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1 Mighty Craic Comedy Hour
1 Mighty Craic is a stand up comedy night which hosts hand picked line ups of top headliners and the hottest rising stars throughout the year. The Fringe line up features four nights with resident MC Maddy Nebraska plus Suzi Ruffell and Adam Tempest.
2am
3 Characters, 3 storys, One Adventure!! Join us on our journey into the unknown - the world of fantasy, where time is an illusion and ANYTHING is possible!
Real life Mother-daughter duo (Amy De Bhrún and Helena Browne) return to the Camden Fringe, along with Miriam Babooram and Amy Hyder - in what promises to be "the ultimate in feel-good theatre" - Remote Goat 2009
4.48 Psychosis
Depressed and contemplating suicide, a cast of just three, show you the life of the individual who cannot be named. Speaking aloud his thoughts whilst being trapped in a small room and occasionally conversing with a doctor and a nurse; watch as we witness the last painful steps of a life overshadowed by depression.
454 Grams
Cartoons, caskets and chaos! Powered by pedaling - This theatrical romp through Italy is Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice like you have never seen it before! In this deliciously dark interpretation, the sacred text is only the first spark to ignite a visual explosion of new ideas.
A Broken Part
A visceral theatre experience about A Portuguese Queen who defies her husband by walking the streets to feed her people. One day, caught by her husband whilst hiding bread in her apron, she lies telling him she carries roses and when she opens the apron the bread had been transformed.
A Kiss Goodnight / Crime in a Madhouse
A man waits in darkness for his beautiful betrayer, his face destroyed by acid. A girl, trapped in a hospital for the criminally insane, is tormented by monstrous visitations. As night falls, both are embraced by unimaginable horror. Two brutal, forgotten dramas from the Grand Guignol brought to nerve-shredding life.
A Season Before The Tragedy of Macbeth
An exciting new play by Gloria Carreno which is set immediately before the events of Shakespeare's classic tragedy Macbeth.
Authentic writing in the style of Shakespeare himself combines with painstaking historical research into the period concerned to shed dynamic new light on the characters of this well loved classic.
Adrian Poynton: Pale Blue
A new show from the award winning writer and comedian about trying to find hope in our everyday stumbles through life. Seize the day... let's just hope it’s not rubbish.
Uplifting and honest stand up, stories and stuff.
"A comedy genius" - Time Out
“Astounding moments of genius... stunning” – The Guardian
Amadeus Martin: Rated Sneaky
The world to Amadeus is always sneaky, but never ever underhand. Stand-up comedy storytelling and observations most definitely based on real-life fiction.
“Critic’s Choice” Time Out.
“Gloriously rude and refreshingly funny” London Lite.
“Fab-tastic” Metro.
“Distinctive, original and quirky observations superbly delivered with style and charm… Definitely one to watch” The London Magazine
An Evening With... Aaron and Esther
Comedy.
Meet Aaron Aronson: A polite, frustrated accountant with an overbearing Jewish mother and, finally, a solution of historical proportions.
Meet Esther Estrogenia: A hysterical, lonely secretary, obsessed with the seasons and afraid of her own shadow.
An Evening With... Aaron and Esther. Learn how they met. Don´t forget your Therapist.
Andrea Donovan - Regret me not
“Female character comedy at its finest.” Heard that one before? Not like this you haven’t! Andrea Donovan is one woman playing six very funny women all talking about regret in a laugh-out-loud funny way.
"Andrea Donovan is excellent" The Stage.
"Wickedly funny" The List.
"Excellent" Time Out
Andrew O'Neill
The Occult Comedian returns with another hour of words that may or may not include 'hobo', 'arch' and 'Saint and Greavsie'.
**** The List.
**** Chortle.
**** Fest.
**** ThreeWeeks.
"Hitting new heights of comedic brilliance" Time Out.
Around the World on 80 Quid
An epic tale of an Irish travelling violinist, who battles his demons drink + drugs as he travels the world trying to avoid Irish pubs and find his true purpose in this world...
Winner Best Solo Show NZ Fringe 2008. Irish Actor Aindrias de Staic has been nominated for Malcolm Hardee Award 2008 and won the Editors Choice ThreeWeeks Award in 2009.
