WHAT’s on
All That's Left Is Right
Set in a dystopian future, the Fairy RightMother invites you to a live broadcast of the execution of the last left-handed Alien. Take a seat and enjoy as we explore the life of this individual for your entertainment, showcasing to the world and you the consequences of being different.
All That's Left Is Right
Set in a dystopian future, the Fairy RightMother invites you to a live broadcast of the execution of the last left-handed Alien. Take a seat and enjoy as we explore the life of this individual for your entertainment, showcasing to the world and you the consequences of being different.
Dead Doves and Lemons OR Everything You’ve Ever Wanted To Know About Fan Fiction (but were too afraid to ask)
Your loved one just came out as a (GASP!) fan fiction writer. How do you respond to that? What will the neighbours think? What is Omega slick, anyway? Don't worry because fan fiction veteran MinaRoseTook is here to answer all your questions. Join us on an eclectic, hilarious, and heartfelt journey where we’ll explore transformative works: how fan fiction came to be, why people like it, why people hate it, and why it's a valid form of art. But this isn't going to be your usual lecture. It's part theatre, part puppet show, part writing exercise, and so much more. Who knows...maybe you'll even write something!
A one-woman show that celebrates storytellers.
“Deanna Strasse…has created a brilliant piece that is not only interesting but educational in a fun way.” — GJD Review, Colchester Fringe Festival
“Truly beautiful...I laughed until I cried.” - The Cockpit Audience Member (June 2025)
“This show SLAPS!” - The Cockpit Audience Member (June 2025)
“I’ve been thinking a lot about this show. It’s stuck with me.” - Lambeth Fringe Audience Member (October 2025)
“A joy to watch!” - Colchester Fringe Audience Member (October 2025)
Dead Doves and Lemons OR Everything You’ve Ever Wanted To Know About Fan Fiction (but were too afraid to ask)
Your loved one just came out as a (GASP!) fan fiction writer. How do you respond to that? What will the neighbours think? What is Omega slick, anyway? Don't worry because fan fiction veteran MinaRoseTook is here to answer all your questions. Join us on an eclectic, hilarious, and heartfelt journey where we’ll explore transformative works: how fan fiction came to be, why people like it, why people hate it, and why it's a valid form of art. But this isn't going to be your usual lecture. It's part theatre, part puppet show, part writing exercise, and so much more. Who knows...maybe you'll even write something!
A one-woman show that celebrates storytellers.
“Deanna Strasse…has created a brilliant piece that is not only interesting but educational in a fun way.” — GJD Review, Colchester Fringe Festival
“Truly beautiful...I laughed until I cried.” - The Cockpit Audience Member (June 2025)
“This show SLAPS!” - The Cockpit Audience Member (June 2025)
“I’ve been thinking a lot about this show. It’s stuck with me.” - Lambeth Fringe Audience Member (October 2025)
“A joy to watch!” - Colchester Fringe Audience Member (October 2025)
Dead Doves and Lemons OR Everything You’ve Ever Wanted To Know About Fan Fiction (but were too afraid to ask)
Your loved one just came out as a (GASP!) fan fiction writer. How do you respond to that? What will the neighbours think? What is Omega slick, anyway? Don't worry because fan fiction veteran MinaRoseTook is here to answer all your questions. Join us on an eclectic, hilarious, and heartfelt journey where we’ll explore transformative works: how fan fiction came to be, why people like it, why people hate it, and why it's a valid form of art. But this isn't going to be your usual lecture. It's part theatre, part puppet show, part writing exercise, and so much more. Who knows...maybe you'll even write something!
A one-woman show that celebrates storytellers.
“Deanna Strasse…has created a brilliant piece that is not only interesting but educational in a fun way.” — GJD Review, Colchester Fringe Festival
“Truly beautiful...I laughed until I cried.” - The Cockpit Audience Member (June 2025)
“This show SLAPS!” - The Cockpit Audience Member (June 2025)
“I’ve been thinking a lot about this show. It’s stuck with me.” - Lambeth Fringe Audience Member (October 2025)
“A joy to watch!” - Colchester Fringe Audience Member (October 2025)
All That's Left Is Right
Set in a dystopian future, the Fairy RightMother invites you to a live broadcast of the execution of the last left-handed Alien. Take a seat and enjoy as we explore the life of this individual for your entertainment, showcasing to the world and you the consequences of being different.
Slideshow: In Color!
L.A.'s underground hit has landed in London: Slideshow brings together storytellers, poets, comedians, musicians and more, all speaking their truth with their own slides up on the big screen to prove it. "Shockingly honest stories," cheers the Los Angeles Times, "Downright magical, uncomfortable, and anarchic."
Content warnings: Age 16 and over recommended (some language & adult content)
Stephen Catling: Clownfish out of water
Award winning comic Stephen Catling brings you his new WIP featuring some up and coming acts providing support.
When clowns can't breathe water and fish can't breathe air- what's a poor clownfish to do in this cruel world?
In 2025, Catling (Malcolm Hardee Award Nominee 2023 & 2025) lost his slug mask. It was an essential part of his hit show ‘Moving on...really really slowly.’
This time, Stephen explores his life now that Autism has been “unmasked,” as well as his fin flapping rage against an increasingly soulless entertainment industry who knows what is going to be in store? A burlesque performing cabbage/lettuce? A rendition of Robbie Williams musical biopic Betterman but they casted a real chimp? Rage against the machine (Generative AI)?
Disclaimer: The show is not going to be about a literal clownfish or finding nemo. A colleague back in his lab days described him lovingly as psychotic Mighty Boosh and The British comedy guide called him “A bucking bronco of surrealism and scruffiness” if this sounds like your bag welcome aboard the crazy train.
"His delivery is brilliantly playful" Everything Theatre
“This is a very different voice on the comedy circuit and one it is important to hear from.” Brighton and Hove news
"Very unique act in a strange but absolutely hilarious way had audience howling. " The Stand
"Magnificently irreverent...charming and utterly bonkers " The Review Hub
"Everything from silly one-liners, to props, to a surprisingly raw honesty that cuts through the surrealness like a knife" Fringe Fry Up
"He’s an interesting performer....I’d definitely like to see him again" Beyond the Joke (Bruce Dessau)
"I found myself at different times laughing out loud, staring wide-eye’d, gushing with joy & wondering what the damninnit was going on!" Mumble
Hamish Lloyd Barnes: Stage Presence (WIP)
This is a ghost story. Told by ghosts. A voice largely underrepresented in the genre.
The Ableforth Theatre is haunted. It will be demolished tonight. But first - one hell of a show!
Grab your overpriced Häagen-Dazs and witness Hamish Lloyd Barnes’ (Disney+, Channel 4, BBC Radio 4) hilarious character comedy work-in-progress starring whispering curtains, the pouting ghosts of leading men and scariest of all - musical theatre kids.
FINALIST Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off 2026
BBC New Comedy Awards Nominee 2025
"I've rarely laughed so consistently for an hour" - ★★★★ Broadway Baby
"One of the most impressive hours of the fringe" - ★★★★ The List
"Genuinely original... funny and weirdly moving" - Lou Berger, Head Writer of Sesame Street
MANDATORY: 16+. Swearing and audience participation
Reel Life
Wiry Algernon and sturdy Bruno are the stars of hit 1920s silent film variety show The Algernon and Bruno Show — but each secretly think they are the one that the crowds flock to see. Always hungering for the fleeting attention of the audience, Algernon and Bruno are increasingly willing to cross any line to get what they crave. But unbeknownst to them, there is something else that craves the roar of applause even more...
Age restrictions/trigger and content warnings:
The show is intended for adults 18 years of age and older.
Partial nudity, Reference to alcohol, Simulated Violence, Death, Smoking (no actual smoking/vaping will occur on stage)
Woof
Woof is a 50-minute two-hander comedy about coming of age in an unusual setting: a human’s house. The play follows Pup, a curious young dog full of questions about what it means to “have” a human, and Old, an older dog quietly navigating love, loyalty and the ache of waiting at the door.
Age restrictions, trigger and content warnings if any, especially if adult themes are in the show: No age restriction, no adult theme, content warnings: Includes themes of ageing, loss of autonomy, emotional distress, and brief references to physical reprimand.
Woof
Woof is a 50-minute two-hander comedy about coming of age in an unusual setting: a human’s house. The play follows Pup, a curious young dog full of questions about what it means to “have” a human, and Old, an older dog quietly navigating love, loyalty and the ache of waiting at the door.
Age restrictions, trigger and content warnings if any, especially if adult themes are in the show: No age restriction, no adult theme, content warnings: Includes themes of ageing, loss of autonomy, emotional distress, and brief references to physical reprimand.
Woof
Woof is a 50-minute two-hander comedy about coming of age in an unusual setting: a human’s house. The play follows Pup, a curious young dog full of questions about what it means to “have” a human, and Old, an older dog quietly navigating love, loyalty and the ache of waiting at the door.
Age restrictions, trigger and content warnings if any, especially if adult themes are in the show: No age restriction, no adult theme, content warnings: Includes themes of ageing, loss of autonomy, emotional distress, and brief references to physical reprimand.
The Art of the Almost
Ever felt like you almost got it right? Or wondered why men can be so... well, idiots?
This is a special, one-night-only preview of two brand-new solo shows before they hit the festival circuit this year. Expect a mix of honest storytelling, big laughs, a bit of live music, and that awkward feeling of trying to navigate modern relationships without losing your mind.
It’s fresh, it’s raw, and it’s still a work in progress—so you’ll be the very first to see it!
Best part? Every single penny from ticket sales goes straight to charity. Come grab a drink, enjoy the show, and support a great cause!
Age: +12
An American Comedy Show (Might Be Funny To The British)
WORK IN PROGRESS: a brand-new show, still being built, shown rough and honest.
An American comic with a British family escapes his dumpster-fire homeland and its would-be dictator to pick apart the gap between how Britain sees America and how it actually feels to live there. Made in the British tradition: self-deprecating, joke-dense, and far more interested in taking the mickey out of himself than telling you his 'take.' It's part cultural autopsy, part love letter, a fast show about being loudly from a country everyone loves to hate, while asking whether the America he grew up in ever existed at all. You might leave feeling sorry for America. Or at least for Americans. Come see it find its feet.
SOCIALS: Instagram: @brendonfreakinglemon_ TikTok: @brendonfreakinglemon
AGE RESTRICTION / CONTENT WARNINGS: 16+. Strong language and political themes, including references to current US politics.
Reel Life
Wiry Algernon and sturdy Bruno are the stars of hit 1920s silent film variety show The Algernon and Bruno Show — but each secretly think they are the one that the crowds flock to see. Always hungering for the fleeting attention of the audience, Algernon and Bruno are increasingly willing to cross any line to get what they crave. But unbeknownst to them, there is something else that craves the roar of applause even more...
Age restrictions/trigger and content warnings:
The show is intended for adults 18 years of age and older.
Partial nudity, Reference to alcohol, Simulated Violence, Death, Smoking (no actual smoking/vaping will occur on stage)
Reel Life
Wiry Algernon and sturdy Bruno are the stars of hit 1920s silent film variety show The Algernon and Bruno Show — but each secretly think they are the one that the crowds flock to see. Always hungering for the fleeting attention of the audience, Algernon and Bruno are increasingly willing to cross any line to get what they crave. But unbeknownst to them, there is something else that craves the roar of applause even more...
Age restrictions/trigger and content warnings:
The show is intended for adults 18 years of age and older.
Partial nudity, Reference to alcohol, Simulated Violence, Death, Smoking (no actual smoking/vaping will occur on stage)
Reel Life
Wiry Algernon and sturdy Bruno are the stars of hit 1920s silent film variety show The Algernon and Bruno Show — but each secretly think they are the one that the crowds flock to see. Always hungering for the fleeting attention of the audience, Algernon and Bruno are increasingly willing to cross any line to get what they crave. But unbeknownst to them, there is something else that craves the roar of applause even more...
Age restrictions/trigger and content warnings:
The show is intended for adults 18 years of age and older.
Partial nudity, Reference to alcohol, Simulated Violence, Death, Smoking (no actual smoking/vaping will occur on stage)
FIASCO: An Improvised Archive
Based off of the hit tabletop role playing game of the same name by Bully Pulpit Games, FIASCO is a fully improvised show investigating a fictional archive and the dark tales it contains. Every performance, with the help of the audience, three players will explore a new story, guided by the Archivist and our special visiting lecturer; stories filled with brutality and intrigue, rage and desire, and a tangled web of threads will combine with unfortunate circumstances to create… well, quite the fiasco.
Age Restrictions: 18+
Content Warnings: Staged violence, sexual content and themes. We have a web link for audiences to refer to a full list of possible content and themes during the improvised show as well as a content blacklist.
THE AFTERPARTY
Glass Light Opera presents: The Afterparty
A night out is ending. The bars are closing, the streets are emptying, and nobody is quite as sober—or certain—as they were a few hours ago.The Afterparty is a woven evening of opera scenes by Britten, Mozart, Bizet, Strauss and more, reimagined as one continuous story unfolding in the small hours of the morning. As friendships fracture, romances ignite, old wounds resurface and emotions spill over, a cast of characters stumble through the strange limbo between the end of one night and the beginning of the next.By turns hilarious, heartfelt and heartbreaking, The Afterparty brings together some of opera's most compelling moments in a fresh and unexpected theatrical journey, proving that after a few drinks, we all become the protagonists of our own drama.
This Machine Kills Fascists
This Machine Kills Fascists
By David Dunn
Songs by David Dunn
This Machine Kills Fascists is a stage spectacle inspired by the life and work of Woody Guthrie, the legendary American folk singer and civil rights activists.
In the style of all Nuworks productions, it is Epic and as as one critic wrote: “an electrifying hybrid - a protest-song dressed in a theatrical form.” Its a faithful portrayal of Guthrie’s life and times. Woody was never known to compromise. He was as awkward and as flawed as he was committed to the cause of civil rights and working class people, no matter their ethnicity, colour or religion.
The force of the performance is the dramatic threads from Woody Guthrie's biography. His disdain of self seeking politicians, big corporations, and all those who sought to undermine the American Dream.
It was in this fight, led not by a rifle, but by song that his famous ‘war cry’ was born: ‘This machine kills fascists’, scrawled across Woody’s guitar.
The musical arrangements and choreography ( the songs, all originals by David Dunn in the style of Woody Guthrie ) recreate the sentiment of American protests in the 1940s. and 50. They may be read, at times, as a commentary on modern politics and the fight for the rights of ordinary people today.
REVIEW: ’The atmosphere of this remarkable performance is perfectly captured in the intensity of emotion, light and energy of the actors. The production creates images that stay in your memory. This Machine Kills Fascists by Nuworks is ‘a spectacle that is not just performed, it's a show that is lived’.
1 hour 15minutes duration
Wish
Award-winning Chinese magician Jason Ouyang and Mason Ma bring their brand-new one man show to Etcetera Theatre this June and July!
The show delivers everything audiences expect from world-class magic: mind-reading, impossible objects, and highly interactive illusions; while introducing unique magical effects from ancient Chinese, rarely seen outside of China.
A feel-good and captivating show, the show offers an evening of laughter, storytelling, and unforgettable magic audiences won’t have seen before and anywhere else.
Age restrictions: 12 and above.
A Punk Opera
Punk defines the politics and fashion of an era, it was brief, a phenomenon that burst like a storm of protest on an unsympathetic, uncompromisingly brutal political system and leader, devoid of compassion in pursuit of greatness and material gain.
Britain, not so Great….1970 and 80’s Margaret Thatcher…the iron lady….garbage strikes, miner closures, police brutality, unemployment, the IRA, race riots. All in response to what John Lydon aka Jonny Rotten of the Sex Pistols called the ‘shitsdom’.
Nuworks, A Punk Opera is a reimagining of Bertolt Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera which in itself is a reworking of John Gay’s The Beggars’ Opera 1728.
The basic story and characters belong to John Gay, Elizabeth Hauptmann and Brecht adding their Marxist doctrine. There’s no such overt political agenda in our reimagining. Nuworks is closer to John Gay with some sorry reflections on human foibles and hypocrisy than ideology. It’s not even a criticism of Thatcher, of whom, in fairness, it has been said was the leader Britain needed at the time. Debatable.
We’ve set the scene in Camden because that’s where it all began and we’re thrilled to be performing it in the deep heart of Camden, at Etcetra Theatre, in July 2026 as part of our Fringe tour.
In summary…its a great tale with all of the usual suspects…Macheath ( Mac the Knife ) the thoroughly dysfunctional Peachum family, Copper Green, not one of them with a single redeeming feature!
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Some course contemporary language in dramatic context
ADvsHD
Alice and Bea are not just sisters. They are best friends, or at least they used to be.
Their brains rejoice in eachothers' presence, even though so different in their similarity. Alice is extremely disattentive (AD), while Bea is hyperactive (HD).
Moreover, Alice is very successful, while Bea leads a very mid professional life.
Or at least that how they used to be.
They used to be many things, before Bea left, interrupting contact almost entirely, two years ago.
Now Bea is back, and Alice doesn't really know how to feel about it.
Alice is still heartbroken, but, more importantly, she needs an explanation. She needs to know why Bea left, so she can decide whether to forgive her.
But Bea is very determined not to tell her. And she's also very determined to annoyingly take over Alice's space with all her backflips and her handstands.
Will they rekindle their friendship, or will they loose eachother for good?
Age: 12+
Wish
Award-winning Chinese magician Jason Ouyang and Mason Ma bring their brand-new one man show to Etcetera Theatre this June and July!
The show delivers everything audiences expect from world-class magic: mind-reading, impossible objects, and highly interactive illusions; while introducing unique magical effects from ancient Chinese, rarely seen outside of China.
A feel-good and captivating show, the show offers an evening of laughter, storytelling, and unforgettable magic audiences won’t have seen before and anywhere else.
Age restrictions: 12 and above.
Perhaps
Lena Johnson is a schoolgirl struggling with addiction, doubt, and a growing sense of lost potential. Once a promising athlete, she now drifts through school and home, relying on drugs to quiet her thoughts and get through each day. After a particularly difficult day, she takes drugs in an attempt to escape everything building inside her.
But instead of relief, she is pulled into something else. Lena begins to slip into a fractured night where reality, memory, and hallucination blur together. As the present unravels, she is confronted by fragments of her past; moments at home, relationships with her family and her brother, and echoes of who she used to be.
As the night deepens, she is pushed further into her own mind, where guilt, regret, and dependency begin to surface more clearly than ever before. By the end, Lena is left questioning whether she is defined by the past she keeps returning to, or whether there is still a way to step beyond it.
CONTENT WARNING: Perhaps contains themes that some audience members may find distressing. These include drug use, substance dependency, hallucinations and altered mental states, anxiety and panic, family conflict, emotional distress, and references to sexual assault. The play also explores themes of religion and faith in a psychologically intense context. This production is recommended for audiences aged 15+. Viewer discretion is advised.
Monologues of Men
Monologues of Men is a raw, powerful and emotionally charged theatre experience exploring masculinity, mental health, trauma, love and redemption through a series of gripping interconnected monologues.
Following a sell-out London run, Francis Saunders brings an honest and intimate portrayal of modern manhood to the stage — exposing the silence, vulnerability and strength that often go unseen.
Raw. Intimate. Unfiltered.
Age: 18+
Monologues of Men
Monologues of Men is a raw, powerful and emotionally charged theatre experience exploring masculinity, mental health, trauma, love and redemption through a series of gripping interconnected monologues.
Following a sell-out London run, Francis Saunders brings an honest and intimate portrayal of modern manhood to the stage — exposing the silence, vulnerability and strength that often go unseen.
Raw. Intimate. Unfiltered.
Age: 18+
Wish
Award-winning Chinese magician Jason Ouyang and Mason Ma bring their brand-new one man show to Etcetera Theatre this June and July!
The show delivers everything audiences expect from world-class magic: mind-reading, impossible objects, and highly interactive illusions; while introducing unique magical effects from ancient Chinese, rarely seen outside of China.
A feel-good and captivating show, the show offers an evening of laughter, storytelling, and unforgettable magic audiences won’t have seen before and anywhere else.
Age restrictions: 12 and above.
HAYA’s Plays on Saturdays: ‘Blue Stockings’
'Blue Stockings' by Jessica Swale is a play set in 1896. It follows the the UK's first Female Undergraduates in their battle for the right to graduate. Although being equally academically strong as their fellow male peers, they are rejected and stigmatized as unmarriageable and unqualified of ever having a career. Despite this, the Blue Stockings kept fighting and followed their dreams to have the right to education, graduation and a career.
Insta: @academyhunt
This production is rated 12+ and includes brief scenes of violence and themes of sexism throughout the play.
HAYA’s Plays on Saturdays: ‘Blue Stockings’
'Blue Stockings' by Jessica Swale is a play set in 1896. It follows the the UK's first Female Undergraduates in their battle for the right to graduate. Although being equally academically strong as their fellow male peers, they are rejected and stigmatized as unmarriageable and unqualified of ever having a career. Despite this, the Blue Stockings kept fighting and followed their dreams to have the right to education, graduation and a career.
Insta: @academyhunt
This production is rated 12+ and includes brief scenes of violence and themes of sexism throughout the play.
This Machine Kills Fascists
This Machine Kills Fascists
By David Dunn
Songs by David Dunn
This Machine Kills Fascists is a stage spectacle inspired by the life and work of Woody Guthrie, the legendary American folk singer and civil rights activists.
In the style of all Nuworks productions, it is Epic and as as one critic wrote: “an electrifying hybrid - a protest-song dressed in a theatrical form.” Its a faithful portrayal of Guthrie’s life and times. Woody was never known to compromise. He was as awkward and as flawed as he was committed to the cause of civil rights and working class people, no matter their ethnicity, colour or religion.
The force of the performance is the dramatic threads from Woody Guthrie's biography. His disdain of self seeking politicians, big corporations, and all those who sought to undermine the American Dream.
