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‘Exploring the dark corners where memory hides’: DISSOCIATED – Etcetera Theatre

In London theatre, Musicals, Native, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Ticket recommendations, Twitter, Video by Shyama Perera17th October 2019

There are some really interesting ideas in Dissociated, from the exploration of a woman’s psyche during continuous nights of conscious sleep to the fact that the traumas she unearths are punctuated with singing and dancing.

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PHOTOS: Inside the rehearsal room & into the dreams of new mental health musical Dissociated

In Features, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Opinion, Plays, Ticket recommendations, Video by Featured Content4th October 2019

A new musical exploring mental health issues and recovery following child sexual abuse will receive its London premiere this autumn. Dissociated, written by psychotherapist Dave Bain and produced by Skitzoid Productions, runs at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden for two weeks only from 15 to 26 October 2019. Time to get booking!

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‘If you’re not dancing to the music that’s playing, then why is it on?’: Eloise Jones on her choreography for new mental health musical Dissociated

In Dance, Features, Interviews, London theatre, Native, News, Opinion, Plays, Quotes, Ticket recommendations, Video by Featured Content30th September 2019

A new musical exploring mental health issues and recovery following child sexual abuse will receive its London premiere this autumn. Dissociated, written by psychotherapist Dave Bain and produced by Skitzoid Productions, runs at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden for two weeks only from 15 to 26 October 2019. Time to get booking!

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Theatre is a great way to practice mindfulness: Dave Bain on his new immersive musical Dissociated

In London theatre, Musicals, Native, Quotes, Sticky, Ticket recommendations, Video by Featured Content9th September 2019

New musical Dissociated goes inside the dreams of its protagonist to explore mental health issues and recovery from child sexual abuse. Composer, psychotherapist and founder of Skitzoid Productions, Dave Bain, explains how immersive theatre is one of the best ways to practice mindfulness. Time to get booking!

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‘A comic gem’: UNLOVABLE – Etcetera Theatre

In Comedy, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Stephanie Ressort27th August 2019Leave a Comment

The comic and the personal meld beautifully in this honest and heartwarming show, Carly Jurman’s Unlovable.

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NEWS: Immersive musical Dissociated explores child sexual abuse recovery, premieres in October

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Quotes, Sticky, Ticket recommendations, Video by Featured Content23rd August 2019

A new musical exploring mental health issues and recovery following child sexual abuse will receive its London premiere this autumn. Dissociated, written by psychotherapist Dave Bain and produced by Skitzoid Productions, runs at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden for two weeks only from 15 to 26 October 2019. Time to get booking!

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‘Clowns have a bad rep!’ Carly Jurman tells us about bringing her one-woman comic tale Unlovable to Camden Fringe

In Comedy, Festivals, International, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content15th August 2019

Why was clowning the perfect medium for the tale of almost-30 American girl desperately trying to find love? Performer Carly Jurman explains all about innocence, performing solo, Steven King and her Camden Fringe show Unlovable in our interview. Have a read then book your tickets!

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‘Denzil Barnes is magnificent’: RED PETER – Etcetera Theatre

In Features, Festivals, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Stephanie Ressort8th August 2019Leave a Comment

suspect this show will have a future, evolving life, and it is well worth checking out if it appears on your radar. I’d certainly be interested in seeing what they do with it next.

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CAMDEN FRINGE NEWS: Carly Jurman brings America’s sweetheart to the Etcetera Theatre in Unlovable

In Comedy, Festivals, International, London theatre, Native, News, Press Releases, Sticky, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content6th August 2019

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!

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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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CAMDEN FRINGE NEWS: Civilisation is put in the spotlight in Kafka adaptation Red Peter

In Festivals, London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content17th July 2019

Grid Theatre shines a spotlight on ideas of civilisation and humanity with Red Peter, the stage adaptation of Franz Kafka’s A Report To An Academy, which runs as part of Camden Fringe next month. Book your tickets now!

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‘I hope to see at least one person leaving the theatre during the show’: Alessandro Onorato on his Camden Fringe show The Last King of Porn

In Festivals, International, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content16th July 2019

Italian writer and director Alessandro Onorato isn’t shy of letting audiences know what they’re in for. In the case of The Last King of Porn, it’s: “A lot of sex, some drama and a decent quantity of violence.” Read what he told us about this new Camden Fringe show, then book your tickets!

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CAMDEN FRINGE NEWS: Italian tale of ambition The Last King of Porn makes international debut at Etcetera Theatre

In Festivals, International, London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content9th July 2019

Italian company i Birbanti heads to London later this month to stage the international debut of their drama, set in the world of adult entertainment, The Last King of Porn. Book your tickets now!

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‘It’s a great opportunity to try something new’: Festival co-founder Michelle Flower on 14 years of Camden Fringe

In Comedy, Features, Festivals, Inspiring people, Interviews, London theatre, Musicals, Native, Opera, Plays, Quotes, Sticky, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content1st July 2019

It was fourteen years ago that Michelle Flower and Zena Barrie launched the Camden Fringe festival as a summer filler at the Etcetera Theatre in London NW1. Fourteen years later, London’s annual alternative to the Edinburgh Fringe spans 300+ shows across 30 venues. We caught up with Flower to hear more. How many shows can you pack in? Time to get booking!

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‘There is an unbelievable crisis in Venezuela, but still we are making theatre’: Interview with award-winning playwright Gustavo Ott, who makes his UK debut with Your Molotov Kisses

In Features, Festivals, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays, Sticky, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content8th August 20181 Comment

How is the deepening crisis in Venezuela affecting theatremakers there? Award-winning playwright Gustavo Ott, who gets his overdue UK debut this month with a new production of 2002 play Your Molotov Kisses, discusses that and how his five years living in London as a young immigrant – working as a theatre usher, meeting Harold Pinter, flat-sharing with ETA separatists – shaped him and his art.

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When ‘just cheer up’ is like ‘just being on the moon’: Kim Scopes on happiness, puppetry, Jim Broadbent & her new play BLUE

In Features, Festivals, Inspiring people, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content3rd August 2018Leave a Comment

As BLUE prepares for its premiere at London’s Camden Fringe, we talk to writer and performer Kim Scopes. Created with director Holli Dillon by their new theatre company the Sycorax Collective, the one-woman abstract fairy tale runs 15 to 19 August 2018 at Etcetera Theatre. Read our interview below to find out why there’s a woman stuck on the moon and what Jim Broadbent once gave her for Christmas… and then get booking!

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REHEARSAL PHOTOS: Your Molotov Kisses gears up for its UK premiere at Camden Fringe

In Features, Festivals, London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content1st August 2018Leave a Comment

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!

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‘I love a domestic drama with vicious characters’: Director Gianluca Lello on Gustavo Ott’s Your Molotov Kisses

In Features, Festivals, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content19th July 20181 Comment

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!

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Camden Fringe Featured Show: New theatre company Sycorax debuts with one-woman BLUE

In Festivals, London theatre, Native, News, Photos, Plays, Ticket recommendations by Featured Content18th July 2018Leave a Comment

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.

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‘Another dark delight from the world of Jim Mannering’: CAFE OF THE DAMNED – Etcetera Theatre ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Debbie Gilpin13th July 2018Leave a Comment

Another dark delight from the world of Jim Mannering that might make you think twice before you venture into another greasy spoon – there are many memorable moments from a talented cast.

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