From Stoke Newington via Portugal, Fiona Spreadborough’s one-woman comedy Adventures of a Trip Advisor Seaside Guest House Keeper has enjoyed a circuitous route to the Camden Fringe. Find out more in our interview with the writer and performer, then book your tickets!
Doubling up at Camden Fringe: When It Happens & Class at Tristan Bates
This year I have the great privilege of getting to cover lots of the Camden Fringe shows, my only regret is that I can’t see them all (literally impossible, so many shows running, Londoners check it out, it is a treasure trove of varied goodies).
CAMDEN FRINGE NEWS: Carly Jurman brings America’s sweetheart to the Etcetera Theatre in Unlovable
One-woman clowning tale of love, dating and feminism, Unlovable, a hit at Brighton Fringe earlier this year, comes to London’s Etcetera Theatre for the final week of the Camden Fringe. Book your tickets now!
‘Like many others, I had not heard of Dora Maar before’: Antonia Georgieva on her new play about Picasso’s MUSE
Why have so few of us heard of Dora Maar, the French artist who was also the muse of Pablo Picasso? We talked to writer and director Antonia Georgieva about the need to “re-tell and re-member” the stories of women from the past, which she’s doing with Aslant Theatre Company and its debut play. Time to get booking!
‘Jazz-swing is a lovely, friendly style’: Greg Mosse on his collaboration with John Gleadall on Separate Ways
Since meeting in Chichester in 2015, Greg Mosse and John Gleadall have been busy writing a string of musical shows, including jazz-swing cabaret Separate Ways, which they’re now staging at Theatro Technis from 21 to 24 August 2019 during Camden Fringe. Mosse told us about the key to their collaboration. Time to get booking!
‘I saw Victoria Wood on TV doing funny songs & thought, I can do that’: Celia Delaney on her new solo show at Camden Fringe
Could there be a more perfect venue for solo show Celia Delaney is… Angelic? than the aptly named Angel Comedy Club? The fact that Victoria Wood, who inspired Delaney as a child, is on the mural there makes it even more heavenly. We caught up with this multi-talented performer ahead of her Camden Fringe debut.
‘Gender inequality is alive and well, on every level, all over the world’: Zoë Guzy-Sprague, Caley Powell & Marta da Silva tell us about The Net
‘The work we do in times of crisis as healers, storytellers and carers is lost because for years this work has never been associated with strength and power.’ Camden Fringe drama The Net explores four women on opposite sides of a divide but caught in the centre of a war. The play’s writer Zoë Guzy-Sprague and producers Caley Powell & Marta da Silva told us about its inspiration, the importance of an all-female team and more.
‘We met while singing in a gospel choir’: Writer & co-star Wanja Sellers on how Lost Keys & Orgasms came about
Italian-American actors Alessandro Gruttadauria and Wanja Sellers wanted to perform a two-hander together. How did the London International Gospel Choir, a trip to Cornwall and the humble pasty feed into their Camden Fringe collaboration? We talked to Sellers about Lost Keys and Orgasms at the Pasty Motel. Time to get booking!
PHOTOS: Experience Alpha Who?’s ‘painting in movement’ live at Camden Fringe
A central feature of Matt Franco’s solo piece Alpha Who? is panoramic scenography that responds to the performer. Learn more about this how this “painting in movement” is created, check out our gallery of stunning photos – and then experience it live at Camden Fringe, where the production runs at the Cockpit Theatre from 7 to 9 August only. Time to get booking!
‘Camden has a reputation for introducing great work to the world’: Gary Phillpott on bringing Agent 14 to Camden Fringe
“The size of Camden Fringe festival allows creatives and performers to concentrate on their art rather than suffering the slings and arrows of Edinburgh’s outrageous misfortunes.” Off The Fence Theatre’s Artistic Director tells us what inspired spy comedy Agent 14 and why he is excited to to bring it to Camden Fringe. Book your tickets now!
CAMDEN FRINGE NEWS: Dark comedy Adventures of a Trip Advisor Seaside Guest House Keeper comes to Water Rats
Fiona Spreadborough will bring her one-woman comedy show, set in coastal Portugal, Adventures of a Trip Advisor Seaside Guest House Keeper to the Water Rats later this month. Time to book your tickets!
CAMDEN FRINGE NEWS: Michael Morpurgo’s The Mozart Question is re-gendered at Upstairs at the Gatehouse
The Mozart Question, a virtuosic monologue based on former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo’s 2007 children’s book, comes to Camden Fringe in a regendered production, running from 13 to 18 August 2019 at Highgate’s Upstairs at the Gatehouse. Time to get booking!
‘It is really London’s Fringe Festival’: Christian Sokolov on bringing Our Walk Through the World to Camden Fringe
It’s Fespian Init Productions makes its debut at Camden Fringe with a brand-new production of Our Walk Through the World, Ross Howard’s collection of six short plays, running 11 to 14 August 2019 at The Water Rats. We caught up with multi-tasking company founder Christian Sokolov. Time to get booking!
‘People should be able to see all of society reflected in the theatre’: JB Pichelski & Samantha Wright tell us about Scenic Reality
“The question shouldn’t be so much, ‘Why should Damien be non-binary?’ as ‘Why shouldn’t they be?’” JB Pichelski’s Camden Fringe show Scenic Reality is a coming-of-age tale of mental health and finding your place in the world whose central character just happens to be non-binary. Read what the playwright, and director Samantha Wright told us about the play, then book your tickets!
BEHIND THE SCENES: Take a peek into rehearsals for the darkly comic My Name is Cathy
Teddies, wine and microwave meals – the rehearsal images for My Name is Cathy paint a picture of trying to comfort yourself, which is unsurprising given the play follows a teacher looking back at when everything went wrong. Book your tickets now.
‘I hope this show can help people understand others & feel less alone’: Yusef Niazi directs Feeling Lonely At Parties at Camden Fringe
Feeling Lonely At Parties, which is a collaborative piece presented by Pursued By A Dragon Theatre Collective makes its full debut as apart of Camden Fringe this year.
CAMDEN FRINGE NEWS: Tale of identity and youth, Scenic Reality comes to The Hen and Chickens Theatre
JB Pichelski’s drama about a quartet of school friends embarking on unknown futures, Scenic Reality will play at The Hen & Chickens Theatre next month as part of the Camden Fringe. Time to book your tickets!
Ready to launch! The 14th annual Camden Fringe opens with 300+ shows over four weeks
Today’s the day! This year’s Camden Fringe launches today. We only wish we could clone ourselves to see every show whose artists we met at the recent launch party. Check out launch photos and tweets – and then get booking!
‘We need to be there for each other’: Antigoni Spanou on her autobiographical Ophelia Rewound
“What’s your show about?” can be one of the most difficult questions to answer. But Greek theatremaker Antigoni Spanou has got to a point of no fear when discussing her autobiographical, Shakespeare-themed, one-woman show Ophelia Rewound, which gets its London premiere next month during Camden Fringe. She told us more about it. Time to get booking!
CAMDEN FRINGE NEWS: Matt Franco explores gender identity & vulnerability in Alpha Who? at the Cockpit
Alpha Who?, created and performed by Matt Franco, explores what it means to be a man today at this year’s Camden Fringe, where it runs for three performances only from 7 to 9 August 2019 at London’s Cockpit Theatre. Time to get booking!