It was in this fight, led not by a rifle, but by song that his famous ‘war cry’ was born: ‘This machine kills fascists’, scrawled across Woody’s guitar.
The musical arrangements and choreography ( the songs, all originals by David Dunn in the style of Woody Guthrie ) recreate the sentiment of American protests in the 1940s. and 50. They may be read, at times, as a commentary on modern politics and the fight for the rights of ordinary people today.
REVIEW: ’The atmosphere of this remarkable performance is perfectly captured in the intensity of emotion, light and energy of the actors. The production creates images that stay in your memory. This Machine Kills Fascists by Nuworks is ‘a spectacle that is not just performed, it's a show that is lived’.
1 hour 15minutes duration
A Punk Opera
Punk defines the politics and fashion of an era, it was brief, a phenomenon that burst like a storm of protest on an unsympathetic, uncompromisingly brutal political system and leader, devoid of compassion in pursuit of greatness and material gain.
Britain, not so Great….1970 and 80’s Margaret Thatcher…the iron lady….garbage strikes, miner closures, police brutality, unemployment, the IRA, race riots. All in response to what John Lydon aka Jonny Rotten of the Sex Pistols called the ‘shitsdom’.
Nuworks, A Punk Opera is a reimagining of Bertolt Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera which in itself is a reworking of John Gay’s The Beggars’ Opera 1728.
The basic story and characters belong to John Gay, Elizabeth Hauptmann and Brecht adding their Marxist doctrine. There’s no such overt political agenda in our reimagining. Nuworks is closer to John Gay with some sorry reflections on human foibles and hypocrisy than ideology. It’s not even a criticism of Thatcher, of whom, in fairness, it has been said was the leader Britain needed at the time. Debatable.
We’ve set the scene in Camden because that’s where it all began and we’re thrilled to be performing it in the deep heart of Camden, at Etcetra Theatre, in July 2026 as part of our Fringe tour.
In summary…its a great tale with all of the usual suspects…Macheath ( Mac the Knife ) the thoroughly dysfunctional Peachum family, Copper Green, not one of them with a single redeeming feature!
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Some course contemporary language in dramatic context
Wish
Award-winning Chinese magician Jason Ouyang and Mason Ma bring their brand-new one man show to Etcetera Theatre this June and July!
The show delivers everything audiences expect from world-class magic: mind-reading, impossible objects, and highly interactive illusions; while introducing unique magical effects from ancient Chinese, rarely seen outside of China.
A feel-good and captivating show, the show offers an evening of laughter, storytelling, and unforgettable magic audiences won’t have seen before and anywhere else.
Age restrictions: 12 and above.
Sketchburn: a scratch night for sketch comedy films
It’s the return of SKETCHBURN: the sketches of tomorrow, today!
A ragtag group of comedy writers, directors and performers present works-in-progress of their latest sketch comedy films − curated by Hari Kanth (SNL UK, Horrible Science). The aim: to bring the feedback loop of live comedy to filmed comedy sketches, at every stage of the process:
📚 Readings: staged readings of brand-new sketch scripts
🎬 Rough cuts: screenings of rough cuts fresh from the edit
🍿 Showcase: screenings of finished sketches, ready to go!
As well as listening out for what makes you laugh, there’ll be space for more direct feedback too – so you can help us decide which bits to keep and which bits to burn forever.
So if you’re a fellow comedy creator who loves dissecting the metaphorical frog, or a comedy fan who wants to peek behind the metaphorical curtain, then SKETCHBURN is the (non-metaphorical) night for you!
Operation Blank
Someone has dropped an atom bomb on Copenhagen! With all-out war looming, one junior minister in the British Government must somehow stimulate a response from his hopeless superiors. There’s just one thing standing in his way: Microsoft Teams.
Shortlisted for best Scottish theatre Production at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
Welcome to Operation Blank, the subversive black comedy debut from up-and-coming Scottish writer, George Grant. Delve into this biting critique of modern online working, that weaves laugh-out-loud humour to themes of unfulfillment and existential dread. It’s the show where nothing happens, and nothing has ever been more entertaining.
The Sociable Plover
Nothing and nobody will stop Roy Tunt from spotting his wild birds and today, a stormy December morning on England's desolate east coast, he pursues a very special mission. With one more tick in his dog-eared notebook, Roy will have recorded all 567 species on the British List.
The prevailing conditions are ideal and the time is perfect to welcome an elusive vagrant from the Asian Steppe, the rare and beautiful Sociable Plover.
Roy sequesters himself away in a bird-spotter's hide on a stretch of flooded marshland. With a packed lunch and a framed photograph of his ex-wife for company, he watches and waits.
But might he, perhaps, have other plans? And who is the tall, dark and handsome stranger battling his way through the flood waters towards him?
All will be revealed inside the hide...
Age Guidance
14+ (Mild Violence)
Operation Blank
Someone has dropped an atom bomb on Copenhagen! With all-out war looming, one junior minister in the British Government must somehow stimulate a response from his hopeless superiors. There’s just one thing standing in his way: Microsoft Teams.
Shortlisted for best Scottish theatre Production at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
Welcome to Operation Blank, the subversive black comedy debut from up-and-coming Scottish writer, George Grant. Delve into this biting critique of modern online working, that weaves laugh-out-loud humour to themes of unfulfillment and existential dread. It’s the show where nothing happens, and nothing has ever been more entertaining.
The Sociable Plover
Nothing and nobody will stop Roy Tunt from spotting his wild birds and today, a stormy December morning on England's desolate east coast, he pursues a very special mission. With one more tick in his dog-eared notebook, Roy will have recorded all 567 species on the British List.
The prevailing conditions are ideal and the time is perfect to welcome an elusive vagrant from the Asian Steppe, the rare and beautiful Sociable Plover.
Roy sequesters himself away in a bird-spotter's hide on a stretch of flooded marshland. With a packed lunch and a framed photograph of his ex-wife for company, he watches and waits.
But might he, perhaps, have other plans? And who is the tall, dark and handsome stranger battling his way through the flood waters towards him?
All will be revealed inside the hide...
Age Guidance
14+ (Mild Violence)
Operation Blank
Someone has dropped an atom bomb on Copenhagen! With all-out war looming, one junior minister in the British Government must somehow stimulate a response from his hopeless superiors. There’s just one thing standing in his way: Microsoft Teams.
Shortlisted for best Scottish theatre Production at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
Welcome to Operation Blank, the subversive black comedy debut from up-and-coming Scottish writer, George Grant. Delve into this biting critique of modern online working, that weaves laugh-out-loud humour to themes of unfulfillment and existential dread. It’s the show where nothing happens, and nothing has ever been more entertaining.
The Sociable Plover
Nothing and nobody will stop Roy Tunt from spotting his wild birds and today, a stormy December morning on England's desolate east coast, he pursues a very special mission. With one more tick in his dog-eared notebook, Roy will have recorded all 567 species on the British List.
The prevailing conditions are ideal and the time is perfect to welcome an elusive vagrant from the Asian Steppe, the rare and beautiful Sociable Plover.
Roy sequesters himself away in a bird-spotter's hide on a stretch of flooded marshland. With a packed lunch and a framed photograph of his ex-wife for company, he watches and waits.
But might he, perhaps, have other plans? And who is the tall, dark and handsome stranger battling his way through the flood waters towards him?
All will be revealed inside the hide...
Age Guidance
14+ (Mild Violence)
The Sociable Plover
Nothing and nobody will stop Roy Tunt from spotting his wild birds and today, a stormy December morning on England's desolate east coast, he pursues a very special mission. With one more tick in his dog-eared notebook, Roy will have recorded all 567 species on the British List.
The prevailing conditions are ideal and the time is perfect to welcome an elusive vagrant from the Asian Steppe, the rare and beautiful Sociable Plover.
Roy sequesters himself away in a bird-spotter's hide on a stretch of flooded marshland. With a packed lunch and a framed photograph of his ex-wife for company, he watches and waits.
But might he, perhaps, have other plans? And who is the tall, dark and handsome stranger battling his way through the flood waters towards him?
All will be revealed inside the hide...
Age Guidance
14+ (Mild Violence)
Operation Blank
Someone has dropped an atom bomb on Copenhagen! With all-out war looming, one junior minister in the British Government must somehow stimulate a response from his hopeless superiors. There’s just one thing standing in his way: Microsoft Teams.
Shortlisted for best Scottish theatre Production at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
Welcome to Operation Blank, the subversive black comedy debut from up-and-coming Scottish writer, George Grant. Delve into this biting critique of modern online working, that weaves laugh-out-loud humour to themes of unfulfillment and existential dread. It’s the show where nothing happens, and nothing has ever been more entertaining.
Slideshow: In Color!
L.A.'s underground hit has landed in London: Slideshow brings together storytellers, poets, comedians, musicians and more, all speaking their truth with their own slides up on the big screen to prove it. "Shockingly honest stories," cheers the Los Angeles Times, "Downright magical, uncomfortable, and anarchic."
Content warnings: Age 16 and over recommended (some language & adult content)
Lava
Lava By James Fritz. An amateur production by arrangement with 'Nick Hern Books', produced by Bare Bones Theatre Company.
A small asteroid has hit the capital city. Thousands have been displaced. And in a town far away, a young man called Vin is finding it hard to talk. The only person who seems to notice is Rach, who resolves to find out what's troubling him and help him find his voice again.
But when Rach's family take in an articulate and charismatic survivor of the asteroid incident, Vin's silence is no longer her first priority. How does it feel when the suffering of others seems more legitimate than our own?
Production team
Director and Producer: Javi Bone
Company Stage Manager: Eleanor Albu
Associate Producer: Jasmine Joseph
Set Designer: Harry Kenyon
Cast
Vin: Alex Taylor-Morton
Rach: Iona Judge
Vicky: Claire Quinn
Jamie: Sky Hui
No age resitrictions
Content warnings:
Mild depictions of self harm
References to death, including death of animals
Family bereavement
Swearing
Depictions of mental illness
Lava
Lava By James Fritz. An amateur production by arrangement with 'Nick Hern Books', produced by Bare Bones Theatre Company.
A small asteroid has hit the capital city. Thousands have been displaced. And in a town far away, a young man called Vin is finding it hard to talk. The only person who seems to notice is Rach, who resolves to find out what's troubling him and help him find his voice again.
But when Rach's family take in an articulate and charismatic survivor of the asteroid incident, Vin's silence is no longer her first priority. How does it feel when the suffering of others seems more legitimate than our own?
Production team
Director and Producer: Javi Bone
Company Stage Manager: Eleanor Albu
Associate Producer: Jasmine Joseph
Set Designer: Harry Kenyon
Cast
Vin: Alex Taylor-Morton
Rach: Iona Judge
Vicky: Claire Quinn
Jamie: Sky Hui
No age resitrictions
Content warnings:
Mild depictions of self harm
References to death, including death of animals
Family bereavement
Swearing
Depictions of mental illness
Lava
Lava By James Fritz. An amateur production by arrangement with 'Nick Hern Books', produced by Bare Bones Theatre Company.
A small asteroid has hit the capital city. Thousands have been displaced. And in a town far away, a young man called Vin is finding it hard to talk. The only person who seems to notice is Rach, who resolves to find out what's troubling him and help him find his voice again.
But when Rach's family take in an articulate and charismatic survivor of the asteroid incident, Vin's silence is no longer her first priority. How does it feel when the suffering of others seems more legitimate than our own?
Production team
Director and Producer: Javi Bone
Company Stage Manager: Eleanor Albu
Associate Producer: Jasmine Joseph
Set Designer: Harry Kenyon
Cast
Vin: Alex Taylor-Morton
Rach: Iona Judge
Vicky: Claire Quinn
Jamie: Sky Hui
No age resitrictions
Content warnings:
Mild depictions of self harm
References to death, including death of animals
Family bereavement
Swearing
Depictions of mental illness
The Green Room of Good & Evil
Every musical needs a hero and a villain, but who truly steals the show? Is it the sultry, wicked anthems, or the soaring, hopeful ballads? Join us for an exclusive, one-night-only cabaret in the Green Room of Good & Evil as we pit angels against monsters and dreamers against schemers. Experience a thrilling musical showdown featuring tunes from both sides of the story. Expect big voices, raw emotion, and a little theatrical chaos. Who wins, good or evil? Come decide for yourself.
All ages
Lava
Lava By James Fritz. An amateur production by arrangement with 'Nick Hern Books', produced by Bare Bones Theatre Company.
A small asteroid has hit the capital city. Thousands have been displaced. And in a town far away, a young man called Vin is finding it hard to talk. The only person who seems to notice is Rach, who resolves to find out what's troubling him and help him find his voice again.
But when Rach's family take in an articulate and charismatic survivor of the asteroid incident, Vin's silence is no longer her first priority. How does it feel when the suffering of others seems more legitimate than our own?
Production team
Director and Producer: Javi Bone
Company Stage Manager: Eleanor Albu
Associate Producer: Jasmine Joseph
Set Designer: Harry Kenyon
Cast
Vin: Alex Taylor-Morton
Rach: Iona Judge
Vicky: Claire Quinn
Jamie: Sky Hui
No age resitrictions
Content warnings:
Mild depictions of self harm
References to death, including death of animals
Family bereavement
Swearing
Depictions of mental illness
That’s Life
Set in the communal room of a grief retreat with no therapist in sight, the piece asks: what happens when strangers are left to navigate their loss together?
As tensions rise and defences fall, humour slips through the cracks. It is raw, awkward, and deeply human. Devised collaboratively, ‘That’s Life’ explores how grief is woven through the human experience, and questions if it ever truly leaves us.
Age Restrictions : 16+
Trigger and Content warnings : Discussions of death and substance abuse. Reference of miscarriage. Strong Language.
Lava
Lava By James Fritz. An amateur production by arrangement with 'Nick Hern Books', produced by Bare Bones Theatre Company.
A small asteroid has hit the capital city. Thousands have been displaced. And in a town far away, a young man called Vin is finding it hard to talk. The only person who seems to notice is Rach, who resolves to find out what's troubling him and help him find his voice again.
But when Rach's family take in an articulate and charismatic survivor of the asteroid incident, Vin's silence is no longer her first priority. How does it feel when the suffering of others seems more legitimate than our own?
Production team
Director and Producer: Javi Bone
Company Stage Manager: Eleanor Albu
Associate Producer: Jasmine Joseph
Set Designer: Harry Kenyon
Cast
Vin: Alex Taylor-Morton
Rach: Iona Judge
Vicky: Claire Quinn
Jamie: Sky Hui
No age resitrictions
Content warnings:
Mild depictions of self harm
References to death, including death of animals
Family bereavement
Swearing
Depictions of mental illness
That’s Life
Set in the communal room of a grief retreat with no therapist in sight, the piece asks: what happens when strangers are left to navigate their loss together?
As tensions rise and defences fall, humour slips through the cracks. It is raw, awkward, and deeply human. Devised collaboratively, ‘That’s Life’ explores how grief is woven through the human experience, and questions if it ever truly leaves us.
Age Restrictions : 16+
Trigger and Content warnings : Discussions of death and substance abuse. Reference of miscarriage. Strong Language.
The Last Mad Man [Work in progress]
In the not too distant future, civilization has collapsed. From the ashes, one man rises, in search of purpose – an advertising copywriter. And he's got no one left to pitch but himself. Now to save his own sanity, he'll have to rebrand the apocalypse. But the end of the world is a tough sell.
Socials: ig: @buddha_phtwitter: @gossipbabies
Comedy Gold Diggers
Comedy Gold Diggers is bringing a distinctive blend of scripted comedy to Camden’s Etcetera Theatre.
Performed and recorded live, Comedy Gold Diggers will showcase some of the most exciting voices in comedy, featuring a curated selection of scripts from their open callout along with original pieces.
Presented as rehearsed readings with live audio production and support from an acclaimed comedian host, the night promises to deliver unforgettable comedy gold.
Cast and writers to be confirmed.
Mandatory: 18+, possible strong language
Georgina Thomas: Hysterical Soprano
Some might say Georgina is a narcissist, but she prefers the term, “Soprano”.
Trapped in the echo chamber of own vibrato, she is forced to confront the worst thing possible: herself. In this, her magnum opus, she is bringing both sides of her conflicting personality together to make her solo debut in this one woman show.
Georgina (Soho Rising, Funny Women & NextUp Comedy Award Shortlist & ½ of The Scotsman's ‘Best Duos at the Fringe’ ★★★★) is bringing what The Spectator called “Satirical Gold” ★★★★ and Everything Theatre describes as “effortless comedy timing” ★★★★ and what her singing teacher describes as “loud” to this new hour of theatrical comedy with a classical twist. Directed and fine-tuned by Will Jackson (Soho Six, English National Touring Opera, BBC Arts New Creative). ~
@georgina_thomas_
14+TRIGGER/CONTENT WARNINGS: Contains swearing, scenes of a sexual nature and LOUD noises.
THE LAST MAD MAN
In the not too distant future, civilization has collapsed. From the ashes, one man rises, in search of purpose – an advertising copywriter. And he's got no one left to pitch but himself. Now to save his own sanity, he'll have to rebrand the apocalypse. But the end of the world is a tough sell.
Socials: ig: @buddha_phtwitter: @gossipbabies
chameleon; mirage
What happens when a Third Culture Kid ex-teacher stops running and sits in ten days of solitary meditative silence? Follow Lucy (half-English, half-Turkish, raised in Indonesia) as she sheds her teacher skin for the arts, forced to face the void in the process. With a late ADHD diagnosis, Lucy mastered the chameleon art of blending in, but adaptation has a visceral cost: the fawn response. Moving between the classroom and internal chaos, this solo show explores the mirage of insatiable human greed and seeking groundedness externally. A lyrical search for meaning, equanimity and an inner home.
Written and performed by Lucy Idil Jordan
Unshamed - an erotic documentary and live unshaming
UNSHAMED | Spain | 2025 | 43 min Director: Marc Peridis Language: English with English subtitles Genre: Erotic / Documentary / LGBT
Age: 18+ This film contains explicit sexual content, including gay sexual imagery, and explores themes of power, desire, and sexual expression. Intended for adult audiences (18+).
Unshamed
Marc is a sex therapist, this is his confessional. An erotic documentary and live performance.
When Marc, a sex therapist, meets Koldo, a brutish dominant porn star, he feels compelled to be on screen too.
Within moments, he’s filmed. Objectified. Degraded. Owned. Why did he want this?
As a therapist, Marc creates fantasies in which his clients find healing.
He’s guided clients through fantasies such as rape, gangbang, incest, and kidnapping… helping them realize every part of them is inherently worthy of love.
Unapologetic, uncensored, UNSHAMED is his confessional. A space to share some of the wildest stories he’s heard over the years, along with his own.
Watch the Trailer here: www.unshamedmovie.com
London Screening + Unshaming
After premiering in Guadalajara, Mexico, to a slightly startled audience, the film toured Los Angeles, New York, and Bogotá, before arriving in London.
After two sold out shows in London, in the spring, it’s back again on 24 July for another screening + Live Unshaming*
*In the second part of the show, brave and willing audience members will join Marc on stage, choose from a selection of props, and act out fantasies of their own in real time.
-Participation is entirely optional and fully consensual
-Participations lasts 3–5 minutes -Attendance can be as a participant or observer
-Audience is limited to 42 people
Please note: To maintain privacy and a safe environment, all phones will be checked on arrival and returned at the end of the event.
1918: The Final Salomé
London, 1918.
When wartime hysteria pillories Oscar Wilde's Salomé for corrupting the nation with homosexuality, Robert Ross – the late author’s literary executor, devoted friend, and "first boy" (or so he believes) – is once again made to defend the legacy he sacrificed his life to protect. As courtroom circus shatters the memories he has spent decades curating, the line between devotion and delusion begins to blur.
This is a story about saints who are canonised by love and fools who sacrificed themselves for it.
Oxford New Writing Festival 2025 Runner-Up Best Play.
CONTENT WARNINGS: Distressing or potentially triggering themes, Scenes of a sexual nature, Strong language/swearing, References to Victorian homophobia, misogyny, war, death, bereavement, grooming, mental illness and unhealthy relationships.
See You Tomorrow
Harrie's workday ends like any other... until her journey home takes a sudden, unthinkable turn. In the following days, she's swept into a system of police reports, questions and courtrooms-demanding clarity from a memory that isn't there.
Not just a story about trauma; it's a darkly-comic odyssey through the absurd machinery of justice, where truth is slippery and certainty feels out of reach. When reality hits like a shower of shit, sometimes the only thing left to fight for is your version of the story: whether it can be proven or not.
1918: The Final Salomé
London, 1918.
When wartime hysteria pillories Oscar Wilde's Salomé for corrupting the nation with homosexuality, Robert Ross – the late author’s literary executor, devoted friend, and "first boy" (or so he believes) – is once again made to defend the legacy he sacrificed his life to protect. As courtroom circus shatters the memories he has spent decades curating, the line between devotion and delusion begins to blur.
This is a story about saints who are canonised by love and fools who sacrificed themselves for it.
Oxford New Writing Festival 2025 Runner-Up Best Play.
CONTENT WARNINGS: Distressing or potentially triggering themes, Scenes of a sexual nature, Strong language/swearing, References to Victorian homophobia, misogyny, war, death, bereavement, grooming, mental illness and unhealthy relationships.
The Fools That Are Left
In the stormy summer of 1816, Lord Byron invites famed poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, his lover Mary and her stepsister Claire to holiday with him and his physician, John Polidori. One night, Byron proposes that they each write a ghost story to pass the time. Two years later, “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley is published. This play imagines what the conversations had on that pivotal night might have sounded like…
The Fools That Are Left
In the stormy summer of 1816, Lord Byron invites famed poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, his lover Mary and her stepsister Claire to holiday with him and his physician, John Polidori. One night, Byron proposes that they each write a ghost story to pass the time. Two years later, “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley is published. This play imagines what the conversations had on that pivotal night might have sounded like…
See You Tomorrow
Harrie's workday ends like any other... until her journey home takes a sudden, unthinkable turn. In the following days, she's swept into a system of police reports, questions and courtrooms-demanding clarity from a memory that isn't there.
