As Alice in Canning Town brings its East End reinvention of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to Newham playground, Arc in the Park, get a flavour for the show with this new trailer. And book your tickets!
FEATURED SHOW: What’s being said on Twitter about Crowded Room’s ★★★★★ The Colours?
“Another corker”, “beautiful, warm and moving” – audiences have taken to social media to share their love of Crowded Room’s new play about facing up to death, The Colours. See what’s being said, then book your tickets!
‘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.
WATCH: Playwright Zoë Guzy-Sprague on how all-female drama about war, The Net, became about how much we share.
“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.
WATCH: Take a look at the chilling trailer for Camden Fringe show Boris Rex
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.
WATCH: Get a taste for Grid Theatre’s Red Peter with an excerpt from the Kafka adaptation
“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.
WATCH: Check out the new trailer for acclaimed deportational drama, Lunatic 19s
As the four-star hit production heads into its final weeks, check out the new trailer for Lunatic 19s – A Deportational Road Trip, Tegan McLeod’s drama set in Trump’s America, then book your tickets.
WATCH: Director Patrick Bayele and the cast of How To Save The World tell us how the new play is something we’ve “not seen anywhere else”.
“This play is going to change your life.” It’s a bold statement, but you can’t help but believe Patrick Bayele, director of How To Save The World, when you look into his eyes. He believes. Watch the behind the scenes interview with Bayele and his cast, then book your tickets.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Go backstage with footage of rehearsals for new drama The Chaos Theory
We love to peek behind the curtain, to see the working parts that lead to the smooth polished show presented to an audience, so this footage of rehearsals for new drama The Chaos Theory is a treat… as is the outtakes footage that didn’t make it to the official video. Have a watch, then book your tickets!
‘A lot of the material in the play comes from my own experience’: Tony Leliw on how hosting foreign students inspired his new comedy Sushi Girls
The classic advice for writers is to ‘write what you know’. That’s exactly what journalist and playwright Tony Leliw has done in creating his new comedy Sushi Girls. Find out how playing host to students and visiting Japan led to the new play that runs as part of the Japan-UK Season of Culture, the book your tickets!
‘We demand change’: WATCH extended trailer for post-Grenfell take on An Enemy of the People
Are you ready to get angry? Are you ready to demand change? What are you going to do about it? Watch this extended trailer for a thrilling new version of An Enemy of the People staged next month at the Playground Theatre, in the shadow of Grenfell Tower. Time to get booking – and take action!
‘There is a palpable excitement about being able to keep the mobiles phones ON’: Kelly Wilson on Much Ado About Not(h)ing
How did real life tragedy spark a new 21st century, social media-embracing adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy, now with added brackets, Much Ado About Not(h)ing? Creator Kelly Wilson tells us all about it. Book your tickets now!
‘The myth of the superwoman is alive and kicking’: Director Karena Johnson on the creation of new tale of motherhood & sacrifice Chasing Rainbows
How did a chance meeting on a plane lead to a new production about a female astronaut writing to her daughter from space? Director Karena Johnson tells us about the inspiration behind Chasing Rainbows and working with Oneness Sankara. Read her interview then book your tickets!
WATCH: Art, power, manipulation – it’s all in the trailer for new play Reformation
“One look in her eyes tells us how she has been wronged” – The trailer for James Martin Charlton’s new play Reformation gives a flesh-creeping taste of how model Eva is manipulated and misused. Take a look then book your tickets.
WATCH: The cast of Much Ado About Not(h)ing tell us what’s different about this Shakespeare and why audiences should see it
“It’s Shakespeare but not as you imagine Shakespeare to be.” So say the cast of Much Ado About Not(h)ing, the new staging of The Bard’s comedy which brings the action into the world of social media and encourages audiences to leave their phones on. Watch them talking about the production, then book your tickets!
NEWS: Annie Jenkins brings trio of female monologues, A Tinder Trilogy, to Theatre503
Following her success of In Lipstick at The Pleasance earlier this year, playwright Annie Jenkins brings A Tinder Trilogy, a trio of female monologues, to Theatre 503 later this month. Book your tickets now!
WATCH: Check out the striking trailer for Urban Wolf’s acclaimed Custody
Powerful and hard-hitting, the trailer for Custody cuts straight to the heart of the hit drama about police brutality. Steel yourself, watch the trailer, then book your tickets for the play’s Ovalhouse season.
‘Even though I’ve heard it lots of times I still find it really informative’: Director Penelope Chater on Vaudeville of the Vulva
“Watch the feather duster!” That’s the ambiguous advice from director Penelope Chater, whose production, Laura-Doe’s Vaudeville of the Vulva, arrives at the Bread and Roses Theatre next week. Watch her interview, then book your tickets!
WATCH: Ease the Game of Thrones withdrawal symptoms with this teaser for Westeros-themed theatrical feast Dinner is Coming
Don’t go cold turkey on Game of Thrones. In fact, do the opposite. Indulge in a feast fit for the seven kingdoms with The Vaults’ Dinner Is Coming. Check out the new trailer for the parody of all things Seven Kingdoms, then book your tickets for a meal like no other!
WATCH: Grab a glimpse of acclaimed drama Napoli, Brooklyn with this stunning trailer
As Napoli, Brooklyn continues its acclaimed tour around the UK, get a flavour for the hit show, with this rousing, emotional trailer. Have a watch then book your tickets for the summer run at London’s Park Theatre!