{"title": "Stranger Things: The First Shadow", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-23T00:00:00Z", "place": "Phoenix Theatre", "address": "Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0JP London", "price": "GBP 29", "price_from": "29.00", "price_to": "29.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/stranger-things-tickets/2026/10/28/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "film/horror"], "description": "Stranger Things: The First Shadow is a stage play at the Phoenix Theatre, a prequel to the Netflix series Stranger Things set in the town of Hawkins. It was written by Kate Trefry and Jack Thorne from the Duffer Brothers' story, directed by Stephen Daldry with co-director Justin Martin, and produced by Sonia Friedman's company with Stephen Daldry and Netflix. The story moves to Hawkins in 1959, where a young Jim Hopper and Joyce Maldonado face the past as a new student, Henry Creel, arrives. 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In a place with no name, a down-on-their-luck narrator strives to fathom the nature of horror, in adaptations of a fairy tale, the first detective story and an original chilling tale. The show marks the directorial debut of several members of the Lantern community, with pieces directed by Edward Hebbourn, Phoebe-rose Redman, Danny Welsh and Nadia Williams. Tickets cost £12, the recommended age is 12+, and the running time is approximately two hours including an interval.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/tales-from-the-shadows-60916/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/a9466f300445748ef8ab0962df3a7aee190dee685b949440d8fd67255a31f824-600.webp"}, {"title": "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child", "start": "2026-10-09T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-09-05T23:30:00+01:00", "place": "Palace Theatre", "address": "Cambridge Circus, W1D 5AY London", "price": "GBP 25–175", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "175.00", "tickets_url": "https://ticketing.nimaxtheatres.com/shop/tickets/series/PAHAR02M", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre"], "description": "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a stage play performed at the historic Palace Theatre in London's West End, recommended for theatre lovers, families and visitors. It is based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, and is a new play by Jack Thorne, having received its world premiere at the Palace Theatre in summer 2016. Nineteen years after Harry, Ron and Hermione saved the wizarding world, they return for an extraordinary new adventure, joined by a brave new generation that has only just arrived at the legendary Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The production features spectacular spells, a mind-blowing race through time and an epic battle to stop mysterious forces while the future hangs in the balance.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-37384/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/50e8ca1f55d178e21b4e3511a42c9c774fb75024bf33dfdbc68b84d1e91ed97b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", "start": "2026-10-14T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Boston Manor", "address": "Boston Manor Road, TW8 9JX Brentford", "price": "£13.50 – £19", "price_from": "13.50", "price_to": "19.00", "tickets_url": "https://theartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/the-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "literature/classics"], "description": "A gothic theatre piece staged inside Boston Manor House, running as an intimate thriller for ages 11 and up. The Arts Centre Hounslow presents Jack Fairey's new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic. In London in 1886, Dr Henry Jekyll hosts a dinner while two brutal crimes point to the mysterious Edward Hyde, and as the evening unfolds his respectable world begins to fracture.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/the-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-35026/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/fea32b37b9d0cd12f3120dbc2f2221ca342a9da0dc0da64e98c54b238149ef46-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Boyhood", "start": "2026-10-14T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "Pleasance", "address": "Carpenters Mews, N7 9EF London", "price": "From £20.00", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.pleasance.co.uk/via/tickets/33%3A315212", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "music/hip-hop"], "description": "A new theatre play at the Pleasance London Main House Cabaret, performed by two actors with a live hip-hop score. Written by Conor Hunt with music by Conrad Murray and directed by Tom Bellerby, it is produced by Attic Theatre Company. It follows Jay, a 17-year-old Londoner who, on the edge of adulthood, faces an unplanned pregnancy and navigates mates, masculinity, grief and loyalty in a coming-of-age story developed with local young people. 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It is made by Studio Lambert together with Sam Mendes' Neal Street Productions, written by John Finnemore and directed by Olivier Award winner Rob Hastie, with Nick Mohammed announced as host. The play brings to life the series's mix of whodunnit mystery and psychological drama, in which contestants compete for a cash prize while trying to weed out the traitors in their midst. It forms a cycle of five new plays sharing the same premise but diverging into different narratives, with Saturday performances letting audiences determine which character becomes a Traitor.