Not just a story about trauma; it's a darkly-comic odyssey through the absurd machinery of justice, where truth is
slippery and certainty feels out of reach. When reality hits like a shower of shit, sometimes the only thing left to fight for is your version of the story: whether it can be proven or not.
Based on true events.
16+ Restriction. Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Strong language/swearing Discussion of sexual violence, discussion of substance misuse, discussions of mental health.
See You Tomorrow
Harrie's workday ends like any other... until her journey home takes a sudden, unthinkable turn. In the following days, she's swept into a system of police reports, questions and courtrooms-demanding clarity from a memory that isn't there.
Not just a story about trauma; it's a darkly-comic odyssey through the absurd machinery of justice, where truth is
slippery and certainty feels out of reach. When reality hits like a shower of shit, sometimes the only thing left to fight for is your version of the story: whether it can be proven or not.
Based on true events.
16+ Restriction. Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Strong language/swearing Discussion of sexual violence, discussion of substance misuse, discussions of mental health.
Hater
Age restriction 12+Content warning: domestic abuse/violence, racism, stalking, sudden loud noises, shouting/swearing, animal death
The Scarlet Pimpernel
An engaging drama of disguise, adventure, and conspiracy set between London and Paris, during the height of the French Revolution in 1792. Combining drama and humour, this is a production of pure escapism and suspense.
In 1792, at the height of the French Revolution, in Paris, aristocrats destined for the Guillotine, begin to be rescued, by a mysterious figure, who always eludes capture. This rescuer can never be found or identified, except by little slips of paper featuring the image of a small English flower, the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Meanwhile, in London, Sir Percy Blakeney; who is widely known to be the leader of London fashion, and a carefree, whimsical fop, marries Marguerite, a beautiful, intelligent French actress and friend of the revolutionary government in France, while Citizen Chauvelin, an agent of the French government, arrives in London, seeking the identity of the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel.
This theatre production combines adventure, and humour, and in a fast-moving, entertaining period drama based on the novel by Baroness Orczy and including wider historical and cultural research of the time. It features a stunning collection of roles for all actors involved.
How To Fix A Fairytale
Once upon a time, two characters’ worlds were turned upside down by an invisible force called “the audience”. What happened next? Well, that is up to you... In this family-friendly improvised musical comedy, you decide it all: the hero, the villain, the quest and even the happily-ever-after. Expect show-stopping musical theatre numbers, laugh-out-loud lyrics and a wildly unpredictable adventure.
Age restrictions: 5+
Trigger and content warnings: audience participation
Bathroom (camden Fringe Festival)
Humankind is often arrogant and self-centred, understanding others solely through their own perspective. We yearn for unity, yet overlook a fundamental truth: two whirlpools can only merge when both their direction and velocity satisfy exacting conditions.
Tonight, the light in the rented flat's bathroom flickered out. That loving couple seemed to be arguing about something. The man insisted he loved her deeply, yet to her, it felt otherwise. I knew that woman must love him profoundly, but why couldn't he sense it? I saw two whirlpools beside the drain, spinning and spinning, yet they simply wouldn't merge...
The audience witnesses their quarrel, their wounds, their bloodshed, yet cannot simply judge right from wrong. Here, love is both tender and razor-sharp.
Through intensely concentrated spatial storytelling, we aim to immerse the audience within an emotional vortex, prompting a profound re-examination of ‘relationships’.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 40 mins
Price: £14
Social Media
Information
Suitable for ages: 18+
See venue page for accessibility information.
Sick Dog (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Winnie is dying (slowly – which is the worst way to go). She is despondent, miserable and fed up. She has isolated herself from her friends and family, but she is not alone. Eliza is the new top-model robot companion-carer, who looks after Winnie. Through God, pain, and Love Island, the two attempt to understand each other. These are two (sort of) beings who are desperate to love and be loved, in whatever form that takes. ‘Sick Dog’ asks questions about what it means to be human, the acceptance of death in a world that fears it and our future as maybe not the only creatures with the capacity to love.
An Unholy Alchemy (CAMDEN FRINGE)
The inaugural immersive theatre/performance art prequel from doctor, actor, playwright and performance artist Roopak K Khara invites curious audiences to interfere with the nuances and archaic specialisms of the Mental Health Act, as unravelled in real time with an entity some refer to as God. Society deems psychiatrists to be arbiters of social justice so this show challenges you to see how things pan out when the tables are turned. You will be invited to make some uncomfortable, human, and ruthless observations!
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £15
Social Media
Information
Suicide, mental health, abuse
Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Language of Joe and Cho (CAMDEN FRINGE)
"What happens when the mask you wear online becomes the person you can’t escape in real life?"
"And What happens your online persona causes a collision in your physical reality and your family?"
"What are you going to do if that triggers the issues you've been ignoring for years?"
Cho is a university student living a double life. To his father in South Korea, he is a dedicated son on the verge of graduation. To his thousands of anonymous subscribers, he is a rising far-right provocateur.
With his father arriving in London for their first meeting in 15 years, Cho’s carefully curated world begins to fracture. When a "doxing" attack exposes his identity during a live stream, the digital vitriol spills into the physical world. Stalked, threatened, and cornered, Cho must navigate a collapsing web of lies before his father discovers the truth.
Blending autobiographical elements with a gripping fictional narrative, Language of Joe and Cho is an intense one-actor exploration of digital radicalisation, familial duty, and the violent collision between our online personas and physical reality.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Information
Strong Language, Family Abuse, Political Extremism, Stalking.
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
To Capture The Wildlife (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Can a chance encounter ignite a friendship that transcends the trials and tribulations of life, love, and loss?
To Capture the Wildlife is a musical about grief, young love, and navigating the pain of life and death. Struggling after the tragic loss of her mother, Morgan has a chance meeting with a mysterious girl in a graveyard. Soon, they begin to meet there every week and grow closer.
Set in a graveyard with a two-person cast, this intimate, emotional show follows Morgan and the Girl as they share their joys, pains and struggles. With a track list of evocative original songs, To Capture the Wildlife illustrates how hope and young love stand strong in the face of grief and disillusionment with the modern world: beauty can be found in the small moments and places where you least expect it.
“Profound, intricate, and deeply captivating” (5 stars, Durham Palatinate)
To Capture the Wildlife opened to critical acclaim in February 2026 at Durham Drama Festival and makes its London premiere as part of Camden Fringe.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £9
Social Media
Facebook: profile.php?id=61589425197400
Instagram tocapturethewildlife
Information
Grief, Death
Suitable for ages: 12 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
Language of Joe and Cho (CAMDEN FRINGE)
"What happens when the mask you wear online becomes the person you can’t escape in real life?"
"And What happens your online persona causes a collision in your physical reality and your family?"
"What are you going to do if that triggers the issues you've been ignoring for years?"
Cho is a university student living a double life. To his father in South Korea, he is a dedicated son on the verge of graduation. To his thousands of anonymous subscribers, he is a rising far-right provocateur.
With his father arriving in London for their first meeting in 15 years, Cho’s carefully curated world begins to fracture. When a "doxing" attack exposes his identity during a live stream, the digital vitriol spills into the physical world. Stalked, threatened, and cornered, Cho must navigate a collapsing web of lies before his father discovers the truth.
Blending autobiographical elements with a gripping fictional narrative, Language of Joe and Cho is an intense one-actor exploration of digital radicalisation, familial duty, and the violent collision between our online personas and physical reality.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Information
Strong Language, Family Abuse, Political Extremism, Stalking.
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Bathroom (camden Fringe Festival)
Humankind is often arrogant and self-centred, understanding others solely through their own perspective. We yearn for unity, yet overlook a fundamental truth: two whirlpools can only merge when both their direction and velocity satisfy exacting conditions.
Tonight, the light in the rented flat's bathroom flickered out. That loving couple seemed to be arguing about something. The man insisted he loved her deeply, yet to her, it felt otherwise. I knew that woman must love him profoundly, but why couldn't he sense it? I saw two whirlpools beside the drain, spinning and spinning, yet they simply wouldn't merge...
The audience witnesses their quarrel, their wounds, their bloodshed, yet cannot simply judge right from wrong. Here, love is both tender and razor-sharp.
Through intensely concentrated spatial storytelling, we aim to immerse the audience within an emotional vortex, prompting a profound re-examination of ‘relationships’.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 40 mins
Price: £14
Social Media
Information
Suitable for ages: 18+
See venue page for accessibility information.
Wilder! (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Welcome to Newport, a picture-perfect slice of suburbia where appearances are everything, and the Newport Village Garden Club, a community of housewives, fiercely rules the town. At the centre of it all are the Wilders, a young, glamorous couple with a deadly secret who seem to have it all.
But when one of them begins to question their most... unconventional hobby, their carefully balanced marriage starts to unravel, spiralling into chaos that threatens to pull everyone down with it.
As suspicions grow and nosy neighbours begin to close in, the Wilders must navigate love, betrayal, and loyalty while trying to stay one step ahead of a storm that could expose everything.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £10
Social Media
Information
Contains mentions and depictions of murder, bullying, violence, suicide & domestic violence.
Suitable for ages: 14 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
To Capture The Wildlife (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Can a chance encounter ignite a friendship that transcends the trials and tribulations of life, love, and loss?
To Capture the Wildlife is a musical about grief, young love, and navigating the pain of life and death. Struggling after the tragic loss of her mother, Morgan has a chance meeting with a mysterious girl in a graveyard. Soon, they begin to meet there every week and grow closer.
Set in a graveyard with a two-person cast, this intimate, emotional show follows Morgan and the Girl as they share their joys, pains and struggles. With a track list of evocative original songs, To Capture the Wildlife illustrates how hope and young love stand strong in the face of grief and disillusionment with the modern world: beauty can be found in the small moments and places where you least expect it.
“Profound, intricate, and deeply captivating” (5 stars, Durham Palatinate)
To Capture the Wildlife opened to critical acclaim in February 2026 at Durham Drama Festival and makes its London premiere as part of Camden Fringe.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £9
Social Media
Facebook: profile.php?id=61589425197400
Instagram tocapturethewildlife
Information
Grief, Death
Suitable for ages: 12 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
Sick Dog (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Winnie is dying (slowly – which is the worst way to go). She is despondent, miserable and fed up. She has isolated herself from her friends and family, but she is not alone. Eliza is the new top-model robot companion-carer, who looks after Winnie. Through God, pain, and Love Island, the two attempt to understand each other. These are two (sort of) beings who are desperate to love and be loved, in whatever form that takes. ‘Sick Dog’ asks questions about what it means to be human, the acceptance of death in a world that fears it and our future as maybe not the only creatures with the capacity to love.
Take Care (camden Fringe Festival)
Who needs therapy when you've got a best friend? Meet two best pals, Jo and Izzy, whose romantic endeavours are as disastrous as their morals are questionable. At least their hearts are in the right place, most of the time. Watch the duo of codependent flatmates as they attempt live, laugh, love their way through the confusing loneliness of being in their twenties.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 50 mins, 55 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Information
CW: Strong Language, Nudity, Mentions of Sex, Drugs, Alcohol, Violence, Crime
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Wilder! (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Welcome to Newport, a picture-perfect slice of suburbia where appearances are everything, and the Newport Village Garden Club, a community of housewives, fiercely rules the town. At the centre of it all are the Wilders, a young, glamorous couple with a deadly secret who seem to have it all.
But when one of them begins to question their most... unconventional hobby, their carefully balanced marriage starts to unravel, spiralling into chaos that threatens to pull everyone down with it.
As suspicions grow and nosy neighbours begin to close in, the Wilders must navigate love, betrayal, and loyalty while trying to stay one step ahead of a storm that could expose everything.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £10
Social Media
Information
Contains mentions and depictions of murder, bullying, violence, suicide & domestic violence.
Suitable for ages: 14 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
Some of It Might Be True (camden Fringe Festival)
During a drug-induced haze, Evie posts a shocking picture to her company’s social media, destroying the carefully curated persona she’s built online. As the lies begin to reveal themselves, a misstep into an animal rights activist meeting & a pig saving mission forces her to face the lie that has been holding her captive.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 40 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Instagram theuglytruthproductions
Information
Eating Disorders, Drug Use, Mental Health & Trauma, Strong Language, Animal Cruelty (References), Flashing Lights
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Sick Dog (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Winnie is dying (slowly – which is the worst way to go). She is despondent, miserable and fed up. She has isolated herself from her friends and family, but she is not alone. Eliza is the new top-model robot companion-carer, who looks after Winnie. Through God, pain, and Love Island, the two attempt to understand each other. These are two (sort of) beings who are desperate to love and be loved, in whatever form that takes. ‘Sick Dog’ asks questions about what it means to be human, the acceptance of death in a world that fears it and our future as maybe not the only creatures with the capacity to love.
Hello/Goodbye (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Juliet - a frantic, spicy and out-there woman - is moving into what she thinks is her new flat when she finds a random man, Alex - who is neat, collected and nerdy - already moving into it. Which one of them does the flat actually belong to, and is that even the most important question? Through their differences they fight, laugh and fall in love with each other. This story questions what happens when you meet the person you were not expecting to be ‘the one’? It’s a story about life surprising you in every way. We follow Alex and Juliet at the beginning, and at the end of their love, but will it actually be the end?
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Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £13
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Suitable for ages: 14 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
Take Care (camden Fringe Festival)
Who needs therapy when you've got a best friend? Meet two best pals, Jo and Izzy, whose romantic endeavours are as disastrous as their morals are questionable. At least their hearts are in the right place, most of the time. Watch the duo of codependent flatmates as they attempt live, laugh, love their way through the confusing loneliness of being in their twenties.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 50 mins, 55 mins
Price: £12
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CW: Strong Language, Nudity, Mentions of Sex, Drugs, Alcohol, Violence, Crime
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
LIGHTHOUSE (camden Fringe Festival)
Friends. Comrades. Enemies...
Caillte Lighthouse. The coast of Angus, North Sea, just after WW1.
Follow Mac and Morgan, two experienced keepers and their training of James, before things occur that question their loyalty, friendship and ultimately, their sanity. LIGHTHOUSE is a gripping piece that delves into the human psyche of trust, paranoia and greed with stylish, well-placed humour, jeopardy, suspense and a stellar cast.
Listed by The Herald as one of the Top 20 Must-See Shows of EdFringe 2022, LIGHTHOUSE will take you on a 55 minute journey to hell and back like no other.
‘Rock solid performances and a great sense of atmosphere go a long way to illuminate this new murder mystery thriller. Boasting simple effects which add greatly to the dread-filled atmosphere’
★★★★ The Scotsman
Friends Help You Move (camden Fringe Festival)
...real friends help you move a body.
An award winning black comedy about two inept Irish criminals who have dreams of pulling off a heist far beyond their minimal abilities. They plan to enlist the help of a local crime boss with a fearsome reputation for violence. What could possibly go wrong? Well, more or less everything.
Ambition, folly, violence, murder, revenge and... redemption? Friends Help You Move is a dark comedy thriller in one act written by John Ward.
Sick Dog (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Winnie is dying (slowly – which is the worst way to go). She is despondent, miserable and fed up. She has isolated herself from her friends and family, but she is not alone. Eliza is the new top-model robot companion-carer, who looks after Winnie. Through God, pain, and Love Island, the two attempt to understand each other. These are two (sort of) beings who are desperate to love and be loved, in whatever form that takes. ‘Sick Dog’ asks questions about what it means to be human, the acceptance of death in a world that fears it and our future as maybe not the only creatures with the capacity to love.
Hello/Goodbye (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Juliet - a frantic, spicy and out-there woman - is moving into what she thinks is her new flat when she finds a random man, Alex - who is neat, collected and nerdy - already moving into it. Which one of them does the flat actually belong to, and is that even the most important question? Through their differences they fight, laugh and fall in love with each other. This story questions what happens when you meet the person you were not expecting to be ‘the one’? It’s a story about life surprising you in every way. We follow Alex and Juliet at the beginning, and at the end of their love, but will it actually be the end?
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £13
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Suitable for ages: 14 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
Take Care (camden Fringe Festival)
Who needs therapy when you've got a best friend? Meet two best pals, Jo and Izzy, whose romantic endeavours are as disastrous as their morals are questionable. At least their hearts are in the right place, most of the time. Watch the duo of codependent flatmates as they attempt live, laugh, love their way through the confusing loneliness of being in their twenties.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 50 mins, 55 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Information
CW: Strong Language, Nudity, Mentions of Sex, Drugs, Alcohol, Violence, Crime
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
LIGHTHOUSE (camden Fringe Festival)
Friends. Comrades. Enemies...
Caillte Lighthouse. The coast of Angus, North Sea, just after WW1.
Follow Mac and Morgan, two experienced keepers and their training of James, before things occur that question their loyalty, friendship and ultimately, their sanity. LIGHTHOUSE is a gripping piece that delves into the human psyche of trust, paranoia and greed with stylish, well-placed humour, jeopardy, suspense and a stellar cast.
Listed by The Herald as one of the Top 20 Must-See Shows of EdFringe 2022, LIGHTHOUSE will take you on a 55 minute journey to hell and back like no other.
‘Rock solid performances and a great sense of atmosphere go a long way to illuminate this new murder mystery thriller. Boasting simple effects which add greatly to the dread-filled atmosphere’
★★★★ The Scotsman
Friends Help You Move (Camden Fringe Festival)
...real friends help you move a body.
An award winning black comedy about two inept Irish criminals who have dreams of pulling off a heist far beyond their minimal abilities. They plan to enlist the help of a local crime boss with a fearsome reputation for violence. What could possibly go wrong? Well, more or less everything.
Ambition, folly, violence, murder, revenge and... redemption? Friends Help You Move is a dark comedy thriller in one act written by John Ward.
getting ready (Camden Fringe Festival)
“I used to be seventeen.”
Lucy, Cara and Faye, three freshly graduated university students are getting ready for their final night out together before they all go their separate ways into the adult world.
A night like any other, that will leave the girls changed for good.
A story about growing up, the power of choices, and the fact that nothing ever stays the same.
A brand new Irish play which speaks to the challenges that come with the bridge to adulthood. ‘Getting Ready’ shines a light on the culture of female friendships, the question of permanence of youth vs the impending nostalgia that comes with getting older. While being told through a modern lens, this story still manages to resonate with all those who have crossed this space before, resulting in a universal story for all ages to enjoy.
A play full of humour and heart, ‘Getting Ready’ is bound to leave audiences reminiscence of a time that once was, and hopeful for a time yet to come.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £10
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Suitable for ages: 16 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
Friends Help You Move (Camden Fringe Festival)
...real friends help you move a body.
An award winning black comedy about two inept Irish criminals who have dreams of pulling off a heist far beyond their minimal abilities. They plan to enlist the help of a local crime boss with a fearsome reputation for violence. What could possibly go wrong? Well, more or less everything.
Ambition, folly, violence, murder, revenge and... redemption? Friends Help You Move is a dark comedy thriller in one act written by John Ward.
Abigail (Camden Fringe Festival)
After debuting at the Lambeth Fringe in 2024 Abigail is finally coming back at the Camden Fringe. Abigail is a one-act monologue play by Nelma Vapaa-Jää that reimagines the relationship between Abigail Williams and John Proctor from Arthur Miller's The Crucible. The play offers a raw and unflinching exploration of Abigail's inner world. Through a series of confessions, reflections, and justifications, Abigail confronts the complex emotions and traumatic experiences that shaped her actions during the Salem witch trials. The play delves deep into themes of power, fear, love, and sexual assault, challenging both historical and contemporary perceptions of victims and perpetrators.
Abigail invites the audience to reconsider how stories of sexual violence are told and understood, both in the past and today. The play highlights the ongoing struggle for victims to have their voices heard and their pain acknowledged in a world that often prefers to dismiss or vilify them.
Nelma Vapaa-Jää, the creator and performer of Abigail, is a 28-year-old actor from Finland. Nelma graduated from the MFA Acting International course from East 15 Acting School in 2024. She is currently based in London and representing herself. She wants to create art that touches you and makes you think. Finland has a strong theater tradition and there are 73 professional theaters in Finland. Nelma draws from both Finnish and English traditions when creating theatre.
LIGHTHOUSE (camden Fringe Festival))
Friends. Comrades. Enemies...
Caillte Lighthouse. The coast of Angus, North Sea, just after WW1.
Follow Mac and Morgan, two experienced keepers and their training of James, before things occur that question their loyalty, friendship and ultimately, their sanity. LIGHTHOUSE is a gripping piece that delves into the human psyche of trust, paranoia and greed with stylish, well-placed humour, jeopardy, suspense and a stellar cast.
Listed by The Herald as one of the Top 20 Must-See Shows of EdFringe 2022, LIGHTHOUSE will take you on a 55 minute journey to hell and back like no other.
‘Rock solid performances and a great sense of atmosphere go a long way to illuminate this new murder mystery thriller. Boasting simple effects which add greatly to the dread-filled atmosphere’
★★★★ The Scotsman
Friends Help You Move (Camden Fringe Festival)
...real friends help you move a body.
An award winning black comedy about two inept Irish criminals who have dreams of pulling off a heist far beyond their minimal abilities. They plan to enlist the help of a local crime boss with a fearsome reputation for violence. What could possibly go wrong? Well, more or less everything.
Ambition, folly, violence, murder, revenge and... redemption? Friends Help You Move is a dark comedy thriller in one act written by John Ward.
getting ready (Camden Fringe Festival)
“I used to be seventeen.”
Lucy, Cara and Faye, three freshly graduated university students are getting ready for their final night out together before they all go their separate ways into the adult world.
A night like any other, that will leave the girls changed for good.
A story about growing up, the power of choices, and the fact that nothing ever stays the same.