Ascending Arcane
A surrealistic dream about those who have been tempted to look at each other and have become lost in a black sea where there is only dead beauty. They try to find themselves, but only represent an ephemeral desire, and will become foreign bodies from the space.
Attempt!
A solo theatre piece that challenges the alter-ego to [RE]Find his [IN]Definition. It’s a journey into the unknown that speaks our minds: What one is... thinks to be... wants to be... and has to be, in order to survive. A perfect imperfect body which anyone could claim to be theirs!
Back Home
"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. It's much more serious than that."
Whether you love or hate football, you will enjoy 'Back Home' - a comedic attempt to understand our obsession with football - based on verbatim writings around the 2010 World Cup.
Bad Musical
From the creators of the most excruciatingly bad shows ever conceived, the Edinburgh Fringe hit Bad Play series, comes the culmination of nearly ten years work creating theatrical cack.
Come witness the world premiere of the last word in entertainment poison: Bad Musical - The worst musical ever written.
Ball of Sketch
Ball of Sketch is a fast-paced, physically charged show which looks at the absurdities of 'normal' life. The show grows out of a set of toolboxes with a lots of characters, stories, puppetry, dancing and fighting as Spanner try to mend the world with theatre... Because it looks like it might be broken.
Base Notes
Brilliantly funny musical comedy and spoof songs. Scores a ten on the smut-o-meter. This show finds the filth in the most innocent of songs. From classical to kids tv, no song is safe.
Includes 9 Million Knob Gags and the outrageous Three Welts on my Shaft.
Beef Encounter
A lost reluctant rambler is confronted by a herd of cows and unexpectedly opens up to her ruminant audience, sharing nightmares of walking holidays and secrets about her life, love and insecurities. In 45 funny, poignant minutes she learns more about herself than she has in the last 45 years.
Big Baby
John and Janet have given birth to a miraculous baby and obviously want what’s best for him, but subsequent education by leading London academics produces dire results for the whole family.
Multi-award winning writer Brendan Murray offers a surreal, dark comedy about the effect of education, education, education.
Blackout
Rose Tinted Glass Theatre Company dramatises real stories from the past, as the audience participate in shared events and narratives. 'Blackout' tells the stories of women who lived in the Second World War and takes the audience on an immersive journey. This play is derived from people’s memories in London’s communities as well as from historical archives. By illuminating the past, we aim to bring history to life
Blonde Compassion: A Yoga Comedy
LA's most neurotic yoga teacher shows you how to loosen up - American style. Whether you're a debt ridden city banker, or a desperate housewife Shri Shri will transform you into a radiant lotus flower. Take your mind on a transcendental journey whilst watching her world collapse.
“A five-star night out - whether you're an upward or downward dog” Closer.
Bloody Women
Bloody Women is a one-woman show populated by sexually depraved goddesses, a dog-boy, a horny teenager, a stoic wife and a lot of blood. An actor, a singer and a musician drag myths of Ulster kicking and screaming into the present.
“Captivating language and compelling physicality” Tim Jones, Solar Associates
Bones For Prince
'...we kiss, we moan, we touch and stuff and the guy watches...'
How far would you go for your art? A desperate artist, a street working mother and a dog, walk the fine line between hope and despair.
A black comedy by Lia Bugnar
Boys Don't Cry
Boys Don’t Cry is a gritty, often comic slice of northern realism.
What's Danny's problem? He's desperate to get Jess back, but if you loved someone that much, why let them go in the first place?
A story of friendship, loss and moving on. Romance for a cynical generation.
Call Me Myself
Situated in the pulsating heart of London’s underground, Call Me Myself speculates on the diverse identities encompassing today’s individualist society.
Entwining stylised elements of physical theatre with a dash of light-hearted comedy, Tilt the Table invite you to delve into a selection of intimately true stories that embody the everyday struggles of being unique.
Camden Fringe 2010
CANCELLED Big Rock Candy Mountain CANCELLED
A lost teenager has stumbled upon the edge of a logging site where his father is at work. The working man talks to his son about his life in the woods, his family and some of the rough adventures in this harsh environment. There is, however, more to this chance encounter than meets the eye.
THIS SHOW IS CANCELLED.
also a prick
CANCELLED* Candide *CANCELLED
Unfortunately this show has been cancelled.
The Brazilian company Turnabout Theatre brings the fascinating journey of Candide, a young man that although living the most catastrophic situations believes that the world is as good and peaceful as it could possibly be.