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/the-traitors-acts-of-betrayal-63465/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/a7adcb9a773cb60a0c577f0573fbbfe0efbd92b5acbc0c2422f414dba3919e19-600.webp"}, {"title": "Half term theatre: The Canterville Ghost", "start": "2026-10-29T14:00:00Z", "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/childrens-books", "stage/theatre"], "description": "An interactive storytelling theatre show adapting Oscar Wilde's classic spooky tale, where the ghost haunting Canterville Chase tries in vain to scare the new Otis family. It features ghostly goings-on, audience participation and plenty of theatrical fun, and is suited to children aged 7 and over. The performance takes place in the chaplain's garden marquee at Fulham Palace and runs for about 50 minutes.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/half-term-theatre-the-canterville-ghost-36207/", "official_url": "https://www.fulhampalace.org/whats-on/events/half-term-theatre-the-canterville-ghost/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/b0d510dc27642de7f480a456e2ebbf4207d69a1d851b1cb054a94e96862fff72-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Dark", "start": "2026-10-29T14:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Battersea Arts Centre", "address": "SW11 5TN London", "price": "Pay What You Can (Recommended Price £15)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/the-dark/#book", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/childrens-theatre"], "description": "The Dark is a family theatre show for children aged 4 and over, adapted from Lemony Snicket's picture book, about a boy called Laszlo who is afraid of the dark until the night it visits his room and he journeys to meet it. 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. It is an empowering adventure about facing one's fears.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/the-dark-60013/", "official_url": "https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/the-dark/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/c7cb2ea06a1835ddf43b30c66b272f0dd6614e53991eb2e18a138271a29cfe61-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Pied Piper: A Rat's Tale", "start": "2026-10-25T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "place": "Little Angel Theatre", "address": "Dagmar Passage 13, N1 2DN London", "price": "£16.00 Adult, £14.00 Child (age 1-17); all tickets £8.50 at 4.45pm shows on Thursdays, £10 at 5.15pm", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "16.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.littleangeltheatre.com/for-schools/watch-a-show/#book", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/puppetry"], "description": "The Pied Piper: A Rat's Tale is a puppetry show for everyone over 5, lasting about 50 minutes. It is an Indefinite Articles production in association with Little Angel Theatre, written by Michael Fowkes, Steve Tiplady and Sally Todd, performed by Steve Tiplady and directed by Sally Todd. It tells the story of Horatio, a brave little rat who leaves his dull river life for the town of Hamelin, where his imprisonment sparks a rat invasion and the arrival of the mysterious Pied Piper. With puppetry, storytelling and original music, it is a funny family show that reveals the story behind the legend.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/the-pied-piper-a-rats-tale-37027/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/eb299f39f9b4e8ad8497aa8fd4de843486f9d3cbc5d4dc5294e36a1af8be3766-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Seagull", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-04-27T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Sam Wanamaker Playhouse", "address": "New Globe Walk 21, SE1 9DT London", "price": "GBP 7", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "8.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/the-seagull-tickets/2027/01/17/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "The Seagull is a play by Anton Chekhov staged at the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in London. Director Caroline Steinbeis and translator Rory Mullarkey, who together made the 2025 production of Three Sisters, reunite for this timeless story of ambition and desire, inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet. On a rural estate, the lives of four people intersect: the middlebrow writer Boris Trigorin, the ingenue Nina, the washed-up actress Irina Arkadina, and her son Konstantin Treplev, a brooding experimental playwright. When Konstantin falls in love with Nina while staging a play on his uncle's estate, but she is drawn to Trigorin, his mother's lover, a thrilling psychological drama follows.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/the-seagull-63524/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/25e9b6bb190dd82d3939273b1d03f7d3ea96b8a8f8892a32a7f27350d3607255-600.webp"}, {"title": "Autumn Season: Jekyll and Hyde by Evan Placey after Robert Louis Stevenson", "start": "2026-11-09T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T00:00:00Z", "place": "Rose Bruford College", "address": "Burnt Oak Lane, DA15 9DF Sidcup", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "A stage performance at The Barn Theatre of Rose Bruford College, running in the college's Autumn Season. 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": "First Scares", "start": "2026-11-01T14:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T14:00:00Z", "place": "The Cinema Museum", "address": "Dugard Way 2, SE11 4TH London", "price": "£22.50 – £40", "price_from": "22.50", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://ticketlab.app/series/2886#/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["film/horror"], "description": "First Scares is a two-show event in which broadcaster and writer Matthew Sweet explores what film or TV moments genuinely terrified stars of stage and screen. The 14:00 session features interviews with Peter Straughan (Conclave), BAFTA-winning Best Actress Joanna Scanlan (After Love) and Angela Allen; the 17:00 session features Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, The League of Gentlemen), Lesley Manville (The Crown, Mrs Harris Goes to Paris), Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Dune) and Carol Morley (The Falling, Typist Artist Pirate King). Expect favourite scares, childhood nightmares and plenty of debate about what really gets under our skin.