A brand new Irish play which speaks to the challenges that come with the bridge to adulthood. ‘Getting Ready’ shines a light on the culture of female friendships, the question of permanence of youth vs the impending nostalgia that comes with getting older. While being told through a modern lens, this story still manages to resonate with all those who have crossed this space before, resulting in a universal story for all ages to enjoy.
A play full of humour and heart, ‘Getting Ready’ is bound to leave audiences reminiscence of a time that once was, and hopeful for a time yet to come.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £10
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Suitable for ages: 16 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
Abigail (Camden Fringe Festival)
After debuting at the Lambeth Fringe in 2024 Abigail is finally coming back at the Camden Fringe. Abigail is a one-act monologue play by Nelma Vapaa-Jää that reimagines the relationship between Abigail Williams and John Proctor from Arthur Miller's The Crucible. The play offers a raw and unflinching exploration of Abigail's inner world. Through a series of confessions, reflections, and justifications, Abigail confronts the complex emotions and traumatic experiences that shaped her actions during the Salem witch trials. The play delves deep into themes of power, fear, love, and sexual assault, challenging both historical and contemporary perceptions of victims and perpetrators.
Abigail invites the audience to reconsider how stories of sexual violence are told and understood, both in the past and today. The play highlights the ongoing struggle for victims to have their voices heard and their pain acknowledged in a world that often prefers to dismiss or vilify them.
Nelma Vapaa-Jää, the creator and performer of Abigail, is a 28-year-old actor from Finland. Nelma graduated from the MFA Acting International course from East 15 Acting School in 2024. She is currently based in London and representing herself. She wants to create art that touches you and makes you think. Finland has a strong theater tradition and there are 73 professional theaters in Finland. Nelma draws from both Finnish and English traditions when creating theatre.
THEODORE IS A STAR (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Theodore has known since he was a little gay boy that he was born for stardom - it was only a matter of waiting until that day arrived. After a surprise encounter with his ex-boyfriend, Theodore is confronted with the crashing truth that maybe he is not destined to become the star he thought he would.
THEODORE IS A STAR is a queer tragicomedy about attachment trauma, Clapham Daddies, Catholic guilt, shagging Michelangelo, Miley Cyrus, growing older as a gay person, and the fear of truly being seen.
Event Details
Genre: Play
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £10
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Strong language, themes of a sexual nature
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
LIGHTHOUSE (camden Fringe Festival)
Friends. Comrades. Enemies...
Caillte Lighthouse. The coast of Angus, North Sea, just after WW1.
Follow Mac and Morgan, two experienced keepers and their training of James, before things occur that question their loyalty, friendship and ultimately, their sanity. LIGHTHOUSE is a gripping piece that delves into the human psyche of trust, paranoia and greed with stylish, well-placed humour, jeopardy, suspense and a stellar cast.
Listed by The Herald as one of the Top 20 Must-See Shows of EdFringe 2022, LIGHTHOUSE will take you on a 55 minute journey to hell and back like no other.
‘Rock solid performances and a great sense of atmosphere go a long way to illuminate this new murder mystery thriller. Boasting simple effects which add greatly to the dread-filled atmosphere’
★★★★ The Scotsman
getting ready (Camden Fringe Festival)
“I used to be seventeen.”
Lucy, Cara and Faye, three freshly graduated university students are getting ready for their final night out together before they all go their separate ways into the adult world.
A night like any other, that will leave the girls changed for good.
A story about growing up, the power of choices, and the fact that nothing ever stays the same.
A brand new Irish play which speaks to the challenges that come with the bridge to adulthood. ‘Getting Ready’ shines a light on the culture of female friendships, the question of permanence of youth vs the impending nostalgia that comes with getting older. While being told through a modern lens, this story still manages to resonate with all those who have crossed this space before, resulting in a universal story for all ages to enjoy.
A play full of humour and heart, ‘Getting Ready’ is bound to leave audiences reminiscence of a time that once was, and hopeful for a time yet to come.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £10
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Suitable for ages: 16 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
Some of It Might Be True (camden Fringe Festival)
During a drug-induced haze, Evie posts a shocking picture to her company’s social media, destroying the carefully curated persona she’s built online. As the lies begin to reveal themselves, a misstep into an animal rights activist meeting & a pig saving mission forces her to face the lie that has been holding her captive.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 40 mins
Price: £12
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Eating Disorders, Drug Use, Mental Health & Trauma, Strong Language, Animal Cruelty (References), Flashing Lights
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Skinned (CAMDEN FRINGE)
A woman reports a sexual assault.
Within an hour, her story no longer belongs to her.
Skinned is a solo performance set in an interrogation room, where one woman’s testimony is picked apart and returned to her, changed. As inconsistencies are identified, her position begins to shift. Victim becomes suspect. Suspect becomes perpetrator.
Blending live performance with an immersive recorded soundscape, Skinned interrogates the pressure to become the “perfect victim” - coherent, consistent, and easy to believe - and exposes the cost for those who fail to meet it.
What survives isn’t always the truth...
Co-written and co-directed by Aoife Parr and Kirsten Grinstead, Skinned is the new work from the team behind Anatomy of Pain (Brighton Fringe, FUSE International Festival, Edinburgh Fringe), described as “heart-wrenchingly beautiful and painfully relevant” and “brave, tight... damn good - a crusade as much as a play”.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £10
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This performance contains references to sexual assault, strong language, psychological distress, simulated blood, and fl
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
What’s Next? (CAMDEN FRINGE)
One rejection too much has thrown a once passionate, promising actress into a complete mental breakdown. Sophia, an Italian, London based actress just got the news from her agent, that the role she considered her "saving grace", nearly guaranteed to her, was given to another colleague. When at the height of her self pity she receives an unexpected phone call from her grandmother, which is the last thing she wants at the moment but exactly what she desperately needs.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 30 mins
Price: £15
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Information
There is only mild use of adult language.
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information
THEODORE IS A STAR (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Theodore has known since he was a little gay boy that he was born for stardom - it was only a matter of waiting until that day arrived. After a surprise encounter with his ex-boyfriend, Theodore is confronted with the crashing truth that maybe he is not destined to become the star he thought he would.
THEODORE IS A STAR is a queer tragicomedy about attachment trauma, Clapham Daddies, Catholic guilt, shagging Michelangelo, Miley Cyrus, growing older as a gay person, and the fear of truly being seen.
Event Details
Genre: Play
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £10
Social Media
Information
Strong language, themes of a sexual nature
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
getting ready (Camden Fringe Festival)
“I used to be seventeen.”
Lucy, Cara and Faye, three freshly graduated university students are getting ready for their final night out together before they all go their separate ways into the adult world.
A night like any other, that will leave the girls changed for good.
A story about growing up, the power of choices, and the fact that nothing ever stays the same.
A brand new Irish play which speaks to the challenges that come with the bridge to adulthood. ‘Getting Ready’ shines a light on the culture of female friendships, the question of permanence of youth vs the impending nostalgia that comes with getting older. While being told through a modern lens, this story still manages to resonate with all those who have crossed this space before, resulting in a universal story for all ages to enjoy.
A play full of humour and heart, ‘Getting Ready’ is bound to leave audiences reminiscence of a time that once was, and hopeful for a time yet to come.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £10
Social Media
Information
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
Skinned (CAMDEN FRINGE)
A woman reports a sexual assault.
Within an hour, her story no longer belongs to her.
Skinned is a solo performance set in an interrogation room, where one woman’s testimony is picked apart and returned to her, changed. As inconsistencies are identified, her position begins to shift. Victim becomes suspect. Suspect becomes perpetrator.
Blending live performance with an immersive recorded soundscape, Skinned interrogates the pressure to become the “perfect victim” - coherent, consistent, and easy to believe - and exposes the cost for those who fail to meet it.
What survives isn’t always the truth...
Co-written and co-directed by Aoife Parr and Kirsten Grinstead, Skinned is the new work from the team behind Anatomy of Pain (Brighton Fringe, FUSE International Festival, Edinburgh Fringe), described as “heart-wrenchingly beautiful and painfully relevant” and “brave, tight... damn good - a crusade as much as a play”.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £10
Social Media
Information
This performance contains references to sexual assault, strong language, psychological distress, simulated blood, and fl
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
What’s Next? (CAMDEN FRINGE)
One rejection too much has thrown a once passionate, promising actress into a complete mental breakdown. Sophia, an Italian, London based actress just got the news from her agent, that the role she considered her "saving grace", nearly guaranteed to her, was given to another colleague. When at the height of her self pity she receives an unexpected phone call from her grandmother, which is the last thing she wants at the moment but exactly what she desperately needs.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 30 mins
Price: £15
Social Media
Information
There is only mild use of adult language.
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information
Wilder! (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Welcome to Newport, a picture-perfect slice of suburbia where appearances are everything, and the Newport Village Garden Club, a community of housewives, fiercely rules the town. At the centre of it all are the Wilders, a young, glamorous couple with a deadly secret who seem to have it all.
But when one of them begins to question their most... unconventional hobby, their carefully balanced marriage starts to unravel, spiralling into chaos that threatens to pull everyone down with it.
As suspicions grow and nosy neighbours begin to close in, the Wilders must navigate love, betrayal, and loyalty while trying to stay one step ahead of a storm that could expose everything.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £10
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Contains mentions and depictions of murder, bullying, violence, suicide & domestic violence.
Suitable for ages: 14 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
THEODORE IS A STAR (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Theodore has known since he was a little gay boy that he was born for stardom - it was only a matter of waiting until that day arrived. After a surprise encounter with his ex-boyfriend, Theodore is confronted with the crashing truth that maybe he is not destined to become the star he thought he would.
THEODORE IS A STAR is a queer tragicomedy about attachment trauma, Clapham Daddies, Catholic guilt, shagging Michelangelo, Miley Cyrus, growing older as a gay person, and the fear of truly being seen.
Event Details
Genre: Play
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £10
Social Media
Information
Strong language, themes of a sexual nature
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
The Death of Hundun (CAMDEN FRINGE)
“The Death of Hundun” is a solo performance inspired by a parable by the ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi, in which Hundun—an undivided whole, without orifices, embodying a wisdom beyond ordinary understanding—dies after seven apertures are forcibly carved into his body. This production reimagines the myth as a contemporary psychological allegory: a person who has “seen through everything” is driven to the brink as her inner world collapses into disillusionment.
The story follows a woman living with depression, trapped in a reality defined by pain. Refusing to surrender, she hurls herself toward one promise after another—love, career, family, freedom, faith, and ultimately reason—believing each might offer salvation. Yet every hope is raised only to be shattered, leaving her face to face with the limits of endurance and the nearness of death.
Blending a text-rich, emotionally charged monologue with highly physical performance, the piece delivers a visceral theatrical experience. It asks: when all systems of meaning fail, can one still go on living? And if suffering offers no resolution, might we learn to make space for what resists explanation?
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Information
Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Skinned (CAMDEN FRINGE)
A woman reports a sexual assault.
Within an hour, her story no longer belongs to her.
Skinned is a solo performance set in an interrogation room, where one woman’s testimony is picked apart and returned to her, changed. As inconsistencies are identified, her position begins to shift. Victim becomes suspect. Suspect becomes perpetrator.
Blending live performance with an immersive recorded soundscape, Skinned interrogates the pressure to become the “perfect victim” - coherent, consistent, and easy to believe - and exposes the cost for those who fail to meet it.
What survives isn’t always the truth...
Co-written and co-directed by Aoife Parr and Kirsten Grinstead, Skinned is the new work from the team behind Anatomy of Pain (Brighton Fringe, FUSE International Festival, Edinburgh Fringe), described as “heart-wrenchingly beautiful and painfully relevant” and “brave, tight... damn good - a crusade as much as a play”.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £10
Social Media
Information
This performance contains references to sexual assault, strong language, psychological distress, simulated blood, and fl
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Close Friends (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Close Friends is a timely new PowerPoint show exploring intimacy, honesty and authenticity in the age of social media. Based on a decade of Instagram Story archives, this fun and thought-provoking piece of storytelling seeks to explore topical questions around the ways we're trained to present ourselves and how we all #relate.
Underpinning a tale of failing in the visual arts - from growing up with an Artist parent to undertaking an Art History degree, overcoming teenage image issues and stagnating in a social media career - comes a deeper discussion around the ways we depict ourselves in misguided quests for closeness.
Making a case for unfiltered oversharing as opposed to curating a flawless persona, seeking connection over 'engagement' and ditching 'likes' for love, this hour of honest confession abandons attempts to paint a perfect picture in favour of telling a true story.
Event Details
Genre: New Writing
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £7
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Information
CW: Discussion of eating disorders / body image
Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Wilder! (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Welcome to Newport, a picture-perfect slice of suburbia where appearances are everything, and the Newport Village Garden Club, a community of housewives, fiercely rules the town. At the centre of it all are the Wilders, a young, glamorous couple with a deadly secret who seem to have it all.
But when one of them begins to question their most... unconventional hobby, their carefully balanced marriage starts to unravel, spiralling into chaos that threatens to pull everyone down with it.
As suspicions grow and nosy neighbours begin to close in, the Wilders must navigate love, betrayal, and loyalty while trying to stay one step ahead of a storm that could expose everything.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £10
Social Media
Information
Contains mentions and depictions of murder, bullying, violence, suicide & domestic violence.
Suitable for ages: 14 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
Tomfoolery (CAMDEN FRINGE)
An improvised comedy show performed by a select group of professional silly people. There will be mischief, horseplay, and if we're lucky, some high-spirited shenanigans! This lineup of cheeky delights include London locals Phil Whelans & David Reed along with Canadian comedienne, Lindsay Mullan. Join us for 60 minutes of hilarious improvised storytelling based on suggestions from the audience.
Event Details
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £17
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Suitable for ages: 18+
See venue page for accessibility information.
The Death of Hundun (CAMDEN FRINGE)
“The Death of Hundun” is a solo performance inspired by a parable by the ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi, in which Hundun—an undivided whole, without orifices, embodying a wisdom beyond ordinary understanding—dies after seven apertures are forcibly carved into his body. This production reimagines the myth as a contemporary psychological allegory: a person who has “seen through everything” is driven to the brink as her inner world collapses into disillusionment.
The story follows a woman living with depression, trapped in a reality defined by pain. Refusing to surrender, she hurls herself toward one promise after another—love, career, family, freedom, faith, and ultimately reason—believing each might offer salvation. Yet every hope is raised only to be shattered, leaving her face to face with the limits of endurance and the nearness of death.
Blending a text-rich, emotionally charged monologue with highly physical performance, the piece delivers a visceral theatrical experience. It asks: when all systems of meaning fail, can one still go on living? And if suffering offers no resolution, might we learn to make space for what resists explanation?
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Information
Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Are You There Mother? (Camden Fringe Festival)
A struggling actor is caught up in a plot to help a woman grieving her mother, by posing as a psychic medium. What begins as a matter of goodwill quickly turns into a deeply troubled and darkly hilarious role play that continues for far longer than anybody expected.
Following a sold out Northern performance at the acclaimed Lawrence Batley Theatre and a successful London debut at The Hen and Chickens Theatre; Righton Productions and Thomas Carruthers (Longlisted for the 2023 Victoria Woody Comedy Prize) bring this new and original northern dark comedy one man show for its Fringe debut for Camden Fringe 2026.
"Alan Bennett meets David Lynch... A hilarious, uplifting and moving piece of theatre." - PHILLIP STOKES, Winner of Fringe Review Outstanding Theatre Award and Culturally Important Playwright
"4 STARS - A shockingly funny dark comedy... Carruthers constructs a compelling narrative. There is something timeless about his crosshatch of psychological thrillers." -JAMIAS VU PRODUCTIONS
Genre: Play
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £9
TRIGGER WARNINGS - The play deals with responses to grief
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
La Fenêtre (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Gabriel is a man of our times. He does a nondescript job in IT that will likely be displaced soon, but it does for now. Half French, half English, his psyche is trapped somewhere in the middle of the English Channel and drifting out to sea. He has strong opinions about bread, coffee, Godard, public transport, and the correct temperature at which to serve Comté.
By any external measure he is absolutely fine. He is not fine. The life he is living and the life he is capable of living are separate, kept apart by an invisible wall of anxiety, guilt and regret.
He is a searcher, seeking guidance in a confusing and hostile world. He needs a guru, a seer, but Gabriel doesn't particularly like people.
One flat, one evening, one not so quiet unravelling. The table is set, the wine is breathing, pull up a chair.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £15
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Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Los años maravillosos: archive, image and collapse (camden fringe)
A Uruguayan model. Diana Spencer. The Doors. Elton John. Tótem.
La Figurita. Montevideo.
The future as longing. Collapse as an inevitable destiny.
“Come on, baby, light my fire.”
An exploration of what we once imagined we would become — and never did.
Between image, memory and fracture, Los años maravillosos moves through the illusion of storytelling and confronts us with what remains when everything we once believed in begins to collapse.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £14
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Suitable for ages: 14 and over
World premiere
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The Death of Hundun (CAMDEN FRINGE)
“The Death of Hundun” is a solo performance inspired by a parable by the ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi, in which Hundun—an undivided whole, without orifices, embodying a wisdom beyond ordinary understanding—dies after seven apertures are forcibly carved into his body. This production reimagines the myth as a contemporary psychological allegory: a person who has “seen through everything” is driven to the brink as her inner world collapses into disillusionment.
The story follows a woman living with depression, trapped in a reality defined by pain. Refusing to surrender, she hurls herself toward one promise after another—love, career, family, freedom, faith, and ultimately reason—believing each might offer salvation. Yet every hope is raised only to be shattered, leaving her face to face with the limits of endurance and the nearness of death.
Blending a text-rich, emotionally charged monologue with highly physical performance, the piece delivers a visceral theatrical experience. It asks: when all systems of meaning fail, can one still go on living? And if suffering offers no resolution, might we learn to make space for what resists explanation?
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £12
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Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
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La Fenêtre (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Gabriel is a man of our times. He does a nondescript job in IT that will likely be displaced soon, but it does for now. Half French, half English, his psyche is trapped somewhere in the middle of the English Channel and drifting out to sea. He has strong opinions about bread, coffee, Godard, public transport, and the correct temperature at which to serve Comté.
By any external measure he is absolutely fine. He is not fine. The life he is living and the life he is capable of living are separate, kept apart by an invisible wall of anxiety, guilt and regret.
He is a searcher, seeking guidance in a confusing and hostile world. He needs a guru, a seer, but Gabriel doesn't particularly like people.
One flat, one evening, one not so quiet unravelling. The table is set, the wine is breathing, pull up a chair.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £15
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Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
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Maria-Rapaz (Tomboy) (camden Fringe Festival)
What if the dinner was the play?
Maria-Rapaz (Tomboy) unfolds around a table, where food is the plot and eating is the dramaturgy. This is not theatre about food — it is theatre through food.
Set between a pristine fine-dining kitchen and the warm chaos of a home kitchen, this work follows two women as they cook, eat, talk, and reveal what often goes unseen.
Drawing on Portuguese family recipes and queer experience, Maria-Rapaz asks: what counts as art? Who gets recognised? And what kinds of knowledge travel when we share a meal? The audience is invited to sit, to taste, and to witness a story about what it means to be sustained — not just fed — in a world that rewards spectacle over care.
Tickets are available at two prices: one includes light bites served as part of the performance (not a full meal), and a lower-priced option is available for audiences who wish to watch without food.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £9
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Instagram onthetipofhertongue.jpc
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Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Tomfoolery (CAMDEN FRINGE)
An improvised comedy show performed by a select group of professional silly people. There will be mischief, horseplay, and if we're lucky, some high-spirited shenanigans! This lineup of cheeky delights include London locals Phil Whelans & David Reed along with Canadian comedienne, Lindsay Mullan. Join us for 60 minutes of hilarious improvised storytelling based on suggestions from the audience.
Event Details
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £17
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Suitable for ages: 18+
See venue page for accessibility information.
La Fenêtre (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Gabriel is a man of our times. He does a nondescript job in IT that will likely be displaced soon, but it does for now. Half French, half English, his psyche is trapped somewhere in the middle of the English Channel and drifting out to sea. He has strong opinions about bread, coffee, Godard, public transport, and the correct temperature at which to serve Comté.
By any external measure he is absolutely fine. He is not fine. The life he is living and the life he is capable of living are separate, kept apart by an invisible wall of anxiety, guilt and regret.
He is a searcher, seeking guidance in a confusing and hostile world. He needs a guru, a seer, but Gabriel doesn't particularly like people.
One flat, one evening, one not so quiet unravelling. The table is set, the wine is breathing, pull up a chair.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £15
Social Media
Information
Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Maria-Rapaz (Tomboy) (camden Fringe Festival)
What if the dinner was the play?
Maria-Rapaz (Tomboy) unfolds around a table, where food is the plot and eating is the dramaturgy. This is not theatre about food — it is theatre through food.
Set between a pristine fine-dining kitchen and the warm chaos of a home kitchen, this work follows two women as they cook, eat, talk, and reveal what often goes unseen.
Drawing on Portuguese family recipes and queer experience, Maria-Rapaz asks: what counts as art? Who gets recognised? And what kinds of knowledge travel when we share a meal? The audience is invited to sit, to taste, and to witness a story about what it means to be sustained — not just fed — in a world that rewards spectacle over care.
Tickets are available at two prices: one includes light bites served as part of the performance (not a full meal), and a lower-priced option is available for audiences who wish to watch without food.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £9
Social Media
Instagram onthetipofhertongue.jpc
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Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
21 Days (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Cast: Sushant Nair as JAY, Alanya Hotchkiss as MAY
Written by: Sushant Nair | Directed by: Geir Thomassen
The year is 2030.
After a painful break-up, Jay hits the reset button on his life—but instead of healing, he spirals into a cycle of rage, isolation, and alcohol dependency. In a world increasingly disconnected by technology, his search for meaningful connection is overshadowed by his own self-destructive habits.
