Following a successful debut at the Frome Festival in Somerset, A Thousand Sons, a new play exploring the real-life fallout of nuclear testing, is coming to Camden Fringe with performances at London’s Etcetera Theatre from 3 to 27 August 2021.
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NEWS: Somewhere to Belong, a heart-warming piece about loving more than one gender, comes to Lion & Unicorn
Performer and writer Kim Scopes’ fun and exciting new play Somewhere to Belong, looking at the challenges of stereotypes about the bi community in a new way, will run at London’s Lion and Unicorn Theatre from 27 to 31 July 2021 (Press Night is 28 July).
NEWS: The Vampyre, conceived the same evening as Bram Stoker’s Frankenstein, is adapted for the stage
The Vampyre, adapted from John Polidori’s 19th-century novella by Laurie Toczek, who also performs, comes to this year’s Camden Fringe.
NEWS: Queer musical Fabulett 1933, set in Weimar Berlin, launches at Camden Fringe
Fabulett 1933, a new queer one-person musical set in Weimar Berlin, gets its postponed premiere at Camden Fringe, running at London’s Canal Cafe Theatre from 8 to 14 August 2021.
NEWS: Forgotten music hall male impersonator celebrated in Marie Lloyd Stole My Life
Forgotten music hall star Nelly Power makes her Camden Fringe debut care of Blue Fire Theatre Company in Marie Lloyd Stole My Life, running for three festival dates only.
Streaming now: Mark Farrelly celebrates the legendary Quentin Crisp in Naked Hope
Quentin: Crisp, written and performed by Mark Farrelly and directed by Linda Marlowe, is now available globally via Stream Theatre until Sunday 1 August 2021.
NEWS: Alfie Boe leads a cast of West End, Broadway & music stars at the Picnic Proms Summer Concert Series
Alfie Boe, Sir Willard White, Aled Jones, Tenors Unlimited and Queen Symphonic will headline Picnic Proms Summer Concert Series, a three-day series of concerts featuring musical theatre legends, orchestral icons, a symphonic spectacular and spellbinding silent firework displays.
NEWS: Camden Fringe returns with 267 shows across 21 London venues
The Camden Fringe is back this August after an enforced year off because due to Covid. The festival of theatre and comedy, which was established in 2006, runs from 2 to 29 August 2021 across 21 London venues, with 15 shows available to view online.
Streaming now: Brendan Murphy does sitcom solo in FRIEND (The One With Gunther)
Hilarious sitcom homage FRIEND (The One With Gunther), written and performed by Brendan Murphy, is now available globally via Stream Theatre until Sunday 25 July 2021.
Streaming now: Apphia Campbell conjures Nina Simone in Black Is the Color of My Voice
Black Is the Color of My Voice, inspired by Nina Simone and written and performed by Fringe First winner Apphia Campbell, is now available globally via Stream Theatre until Sunday 18 July 2021.
NEWS: Indecent Proposal finally gets its MeToo musical makeover in October
Indecent Proposal, originally due to premiere in May 2020, has announced new dates at London’s Southwark Playhouse, where it will now run from 22 October to 27 November 2021, with a press night on 2 November.
‘You won’t regret it!’: Playwright Amy Ng discusses her beautiful & brutal adaptation of Miss Julie, heading to Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre
Don’t miss your chance to see British-Hong Kong playwright Amy Ng’s politically-charged production of Miss Julie, presented by New Earth Theatre and Storyhouse, at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre from 8-10 July 2021.
NEWS: Brighton Fringe run of Lita Doolan’s critically-acclaimed play The Wyre Lady Of Fleetwood is extended
It was already pretty exciting for writer Lita Doolan that her play The Wyre Lady Of Fleetwood was having its world premiere at this year’s Brighton Fringe, but now she has even more to celebrate with the announcement that the popular digital show has been extended until 11 July 2021.
It’s ok to not be ok: A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) is streaming now
A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad), the multi-award-winning cabaret musical that explores how it’s OK to not be OK, is now available globally via Stream Theatre until Sunday 11 July 2021.
NEWS: Four new streaming premieres, filmed live at Wilton’s Music Hall
Four more acclaimed productions from Olivier Award-winning producer James Seabright will stream globally over the next month via Stream Theatre, running from 1 to 25 July 2021. The four critically acclaimed shows were curated by Seabright and filmed last month before socially distanced audiences at east London’s Wilton’s Music Hall, the oldest surviving Grand Music Hall in the world. The streaming season comprises: multi-award-winning …
NEWS: AAA & Central offer life-changing Performance Making Diploma for Learning Disabled & Autistic Adults
Access All Areas (AAA) and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (Central) are once again offering life-changing opportunities for performers to join their award-winning Performance Making Diploma for Learning Disabled and Autistic Adults.
NEWS: Golden Age Theatre presents Testimony, 18 controversial monologues, at Hen & Chickens
Golden Age Theatre’s Testimony, a series of 18 award-winning monologues performed in nine double bills, comes this week to London’s The Hen & Chickens Theatre in Highbury, where it runs for a strictly limited season from 30 June to 10 July 2021. Get booking!
NEWS: New Earth Theatre & Storyhouse bring Amy Ng’s acclaimed adaptation of Miss Julie to the Belgrade Theatre Coventry
Following its acclaimed run last year, New Earth Theatre and Storyhouse are presenting August Strindberg’s Miss Julie, adapted by Amy Ng and directed by Dadiow Lin, to Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre from 8-10 July 2021.
NEWS: Melanie La Barrie leads Going Ape! to the Union Theatre
Following two postponements due to COVID-19, Andrew Corbet Burcher’s comedy of science and religion, Going Ape!, brings its Garden of Eden to the Union Theatre next week with a cast led by Melanie La Barrie. Time to book your tickets!
NEWS: Mark Lockyer celebrates the 4 & 5 star reviews for Offie-nominated Take Off Your Cornflakes with more London dates
“After months of being deprived of collective experiences, Take Off Your Cornflakes is an unvarnished, quintessentially theatrical sharing of the drama of our own humanity.” Those were the words of critic Barbara Lewis on seeing the recent UK premiere of Mark Lockyer’s critically-acclaimed adaptation of Rose Henderson and Pat Nolan’s play at the White Bear Theatre. Following a successful run at the venue, the show now transfers to St Margaret’s House in London’s Bethnal Green for a short season from 6-9 July 2021.