The talented Orla Sanders returns to the Camden Fringe with a brand new and very ambitious show this year: a one woman “Twelfth Night”. You can catch this mammoth undertaking of twelve characters and 7,500 words performed by one actress in just sixty minutes at the Etcetera Theatre on August 23rd and 24th (1.30pm). Here,... Continue Reading →
Tom Foreman’s “Big Boys” is set to play The Lion and Unicorn Theatre next month (6 - 10 July 2021). As a personal play exploring the challenges of growing up, the changing nature of friendships and poor mental health in young men, there’s a lot to cover here, and cover it we do! Here, Foreman... Continue Reading →
Saturday June 5th 2021 - streamed via Jermyn Street Theatre. Somebody Jones is back with a new short play, and as with BLACK WOMEN DATING WHITE MEN, what shines through this piece is its reflective tone and observant writing. In HOW I LEARNED TO SWIM, we have a personal story front and centre, but Jones... Continue Reading →
ChewBoy Productions are back with a new show! “Tethered”, a ‘madcap caper’, is set to play The Lion and Unicorn from 20th - 24th July 2021... live and in person! I caught up with co-founders of the company Georgie Bailey and Hal Darling (also playing both roles in this two-hander) ahead of ChewBoy’s return to... Continue Reading →
Spies Like Us are bringing not one but two pieces to the 2020 Vault Festival. One - Our Man in Havana - is a fully fledged production which has already gained significant recognition and the other - Speed Dial - is a work in progress. With both arriving on the Vault scene between 3-7th March... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 31st December 2019 at The Other Palace, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Let me start by admitting that I didn’t see Amélie the movie (I know...but that rock I was living under was cosy). The very best thing about Amélie The Musical however, is the way in which this fantastic cast deliver Michael Fentiman’s gorgeously whimsical staging... Continue Reading →
Finborough Theatre’s Christmas season opener may be a surprise to some but in staging The Wind of Heaven, the Finborough is bringing back this work of Emlyn Williams after a 75 year absence from the London stage. It’s a play certain to find resonance with our troubled times and as it looks at the role... Continue Reading →
Rendered Retina are bringing their show Form to the Camden Fringe this year after winning the Les Enfants Terrible Award and Best Show at Paris Fringe in 2017 and 2018 respectively. Expect non-verbal storytelling, explorations of the world of work and 20,000 paper balls... The show plays the Camden People’s Theatre 19-21 August (tickets here)... Continue Reading →
Matthew Cleverly is taking a political break-neck show starring an exaggerated version of itself to the Camden Fringe with Regretxit. He’s promising lip-syncing, poetry and speed performance to go to town on the ludicrousness of Brexit and beyond. The show plays the Etcetera Theatre 9-11 August (tickets here) so I caught up with him to... Continue Reading →
Camden Fringe is to host an interesting work this year as FK Co-Lab bring their production The Cardboard Kitchen Project to the fringe. It’s a company which seeks to champion fair, ethical ways of producing theatre as well as the increased representation of minorities and it’s a production which explores the importance of memories, culture... Continue Reading →
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