Enter May: a strange and enigmatic new flatmate whose unexpected presence begins to challenge Jay’s worldview. As their uneasy cohabitation unfolds, truths are confronted and emotions unravel.
21 Days is a bold new work exploring how we cope with heartbreak, addiction, and emotional suppression in a world where we humans face the unpredictability of technology. It asks: can logic ever explain the chaos of human emotion?
Review:
★★★1/2 Theatre and Tonic
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £15, £12.50
Social Media
Web: https://linktr.ee/21Days_ThePlay
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Mental health, Alcohol addiction, Partial nudity, Reference to drugs, Bad language, Flashing lights
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
La Fenêtre (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Gabriel is a man of our times. He does a nondescript job in IT that will likely be displaced soon, but it does for now. Half French, half English, his psyche is trapped somewhere in the middle of the English Channel and drifting out to sea. He has strong opinions about bread, coffee, Godard, public transport, and the correct temperature at which to serve Comté.
By any external measure he is absolutely fine. He is not fine. The life he is living and the life he is capable of living are separate, kept apart by an invisible wall of anxiety, guilt and regret.
He is a searcher, seeking guidance in a confusing and hostile world. He needs a guru, a seer, but Gabriel doesn't particularly like people.
One flat, one evening, one not so quiet unravelling. The table is set, the wine is breathing, pull up a chair.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £15
Social Media
Information
Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Los años maravillosos: archive, image and collapse (camden fringe)
A Uruguayan model. Diana Spencer. The Doors. Elton John. Tótem.
La Figurita. Montevideo.
The future as longing. Collapse as an inevitable destiny.
“Come on, baby, light my fire.”
An exploration of what we once imagined we would become — and never did.
Between image, memory and fracture, Los años maravillosos moves through the illusion of storytelling and confronts us with what remains when everything we once believed in begins to collapse.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £14
Social Media
Information
Suitable for ages: 14 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Tomfoolery (CAMDEN FRINGE)
An improvised comedy show performed by a select group of professional silly people. There will be mischief, horseplay, and if we're lucky, some high-spirited shenanigans! This lineup of cheeky delights include London locals Phil Whelans & David Reed along with Canadian comedienne, Lindsay Mullan. Join us for 60 minutes of hilarious improvised storytelling based on suggestions from the audience.
Event Details
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £17
Social Media
Information
Suitable for ages: 18+
See venue page for accessibility information.
Trapped (CAMDEN FRINGE)
TRAPPED is a powerful one-woman psychological drama exploring the manipulation and emotional impact of grooming. Through storytelling and physical performance, a single performer brings eight different characters to life, each with distinct voices and physicalities, revealing the complex dynamics of the relationships that shaped her past.
As memories unfold, the boundaries between trust and manipulation begin to blur. With minimalistic staging and limited props, the production focuses on the performer’s transformation between characters, drawing the audience into an intimate exploration of vulnerability, influence, and the lasting psychological impact of manipulation.
Event Details
Genre: Play
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £15
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Information
Trigger and content warnings - Sexual grooming, manipulation, violence, swearing
Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
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Some of It Might Be True (camden Fringe Festival)
During a drug-induced haze, Evie posts a shocking picture to her company’s social media, destroying the carefully curated persona she’s built online. As the lies begin to reveal themselves, a misstep into an animal rights activist meeting & a pig saving mission forces her to face the lie that has been holding her captive.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 40 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Instagram theuglytruthproductions
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Eating Disorders, Drug Use, Mental Health & Trauma, Strong Language, Animal Cruelty (References), Flashing Lights
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
CHICKEN DROPPING (CAMDEN FRINGE)
“A cozy, decent kitchen of your dreams, a perfect breakfast, and a war of chickens.”
Yifei and Ming lead a meticulously ordered life in their Qingdao beachfront apartment, watching their neighbour’s chickens engage in a brutal, feathery feud from behind a spotless window. To Ming, a school teacher, the violence is background noise to be ignored; to Yifei, a bank clerk, this war is a market to be exploited, as free-range eggs begin to arrive at their doorstep.
As the couple argue and scheme over this unexpected windfall, the boundary between outside and inside begins to collapse. Chickens invade their home, littering the living room with droppings.
Chicken Dropping is a biting absurdist comedy about those who treat tragedy as opportunity, until the blood and filth of what they’ve monetised crash through their own kitchen window.
When the world turns into a battlefield, how long can you keep your own kitchen clean?
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £10
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Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
The Other 41 (camden fringe)
The story of coping with loss in an STI Clinic.
No one likes an STI Clinic, no one dislikes them more than Will Stevens. But as he sits waiting for his results at 4 am all he's trying to do is be positive.
A new play, in development for over a year coming to the stage.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £10
Social Media
Information
Mentions of death
Suitable for ages: 18+
See venue page for accessibility information.
Los años maravillosos: archive, image and collapse (camden fringe)
A Uruguayan model. Diana Spencer. The Doors. Elton John. Tótem.
La Figurita. Montevideo.
The future as longing. Collapse as an inevitable destiny.
“Come on, baby, light my fire.”
An exploration of what we once imagined we would become — and never did.
Between image, memory and fracture, Los años maravillosos moves through the illusion of storytelling and confronts us with what remains when everything we once believed in begins to collapse.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £14
Social Media
Information
Suitable for ages: 14 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Trapped (CAMDEN FRINGE)
TRAPPED is a powerful one-woman psychological drama exploring the manipulation and emotional impact of grooming. Through storytelling and physical performance, a single performer brings eight different characters to life, each with distinct voices and physicalities, revealing the complex dynamics of the relationships that shaped her past.
As memories unfold, the boundaries between trust and manipulation begin to blur. With minimalistic staging and limited props, the production focuses on the performer’s transformation between characters, drawing the audience into an intimate exploration of vulnerability, influence, and the lasting psychological impact of manipulation.
Event Details
Genre: Play
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £15
Social Media
Information
Trigger and content warnings - Sexual grooming, manipulation, violence, swearing
Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Maybe Tomorrow (CAMDEN FRINGE)
This powerful new play follows two Lebanese sisters, Yara and Mina, who advocate for change in Lebanon. When the 2019 revolution begins, their frustration is turned into action. However, as the year passes, the fire of the revolution wanes, and the country descends further into crisis. This draws a chasm between the sisters and ignites a heated discussion about identity, colonialism, and corruption.
On August 4th, 2020, the port explosion rips through their living room, changing everything. The play is both a love letter and a ‘fuck you’ to Lebanon: a dichotomy that every Lebanese person has felt. We don’t know what to feel, but we know it is all valid.
A percentage of ticket sales will go to Migrant Workers’ Action, an organisation that supports displaced migrant workers in Lebanon and fights to abolish the Kafala system.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Information
Trigger warnings: war, death, sounds of explosions, swearing
Suitable for ages: 14 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
CHICKEN DROPPING (CAMDEN FRINGE)
“A cozy, decent kitchen of your dreams, a perfect breakfast, and a war of chickens.”
Yifei and Ming lead a meticulously ordered life in their Qingdao beachfront apartment, watching their neighbour’s chickens engage in a brutal, feathery feud from behind a spotless window. To Ming, a school teacher, the violence is background noise to be ignored; to Yifei, a bank clerk, this war is a market to be exploited, as free-range eggs begin to arrive at their doorstep.
As the couple argue and scheme over this unexpected windfall, the boundary between outside and inside begins to collapse. Chickens invade their home, littering the living room with droppings.
Chicken Dropping is a biting absurdist comedy about those who treat tragedy as opportunity, until the blood and filth of what they’ve monetised crash through their own kitchen window.
When the world turns into a battlefield, how long can you keep your own kitchen clean?
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £10
Social Media
Information
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
The Other 41 (camden fringe)
The story of coping with loss in an STI Clinic.
No one likes an STI Clinic, no one dislikes them more than Will Stevens. But as he sits waiting for his results at 4 am all he's trying to do is be positive.
A new play, in development for over a year coming to the stage.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £10
Social Media
Information
Mentions of death
Suitable for ages: 18+
See venue page for accessibility information.
Threads of May (
“I am a remarkable woman - always was, though none of you seemed to think so.”
May Morris steps out from the shadow of her father William Morris in an actor-musician odyssey from Isabella Javor. THREADS OF MAY weaves together live music and storytelling to stitch together the intricate life of the woman who designed some of the most iconic Arts and Crafts patterns.
The play traverses her journey from her bohemian childhood, stepping up to continue her father’s legacy managing the embroidery department of Morris & Co, to her later years falling in love with her gardener Mary Lobb.
A blend of original music and feminist history, THREADS OF MAY is a vivid tapestry of legacy, politics, and hidden queer love.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £15
Social Media
Information
Suitable for ages: 12 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Maybe Tomorrow (CAMDEN FRINGE)
This powerful new play follows two Lebanese sisters, Yara and Mina, who advocate for change in Lebanon. When the 2019 revolution begins, their frustration is turned into action. However, as the year passes, the fire of the revolution wanes, and the country descends further into crisis. This draws a chasm between the sisters and ignites a heated discussion about identity, colonialism, and corruption.
On August 4th, 2020, the port explosion rips through their living room, changing everything. The play is both a love letter and a ‘fuck you’ to Lebanon: a dichotomy that every Lebanese person has felt. We don’t know what to feel, but we know it is all valid.
A percentage of ticket sales will go to Migrant Workers’ Action, an organisation that supports displaced migrant workers in Lebanon and fights to abolish the Kafala system.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Information
Trigger warnings: war, death, sounds of explosions, swearing
Suitable for ages: 14 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Fright Fest! (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Each year, New Jersey’s premier theme park draws thousands of thrill-seekers to Fright Fest – an after-sunset immersive haunting experience. This spooktacular event invites the Jersey Turnpike’s finest aspiring scare performers to come out of the woodwork and into the limelight! By late August, the casting notice is out, and in the hands of old souls who have scared before and fledglings, who are just starting their creepy careers. Regardless of experience, they all share one common desire: to be the most spine-chilling monster of them all. But, when technical difficulties threaten to halt auditions, the ‘boogey they/thems’ are determined that the scare must go on! With humour, heart, and a healthy dose of chaos, this one-act play offers a tribute to the (seasonal) unsung heroes of America's theme parks. Will you scream? Or just be left afraid of the dark?
Event Details
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £5
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This performance will include times of total darkness and jump scares.
Suitable for ages: 14 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Giving Out (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Liam is sick. Matthew is sick of him. Trapped in a run down flat in Belfast, dying of AIDs, Liam depends on Matthew for everything. He rants and rambles, desperate for release or entertainment. Matthew, meanwhile, finds his patience wearing thin. Liam is no angel, and Matthew is no martyr.
Funded by the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club, this irreverent dark comedy traps the audience with the characters in a claustrophobia of illness, caregiving and resentment. One scene, one set, spanning one endless argument: every beat of the frustration and the building tension is felt in real time. Balancing raw humour with intense emotion, this two-hander confronts sickness, shame and guilt through a distinctly Irish humour.
Rooted in the real historical context of both the Troubles and the AIDs crisis, the play sheds new light on overlooked perspectives. With biting dialogue and unbroken narrative, Giving Out offers an unflinching, immersive theatrical experience which is as funny as it is devastating.
Event Details
Genre: New Writing
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £15
Social Media
Information
TW: Suicide, Death and/or dying, Homophobia, Terminal Illness
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
Maybe Tomorrow (CAMDEN FRINGE)
This powerful new play follows two Lebanese sisters, Yara and Mina, who advocate for change in Lebanon. When the 2019 revolution begins, their frustration is turned into action. However, as the year passes, the fire of the revolution wanes, and the country descends further into crisis. This draws a chasm between the sisters and ignites a heated discussion about identity, colonialism, and corruption.
On August 4th, 2020, the port explosion rips through their living room, changing everything. The play is both a love letter and a ‘fuck you’ to Lebanon: a dichotomy that every Lebanese person has felt. We don’t know what to feel, but we know it is all valid.
A percentage of ticket sales will go to Migrant Workers’ Action, an organisation that supports displaced migrant workers in Lebanon and fights to abolish the Kafala system.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Information
Trigger warnings: war, death, sounds of explosions, swearing
Suitable for ages: 14 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
TIME IS NOW (camden fringe)
An estranged father and son spend the night together. A casual remark exposes a family secret that turns into a reckoning about absence, blame and grief. An intimate, real-time two-hander exploring identity, parenthood and the weight of the past.
As dawn approaches, nothing will be the same for either of them again.
Event Details
Genre: New Writing
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £10
Social Media
Information
Contains themes of grief & child bereavement
Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Maybe Tomorrow (CAMDEN FRINGE)
This powerful new play follows two Lebanese sisters, Yara and Mina, who advocate for change in Lebanon. When the 2019 revolution begins, their frustration is turned into action. However, as the year passes, the fire of the revolution wanes, and the country descends further into crisis. This draws a chasm between the sisters and ignites a heated discussion about identity, colonialism, and corruption.
On August 4th, 2020, the port explosion rips through their living room, changing everything. The play is both a love letter and a ‘fuck you’ to Lebanon: a dichotomy that every Lebanese person has felt. We don’t know what to feel, but we know it is all valid.
A percentage of ticket sales will go to Migrant Workers’ Action, an organisation that supports displaced migrant workers in Lebanon and fights to abolish the Kafala system.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Information
Trigger warnings: war, death, sounds of explosions, swearing
Suitable for ages: 14 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Giving Out (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Liam is sick. Matthew is sick of him. Trapped in a run down flat in Belfast, dying of AIDs, Liam depends on Matthew for everything. He rants and rambles, desperate for release or entertainment. Matthew, meanwhile, finds his patience wearing thin. Liam is no angel, and Matthew is no martyr.
Funded by the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club, this irreverent dark comedy traps the audience with the characters in a claustrophobia of illness, caregiving and resentment. One scene, one set, spanning one endless argument: every beat of the frustration and the building tension is felt in real time. Balancing raw humour with intense emotion, this two-hander confronts sickness, shame and guilt through a distinctly Irish humour.
Rooted in the real historical context of both the Troubles and the AIDs crisis, the play sheds new light on overlooked perspectives. With biting dialogue and unbroken narrative, Giving Out offers an unflinching, immersive theatrical experience which is as funny as it is devastating.
Event Details
Genre: New Writing
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £15
Social Media
Information
TW: Suicide, Death and/or dying, Homophobia, Terminal Illness
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
Kabbarli: An Irishwoman In The Desert (CAMDEN FRINGE)
How far would you go to survive? What would you be willing to sacrifice to do what's right? Arriving in Australia in 1883, an Irish outcast lies and cheats her way to freedom. When she witnesses the devastation being wrought upon First Nations People, everything changes; she gives up her life for theirs. Then she betrays them to feed them. A true story about a morally complex woman, trapped with limited means.
Does history have to repeat itself, or can it be our greatest reminder to do better? A one-woman-show by Georgia Nicholas.
Event Details
Genre: New Writing
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Facebook: WalkInHerShoesProductions
Instagram walkinhershoes.productions
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Content warning: heavily references the colonisation and systemic genocide of the Australian Indigenous Peoples.
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
A Marriage of Inconvenience (camden fringe)
Join best friends and rising comedy stars Abi Sharp and Harsh for a split bill that explores the intersection of Type-A ambition, queer identity, and the chaotic search for love. United by their nerdy neuroses and a spectacular track record of romantic failures, the pair present A Marriage of Inconvenience: a show about the logistical nightmare of modern dating, and their pact to enter a sexless lavender marriage if they're still single by 40. Until then, they're saying "I do" to the next best thing: awkwardly sharing the stage for half an hour each.
Event Details
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £5
Social Media
Web: linktr.ee/a_marriage_of_inconvenience
Information
contains sexual content and strong language
Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
TIME IS NOW (camden fringe)
An estranged father and son spend the night together. A casual remark exposes a family secret that turns into a reckoning about absence, blame and grief. An intimate, real-time two-hander exploring identity, parenthood and the weight of the past.
As dawn approaches, nothing will be the same for either of them again.
Event Details
Genre: New Writing
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £10
Social Media
Information
Contains themes of grief & child bereavement
Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Giving Out (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Liam is sick. Matthew is sick of him. Trapped in a run down flat in Belfast, dying of AIDs, Liam depends on Matthew for everything. He rants and rambles, desperate for release or entertainment. Matthew, meanwhile, finds his patience wearing thin. Liam is no angel, and Matthew is no martyr.
Funded by the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club, this irreverent dark comedy traps the audience with the characters in a claustrophobia of illness, caregiving and resentment. One scene, one set, spanning one endless argument: every beat of the frustration and the building tension is felt in real time. Balancing raw humour with intense emotion, this two-hander confronts sickness, shame and guilt through a distinctly Irish humour.
Rooted in the real historical context of both the Troubles and the AIDs crisis, the play sheds new light on overlooked perspectives. With biting dialogue and unbroken narrative, Giving Out offers an unflinching, immersive theatrical experience which is as funny as it is devastating.
Event Details
Genre: New Writing
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £15
Social Media
Information
TW: Suicide, Death and/or dying, Homophobia, Terminal Illness
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
Kabbarli: An Irishwoman In The Desert (CAMDEN FRINGE)
How far would you go to survive? What would you be willing to sacrifice to do what's right? Arriving in Australia in 1883, an Irish outcast lies and cheats her way to freedom. When she witnesses the devastation being wrought upon First Nations People, everything changes; she gives up her life for theirs. Then she betrays them to feed them. A true story about a morally complex woman, trapped with limited means.
Does history have to repeat itself, or can it be our greatest reminder to do better? A one-woman-show by Georgia Nicholas.
Event Details
Genre: New Writing
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Facebook: WalkInHerShoesProductions
Instagram walkinhershoes.productions
Information
Content warning: heavily references the colonisation and systemic genocide of the Australian Indigenous Peoples.
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
TIME IS NOW (camden fringe)
An estranged father and son spend the night together. A casual remark exposes a family secret that turns into a reckoning about absence, blame and grief. An intimate, real-time two-hander exploring identity, parenthood and the weight of the past.
As dawn approaches, nothing will be the same for either of them again.
Event Details
Genre: New Writing
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £10
Social Media
Information
Contains themes of grief & child bereavement
Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Marie Curie – Exposed (CAMDEN FRINGE)
"Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood" (Marie Curie)
Discover the remarkable story of Marie Curie in this faithful and evocative play that celebrates one of the most groundbreaking minds in history.
Performed by Abbe Lee and Mark Stratford, the play takes us on the journey from Marie’s early struggles as a young immigrant scholar to her rise as a pioneering scientist.
We trace the thrill of discovery, see the courage required to challenge convention, and witness Marie’s relentless pursuit of knowledge in a patriarchal world determined to hold her back.
Through moments of love, humour, obsession, and triumph, the play reveals the sheer strength and heart behind the unstoppable genius who - with the help of her husband Pierre - changed science and the world forever.
Join us for this inspiring and intimate theatrical experience.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 80 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Web: stratfordproductions.co.uk
Facebook: stratfordproductions
Instagram stratfordproductions
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Suitable for ages: 12 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
The Swan, the Werewolf and Gianpiero (camden fringe)
A backstage breakup between tango partners spirals into total chaos when Roxana ends her relationship with Mateo five minutes before their performance. Their argument erupts onto the stage, where Gianpiero, an eccentric “artistic genius” of a director (and allegedly a descendant of Julius Caesar), decides to transform the disaster into his greatest masterpiece.
He casts Mateo as a werewolf, Roxana as a swan, and begins manipulating them in front of a live audience.
What follows is a gloriously unhinged collision of Argentine tango, carefully crafted conspiracies and pure theatrical madness, led by a director who bows while the actors call an ambulance. A dark, physical, absurd comedy where even the audience can’t tell what’s scripted anymore.
Directed by Simon Coulthard (Tango Passions)
Event Details
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £15
Social Media
Facebook: events/1225320722924243/
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Contains strong language, sexual references, sensitive issues and moments of implied violence.
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Aunty Mei is Looking For a Wife (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Poor, poor Aunty Mei - it’s bad enough her daughter’s a spinster and now, a lesbian? Almost 25 AND unmarried, what will the ancestors have to say? (spoiler alert: a lot)
Like all good Chinese parents, Aunty Mei plots and schemes to matchmake her daughter with London’s finest lesbians (could that be you?). Will she survive the culture shock and find a way for their worlds to exist alongside each other?
Charmaine Cheong makes her debut as Aunty Mei in this witty one woman, comedy drama
Event Details
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £15, £16
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Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
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A Marriage of Inconvenience (camden fringe)
Join best friends and rising comedy stars Abi Sharp and Harsh for a split bill that explores the intersection of Type-A ambition, queer identity, and the chaotic search for love. United by their nerdy neuroses and a spectacular track record of romantic failures, the pair present A Marriage of Inconvenience: a show about the logistical nightmare of modern dating, and their pact to enter a sexless lavender marriage if they're still single by 40. Until then, they're saying "I do" to the next best thing: awkwardly sharing the stage for half an hour each.
Event Details
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £5
Social Media
Web: linktr.ee/a_marriage_of_inconvenience
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contains sexual content and strong language
Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
TIME IS NOW (camden fringe)
An estranged father and son spend the night together. A casual remark exposes a family secret that turns into a reckoning about absence, blame and grief. An intimate, real-time two-hander exploring identity, parenthood and the weight of the past.
As dawn approaches, nothing will be the same for either of them again.
Event Details
Genre: New Writing
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £10
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Contains themes of grief & child bereavement
Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
The Swan, the Werewolf and Gianpiero (camden fringe)
A backstage breakup between tango partners spirals into total chaos when Roxana ends her relationship with Mateo five minutes before their performance. Their argument erupts onto the stage, where Gianpiero, an eccentric “artistic genius” of a director (and allegedly a descendant of Julius Caesar), decides to transform the disaster into his greatest masterpiece.
He casts Mateo as a werewolf, Roxana as a swan, and begins manipulating them in front of a live audience.