Voltaire's Candide questions, through a rather ironic and acid humor, the ever hypocritical side of human values.
Cancelled** How To Put On A One Man Show **Cancelled
"Watch a young man’s quest to gather material for a play he is still performing in Simon Prick’s concise tale of putting the concise tale together. Anyone who has spoken of it or asked about it has inevitably fed the story of exploration into self-referentialism. You’ll love it!" - His Boyfriend.
CANCELLED: Get up off our Knees
Due to the fact that Vinny Rawding, the writer and producer of this show, hasn't responded to any of the Camden Fringe's emails, phone calls or Facebook messages since June we're cancelling all the performance. We apologise for Vinny Rawding being a prick.
THIS SHOW IS CANCELLED.
Casa - Home
A theatrical dance piece choreographed by Annarita Mazzilli.
Big heavy coats come to life... characters go through individual jurneys... sense of belonging and what makes a place home are questioned.
A mixed ensemble of professional and non-professional dancers and actors explore cultural identity and alienation.
Catie Wilkins: Inheritance Tax
Catie Wilkins (Winner, Comedy Store Gong Show, Beat The Fog, BBC comedy writer) considers herself rebellious. Her Star-Trek-loving Dad ignored the swinging sixties for accountancy. Instead of Beatles and free love, Catie has recycling and Jedwood. Did the Baby-boomers ruin it, or is Catie more like him than she realizes?
Citizen Erased by Sarah Youssef
“A prison is a prison. Regardless of the wallpaper”
Written by emerging playwright Sarah Youssef, Citizen Erazed is a brave new play exploring the mysterious murder of the Saudi Arabian Princess Misha'al and a state of honor killing in the UK.
Directed by Mara Lockowandt.
For information about the company, visit www.silverliningtheatre.com.
Cock of the Walk
“Hilarious, original and great fun to watch” - Beth Eyre, Remote Goat.
The award-winning Ten in a Bed, with 31Pumpkins Productions present the best new comedy talent in this slick, silly and often outrageous new sketch show bringing their "fiendish, manic edge" to Camden.
Featuring Victorians, He-man and a boy called Gareth.
Cole Parker: JINX!
The funniest, most charming & disarming dark comedy of 2010. E
ver wondered what a lifetime of comedy does to a man? Is being blessed really a curse? Can aesthetics and intellect make-up for social clumsiness and poor decision making? Earthquakes, assassinations, hurricanes, floods, unplanned pregnancies with psychopaths... Why do these things keep happening to me?
Collar the Lot
“Collar the Lot”, a talk about the Internment of Italian men resident in Britain during the Second World War.
Regarded as enemy aliens, men were arrested without charge, detained without trial and in many cases deported.
Its impact on the British Italian community has remained silent, until now.
Comedy Geek
Stand Up, Sketch and Impro. New comedy every night, showcasing the very best in up and coming talent from across the capital.
Be a Geek about it!
Concrete Boots
New black comedy from 2009 double award winner Stuart Price and StoppedclocK.
Two gangster siblings contemplate life whilst stuck in concrete as the tide advances.
"A hilarious & poignant story... A must see show!" Three Weeks.
"StoppedclocK are fast becoming one of our favourite theatre groups" One4review
Death Of The Unicorn
A new play exploring the domestication of the human race and the loss of imagination in today’s analytical society.
Come and explore the cavern of the unicorn; witness a woman's journey along her painted path as it winds through her imagination and twists through the bleak structured world outside it.
Laugh, cry, but above all, imagine.
Deirdre and Me by Rachael Halliwell
Susan White is 35. Average height. Average build. Average looks. In short, Susan is average. Luckily she has a very special best friend: Deirdre... From Coronation Street.
This multimedia one woman show presents with grace and wit the hilarious tragedy of loneliness and soap opera obsession.
Dentura Highway
Comedy singing act.
"Peculiar. Hysterical. Recommended" Time Out.
"Lyrics as cutting as incisors... virtuoso guitarist... slick and utterly professional and involve the audience in a welcome way... very funny songs with expert chat" Henley Standard.
Desiree Burch: 52 Man Pickup
In this uproarious evening of storytelling, alt-comedy diva Desiree Burch shares tales of sex and survival from the city that never sleeps... with the same person twice.
