli Cowgill and Laurie Ward, and performed by an ensemble of transfemme performers in a world premiere commissioned by New Diorama Theatre. The story follows Orlando across centuries, from palace hunts and skaters on the frozen River Thames to a plane ticket to Neukölln, Berlin, as the 16th Century dials a phone sex hotline and finds the 21st Century seeking a body capable of enduring its own desires. The piece explores erotic entanglements, historical ruptures, and queer intrusions in this daring anti-adaptation.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/orlando-a-pornobiography-64430/", "official_url": "https://newdiorama.com/whats-on/orlando", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/58ca11be92b219f360331f74a176d9d723f8ff24818a0cfbcf4d94878d49e1fe-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Pinocchio - Globe", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-03T00:00:00Z", "place": "Globe Theatre", "address": "21 New Globe Walk, SE1 9DT Bankside", "price": "GBP 8", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/pinocchio-tickets/2026/11/28/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/musical"], "description": "A musical version of Pinocchio, the story of a little wooden puppet built by the woodcarver Geppetto and brought to life by the Blue Fairy, whose nose grows each time he lies and who longs to become a real boy. It has a book and lyrics by Charlie Josephine, music and lyrics by Jim Fortune, and is directed by Sean Holmes. Playing in the open air of the Globe Theatre, it follows Pinocchio through adventures where he learns the true meaning of freedom, family and what makes you human. A moving, whimsical festive treat for the whole family, told with puppetry and song.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/pinocchio-globe-63486/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/e6f9b8726ef0e6e0e7c1aa06161f35e4dea66f58d4af7232b81a613c6676ffbf-600.webp"}, {"title": "The Gall Of The House Of Sud: The Perils of Youth Play", "start": "2026-11-10T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Playground Theatre, Cafe and Bar", "address": "Latimer Industrial Estate 8, W10 6RQ London", "price": "£16 (General Admission); £14 (Concession, Senior over 60, Access for All, Unemployed, Student)", "price_from": "16.00", "price_to": "16.00", "tickets_url": "https://buytickets.at/theplaygroundtheatre/2278748", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/dark-comedy"], "description": "A play in which, in an ancient rotting house, an unseen visitor knocks and a poisonous crone and her pompous, disgraced son argue over who should answer the door. 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"}]}