What follows is a gloriously unhinged collision of Argentine tango, carefully crafted conspiracies and pure theatrical madness, led by a director who bows while the actors call an ambulance. A dark, physical, absurd comedy where even the audience can’t tell what’s scripted anymore.
Directed by Simon Coulthard (Tango Passions)
Event Details
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £15
Social Media
Facebook: events/1225320722924243/
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Contains strong language, sexual references, sensitive issues and moments of implied violence.
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Close Friends (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Close Friends is a timely new PowerPoint show exploring intimacy, honesty and authenticity in the age of social media. Based on a decade of Instagram Story archives, this fun and thought-provoking piece of storytelling seeks to explore topical questions around the ways we're trained to present ourselves and how we all #relate.
Underpinning a tale of failing in the visual arts - from growing up with an Artist parent to undertaking an Art History degree, overcoming teenage image issues and stagnating in a social media career - comes a deeper discussion around the ways we depict ourselves in misguided quests for closeness.
Making a case for unfiltered oversharing as opposed to curating a flawless persona, seeking connection over 'engagement' and ditching 'likes' for love, this hour of honest confession abandons attempts to paint a perfect picture in favour of telling a true story.
Event Details
Genre: New Writing
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £7
Social Media
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CW: Discussion of eating disorders / body image
Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Kabbarli: An Irishwoman In The Desert (CAMDEN FRINGE)
How far would you go to survive? What would you be willing to sacrifice to do what's right? Arriving in Australia in 1883, an Irish outcast lies and cheats her way to freedom. When she witnesses the devastation being wrought upon First Nations People, everything changes; she gives up her life for theirs. Then she betrays them to feed them. A true story about a morally complex woman, trapped with limited means.
Does history have to repeat itself, or can it be our greatest reminder to do better? A one-woman-show by Georgia Nicholas.
Event Details
Genre: New Writing
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Facebook: WalkInHerShoesProductions
Instagram walkinhershoes.productions
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Content warning: heavily references the colonisation and systemic genocide of the Australian Indigenous Peoples.
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
My First Time (Camden Fringe Festival)
First time, first high, first heartbreak, FIRST ORGASM!
This one woman dramedy takes the audience on an unhinged ride through life's firsts. Told through the manic lens of a girl in the throes of losing her virginity. But much like the journey to self acceptance, nothing is linear.
Told tangent style, this outrageous comedy of errors (my errors), invites you to laugh, cry and cringe along with me, whilst reliving some of life's biggest and most embarrassing moments.
Come lose my V-Plates with me!
Event Details
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Information
Trigger warning, mention of sexual assault. Flashing strobe light.
Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
I’d Kill for this Place (CAMDEN FRINGE)
What’s inside Meg’s cool box? And why is she bringing it to a flat viewing?
Four broke friends. One mouldy flat. And the “coming out” no one was prepared for.
Sure, Meg’s been acting strange all summer, but who could have predicted that she turned into a vampire and even brought her lunch!?
Three things unite Gen Z and Millennials: being woke, not being able to afford a house, and an unhealthy obsession with vampires. In a housing crisis this bleak, everyone ends up living with a monster.
So is it really such a big deal?
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Instagram idkillforthisplace.play
TikTok: @idkillforthisplace.play
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Content warnings: strong language, loud noises, references to blood, violence, drug use and horror themes.
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
The Swan, the Werewolf and Gianpiero (camden fringe)
A backstage breakup between tango partners spirals into total chaos when Roxana ends her relationship with Mateo five minutes before their performance. Their argument erupts onto the stage, where Gianpiero, an eccentric “artistic genius” of a director (and allegedly a descendant of Julius Caesar), decides to transform the disaster into his greatest masterpiece.
He casts Mateo as a werewolf, Roxana as a swan, and begins manipulating them in front of a live audience.
What follows is a gloriously unhinged collision of Argentine tango, carefully crafted conspiracies and pure theatrical madness, led by a director who bows while the actors call an ambulance. A dark, physical, absurd comedy where even the audience can’t tell what’s scripted anymore.
Directed by Simon Coulthard (Tango Passions)
Event Details
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £15
Social Media
Facebook: events/1225320722924243/
Information
Contains strong language, sexual references, sensitive issues and moments of implied violence.
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
I’d Kill for this Place (CAMDEN FRINGE)
What’s inside Meg’s cool box? And why is she bringing it to a flat viewing?
Four broke friends. One mouldy flat. And the “coming out” no one was prepared for.
Sure, Meg’s been acting strange all summer, but who could have predicted that she turned into a vampire and even brought her lunch!?
Three things unite Gen Z and Millennials: being woke, not being able to afford a house, and an unhealthy obsession with vampires. In a housing crisis this bleak, everyone ends up living with a monster.
So is it really such a big deal?
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Instagram idkillforthisplace.play
TikTok: @idkillforthisplace.play
Information
Content warnings: strong language, loud noises, references to blood, violence, drug use and horror themes.
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
I’d Kill for this Place (CAMDEN FRINGE)
What’s inside Meg’s cool box? And why is she bringing it to a flat viewing?
Four broke friends. One mouldy flat. And the “coming out” no one was prepared for.
Sure, Meg’s been acting strange all summer, but who could have predicted that she turned into a vampire and even brought her lunch!?
Three things unite Gen Z and Millennials: being woke, not being able to afford a house, and an unhealthy obsession with vampires. In a housing crisis this bleak, everyone ends up living with a monster.
So is it really such a big deal?
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Instagram idkillforthisplace.play
TikTok: @idkillforthisplace.play
Information
Content warnings: strong language, loud noises, references to blood, violence, drug use and horror themes.
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
My First Time (Camden Fringe Festival)
First time, first high, first heartbreak, FIRST ORGASM!
This one woman dramedy takes the audience on an unhinged ride through life's firsts. Told through the manic lens of a girl in the throes of losing her virginity. But much like the journey to self acceptance, nothing is linear.
Told tangent style, this outrageous comedy of errors (my errors), invites you to laugh, cry and cringe along with me, whilst reliving some of life's biggest and most embarrassing moments.
Come lose my V-Plates with me!
Event Details
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Information
Trigger warning, mention of sexual assault. Flashing strobe light.
Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Caravan Tea Party (Camden Fringe)
Who the f*ck is Kerry Katona and what’s she got to do with my mum?
From a Nicaraguan coffee shop, Sophie Lovell nosedives into the merry land of make-believe. Confronted with more facts than fiction, old wounds are revisited as she questions what it means to be Romany.
Written by Lauren Derry, supported by Dan Allum of The Romany Theatre Company. This marks Lauren's writing debut after graduating with an MA in Professional Acting from Drama Studio London last July.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £9
Social Media
Information
Trigger warnings: Bereavement, references to abuse (no graphic detail),
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Belated (camden fringe)
Save the date! It’s Anna’s 50th birthday, and it’s going to be grand.
Only problem is... it’s a year late.
A former professional dancer turned Pilates instructor to the rich and famous, Anna is worn out—from life, motherhood, and a painful breakup. So she decides to give herself the 50th birthday party she deserves—two days before she turns 51.
But this is more than a party.
It’s her chance to reclaim love, connection—and finally stage the one-woman show she’s always dreamed of.
Belated is about big dreams and quiet disappointments. About the moments we begin again—whether by choice or by force. It’s about the gap between the lives we imagined and the ones we’re actually living.
Funny, raw and painfully human, Belated is a celebration of showing up for yourself exactly when it matters most.
And you’re invited.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £13
Social Media
Web: mzarankin.my.canva.site/belated
Information
Contains sexual references
Suitable for ages: 12 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Belated (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Save the date! It’s Anna’s 50th birthday, and it’s going to be grand.
Only problem is... it’s a year late.
A former professional dancer turned Pilates instructor to the rich and famous, Anna is worn out—from life, motherhood, and a painful breakup. So she decides to give herself the 50th birthday party she deserves—two days before she turns 51.
But this is more than a party.
It’s her chance to reclaim love, connection—and finally stage the one-woman show she’s always dreamed of.
Belated is about big dreams and quiet disappointments. About the moments we begin again—whether by choice or by force. It’s about the gap between the lives we imagined and the ones we’re actually living.
Funny, raw and painfully human, Belated is a celebration of showing up for yourself exactly when it matters most.
And you’re invited.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £13
Social Media
Web: mzarankin.my.canva.site/belated
Information
Contains sexual references
Suitable for ages: 12 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
The Revenge of a Quiet Woman (Camden Fringe)
She was told she was quiet all her life. Then, Mahala Roberts hit the menopause and discovered her rather LOUD expressive voice. Now, no one can shut her up!
Come and feel the power of that voice and witness her creative explosion, through a collection of scintillating sketches and punchy poems that will tickle your fancies and form a glow worm around your heart. Themes include cringing, dung beetles, crocodiles and so much more.
Come along and feel the lurve.
Mahala Roberts is a psychiatrist and creative. She hit the menopause and had a midlife crisis with a difference. She had a creative explosion and turned it into a one woman show!! She channelled all those weird crazy chaotic menopausal emotions into a warm, quirky and very funny show. Mahala Roberts is a fifty plus woman, who after many years of holding it all in, has decided to let go BIG TIME.
Event Details
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £7.50
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Show contains one swear word
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
Musings of a Serial Dieter (camden Fringe Festival)
Alison takes you down the rabbit hole of being a Serial Dieter. Enduring the purgatory of never being content, she explores the food confusion, stirring in a mixed medium of music and mayhem. Served with a fat dollop of humour.
Event Details
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £10
Social Media
Information
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
My First Time (Camden Fringe Festival)
First time, first high, first heartbreak, FIRST ORGASM!
This one woman dramedy takes the audience on an unhinged ride through life's firsts. Told through the manic lens of a girl in the throes of losing her virginity. But much like the journey to self acceptance, nothing is linear.
Told tangent style, this outrageous comedy of errors (my errors), invites you to laugh, cry and cringe along with me, whilst reliving some of life's biggest and most embarrassing moments.
Come lose my V-Plates with me!
Event Details
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £12
Social Media
Information
Trigger warning, mention of sexual assault. Flashing strobe light.
Suitable for ages: 18+
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Caravan Tea Party (Camden Fringe)
Who the f*ck is Kerry Katona and what’s she got to do with my mum?
From a Nicaraguan coffee shop, Sophie Lovell nosedives into the merry land of make-believe. Confronted with more facts than fiction, old wounds are revisited as she questions what it means to be Romany.
Written by Lauren Derry, supported by Dan Allum of The Romany Theatre Company. This marks Lauren's writing debut after graduating with an MA in Professional Acting from Drama Studio London last July.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £9
Social Media
Information
Trigger warnings: Bereavement, references to abuse (no graphic detail),
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Threads of May (camden fringe)
“I am a remarkable woman - always was, though none of you seemed to think so.”
May Morris steps out from the shadow of her father William Morris in an actor-musician odyssey from Isabella Javor. THREADS OF MAY weaves together live music and storytelling to stitch together the intricate life of the woman who designed some of the most iconic Arts and Crafts patterns.
The play traverses her journey from her bohemian childhood, stepping up to continue her father’s legacy managing the embroidery department of Morris & Co, to her later years falling in love with her gardener Mary Lobb.
A blend of original music and feminist history, THREADS OF MAY is a vivid tapestry of legacy, politics, and hidden queer love.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £15
Social Media
Information
Suitable for ages: 12 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
ECHOES (Camden Fringe)
Echo: Spoke too much and was forever cursed to echo what others say.
Philomela: Tongue severed and could not tell what had been done to her.
Cassandra: A prophetess that no one would believe.
Arachne: Said the wrong thing in the face of the gods.
Helen: Bound to Troy and never allowed to tell her own story.
ECHOES is a one-woman-show about the silencing and loss of the female voice.
Using stories from classical mythology, the play weaves between modern and ancient narratives, as an actress confronts her ironic fear of her own voice, and tries to find out how she can reclaim not only her own voice, but also those of the women whose voices have been suppressed and distorted for centuries by male dominated scholarship.
The show is a comical and confrontational depiction of women's struggles throughout the ages and shows how the female experience echoes through time.
Event Details
Genre: New Writing
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £15
Social Media
Information
references to sexual assault; explicit language
Suitable for ages: 14 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
Stressful Emergency Situation (camden Fringe Festival)
Floor 87, Office A (disused). Friday. 4:58pm. 5 coworkers. Well, 4 work friends reluctantly following the lead of fire marshal Angie Spratt (authority in title only). It's Angie's world and we're all living in it, and that world is coming to an end (no, really, she says the world is ending). Who can be trusted and what can be lost? And why has Angie packed pyjamas?
An absurdist dark comedy, this show is for any office employee who gets a bit of a weird vibe from their coworkers. Maybe you know a sandwich thief, maybe that one person always hogs the good desk, or maybe Rachel from HR is a doomsday predictionist . And if you don't work in an office this show is sure to have you updating your CV immediately to get in on that irresistible workplace drama.
In Winter We Celebrate Spring (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Fiona has lived in Britain for over a decade. She knows how to navigate racism, bad weather, and overpriced rent. What she doesn't know is how to throw a Chinese New Year that actually feels like one.
When 15-year-old Kailin arrives for the half terms—her first Chinese New Year away from China—Fiona is determined to get it right. The dumplings. The red envelopes. The whole performance of home. But somewhere between the hotel that looks nothing like its photos and a London that no longer feels like hers, something starts to slip. First her composure. Then her pride. Then, piece by piece, her face.
In Winter We Celebrate Spring is a domestic horror laced with dark comedy—a Shirley Jackson-esque story about the quiet violence of trying to belong. No ghosts. No slashers. Just the weight of all the days you forgot to grieve, pressing down until something breaks.
For anyone who has ever tried to recreate a home that no longer exists.
Event Details
Genre: New Writing
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £14
Social Media
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Suitable for ages: 14 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Belated (camden fringe)
Save the date! It’s Anna’s 50th birthday, and it’s going to be grand.
Only problem is... it’s a year late.
A former professional dancer turned Pilates instructor to the rich and famous, Anna is worn out—from life, motherhood, and a painful breakup. So she decides to give herself the 50th birthday party she deserves—two days before she turns 51.
But this is more than a party.
It’s her chance to reclaim love, connection—and finally stage the one-woman show she’s always dreamed of.
Belated is about big dreams and quiet disappointments. About the moments we begin again—whether by choice or by force. It’s about the gap between the lives we imagined and the ones we’re actually living.
Funny, raw and painfully human, Belated is a celebration of showing up for yourself exactly when it matters most.
And you’re invited.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £13
Social Media
Web: mzarankin.my.canva.site/belated
Information
Contains sexual references
Suitable for ages: 12 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Belated (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Save the date! It’s Anna’s 50th birthday, and it’s going to be grand.
Only problem is... it’s a year late.
A former professional dancer turned Pilates instructor to the rich and famous, Anna is worn out—from life, motherhood, and a painful breakup. So she decides to give herself the 50th birthday party she deserves—two days before she turns 51.
But this is more than a party.
It’s her chance to reclaim love, connection—and finally stage the one-woman show she’s always dreamed of.
Belated is about big dreams and quiet disappointments. About the moments we begin again—whether by choice or by force. It’s about the gap between the lives we imagined and the ones we’re actually living.
Funny, raw and painfully human, Belated is a celebration of showing up for yourself exactly when it matters most.
And you’re invited.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £13
Social Media
Web: mzarankin.my.canva.site/belated
Information
Contains sexual references
Suitable for ages: 12 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
The Glory Days (camden fringe) (Copy)
"GLORY"- praise and admiration earned by doing something impressive. Decent.
A talented footballer and highflying corporate matchmaker, Camilla Cole knows exactly how to place people where they're meant to be. Climbing two ladders is quite the balancing act, but worth it when the goal is so enticing... When a work social turned pub reunion provokes a trip down memory lane, this glimpse into the past reveals holes in Cole's perception of success.
Sarah Louise Hill is the actor and writer of this solo show. Pulling from first hand experience as a female athlete, Hill received scholarships to study a BA in Acting whilst playing Division 1 football at University in the States, and is a recipient of the Irene Ryan Award for 'Best Comedy Performance'.
The Glory Days invites the audience to become fans in the stands, punters in the pub, and a soundboard for Cole's predicament: the search for purpose beyond winning. Through multi-roling, top notch banter, and raw honesty, we see an individual fighting for promotion against her former self. But is the sacrifice worth the glory?
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £12.50
Social Media
Web: app.spotlight.com/0456-8940-1156
Information
Suitable for ages: 14 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
ECHOES (Camden Fringe)
Echo: Spoke too much and was forever cursed to echo what others say.
Philomela: Tongue severed and could not tell what had been done to her.
Cassandra: A prophetess that no one would believe.
Arachne: Said the wrong thing in the face of the gods.
Helen: Bound to Troy and never allowed to tell her own story.
ECHOES is a one-woman-show about the silencing and loss of the female voice.
Using stories from classical mythology, the play weaves between modern and ancient narratives, as an actress confronts her ironic fear of her own voice, and tries to find out how she can reclaim not only her own voice, but also those of the women whose voices have been suppressed and distorted for centuries by male dominated scholarship.
The show is a comical and confrontational depiction of women's struggles throughout the ages and shows how the female experience echoes through time.
Event Details
Genre: New Writing
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £15
Social Media
Information
references to sexual assault; explicit language
Suitable for ages: 14 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
Stressful Emergency Situation (camden Fringe Festival)
Floor 87, Office A (disused). Friday. 4:58pm. 5 coworkers. Well, 4 work friends reluctantly following the lead of fire marshal Angie Spratt (authority in title only). It's Angie's world and we're all living in it, and that world is coming to an end (no, really, she says the world is ending). Who can be trusted and what can be lost? And why has Angie packed pyjamas?
An absurdist dark comedy, this show is for any office employee who gets a bit of a weird vibe from their coworkers. Maybe you know a sandwich thief, maybe that one person always hogs the good desk, or maybe Rachel from HR is a doomsday predictionist . And if you don't work in an office this show is sure to have you updating your CV immediately to get in on that irresistible workplace drama.
Belated (camden fringe)
Save the date! It’s Anna’s 50th birthday, and it’s going to be grand.
Only problem is... it’s a year late.
A former professional dancer turned Pilates instructor to the rich and famous, Anna is worn out—from life, motherhood, and a painful breakup. So she decides to give herself the 50th birthday party she deserves—two days before she turns 51.
But this is more than a party.
It’s her chance to reclaim love, connection—and finally stage the one-woman show she’s always dreamed of.
Belated is about big dreams and quiet disappointments. About the moments we begin again—whether by choice or by force. It’s about the gap between the lives we imagined and the ones we’re actually living.
Funny, raw and painfully human, Belated is a celebration of showing up for yourself exactly when it matters most.
And you’re invited.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £13
Social Media
Web: mzarankin.my.canva.site/belated
Information
Contains sexual references
Suitable for ages: 12 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
Belated (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Save the date! It’s Anna’s 50th birthday, and it’s going to be grand.
Only problem is... it’s a year late.
A former professional dancer turned Pilates instructor to the rich and famous, Anna is worn out—from life, motherhood, and a painful breakup. So she decides to give herself the 50th birthday party she deserves—two days before she turns 51.
But this is more than a party.
It’s her chance to reclaim love, connection—and finally stage the one-woman show she’s always dreamed of.
Belated is about big dreams and quiet disappointments. About the moments we begin again—whether by choice or by force. It’s about the gap between the lives we imagined and the ones we’re actually living.
Funny, raw and painfully human, Belated is a celebration of showing up for yourself exactly when it matters most.
And you’re invited.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £13
Social Media
Web: mzarankin.my.canva.site/belated
Information
Contains sexual references
Suitable for ages: 12 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
The Glory Days (camden fringe)
"GLORY"- praise and admiration earned by doing something impressive. Decent.
A talented footballer and highflying corporate matchmaker, Camilla Cole knows exactly how to place people where they're meant to be. Climbing two ladders is quite the balancing act, but worth it when the goal is so enticing... When a work social turned pub reunion provokes a trip down memory lane, this glimpse into the past reveals holes in Cole's perception of success.
Sarah Louise Hill is the actor and writer of this solo show. Pulling from first hand experience as a female athlete, Hill received scholarships to study a BA in Acting whilst playing Division 1 football at University in the States, and is a recipient of the Irene Ryan Award for 'Best Comedy Performance'.
The Glory Days invites the audience to become fans in the stands, punters in the pub, and a soundboard for Cole's predicament: the search for purpose beyond winning. Through multi-roling, top notch banter, and raw honesty, we see an individual fighting for promotion against her former self. But is the sacrifice worth the glory?
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £12.50
Social Media
Web: app.spotlight.com/0456-8940-1156
Information
Suitable for ages: 14 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
In Our Broken Hours (camden fringe)
In Our Broken Hours is an intimate one act play about a father living with alcoholism and the adult daughter who finds herself slipping into the role of his carer. Through frantic phone calls, raw monologues and a painful meeting, the play explores a relationship shaped by love, frustration and addiction.
Mack, once charismatic, now drifts between warmth and withdrawal, unable to face the depth of his dependency. When his daughter Emma arrives unexpectedly, both are forced to confront the truths they’ve avoided.
What emerges is a portrait of two people who care deeply about each other but can no longer meet in the middle. A story of responsibility, exhaustion and the quiet heartbreak of watching someone you love slowly disappear.
Starring Simon Ashton, an actor, director and producer whose work spans stage and screen, and Giulia Rose, winner of Best Supporting Actress at the New York International Film Awards and the Oniros Film Awards.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £15
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Web: falstafftheatrical.carrd.co/
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Trigger/content warning: contains strong language, references to addiction; descriptions of death; deals with grief
Suitable for ages: 18+
See venue page for accessibility information.
ECHOES (Camden Fringe)
Echo: Spoke too much and was forever cursed to echo what others say.
Philomela: Tongue severed and could not tell what had been done to her.
Cassandra: A prophetess that no one would believe.