A hit of the NYC and Edinburgh Fringes, this "* * * *"-performance (Time Out) dazzles with "refreshing honesty and unbelievable energy." (The List)
Devil's Advocate - In Concert
WORLD PREMIERE. Be the first to hear songs form this exciting new musical before it premieres in London’s West End.
Featuring top West End performers and celebrity guests.
Devil’s Advocate boasts a libretto by international best-selling author Andrew Neiderman adapted from his own novel which inspired the film.
With Music by Dutch Composer Sarif Tribou.
Diet!
A one woman comedy about the struggles people go through when trying to lose weight and general attitudes to food.
In this performance art piece Mills uses real food to demonstrate the emotions of her character. Lois is going on a foody journey and she wants to take you with her.
Dinosaur Planet
Sixty million years ago dinosaurs disappeared, and now they're back! A new two-man Rock Opera from indie legend MJ Hibbett ('Genius' - Steve Lamacq). It's War Of The Worlds with more dinosaurs, more jokes and more explosions!
Dipping a Toe Into Metal
Everything you didn't realise you wanted to know about heavy metal music and thus didn't think to ask. Become the envy of your friends as you are introduced to the hitherto impenetrable world of metal and realise its not just a bloody racket. (Which it mostly is.)
Dirty Washing
"This is my Dirty Washing for you to view for the first time, but my someone has seen it over and over and over again..."
Join Martina Curtin as she publically apologises to someone special in this endearing but humourous piece of contemporary performance. Contains swearing.
Discipline written by Nicholas Black
St. Alban's Football Club have an ambitious coach and a star playmaker and nothing short of a premiership will do. But football is a funny game and as tensions both professional and personal begin to surface, a promising season begins to take on a whole new shade. Success requires discipline, but these boys have other games on their minds.
DJ Danny
Comedian Danny Robins (off of BBC 3, Radio 4, 6Music) stars as DJ Danny, frustrated school teacher by day, aspiring superstar DJ by night.
"The cult of the superstar DJ is ripe for sending up and nobody does it better than Danny Robins." Evening Standard.
"One of the best feelgood shows on the Fringe" Observer.
Do I love you? Do I not love you? Do I...
Have you ever been in love?
How a guy and a girl who surprisingly meet will deal with these unexpected feelings and how their friends ‘try’ to help them with their original insights into love.
Are they going to break free and love each other? What would you do?
Dr Death and the Medi-Evil Medicine Show
A scientifically and historically accurate panto for children and other childish people.
Sneezes, wheezes, sickness and diseases are never welcome. But in the past some of the so-called treatments could be worse than the underlying illness.
Join the time traveling ‘Doctor Death’ Simon Watt to see if he can ‘cure’ you.
Durge
7 friends, one flat, no life!
Durge is a comedy about that period when we realise life doesn't get any better... it's always gonna be this bad!
Edges
Edges is not a traditional musical but an exciting revue about transition to adulthood and finding meaning in life balanced by more light-hearted topics, like the phenomenon of Facebook friendship.
Confronting emotions, escaping expectations and deciphering complicated relationships, the songs cover such universal issues as love, commitment, identity and meaning.
Eugene and the Chairs
One man dreams of a very old house on a remote island. He dreams of a very old man, and a very old woman. What happens when the island dreams back?
Characters fight for their story and war with language. This is physical theatre at its most inventive!
Even Greedy Bankers Deserve Freedom
This comic re-imagining of Tom Stoppard’s Every Good Boy Deserves Favour brings the story into the noughties and asks the question – what was going through those banker’s minds?
With the help of a live band EGBDF takes a farcical look at financial systems, poor journalism and creepy politicians in one wild hour!
External
Maverick performance makers GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN challenge themselves to respond to Belgian company Ontroerend Goed's recent smash-hit piece ‘Internal’. But with conflicting ideas about how to do that, some stuff they found in a garage and a strict no-touch policy, how close do they really want to get?
Failing Narcissus
In the party resort of Malia, Crete, the PR, the club 'Malibu's' representative is struggling to contain sobriety. All about him the revellers loose themselves in the sun, the sex and the drink. For them the mania, the carnival, is an escape, for him it is the unveiling of a condition.
