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BEHIND THE SCENES: Take a peek into rehearsals for the darkly comic My Name is Cathy

In Festivals, London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content31st July 2019

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

In Interviews, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Amy Toledano30th July 2019Leave a Comment

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.

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CAMDEN FRINGE NEWS: Tale of identity and youth, Scenic Reality comes to The Hen and Chickens Theatre

In Festivals, London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Quotes, Sticky, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content30th July 2019

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!

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Ready to launch! The 14th annual Camden Fringe opens with 300+ shows over four weeks

In Comedy, Features, Festivals, London theatre, Musicals, Native, Opera, Photos, Plays, Quotes, Special Events, Sticky, Ticket recommendations, Twitter, Video by Featured Content29th July 2019

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!

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‘We need to be there for each other’: Antigoni Spanou on her autobiographical Ophelia Rewound

In Features, Festivals, Inspiring people, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays, Quotes, Ticket recommendations, Video by Featured Content26th July 2019

“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!

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CAMDEN FRINGE NEWS: Matt Franco explores gender identity & vulnerability in Alpha Who? at the Cockpit

In Dance, Festivals, Inspiring people, London theatre, Native, News, Photos, Plays, Press Releases, Quotes, Ticket recommendations, Video by Featured Content25th July 2019

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!

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WATCH: Meet the cheating couple and voyeur at the heart of dark comedy Letting Go

In Festivals, London theatre, Native, Plays, Ticket recommendations, Twitter, Video by Featured Content25th July 2019

Judith has a reason for dating married men. Robert is new to sexting. The Man observes in disgust. Meet the characters at the heart of Andrew Bruce-Lockhart’s new satire on society and social media, Letting Go, then book your tickets.

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WATCH: Playwright Zoë Guzy-Sprague on how all-female drama about war, The Net, became about how much we share.

In Festivals, International, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays, Ticket recommendations, Video by Featured Content25th July 2019

“I was struck by how arbitrary the borders and walls felt”. A trip to Israel sparked Zoë Guzy-Sprague’s imagination to create drama about women on opposite sides of a border, The Net. Watch what she has to say about the show, and what the producers say about the importance of an all-female creative team, then book your tickets.

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CAMDEN FRINGE: Sneak a peek into rehearsals for new romantic comedy Lost Keys & Orgasms at the Pasty Motel

In Features, Festivals, Inspiring people, London theatre, Native, News, Photos, Plays, Press Releases, Ticket recommendations, Twitter by Featured Content24th July 2019

Italian-American actors Alessandro Gruttadauria and Wanja Sellers bring new comedy two-hander Lost Keys and Orgasms at the Pasty Motel to London’s Canal Café Theatre for five performances only during Camden Fringe, running 14 to 18 August 2019. Sneak a peek at the duo and director Richard Heap in rehearsals – and then get booking!

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CAMDEN FRINGE NEWS: Ross Howard’s Our Walk Through the World examines modern absurdities in six short plays

In Festivals, Inspiring people, London theatre, Native, News, Photos, Plays, Press Releases, Quotes, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content24th July 2019

It’s Fespian Init Productions revives Our Walk Through the World, Ross Howard’s collection of six short plays, at Camden Fringe. It runs from 11 to 14 August 2019 at The Water Rats. Time to get booking!

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CAMDEN FRINGE NEWS: Ahead of Tate Modern’s retrospective, Aslant Theatre premieres Muse, a new play about artist Dora Maar

In Festivals, Inspiring people, London theatre, Native, News, Photos, Plays, Press Releases, Quotes, Sticky, Ticket recommendations, Video by Featured Content24th July 2019

In November, Tate Modern launches the largest retrospective ever held in the UK devoted to Dora Maar, the French photographer, painter, poet and muse to Pablo Picasso. Ahead of that, Aslant Theatre Company makes its debut with the premiere of Antonia Georgieva’s new Dora Maar-inspired play.

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Semiotics, linguistics & phenomenology – Khairul Kamsani explains the world of Camden Fringe show Discord of Discourse

In Festivals, International, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content24th July 2019

As playwright Khairul Kamsani puts it, international production Discord of Discourse explores the “conundrum between communication and perception”. Check out what he told us about the Camden Fringe show, then book your tickets.

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WATCH: Take a look at the chilling trailer for Camden Fringe show Boris Rex

In Festivals, London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Ticket recommendations, Video by Featured Content24th July 2019

Following Boris Johnson’s promotion to prime minister, the trailer for satire Boris Rex has taken on new levels of meaning. Have a watch, and take a look at images from the show, then book your tickets.

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4 new BAME shows breaking the glass ceiling at this year’s Camden Fringe

In Comedy, Features, Festivals, London theatre, Native, Plays, Quotes, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content24th July 2019

As part of our countdown to this year’s Camden Fringe, today we’re highlighting some of the BAME artists set to take this year’s festival by storm. Now in its 14th year, London’s alternative to Edinburgh Fringe runs from 29 July and 25 August 2019 with over 300 shows across 30 different venues.

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WATCH: Get a taste for Grid Theatre’s Red Peter with an excerpt from the Kafka adaptation

In Festivals, London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Ticket recommendations, Video by Featured Content24th July 2019

“They are good people, despite everything that happened…” Have a sneak peek at what to expect from Red Peter, Grid Theatre’s adaptation of Kafka’s A Report to an Academy at Camden Fringe, then book your tickets.

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‘These stories saved me and helped me fall in love again’: Dan Horrigan on creating Riot To Heaven

In Festivals, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content23rd July 2019

“Whether writing or directing it all comes from the same place – I tap the bruise – the feelings run.” Camden Fringe show Riot To Heaven is a deeply personal production for Dan Horrigan. The show’s writer/director tells us exactly why in the interview below. Have a read, then book your tickets!

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Feminism at the fore: 10 female-led shows fighting back at Camden Fringe

In Cabaret, Comedy, Features, Festivals, London theatre, Native, Plays, Quotes, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content22nd July 2019

From real-life incels to microaggressions: the 2019 Camden Fringe Festival line-up tackles sexism head on. Almost two years on from the birth of the #MeToo movement, this year’s line-up shows there’s still a lot to fight for – and plenty of women willing to step up.

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It’s all relative: 4 shows giving new meaning to family-friendly at Camden Fringe

In Children's theatre, Comedy, Features, Festivals, London theatre, Native, Plays, Quotes, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content19th July 2019

Want to bond with your kids? Make theatre with them! That’s a lesson these families performing at Camden Fringe have taken to heart. Now in its 14th year, London’s alternative to Edinburgh Fringe runs from 29 July and 25 August 2019 with over 300 shows across 30 different venues, including these four.

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CAMDEN FRINGE NEWS: Morality and social media get a grilling in Letting Go at The Hen & Chickens

In Festivals, London theatre, Native, News, Photos, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content19th July 2019

Think you’re alone on your morning commute? Think again. As Andrew Bruce-Lockhart’s new satire Letting Go shows, anyone one could be watching and plotting. Book your tickets now!

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CAMDEN FRINGE NEWS: Rise & fall tale of ambition & alcoholism, barriers & bias My Name is Cathy comes to Chapel Playhouse

In Festivals, London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content19th July 2019

Darkly comedic rise and fall story, My Name is Cathy, which follows a teacher who had it all as she looks back on how it slipped away, comes to the Chapel Playhouse next month as part of the Camden Fringe. Time to book your tickets!

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