Arachne: Said the wrong thing in the face of the gods.
Helen: Bound to Troy and never allowed to tell her own story.
ECHOES is a one-woman-show about the silencing and loss of the female voice.
Using stories from classical mythology, the play weaves between modern and ancient narratives, as an actress confronts her ironic fear of her own voice, and tries to find out how she can reclaim not only her own voice, but also those of the women whose voices have been suppressed and distorted for centuries by male dominated scholarship.
The show is a comical and confrontational depiction of women's struggles throughout the ages and shows how the female experience echoes through time.
Event Details
Genre: New Writing
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £15
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references to sexual assault; explicit language
Suitable for ages: 14 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
Stressful Emergency Situation (camden Fringe Festival)
Floor 87, Office A (disused). Friday. 4:58pm. 5 coworkers. Well, 4 work friends reluctantly following the lead of fire marshal Angie Spratt (authority in title only). It's Angie's world and we're all living in it, and that world is coming to an end (no, really, she says the world is ending). Who can be trusted and what can be lost? And why has Angie packed pyjamas?
An absurdist dark comedy, this show is for any office employee who gets a bit of a weird vibe from their coworkers. Maybe you know a sandwich thief, maybe that one person always hogs the good desk, or maybe Rachel from HR is a doomsday predictionist . And if you don't work in an office this show is sure to have you updating your CV immediately to get in on that irresistible workplace drama.
I’m Rambling Here!” [an Italian American’s Guide to England] (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Sharp, powerful and packing a comedic punch; a one woman stand up comedy show not to be missed!
Join for an hilarious, brilliantly honest cultural storytelling adventure, filled with charm and camp comedy that lights the room up with relief laughs, curiosity and joy about what it means to be an immigrant twice over in an ever shifting world, a woman navigating the obstacles that overwhelm and a willingness to embrace the changing chapters of life lived authentically.
Audience reactions:
“Provides laugh out loud, relatable and embarrassing anecdotes.”
“An ability to find humour in a personal, challenging situation.”
“Shares the reality of the giving of humour and relatable self deprecation.”
Join for the jokes, stay for the sensational laugh-out-loud humour and shared human experience.
Event Details
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £8
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adult language, political humour
Suitable for ages: 18+
See venue page for accessibility information.
Just Elsie: Matriarch the Musical (camden Fringe Festival)
Just Elsie: Mariarch The Musical – A Story of Every Family
Experience a heartwarming journey following Elsie and her three daughters - Florence, Violet and Sandra. This soaring musical captures a lifetime of resilience and the unbreakable bond of family through the decades.
It celebrates the woman who holds it all together.
Don’t miss this timeless story of legacy and devotion. Because, after all, everyone has an Elsie.
Just Elsie: Matriarch the Musical (camden Fringe Festival)
Just Elsie: Mariarch The Musical – A Story of Every Family
Experience a heartwarming journey following Elsie and her three daughters - Florence, Violet and Sandra. This soaring musical captures a lifetime of resilience and the unbreakable bond of family through the decades.
It celebrates the woman who holds it all together.
Don’t miss this timeless story of legacy and devotion. Because, after all, everyone has an Elsie.
In Our Broken Hours (camden fringe)
In Our Broken Hours is an intimate one act play about a father living with alcoholism and the adult daughter who finds herself slipping into the role of his carer. Through frantic phone calls, raw monologues and a painful meeting, the play explores a relationship shaped by love, frustration and addiction.
Mack, once charismatic, now drifts between warmth and withdrawal, unable to face the depth of his dependency. When his daughter Emma arrives unexpectedly, both are forced to confront the truths they’ve avoided.
What emerges is a portrait of two people who care deeply about each other but can no longer meet in the middle. A story of responsibility, exhaustion and the quiet heartbreak of watching someone you love slowly disappear.
Starring Simon Ashton, an actor, director and producer whose work spans stage and screen, and Giulia Rose, winner of Best Supporting Actress at the New York International Film Awards and the Oniros Film Awards.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £15
Social Media
Web: falstafftheatrical.carrd.co/
Information
Trigger/content warning: contains strong language, references to addiction; descriptions of death; deals with grief
Suitable for ages: 18+
See venue page for accessibility information.
Stressful Emergency Situation (camden Fringe Festival)
Floor 87, Office A (disused). Friday. 4:58pm. 5 coworkers. Well, 4 work friends reluctantly following the lead of fire marshal Angie Spratt (authority in title only). It's Angie's world and we're all living in it, and that world is coming to an end (no, really, she says the world is ending). Who can be trusted and what can be lost? And why has Angie packed pyjamas?
An absurdist dark comedy, this show is for any office employee who gets a bit of a weird vibe from their coworkers. Maybe you know a sandwich thief, maybe that one person always hogs the good desk, or maybe Rachel from HR is a doomsday predictionist . And if you don't work in an office this show is sure to have you updating your CV immediately to get in on that irresistible workplace drama.
In Winter We Celebrate Spring (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Fiona has lived in Britain for over a decade. She knows how to navigate racism, bad weather, and overpriced rent. What she doesn't know is how to throw a Chinese New Year that actually feels like one.
When 15-year-old Kailin arrives for the half terms—her first Chinese New Year away from China—Fiona is determined to get it right. The dumplings. The red envelopes. The whole performance of home. But somewhere between the hotel that looks nothing like its photos and a London that no longer feels like hers, something starts to slip. First her composure. Then her pride. Then, piece by piece, her face.
In Winter We Celebrate Spring is a domestic horror laced with dark comedy—a Shirley Jackson-esque story about the quiet violence of trying to belong. No ghosts. No slashers. Just the weight of all the days you forgot to grieve, pressing down until something breaks.
For anyone who has ever tried to recreate a home that no longer exists.
Event Details
Genre: New Writing
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £14
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Suitable for ages: 14 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
In Winter We Celebrate Spring (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Fiona has lived in Britain for over a decade. She knows how to navigate racism, bad weather, and overpriced rent. What she doesn't know is how to throw a Chinese New Year that actually feels like one.
When 15-year-old Kailin arrives for the half terms—her first Chinese New Year away from China—Fiona is determined to get it right. The dumplings. The red envelopes. The whole performance of home. But somewhere between the hotel that looks nothing like its photos and a London that no longer feels like hers, something starts to slip. First her composure. Then her pride. Then, piece by piece, her face.
In Winter We Celebrate Spring is a domestic horror laced with dark comedy—a Shirley Jackson-esque story about the quiet violence of trying to belong. No ghosts. No slashers. Just the weight of all the days you forgot to grieve, pressing down until something breaks.
For anyone who has ever tried to recreate a home that no longer exists.
Event Details
Genre: New Writing
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £14
Social Media
Information
Suitable for ages: 14 and over
World premiere
See venue page for accessibility information.
In Our Broken Hours (camden fringe)
In Our Broken Hours is an intimate one act play about a father living with alcoholism and the adult daughter who finds herself slipping into the role of his carer. Through frantic phone calls, raw monologues and a painful meeting, the play explores a relationship shaped by love, frustration and addiction.
Mack, once charismatic, now drifts between warmth and withdrawal, unable to face the depth of his dependency. When his daughter Emma arrives unexpectedly, both are forced to confront the truths they’ve avoided.
What emerges is a portrait of two people who care deeply about each other but can no longer meet in the middle. A story of responsibility, exhaustion and the quiet heartbreak of watching someone you love slowly disappear.
Starring Simon Ashton, an actor, director and producer whose work spans stage and screen, and Giulia Rose, winner of Best Supporting Actress at the New York International Film Awards and the Oniros Film Awards.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 60 mins
Price: £15
Social Media
Web: falstafftheatrical.carrd.co/
Information
Trigger/content warning: contains strong language, references to addiction; descriptions of death; deals with grief
Suitable for ages: 18+
See venue page for accessibility information.
Cocaine (CAMDEN FRINGE)
Cast: Geir Thomassen as JOE, Phoebe Alice Ritchie as NORA
Written by: Pendleton King | Directed by: Sushant Nair
Cocaine by Pendleton King is a one-act play, originally published in 1917, that delves into the psychological and emotional turmoil caused by drug addiction. The story has been adapted for the 80s decade, and centres on the character of a former boxer, Joe, once full of potential, whose life spirals downward as he becomes consumed by his addiction to cocaine. He struggles with the overwhelming cravings and the need to escape from reality. Also, caught in the turmoil of growing cocaine addiction is Nora, who wrestles with feelings of love, helplessness, and frustration.
Through these characters, King explores themes of dependency, self-destruction, and the impact of addiction on relationships. King's writing is poignant in its portrayal of the human psyche, and the work is rich in themes of self-deception, moral decay, and the conflict between desire and consequence, making it a powerful commentary on the broader societal issue of drug addiction.
Event Details
Genre: Theatre
Duration: 50 mins
Price: £12.50
Social Media
Web: linktr.ee/cocaine_theplay
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Flashing lights, Partial nudity, Content of sexual nature, Drug addiction, Alcohol consumption, Bad Language
Suitable for ages: 16 and over
See venue page for accessibility information.
The Noughtists: A Very Noughty Cabaret
Comedy variety show featuring an anarchic blend of dark and surreal sketch comedy, satirical songs, hit-and-miss magic tricks and God knows what else. The endlessly talented Eva de Niro, the magical madman Michael Farrow and the just a bit weird Felix de Mounteney present their first full length show. Special guest performer Charlie Hagen.
16+
violence, discrimination references and sexual violence references. Fake blood.
Jamie Radcliffe: What Are Kippers?
Comedian Jamie Radcliffe is on tour in 2026 with his brand new show, 'What Are Kippers?'. In this hour of stand-up, theatre and poetry, Radcliffe (who has previously appeared on BBC Radio Oxford and reached the quarter-finals of the Musical Comedy Awards) covers a variety of topics from silliness, to Shakespeare, to sadness and back to silliness again in a show that acts as his love letter to comedy, performance and family. And he might even get round to answering the show's titular question...
"[A] magical set. Simply astonishing: imaginative, varied, hilarious, moving, thought-provoking and delivered with perfect stagecraft and aplomb" - Cassie Tillett (Co-Artistic Director, Sewell Barn Theatre Company)
AGE RESTRICTIONS: 14+
CONTENT WARNINGS: Mentions of sex, Strong language, Mentions of death
ƎSPÉCIE
ƎSPÉCIE challenges perception by inviting the audience to see through darkness and experience absence as a form of knowledge. Through a body open to metamorphosis and free from fixed identities, the work explores the unique ability to transform human biology into a scenic event. It is an adventure of life rooted in the surface of the present moment, where the only artifice is presence.
Age restriction & content warnings (mandatory):
18+
Not recommended for audiences with a fear of darkness.
ƎSPÉCIE
ƎSPÉCIE challenges perception by inviting the audience to see through darkness and experience absence as a form of knowledge. Through a body open to metamorphosis and free from fixed identities, the work explores the unique ability to transform human biology into a scenic event. It is an adventure of life rooted in the surface of the present moment, where the only artifice is presence.
Age restriction & content warnings (mandatory):
18+
Not recommended for audiences with a fear of darkness.
Slideshow: In Color!
L.A.'s underground hit has landed in London: Slideshow brings together storytellers, poets, comedians, musicians and more, all speaking their truth with their own slides up on the big screen to prove it. "Shockingly honest stories," cheers the Los Angeles Times, "Downright magical, uncomfortable, and anarchic."
Content warnings: Age 16 and over recommended (some language & adult content)
Slideshow: In Color!
L.A.'s underground hit has landed in London: Slideshow brings together storytellers, poets, comedians, musicians and more, all speaking their truth with their own slides up on the big screen to prove it. "Shockingly honest stories," cheers the Los Angeles Times, "Downright magical, uncomfortable, and anarchic."
Content warnings: Age 16 and over recommended (some language & adult content)
A Girl is a Haunted House (women writers festival)
I wonder what happens on a date with Death? Some talk about a white light or a tunnel. Imagine it. Perfect brightness, like looking into the sun. But my mind doesn’t work that way. It always picks and picks and looks and picks and what if the tunnel is black? What if it has beady red eyes? What if it has long sharp teeth? What if it has been waiting all this time to eat me alive so that other things can then eat me too? A girl is a haunted house - the horror of being a woman.
A Girl is a Haunted House (women writers festival)
I wonder what happens on a date with Death? Some talk about a white light or a tunnel. Imagine it. Perfect brightness, like looking into the sun. But my mind doesn’t work that way. It always picks and picks and looks and picks and what if the tunnel is black? What if it has beady red eyes? What if it has long sharp teeth? What if it has been waiting all this time to eat me alive so that other things can then eat me too? A girl is a haunted house - the horror of being a woman.
An Evening with Lovemore
Experience the vocal event of the season. Lovemore, the powerhouse vocalist with unapologetic diva energy, takes you on a soaring journey through pop and soul in this intimate yet explosive one-night-only show. An evening of glamour, vocal prowess, and pure entertainment.
FRIDA KAHLO - THE COLOURS
Kahlo was involved in a bus accident, which so seriously injured her that she had to undergo more than 30 medical operations in her lifetime.
Regardless of the degree to which she was suffering, Frida Kahlo always enjoyed the spectacle of herself. She was a playful exhibitionist, a fervid and erotic provocateur dispatching updates from the land of female suffering. It was part of what made her difficult: She forced people to look at her, to share her feelings, when they would prefer to look away.
She was born in a tidy suburb of Mexico City. Until the day Frida was hit by a streetcar—literally, at the age of 18—nothing in her upper-middle-class background would disclose her future: that she would one day become Mexico’s most celebrated painter, a sexy international art megastar and pop icon who would produce unnerving masterpieces that would hang in the world’s major museums. Or that she would “enjoy” a passionate, tumultuous marriage to Mexico’s most famous muralist and womanizer, Diego Rivera and famous Soviet anarchist Leo Trotsky.
“I recommend her to you, not as a husband but as an enthusiastic admirer of her work,” Diego once wrote to Picasso. “Acid and tender, hard as steel and delicate and fine as a butterfly’s wing, lovable as a beautiful smile, and profound and cruel as the bitterness of life.”
When Frida died in 1954 at the age of 47, she was known primarily as Diego Rivera’s exotic little wife. The rise of feminism in the late 1970s brought with it the question, “Hey, where are all the women artists? Where are all the women of colour?” and the answer was the rediscovery of Frida Kahlo.
Age restrictions: NO UNDER 13
FRIDA KAHLO - THE COLOURS
Kahlo was involved in a bus accident, which so seriously injured her that she had to undergo more than 30 medical operations in her lifetime.
Regardless of the degree to which she was suffering, Frida Kahlo always enjoyed the spectacle of herself. She was a playful exhibitionist, a fervid and erotic provocateur dispatching updates from the land of female suffering. It was part of what made her difficult: She forced people to look at her, to share her feelings, when they would prefer to look away.
She was born in a tidy suburb of Mexico City. Until the day Frida was hit by a streetcar—literally, at the age of 18—nothing in her upper-middle-class background would disclose her future: that she would one day become Mexico’s most celebrated painter, a sexy international art megastar and pop icon who would produce unnerving masterpieces that would hang in the world’s major museums. Or that she would “enjoy” a passionate, tumultuous marriage to Mexico’s most famous muralist and womanizer, Diego Rivera and famous Soviet anarchist Leo Trotsky.
“I recommend her to you, not as a husband but as an enthusiastic admirer of her work,” Diego once wrote to Picasso. “Acid and tender, hard as steel and delicate and fine as a butterfly’s wing, lovable as a beautiful smile, and profound and cruel as the bitterness of life.”
When Frida died in 1954 at the age of 47, she was known primarily as Diego Rivera’s exotic little wife. The rise of feminism in the late 1970s brought with it the question, “Hey, where are all the women artists? Where are all the women of colour?” and the answer was the rediscovery of Frida Kahlo.
Age restrictions: NO UNDER 13
FRIDA KAHLO - THE COLOURS
Kahlo was involved in a bus accident, which so seriously injured her that she had to undergo more than 30 medical operations in her lifetime.
Regardless of the degree to which she was suffering, Frida Kahlo always enjoyed the spectacle of herself. She was a playful exhibitionist, a fervid and erotic provocateur dispatching updates from the land of female suffering. It was part of what made her difficult: She forced people to look at her, to share her feelings, when they would prefer to look away.
She was born in a tidy suburb of Mexico City. Until the day Frida was hit by a streetcar—literally, at the age of 18—nothing in her upper-middle-class background would disclose her future: that she would one day become Mexico’s most celebrated painter, a sexy international art megastar and pop icon who would produce unnerving masterpieces that would hang in the world’s major museums. Or that she would “enjoy” a passionate, tumultuous marriage to Mexico’s most famous muralist and womanizer, Diego Rivera and famous Soviet anarchist Leo Trotsky.
“I recommend her to you, not as a husband but as an enthusiastic admirer of her work,” Diego once wrote to Picasso. “Acid and tender, hard as steel and delicate and fine as a butterfly’s wing, lovable as a beautiful smile, and profound and cruel as the bitterness of life.”
When Frida died in 1954 at the age of 47, she was known primarily as Diego Rivera’s exotic little wife. The rise of feminism in the late 1970s brought with it the question, “Hey, where are all the women artists? Where are all the women of colour?” and the answer was the rediscovery of Frida Kahlo.
Age restrictions: NO UNDER 13
FRIDA KAHLO - THE COLOURS
Kahlo was involved in a bus accident, which so seriously injured her that she had to undergo more than 30 medical operations in her lifetime.
Regardless of the degree to which she was suffering, Frida Kahlo always enjoyed the spectacle of herself. She was a playful exhibitionist, a fervid and erotic provocateur dispatching updates from the land of female suffering. It was part of what made her difficult: She forced people to look at her, to share her feelings, when they would prefer to look away.
She was born in a tidy suburb of Mexico City. Until the day Frida was hit by a streetcar—literally, at the age of 18—nothing in her upper-middle-class background would disclose her future: that she would one day become Mexico’s most celebrated painter, a sexy international art megastar and pop icon who would produce unnerving masterpieces that would hang in the world’s major museums. Or that she would “enjoy” a passionate, tumultuous marriage to Mexico’s most famous muralist and womanizer, Diego Rivera and famous Soviet anarchist Leo Trotsky.
“I recommend her to you, not as a husband but as an enthusiastic admirer of her work,” Diego once wrote to Picasso. “Acid and tender, hard as steel and delicate and fine as a butterfly’s wing, lovable as a beautiful smile, and profound and cruel as the bitterness of life.”
When Frida died in 1954 at the age of 47, she was known primarily as Diego Rivera’s exotic little wife. The rise of feminism in the late 1970s brought with it the question, “Hey, where are all the women artists? Where are all the women of colour?” and the answer was the rediscovery of Frida Kahlo.
Age restrictions: NO UNDER 13
FRIDA KAHLO - THE COLOURS
Kahlo was involved in a bus accident, which so seriously injured her that she had to undergo more than 30 medical operations in her lifetime.
Regardless of the degree to which she was suffering, Frida Kahlo always enjoyed the spectacle of herself. She was a playful exhibitionist, a fervid and erotic provocateur dispatching updates from the land of female suffering. It was part of what made her difficult: She forced people to look at her, to share her feelings, when they would prefer to look away.
She was born in a tidy suburb of Mexico City. Until the day Frida was hit by a streetcar—literally, at the age of 18—nothing in her upper-middle-class background would disclose her future: that she would one day become Mexico’s most celebrated painter, a sexy international art megastar and pop icon who would produce unnerving masterpieces that would hang in the world’s major museums. Or that she would “enjoy” a passionate, tumultuous marriage to Mexico’s most famous muralist and womanizer, Diego Rivera and famous Soviet anarchist Leo Trotsky.
“I recommend her to you, not as a husband but as an enthusiastic admirer of her work,” Diego once wrote to Picasso. “Acid and tender, hard as steel and delicate and fine as a butterfly’s wing, lovable as a beautiful smile, and profound and cruel as the bitterness of life.”
When Frida died in 1954 at the age of 47, she was known primarily as Diego Rivera’s exotic little wife. The rise of feminism in the late 1970s brought with it the question, “Hey, where are all the women artists? Where are all the women of colour?” and the answer was the rediscovery of Frida Kahlo.
Age restrictions: NO UNDER 13
FRIDA KAHLO - THE COLOURS
Kahlo was involved in a bus accident, which so seriously injured her that she had to undergo more than 30 medical operations in her lifetime.
Regardless of the degree to which she was suffering, Frida Kahlo always enjoyed the spectacle of herself. She was a playful exhibitionist, a fervid and erotic provocateur dispatching updates from the land of female suffering. It was part of what made her difficult: She forced people to look at her, to share her feelings, when they would prefer to look away.
She was born in a tidy suburb of Mexico City. Until the day Frida was hit by a streetcar—literally, at the age of 18—nothing in her upper-middle-class background would disclose her future: that she would one day become Mexico’s most celebrated painter, a sexy international art megastar and pop icon who would produce unnerving masterpieces that would hang in the world’s major museums. Or that she would “enjoy” a passionate, tumultuous marriage to Mexico’s most famous muralist and womanizer, Diego Rivera and famous Soviet anarchist Leo Trotsky.
“I recommend her to you, not as a husband but as an enthusiastic admirer of her work,” Diego once wrote to Picasso. “Acid and tender, hard as steel and delicate and fine as a butterfly’s wing, lovable as a beautiful smile, and profound and cruel as the bitterness of life.”
When Frida died in 1954 at the age of 47, she was known primarily as Diego Rivera’s exotic little wife. The rise of feminism in the late 1970s brought with it the question, “Hey, where are all the women artists? Where are all the women of colour?” and the answer was the rediscovery of Frida Kahlo.
Age restrictions: NO UNDER 13
FRIDA KAHLO - THE COLOURS
Kahlo was involved in a bus accident, which so seriously injured her that she had to undergo more than 30 medical operations in her lifetime.
