Next up in our Camden Fringe Featured Show series: after acclaim on tour, transgender theatremaker Edward/Edalia Day brings Super Hamlet 64, a new comedy about “videogames and death” and Shakespeare, to London for two festival dates at the Cockpit Theatre on 17 and 18 August 2018. What if you woke up and realised that your life was actually a computer game? Your Dad just …
‘I have always been struck by the power of music to communicate a depth of emotion’: Miriam Gould brings her show Empty Room to the Camden Fringe
Miriam Gould is a theatre-maker, performer, musician and writer. This month her first solo show, Empty Room, comes to the Camden Fringe, drawing on Gould’s own experience and family history, and exploring the many ways in which music can help us survive.
What’s Debbie looking forward to in August 2018?
Though at the moment it looks quiet, I have finally got a draft schedule together for my time in Edinburgh, and it seems as if my plan to ease myself in has just gone out of the window… It’s going to be a hectic week for me up there, but it has to be done!
REHEARSAL PHOTOS: Your Molotov Kisses gears up for its UK premiere at Camden Fringe
One of London Pub Theatre’s ‘Top Picks’ for this year’s Camden Fringe, Your Molotov Kisses is almost ready to debut its new British version at London’s Etcetera Theatre from 8 to 16 August 2018. Check out our new picture gallery of the cast in rehearsal – and then get booking!
WATCH: Super Hamlet 64 combines gaming & Shakespeare at Camden Fringe
Next up in our Camden Fringe Featured Show series: after acclaim on tour, transgender theatremaker Edward/Edalia Day brings Super Hamlet 64, a new comedy about “videogames and death” and Shakespeare, to London for two festival dates at the Cockpit Theatre on 17 and 18 August 2018.
PHOTOS: Sneak a peek behind Nazi enemy lines in The German Girls rehearsals
As part of our Camden Fringe Featured Show series, we’re counting down to the premiere of Christina Tranholm’s The German Girls, set in Nazi-occupied Denmark during the Second World War. Sneak a peek at the company in rehearsal action ahead of the play’s run at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre from 15 to 18 August 2018 – and then get booking!
NEWS: The German Girls reveals Denmark’s untold WWII story at Camden Fringe
Next up in our Camden Fringe Featured Show series, the untold story of Denmark during the Second World War – and, specifically, the double standards held against their own women is the subject of Christina Tranholm’s new play The German Girls. It premieres at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre from 15 to 18 August 2018.
NEWS: Cast announced for Pomegranate Season’s premiere at Camden Fringe
Another one of our Camden Fringe Featured Shows, American actor and activist Victoria Cano’s playwriting debut Pomegranate Season premieres at the Cockpit Theatre from 20 to 22 August 2018. The festival run of this timely #MeToo movement play, exploring the aftermath of a rape, will also raise funds for two charities addressing sexual abuse.
‘The form of work I create could be described as a symphony’: Petar Miloshevski on his latest solo piece The Passion According to BIBI at Camden Fringe
Maverick Macedonian-born theatremaker Petar Miloshevski brings his brand-new solo show to this year’s Camden Fringe. The Passion According to Bibi, about the future of sex, runs for two performances only at London’s Cockpit Theatre on 2 and 3 August 2018.
NEWS: Petar Miloshevski premieres The Passion According to BIBI at Camden Fringe
Maverick Macedonian-born theatremaker Petar Miloshevski brings his brand-new solo show to this year’s Camden Fringe. The Passion According to Bibi, about the future of sex, runs for two performances only at London’s Cockpit Theatre on 2 and 3 August 2018.
‘I love a domestic drama with vicious characters’: Director Gianluca Lello on Gustavo Ott’s Your Molotov Kisses
Venezuelan writer Gustavo Ott’s Your Molotov Kisses is relocated to London for its UK premiere at Camden Fringe next month. Director Gianluca Lello tells us what drew him to the piece, why Camden is such an important alternative to Edinburgh come August, and how “people who lie, scheme and delude themselves to get ahead” create such great drama. Check out our interview below – and then get booking!
Camden Fringe Featured Show: New theatre company Sycorax debuts with one-woman BLUE
What kind of show takes you to the moon with a lobster named Spock? The answer is BLUE, a one-woman abstract fairy tale created by new theatre company Sycorax Collective that explores mental health and the importance of reaching out when you’re not okay. It premieres at this year’s Camden Fringe.
Camden Fringe Featured Show: Venezuelan Gustavo Ott’s Your Molotov Kisses gets UK premiere at Etcetera Theatre
Do you like your fringe theatre to be provocative and grotesque? Your Molotov Kisses will not disappoint. Written by award-winning Venezuelan writer Gustavo Ott, the premiere of this new British version gets its full production at this year’s Camden Fringe.
How the Edinburgh Fringe family inspired Lita Doolan to make Time for Tea at Camden Fringe
Theatremaker Lita Doolan was performing in Edinburgh Fringe one summer when she was inspired to write a story about Scotland’s iconic capital. She took her inspiration from how the city and its residents recovered following the devastating 2002 fire that started in Cowgate Street and ripped through much of its Old Town. This summer, she brings the resulting play, Time for Tea, to Camden Fringe, running for one performance only to open the festival on 30 July 2018. Here, she recalls how it all came about.
Camden Fringe Featured Show: Lita Doolan’s Time for Tea, about Edinburgh’s 2002 Cowgate fire, opens festival
Which shows have you earmarked so far for this year’s Camden Fringe? As part of our Featured Show series, we’d like to draw your attention to Lita Doolan’s Time for Tea, which opens the month-long festival at north London’s Etcetera Theatre on 30 July 2018. The new play is inspired by the devastating 2002 fire in Edinburgh’s Old Town, which changed her life…
NEWS: #MeToo, LGBTQ & mental health issues feature heavily in 200+ shows in 2018 Camden Fringe
The 13th Camden Fringe Festival has announced its 2018 line-up, which sees themes of #MeToo, LGBTQ and mental health taking the forefront, reflecting what has been a groundbreaking year of social and political change for the UK. The festival, which runs from 30 July to 26 August 2018, will take place in 23 Camden venues this summer with over 200 shows.
DON’T BLAME THE BANKERS… $T00PID! – Canal Cafe Theatre
Don’t Blame The Bankers… $t00pid has one final performance at Canal Café Theatre, tonight! Book your tickets here: Canal Cafe Theatre Box Office Star rating: ***** 45 minutes of sheer innovative and evocative writing and performance. Don’t Blame The Bankers… $t00pid captured our imaginations from the outset, it makes a bold and impacting statement as […]
PLUTO – Cockpit Theatre
Pluto’s premise is ingenious. It dramatises the planet Pluto’s reaction to learning that he has been re-categorised – demoted, effectively – from planet to dwarf planet. Pluto throws a party to celebrate incoming news from NASA.
PAGEANT – London Irish Centre
Pageant is the light-hearted, saccharine, glittery music depiction of the Miss Glamouresse beauty pageant, with all of the contestants having a little more to offer than your usual beauty queen.
Serafina Salvador: ‘While we are busy blaming, who’s really winning?’
After success at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, ‘poetic economist’ Serafina Salvador’s Don’t Blame the Bankers…$toopid is now running for six performances only at London’s Camden Fringe. She explains her journey of enlightenment from banker to artist.