Femme Fatale
UK PREMIERE A spectacular array of deadly woman assembles onstage to shed light on the myths they have inspired. Femme Fatale is a sumptuous Song Cycle composed by Israeli composer Nadav Wiesel which explores the ‘mythical evil woman’ from her vantage point. Touching, sexy and funny, Femme Fatale brings together the eclectic harem from hell.
Foster
Foster is a dark comedy that takes an unconventional look at what it truly means to be family.
With Foster's sister rebelling against the family and his constant arguing with his Aunt he decides to try and carve some independence not realising how it will affects the people around him.
Fox Girl Five
When you’ve been rejected by every talent show, only your mother loves you, and the eye-liner is almost empty; all that’s left is your girls.
Can music come before ambition? Is success more important than your friends?
Fire. Water. Earth. Air. Ambition. Fox Girl Five. Not just any girl band.
Funny Women Awards Showcase
Think YOU could be the UK’s best new female comic? Comedy trailblazers Funny Women come to Camden Fringe in search of Britain’s funniest female, as they tour their unique annual competition for the eighth year running.
Gary Colman is Very Rarely Rong
Gary Colman is the only comedian to have served as the doctor for the SAS, be a 'have-a-go hero' and inadvertently had sex with a dolphin... not so much a life... more an overly elaborate suicide attempt. He’s been described as both ‘fearlessly funny’ and ‘the best deadpan act since Jack Dee’, so it’s hardly surprising Frank skinner is a fan.
Gary Colman... not as cool as he might first appear
Following on from his critically acclaimed stand-up comedy show Gary Colman is... Very Rarely Rong ("a fine solo show from an utterly charming performer..." - Time Out "...the best deadpan act since Jack Dee so it's unsurprising that Frank Skinner's a fan... " - GQ) be the first to preview this new work in progress. ("Highly inventive and very funny... " - Frank Skinner)
Gossip
It’s just a harmless form of recreation. From idle talk to the tabloids. Have you read all about it? Once unleashed, gossip mutates and infects the people around it, until...
Gossip an exciting new show by Just An Act.
Hal Cruttenden Lively
Stand up comedy from one of the stars of the 2009 Royal Variety Performance.
"Hugely talented" The Times.
"He’s got something to say and he’ll make you laugh; a lot" Daily Mirror.
"I've been reviewing stand up for years and believe me, this is as good as it gets" Channel4.com.
Hearts of the North
Written by award winning playwright Joe Crilly.
One small Irish town. Two stories of loneliness, love and lust and too much to drink.
Dark Hearts is sinister obsessive love in the murky shadows while in Pure Hearts they eventually manage to grope their way towards the light. Funny and bleak. Happy and sad.
Hecuba
Lazarus returns to The Camden Fringe Festival after a phenomenal production of Wilde’s Salomé with an explosive new production of Euripides bloody and devastating play Hecuba.
Once Queen of Troy, Hecuba mother to her country is mechanically tortured and destroyed by the invading captors, Her only hope is Her life, Her Love and Her people.
Helen Keen: It is Rocket Science
Helen Keen loves space rockets. She brings their story to life with a fusion of stand-up comedy and tinfoil in her award-winning whistlestop tour around the Great Brains who put monkeys, ladies, dogs and gentlemen into orbit. Soon to become a BBC Radio 4 series.
“Inspired, crisp, sophisticated” The Guardian
Hello - The World's Shortest Musical (with the worlds longes
Guiness world record attempt for worlds shortest musical and shortest song. Adapted from the record breaking 3 second play by Frazer Brown and Hugh Jeego.
A story of boy meets girl and finds existential meaning. Hello – The Musical tells a tale of love, loss and will reveal the meaning of life in less than 3 minutes.
featuring a cast of less than 100 performers and presented in groundbreaking 'Theatrical 3-D'.
Highly Strung
Bitchy, peculiar and highly strung? self-absorbed, neurotic or a little bit odd? Come and lose yourself in the world of women with this show of hilariously acute, observational comedy sketches.
Think Smack the Pony meets Wood and Walters.
How To Have an Orgasm and Really Enjoy It - a Pocket Guide
Join Howdoyoudo as they take you on a comedy exploration into the workings of males and females. Take an orginal look at the intimate details which will allow you to hit the spot and really enjoy the differences between the sexes.