Regardless of the degree to which she was suffering, Frida Kahlo always enjoyed the spectacle of herself. She was a playful exhibitionist, a fervid and erotic provocateur dispatching updates from the land of female suffering. It was part of what made her difficult: She forced people to look at her, to share her feelings, when they would prefer to look away.
She was born in a tidy suburb of Mexico City. Until the day Frida was hit by a streetcar—literally, at the age of 18—nothing in her upper-middle-class background would disclose her future: that she would one day become Mexico’s most celebrated painter, a sexy international art megastar and pop icon who would produce unnerving masterpieces that would hang in the world’s major museums. Or that she would “enjoy” a passionate, tumultuous marriage to Mexico’s most famous muralist and womanizer, Diego Rivera and famous Soviet anarchist Leo Trotsky.
“I recommend her to you, not as a husband but as an enthusiastic admirer of her work,” Diego once wrote to Picasso. “Acid and tender, hard as steel and delicate and fine as a butterfly’s wing, lovable as a beautiful smile, and profound and cruel as the bitterness of life.”
When Frida died in 1954 at the age of 47, she was known primarily as Diego Rivera’s exotic little wife. The rise of feminism in the late 1970s brought with it the question, “Hey, where are all the women artists? Where are all the women of colour?” and the answer was the rediscovery of Frida Kahlo.
Age restrictions: NO UNDER 13
An Evening with Lovemore
Experience the vocal event of the season. Lovemore, the powerhouse vocalist with unapologetic diva energy, takes you on a soaring journey through pop and soul in this intimate yet explosive one-night-only show. An evening of glamour, vocal prowess, and pure entertainment.
An Evening with Lovemore
Experience the vocal event of the season. Lovemore, the powerhouse vocalist with unapologetic diva energy, takes you on a soaring journey through pop and soul in this intimate yet explosive one-night-only show. An evening of glamour, vocal prowess, and pure entertainment.
Phuckets and Rainbows
Chaos, comedy and catharsis collide, in
this one woman show by the effervescent, Lizzie Bean.
Where do we find ourselves? What lessons brought us here? Who are we underneath the lanyards, yoga mat, chin hairs, and wine...
From the highs to the lows, Lizzies
ordinary-girl quest to live an
extraordinary life, takes you on a
rollercoaster ride. Hoping to show you,
how possible it is, to believe you are
already enough.
“Honest, engaging, funny and raw”
uplifting, real and true. “Phuckets and
Rainbows” is a heartfelt invitation, to lay
down the shoulds, embrace the “weird”
and welcome the wonder of it all.
The show is written and performed, by
Lizzie Bean, a mum, wife and friend. A
speaker, mentor and twizzler. A dreamer,
and believer in ordinary magic.
Just a girl. On a mission. To live
Content Warnings:
14 plus
The show explores themes of emotional turmoil and talks of body image and self-esteem. Lizzie wears an outfit that is suggesting she is naked! Swearing.
FIASCO: An Improvised Archive
Based off of the hit tabletop role playing game of the same name by Bully Pulpit Games, FIASCO is a fully improvised show investigating a fictional archive and the dark tales it contains. Every performance, with the help of the audience, three players will explore a new story, guided by the Archivist and our special visiting lecturer; stories filled with brutality and intrigue, rage and desire, and a tangled web of threads will combine with unfortunate circumstances to create… well, quite the fiasco.
Age Restrictions: 18+
Content Warnings: Staged violence, sexual content and themes. We have a web link for audiences to refer to a full list of possible content and themes during the improvised show as well as a content blacklist.
Ghosts of West Hollywood
Ghosts of West Hollywood is a solo performance exploring the pursuit of an acting career in Hollywood and the personal cost of reinvention. Drawing on experiences of drama school expulsion, immigration, coming out, addiction, and recovery, the show blends confessional storytelling with dark humour and theatrical flair.
Set against the neon-lit mythology of Los Angeles, the piece examines ambition, identity, and survival—asking what we leave behind when chasing a dream, and what continues to haunt us when we finally stop running.
The performer’s work spans theatre and screen, including a cameo as “Banksy” in Ted Lasso.
The Case of the Missing Hairline (Work in Progress)
Detective Egan is otherwise content with lot in life, when a lead from out of nowhere revitalises a case that he thought was unsolvable: The search for his own hairline! As the case unravels, Detective Egan must learn what lengths he would go to in order to recover his lost hair.
A work in progress show, 'The Case of the Missing Hairline' is a comedy dealing with body positivity and nostalgia.
18+, contains strong language and flashing lights
Ghosts of West Hollywood
Ghosts of West Hollywood is a solo performance exploring the pursuit of an acting career in Hollywood and the personal cost of reinvention. Drawing on experiences of drama school expulsion, immigration, coming out, addiction, and recovery, the show blends confessional storytelling with dark humour and theatrical flair.
Set against the neon-lit mythology of Los Angeles, the piece examines ambition, identity, and survival—asking what we leave behind when chasing a dream, and what continues to haunt us when we finally stop running.
The performer’s work spans theatre and screen, including a cameo as “Banksy” in Ted Lasso.
Ghosts of West Hollywood
Ghosts of West Hollywood is a solo performance exploring the pursuit of an acting career in Hollywood and the personal cost of reinvention. Drawing on experiences of drama school expulsion, immigration, coming out, addiction, and recovery, the show blends confessional storytelling with dark humour and theatrical flair.
Set against the neon-lit mythology of Los Angeles, the piece examines ambition, identity, and survival—asking what we leave behind when chasing a dream, and what continues to haunt us when we finally stop running.
The performer’s work spans theatre and screen, including a cameo as “Banksy” in Ted Lasso.
Ghosts of West Hollywood
Ghosts of West Hollywood is a solo performance exploring the pursuit of an acting career in Hollywood and the personal cost of reinvention. Drawing on experiences of drama school expulsion, immigration, coming out, addiction, and recovery, the show blends confessional storytelling with dark humour and theatrical flair.
Set against the neon-lit mythology of Los Angeles, the piece examines ambition, identity, and survival—asking what we leave behind when chasing a dream, and what continues to haunt us when we finally stop running.
The performer’s work spans theatre and screen, including a cameo as “Banksy” in Ted Lasso.
Ghosts of West Hollywood
Ghosts of West Hollywood is a solo performance exploring the pursuit of an acting career in Hollywood and the personal cost of reinvention. Drawing on experiences of drama school expulsion, immigration, coming out, addiction, and recovery, the show blends confessional storytelling with dark humour and theatrical flair.
Set against the neon-lit mythology of Los Angeles, the piece examines ambition, identity, and survival—asking what we leave behind when chasing a dream, and what continues to haunt us when we finally stop running.
The performer’s work spans theatre and screen, including a cameo as “Banksy” in Ted Lasso.
Ghosts of West Hollywood
Ghosts of West Hollywood is a solo performance exploring the pursuit of an acting career in Hollywood and the personal cost of reinvention. Drawing on experiences of drama school expulsion, immigration, coming out, addiction, and recovery, the show blends confessional storytelling with dark humour and theatrical flair.
Set against the neon-lit mythology of Los Angeles, the piece examines ambition, identity, and survival—asking what we leave behind when chasing a dream, and what continues to haunt us when we finally stop running.
The performer’s work spans theatre and screen, including a cameo as “Banksy” in Ted Lasso.
Here Lies Henry
“A sort of idyllic sort of miserable sort of storybook sort of nightmarish sort of remarkable sort of regular sort of" play. 'Here Lies Henry' is a wacky and weird one-person play written by Daniel MacIvor. It is centred around Henry, a man who has been tasked to inform the audience something they don't already know. Themes around truth (or the lack thereof), discovery, confusion and life and death…
Find out more about us at https://www.instagram.com/enlimbotheatre/
Age Restriction = 16+
CONTENT WARNINGS: Reference to Sex, Arson, Murder, Abuse, Suicide/Self-harm, Partial Nudity, Violence, Bad Language, use of Strobe and Flashing Lights
Noli: Too Long/Too Difficult/Too Raw Short Film Festival
Making its fifth appearance, and third at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden, Noli is the festival for short films too experimental, too daring, too ‘amateur’, too cheap or simply too long for the mainstream circuit. We want to establish an independent network of our own that values cinema and creativity, outside of the corporatised events that have come to dominate the scene. With this event, you are buying into cinema culture, which means having an atmosphere to be part of, a place to hang out, your own corner of London that works for you and you work for it (ie. you enjoy it!). Find out more: nolishortfilmfestival.co.uk
Here Lies Henry
“A sort of idyllic sort of miserable sort of storybook sort of nightmarish sort of remarkable sort of regular sort of" play. 'Here Lies Henry' is a wacky and weird one-person play written by Daniel MacIvor. It is centred around Henry, a man who has been tasked to inform the audience something they don't already know. Themes around truth (or the lack thereof), discovery, confusion and life and death…
Find out more about us at https://www.instagram.com/enlimbotheatre/
Age Restriction = 16+
CONTENT WARNINGS: Reference to Sex, Arson, Murder, Abuse, Suicide/Self-harm, Partial Nudity, Violence, Bad Language, use of Strobe and Flashing Lights
Av A Larf: A Sketch Show
REASONS YOU SHOULD BUY A TICKET
You're a purveyor of emerging sketch comedy - or aren't, but want to be
You know a good deal when you see one
We know where you live
You wouldn't want us to hurt Louise now, would you?
You know the score
We will be rly sad if you don't :(like rly
Imagine what it could do for your credit score!
The memory will keep you warm for the Winters yet to come
You get to see Jake realise he's not funny in real time!
I can't stress this enough, we know where you live
It's never too late to develop taste
Who doesn't like to laugh?! You?! Not likely
Oh come ennonon comeandseetheshow
If you don't we'll do a Hunger-Games-esque murder-suicide with some GMO berries
This is Daniel's return to civilisation, and we really don't want to scare him away again
You might get fit inspo
Here Lies Henry
“A sort of idyllic sort of miserable sort of storybook sort of nightmarish sort of remarkable sort of regular sort of" play. 'Here Lies Henry' is a wacky and weird one-person play written by Daniel MacIvor. It is centred around Henry, a man who has been tasked to inform the audience something they don't already know. Themes around truth (or the lack thereof), discovery, confusion and life and death…
Find out more about us at https://www.instagram.com/enlimbotheatre/
Age Restriction = 16+
CONTENT WARNINGS: Reference to Sex, Arson, Murder, Abuse, Suicide/Self-harm, Partial Nudity, Violence, Bad Language, use of Strobe and Flashing Lights
Av A Larf: A Sketch Show
REASONS YOU SHOULD BUY A TICKET
You're a purveyor of emerging sketch comedy - or aren't, but want to be
You know a good deal when you see one
We know where you live
You wouldn't want us to hurt Louise now, would you?
You know the score
We will be rly sad if you don't :(like rly
Imagine what it could do for your credit score!
The memory will keep you warm for the Winters yet to come
You get to see Jake realise he's not funny in real time!
I can't stress this enough, we know where you live
It's never too late to develop taste
Who doesn't like to laugh?! You?! Not likely
Oh come ennonon comeandseetheshow
If you don't we'll do a Hunger-Games-esque murder-suicide with some GMO berries
This is Daniel's return to civilisation, and we really don't want to scare him away again
You might get fit inspo
SELF TAPE WORKOUT (ETCETERA PERFORMERS LAB)
Over two days, this class bridges the gap between your self-tape and your live audition — the two skills every working actor needs to have locked down. Before Day 1, you'll receive sides to tape at home. In class, we'll review every tape together with detailed feedback covering eyelines, script analysis, how to use the frame to your advantage, and anything else you want to ask. You'll take that feedback away overnight to refine your work. On Day 2, you'll return with the same scene and perform it live in class, simulating a real casting director audition scenario — so you can feel the difference between the two formats and learn to deliver your best in both.
Here Lies Henry
“A sort of idyllic sort of miserable sort of storybook sort of nightmarish sort of remarkable sort of regular sort of" play. 'Here Lies Henry' is a wacky and weird one-person play written by Daniel MacIvor. It is centred around Henry, a man who has been tasked to inform the audience something they don't already know. Themes around truth (or the lack thereof), discovery, confusion and life and death…
Find out more about us at https://www.instagram.com/enlimbotheatre/
Age Restriction = 16+
CONTENT WARNINGS: Reference to Sex, Arson, Murder, Abuse, Suicide/Self-harm, Partial Nudity, Violence, Bad Language, use of Strobe and Flashing Lights
SELF TAPE WORKOUT (ETCETERA PERFORMERS LAB)
Over two days, this class bridges the gap between your self-tape and your live audition — the two skills every working actor needs to have locked down. Before Day 1, you'll receive sides to tape at home. In class, we'll review every tape together with detailed feedback covering eyelines, script analysis, how to use the frame to your advantage, and anything else you want to ask. You'll take that feedback away overnight to refine your work. On Day 2, you'll return with the same scene and perform it live in class, simulating a real casting director audition scenario — so you can feel the difference between the two formats and learn to deliver your best in both.
Here Lies Henry
“A sort of idyllic sort of miserable sort of storybook sort of nightmarish sort of remarkable sort of regular sort of" play. 'Here Lies Henry' is a wacky and weird one-person play written by Daniel MacIvor. It is centred around Henry, a man who has been tasked to inform the audience something they don't already know. Themes around truth (or the lack thereof), discovery, confusion and life and death…
Find out more about us at https://www.instagram.com/enlimbotheatre/
Age Restriction = 16+
CONTENT WARNINGS: Reference to Sex, Arson, Murder, Abuse, Suicide/Self-harm, Partial Nudity, Violence, Bad Language, use of Strobe and Flashing Lights
Neutral Mask For Actors (ETCETERA PERFORMERS LAB)
Neutral Mask For Actors
How does having our face covered change how we act? Can we use this restriction to find full engagement and presence with our body when on stage?
In life we build up habits that get in the way of our choices as actors, a neutral mask offers a way to observe the body more accutely, to find a deeper presence, embodiment, and sensitivity to impulses. This intensive workshop will explore how we can use neutrality to be aware of our bodies, differences, and habits to find deeper presence with ourselves and our body on stage as performers.
Drawing on different approaches we will playfully look at what we can learn from neutral, finding power (and perhaps comedy) in simplicity in order to explore to what extent our use of space and rhythm alone be enough to intrigue an audience.
What to expect:
Games and movement work to find a heightened awareness of the body.
Exploration with Neutral’s response to surroundings and mirroring.
Using the neutral mask to notice habits and tension - how can awareness move us towards deeper presence.
Putting a neutral mask into scenarios and experimenting with how it can be used as actors.
Feedback for Rob's Workshops:
"The Neutral mask workshop helped me engage more with the scene and get out if my head. It allowed me to “be” instead of “acting”. I am really grateful and would like some more please!" - Neutral Mask Participant
"Rob created a friendly environment that allowed me to take risks. To make simplistic choices and modifications, which held big impact. It was a privilege to work with such a fascinating performance concept, taught by a brilliant teacher who is proficient in creating a feeling of connection and comradery in a matter of hours" - Neutral Mask Participant
"I’ve learned so much from Rob’s workshops, he maintains playfulness whilst going deep into technique and freeing us as performers." - Acting student at Central School of Speech and Drama
"Rob McCloskey is the real deal, with deep commitment to community, creativity and those in his workshops... He’s a wonderful force." - David Glass, Physical Theatre director
"One of the most exciting and freeing guest teachers we've had in" - Northbrook College student.
"I thoroughly recommend Rob's workshops, he is just an exceptional teacher and such a pleasure to learn from" - Devising workshop participant
Experience Highlights:
Guest Teacher - Devising - University of Cambridge
Director - Tip of Your Tongue - ★★★★ "Beautiful. Dreamlike. Split Hairs have produced something profound" - Fringe Review
Director - SQUELCH! - ★★★★★ "This is a kind of comedy I haven't seen in recent times... had the audience in fits of the laughter the entire time." - Voice Mag
Performer - Earth Teeth - Brighton Festival and Brighton Dome.
Social Media:
@robertjmccloskey
@splithairstheatre
Bio:
Rob McCloskey is a theatre maker and the Artistic Director of Split Hairs Theatre. He trained internationally in physical and devised theatre at the École Philippe Gaulier, Grotowski Institute, and in workshops with specialist theatre directors such as David Glass, John Wright, and Tanushka Marah. He has toured across the UK receiving 5 star reviews and audience acclaim - described as 'perfectly achieved physical theatre... immensely evocative.' As a teacher Rob has taught devising, mask, clown and performance at University of Cambridge, and Northbrook College as well as workshops with his company in Brighton.
FIASCO: An Improvised Archive
Based off of the hit tabletop role playing game of the same name by Bully Pulpit Games, FIASCO is a fully improvised show investigating a fictional archive and the dark tales it contains. Every performance, with the help of the audience, three players will explore a new story, guided by the Archivist and our special visiting lecturer; stories filled with brutality and intrigue, rage and desire, and a tangled web of threads will combine with unfortunate circumstances to create… well, quite the fiasco.
Age Restrictions: 18+
Content Warnings: Staged violence, sexual content and themes. We have a web link for audiences to refer to a full list of possible content and themes during the improvised show as well as a content blacklist.
Precipice
Precipice
by William Mastrosimone
Directed by Askhat Shmanov
Performed by Joe Stassi, Neila Masole
A couple takes a hiking trip up Mount Rainier for their first date, and when a storm threatens their trip they must decide whether or not to risk jumping off a cliff to get home. But dense fog prevents them from seeing what lies beyond the edge. Will they have the courage to take the leap?
This production of PRECIPICE is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
“The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings or streams of this production is strictly prohibited, and is an offence under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.”
NO Age restrictions, NO trigger and content warnings
Paranoia
Paranoia
Inspired by The Horla by Guy de Maupassant
Directed and performed by Nikolas Vagion
An autobiographical story, presented
worldwide for the first time as an irrational tragedy.
(Also described as a horror/ghost story)
Inspired by Maupassant’s The Horla, and thought to have been based on his experience of deteriorating mental health due to syphilis, the narrator drifts into a surreal everyday life, in an unexplored world shaped by anxiety and existential crisis. Presented in the form of a diary, he explores in a dramatised format, his life and travels over several months as his sanity declines and he is increasingly disturbed by delusions and hallucinations.
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a French author, master of the short story and representative of the naturalist school. His stories often portrayed a very pessimistic picture of life and destiny. In his later years he developed a fear of death and paranoia of persecution caused by syphilis, which he explored in some of his writing.
Disclaimer: this performance includes the portrayal of scenes of mental illness that some may find disturbing.
The performance will be in Greek with English surtitles.
Paranoia
Paranoia
Inspired by The Horla by Guy de Maupassant
Directed and performed by Nikolas Vagion
An autobiographical story, presented
worldwide for the first time as an irrational tragedy.
(Also described as a horror/ghost story)
Inspired by Maupassant’s The Horla, and thought to have been based on his experience of deteriorating mental health due to syphilis, the narrator drifts into a surreal everyday life, in an unexplored world shaped by anxiety and existential crisis. Presented in the form of a diary, he explores in a dramatised format, his life and travels over several months as his sanity declines and he is increasingly disturbed by delusions and hallucinations.
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a French author, master of the short story and representative of the naturalist school. His stories often portrayed a very pessimistic picture of life and destiny. In his later years he developed a fear of death and paranoia of persecution caused by syphilis, which he explored in some of his writing.
Disclaimer: this performance includes the portrayal of scenes of mental illness that some may find disturbing.
The performance will be in Greek with English surtitles.
Nonsense and Sensibility
A classic with a twist, this comedy-drama follows a pair of feuding actors who find themselves forced to put on a production of Sense and Sensibility entirely on their own. With shenanigans, petty arguments, a healthy dose of Austonian dialogue, and more than a little heart, audiences will no doubt fall in love with Samantha and Bartholomew as they slip, slide, and stumble their way through this beloved classic story.
Nonsense and Sensibility
A classic with a twist, this comedy-drama follows a pair of feuding actors who find themselves forced to put on a production of Sense and Sensibility entirely on their own. With shenanigans, petty arguments, a healthy dose of Austonian dialogue, and more than a little heart, audiences will no doubt fall in love with Samantha and Bartholomew as they slip, slide, and stumble their way through this beloved classic story.
Nonsense and Sensibility
A classic with a twist, this comedy-drama follows a pair of feuding actors who find themselves forced to put on a production of Sense and Sensibility entirely on their own. With shenanigans, petty arguments, a healthy dose of Austonian dialogue, and more than a little heart, audiences will no doubt fall in love with Samantha and Bartholomew as they slip, slide, and stumble their way through this beloved classic story.
You Will Smile Again :)
After going through a break up, ‘Boy’ is a bit confused. He turns to some very interesting coping mechanisms and starts to behave a little... let’s just say unusually. Luckily, he is trapped in this one space; his space, and whether he likes it or not, will smile again.This performance blends, puppetry, clowning, live music,spoken word, Kantor’s ‘room’, material play, silliness and heart to explore the relationship between someone and their past and the slow, painful path of going down the rabbit hole of your own mind.
Content Warnings:
Swearing
Shouting
Representation of death and killings of materials that represent people
Sexual References
Addressing specific audience members (not audience interaction)
Non-traditional depictions of self harm
Mild themes of toxic masculinity
Nonsense and Sensibility
A classic with a twist, this comedy-drama follows a pair of feuding actors who find themselves forced to put on a production of Sense and Sensibility entirely on their own. With shenanigans, petty arguments, a healthy dose of Austonian dialogue, and more than a little heart, audiences will no doubt fall in love with Samantha and Bartholomew as they slip, slide, and stumble their way through this beloved classic story.
Imogen Andrews: Work in Regress
Known for her online sketches and comedy characters, come and watch Imogen’s debut WIP. See if she can hold your attention for more than 30 seconds. Featuring her hard to watch characters, some new ideas, and a bit of cheeky stand up. Don’t worry there’ll be some screen time involved.
Age: 16+