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/first-scares-39074/", "official_url": "https://cinemamuseum.org.uk/scheduled/first-scares/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/ebfb7bc7dfa7390977add9f248e9b3ad2d4a1460661cafeefc340e263f69f84d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Penge West Halloween Special!", "start": "2026-11-01T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Bridge House Theatre", "address": "High Street 2, SE20 8RZ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/the-bridge-house-theatre", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "\"Penge West Halloween Special!\" is a spooky Halloween instalment of a theatrical soap opera, described as \"Spooky theatrical silliness\". It is written by Tim Connery, directed by Ellie Ward and produced by The Bridge House Theatre, with video and projection design by Luke Adamson. The continuing drama turns spooky as audiences find out what happens to the favourite Pengeites after the explosion of the Bleak House pub at the end of Season Two, what becomes of Scarlett Morden, whether Tony's heart holds up, and what secrets lurk beneath the streets of Penge.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/penge-west-halloween-special-35083/", "official_url": "https://thebridgehousetheatre.co.uk/shows/penge-west-2/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/4999a0a340a68fdf777324133552c78d3c78b4929327d5871517f0a454ac318e-1200.webp"}, {"title": "TWO PLAYS. ONE NIGHT.", "start": "2026-11-10T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T00:00:00Z", "place": "Union Theatre", "address": "Old Union Yard Arches", "price": "£17", "price_from": "17.00", "price_to": "17.00", "tickets_url": "https://uniontheatre.savoysystems.co.uk/UnionTheatre.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_836.TcsWebTab_837", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "Two Plays. One Night. is a double bill of two new plays celebrating original writing and emerging talent, presented by Actor's Instinct Studio Productions after a sold-out run at the King's Head Theatre. Jamie Davis's Beginners, directed by Richard Winsor, unfolds in real time over the thirty minutes before the curtain rises on the most important night in a small group of actors' lives, asking whether pursuing the arts is worth it. Ben Stower's Natural Affairs, directed by Livia Sardão, follows the guests, staff and resident ghosts of a rundown English B&B as secrets become scandals and beliefs are tested. The evening runs 80 minutes with an interval.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/two-plays-one-night-39970/", "official_url": "https://uniontheatre.biz/show/two-plays-one-night/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/5baf4aa9fd9bc72e190263d89cc7471bce2d86eff624f1b407bf54ac3ff5414a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Spooky Boo and the Moonlight Friends Sensory Theatre 0-3years", "start": "2026-10-31T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Pickled Pepper Books", "address": "Middle Lane 10, London", "price": "from €11,56", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.pickledpepperbooks.co.uk/collections/vendors?q=Pickled%20Pepper%20Books", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["occasion/halloween", "stage/theatre"], "description": "A gentle Halloween sensory theatre adventure for babies and toddlers aged 6 months to 3 years. Pickled Pepper Books presents the story of Boo, a little ghost afraid of the dark who hides away when the moon comes out, while her friend the friendly witch throws a party for all her magical friends. The 30–40 minute show is softly spooky and full of light, packed with puppets, bubbles, songs, scarves and sensory play, never too scary for little ones.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/spooky-boo-and-the-moonlight-friends-sensory-theatre-0-3year-41823/", "official_url": "https://www.pickledpepperbooks.co.uk/collections/events/products/spooky-boo-sensory-theatre-saturday-31st-october", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/b5df2556916c734872428ee266ee8684b01e619e52c4e863ec198db027cd1ae9-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Signal-Man & Trial performed by James Swanton Halloween 2026", "start": "2026-10-30T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Charles Dickens Museum", "address": "Doughty Street 48-49, WC1N 2LX London", "price": "From £25", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://dickensmuseum.digitickets.co.uk/event-tickets/81275", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/horror", "literature/classics"], "description": "A live one-man performance of two Charles Dickens ghost stories, 'The Signal-Man' and 'The Trial for Murder', staged in a room of the Charles Dickens Museum like a gathering in Dickens's own drawing room. Actor James Swanton, known for screen and BBC horror roles, tells the tales, which follow a railway signal-man haunted by a warning figure and a man tormented by a murdered enemy's spectre. The horror writer Ramsey Campbell called the double bill an unforgettable experience. The performance lasts 60 minutes and is recommended for ages 12 and up.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/signal-man-trial-performed-by-james-swanton-halloween-2026-35243/", "official_url": "https://dickensmuseum.com/blogs/all-events/signal-man-trial-performed-by-james-swanton-halloween-2026", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/caf17ca2c05715588b81c7699569f2b54932f1f75b95e282409e08f025423c66-1200.webp"}]}