I Would That Your Dark Eyes Were Upon Me
A Physical Theatre piece using 3 people and 8 chairs, and the soundtrack of a heartbeat.
Dark, Gripping, Riveting, Compelling. Intensely Acrobatic. Sexy!
One Man and Two Women. See the Man being carried upside-down, the Woman flying, and a Human 'Troll' taking shape...
An Explosive piece of Physical Theatre. Welcome..
Tickets £5. Performance last 20 minutes.
Imagine I am Smiling
An observational short comical play about three strangers who are forced together under circumstance, not choice. Three objectives, three women, one destination, will the plane ever arrive?
**** The Scotsman.
"When the dialogue sparks they bring it effectively to light" The Stage.
In Between Dreams
Using live music, puppetry and improvisation In Between Dreams takes a look at the fantasies and fictions that distract us from everyday life. Each performance is guaranteed to be different as spectators are invited to toss a coin throughout to alter the direction of the piece.
In Shadows of Silence
Theatre - Deaf and Hearing Accessible.
I fear, yet I can't run. I'm brave, but I move no further. Nothing to fear but fear itself?
A family come face to face with memories from the past, trying to escape a future which lurks in the shadows. British Sign Language, physical theatre, and puppetry... 'Highly Imaginative' 2009
Infectious Stories
With live music and a bit of magic, three storytellers weave their tales together into a world rich in verbal and physical imagery.
13th August: Big Fishes, Tall Tales
14th August: Trickster Tales
15th August: Tales from the Lock-in
Infectious Theatre returns to the Camden Fringe following their sell-out production of SHAFT in 2009.
Inside the M25: A User's Guide
In this spoken word show, Gary and Richard explore the many life-enhancing features of Greater London.
Gary, a wide-eyed Yorkshire romantic, uncovers things to see and do overlooked in the tourist guides.
Richard, an Essex exile, argues that London is THE place for health and happiness.
Is Star Trek Voyager Good For You?
A light-hearted romp through Sci-Fi's favourite offshoot, incorporating and discussing all of its major themes through the media of laughter, projectors, song, tribbles and of course... Romulan Ale.
No previous experience necessary.
Hecklers will be vaporised.
No Klingons without I.D.
Kill for tickets.
Resistance is futile.
Is the Daily Mail Dead Yet?
Do you despise racism? Do you despair at Middle England? Did you laugh when Robert Kilroy-Silk got hit with a bucket of shit? If so, then see this stand up comedy show.
A riotous ‘fuck you’ to everyone who has a Daily Mail where their heart should be.
Iszi Lawrence: Science Friction
What's truer than the truth? A story. What's better than a story? A joke. Iszi returns from her sell-out show with a cracking new hour.
"Iszi Lawrence finds herself in a bracket alongside Josie Long and Sarah Millican." - Oxford Times.
"Both intelligent and silly - a winning combination." - Jo Caulfield.
**** Three Weeks
It's Showtime!
Join Divine Divas Productions for a fabulous evening of cabaret.
Sit back and relax with an hour of light-hearted entertainment featuring all your favourite, toe-taping tunes from well known musicals such as A Chorus Line, Cabaret, Wicked and many more.
James Mullinger's Schooldays
James follows up his critically acclaimed show about his life as a feminist with a brand new hour of hilarity. Focusing on his horrific and hilarious schooldays, this brutally honest show is his most personal to date. Book early - 100% sell out in 2009.
"A great stand up" Jimmy Carr.
"One to watch" Guardian.
"Hilarious... Thought provoking comedy at its best" International Life.
Jezus Factory Jam
"BBC label of the week" Jezus Factory Records and BoyBrown Entertainment combine artistic forces to bring you an evening of multimedia entertainment including anti-folk, spoken word, acoustic sessions, dance and art set to a soundtrack and starring acts from Jezus Factory’s eclectic mix of bands including headline act Paul Hawkins and Thee Awkward Silences. www.jezusfactory.com
Juliet Meyers' Sleepless Nights
Experienced, chatty comedian Juliet Meyers takes you on a journey of religious nutters, hypochondria, redundancy, strip clubs, life’s dilemmas and trying to sort the world out at 3am.
“Expect off-the wall-humour from this skilful comedian” Bruce Dessau (comedy Critic London Evening Standard)
K.U.D.O.S presents...
