Ahead of Trevor Nunn’s revival of Fiddler on the Roof at the Menier Chocolate Factory this Christmas, London theatregoers will have the chance to see the stories of legendary Jewish writer Sholom Aleichem onstage next month in the UK premiere of a new one-man show by master interpreter Saul Reichlin. Time to get booking!
‘Women paid the highest price’: Christina Tranholm on the true wartime events that inspired The German Girls
As rehearsals continue for The German Girls in preparation for its Camden Fringe debut, we spoke to London-based Danish writer and actress Christina Tranholm about sharing the hidden stories of Danish women who fell in love with German soldiers during the Second World War – and how relevant it still is today.
NEWS: John Atterbury stars in new farce Seeds of Change, set in a sperm bank, at Camden Fringe
The latest offering in our Camden Fringe Featured Show is Samuel John and Mark Hayden’s Seeds of Change, premiering this week at London’s Lion & Unicorn Theatre, where it runs from 9 to 12 August 2018. This anarchic comedy, launching new company Farce a Minute, is set in a sperm bank (!) and features stage and screen veteran John Atterbury.
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.
‘As informative as it is entertaining’: WHAT’S THE STORY? – Lion & Unicorn Theatre
What’s The Story? is as informative as it is entertaining, and does justice to the likes of Mary Fleming, Aileen Turner and the other Irish nurses who worked during the Second World War and were there at the inception of the NHS.
WATCH: The trailer for Awkward Conversations With Animals I’ve F•cked is just as funny as you’d expect
Rob Hayes’ hilarious one-man play Awkward Conversations With Animals I’ve F*cked, which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2014, comes to London this month for a strictly limited season at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre, opening on Monday 13 November 2017.
WATCH: The trailer for Awkward Conversations With Animals I’ve F•cked is just as funny as you’d expect
Rob Hayes’ hilarious one-man play Awkward Conversations With Animals I’ve F*cked, which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2014, comes to London this month for a strictly limited season at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre, opening on Monday 13 November 2017.
WATCH: In rehearsal for Skin Deep, about history’s most bloodthirsty female serial killer
SKIN DEEP, Lee Anderson’s new play which returns to London for this summer’s Camden Fringe Festival, explores what drove one of history’s most prolific female serial killers. The Attila Theatre production has a strictly limited at The Lion & Unicorn Theatre from 31 July to 6 August 2017, with nightly performances at 9.15pm. Watch what happens with the company in the rehearsal room…
HAMLET FOOL – Lion & Unicorn Theatre
Anastasia Zinovieva is a motley clown who wants to reenact Hamlet, but it’s a big story to take on herself. She enlists seven people from the audience to fill the major roles and instructs them as they go – similar to Hamlet’s treatment of the players.
BEETLES FROM THE WEST – Lion & Unicorn Theatre
Half of the UK population born after 1960 will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime. Considering this figure, cancer rarely features as the primary subject matter in theatre, though last year there were several productions that put it at the forefront. I caught two of them in Edinburgh: The Eulogy of Toby Peach and Goodstock. James Hartnell’s debut play, Beetles From the West, is also driven by a diagnosis.