A selection of this year's most exciting, original and inventive work by students from the Kingston University Drama Department.
The Line up of performances :
Terrorism on Sat 21 Aug 2010 - Mon 23 Aug 2010
Bygones and Gentlemen's Barber on Tue 24 & Wed 25 Aug 2010
Tracksiders and The way Out Is Through on Thu 26 Aug 2010 - Sat 28 Aug 2010
Klown on Sun 29 Aug 2010
Keep Tom Price Tidy
Tom Price returns with yet more anecdotal evidence that he is a camp giant incapable of getting things right.
Following last year’s sell-out fringe debut, this time he attempts, via existential despair at hitting 30, to tidy his life in front of your very eyes.
Contains stories and jokes.
Kevin Precious: Not Appropriate
"Not Appropriate" is the most overused term of disapproval in the teacher's canon.
Join Kevin Precious as he explores his former life as a teacher. A show that will appeal to anyone who has ever taught or - for that matter - been to school; parts of which are likely to be "not appropriate".
Kevin Shepherd: Caronicle
No matter how rubbish it was, you loved your first car. Even now the memory of that unreliable, uncomfortable, death-trap can still make you smile. Join Kevin as he attempts to understand how ten inanimate objects and some harmless anthropomorphism have influenced his behaviour, relationships and manhood (not that one).
Knock Three Times
In this one-act play, Hester and Jenny need to make contact with the other side and Marjorie is their only hope. Bridie needs to lose contact with her devious relatives but with money at stake they're staying put. Time is running out. Last orders please! Make Marjorie's a double!!
Lauren Shearing and Marc Norris: Comedy Aces
Join Lauren Shearing and Marc Norris for a brilliant double bill of comedy characters, sketches and chat.
A lot more fun than snap, a lot less awkward than strip poker.
Lie Between Love & Death
Three men, two plays, one murder, lots of women and a war - this won't end well.
Two one act plays looking at how men deal with love, death, lies and those difficult decisions inbetween.
Life is Short, Have an Affair
Life is Short, Have an Affair is a comedic sketch-cabaret that explores the absurdities and peculiarities of infidelity.
Woven amidst the songs, sketches, and rollicking extra-marital fun are three short plays by Lila Rose Kaplan that include panda pornography and a unicorn.
Amelie Murdock and Kate Chavez are both students at the London International School of Performing Arts.
Lifeslide
A tortured love triangle develops between three dancers in this new work from playwright and actress Katherine Gibbons.
As the dancers struggle to create a piece that will change their careers and fulfill a dream, a gritty reality emerges.
A wonderful juxtaposition of movement and poetry and hard hitting human honesty.
Lisa Appleby
Six female performers become Lisa Appleby; a girl singing her heart out in L.A hoping she will make it BIG. Lisa has stars in her eyes. She thirsts for fame, Oprah, the husband, the golden retriever, two blonde blue eyed baby twin boys, a waffle maker and the perfect dick.
London Wunderground
‘Wunderground’ is a vibrant physical theatre event that weaves together the joys and sorrows of London living. By fusing together striking imagery, poetic movement, and a wide range of weird and wonderful characters, this is a creative celebration that will have you laughing, crying and coming back for more!
Macabret
From the scariest five corners of the world: Brazil, Israel, Portugal, Switzerland and the US of Ahhhhhhhhh...!
In a city known for it´s Ripping Jack... In a box of theatre that is black... Clowns at Work presents... MACABRET! (Ahhahahahahaha).
Watch out London Dungeons.... We´ve got Clowns. And we are here to stay. (BOO)
Madame Everleigh's Love Emporium
On a dark night enjoy a cautionary twisted Victorian tale of funny freaky love. Two sisters, a morgue, a man disguised as a sofa.
Praise for previous work: 'Completely hilarious... some very sick lines' The Stage.
Maddy Nebraska: Nearly the Biggest Jew in North London
Maddy Nebraska is in a bit of a pickle... her flat is so cramped, she can only just get in the neuroses and the self help books; her career is in the doldrums and now her milksop boyfriend has dumped her for "not being Jewish enough".
Join her to find out if she can rediscover her belief in life, love and the universe.
Marvell at Midnight
No Soup! Bring their “ramshackle humour... romance and wild purity” (Three Weeks) down to Camden, with an eclectic mix of original theatre and live music.
Suffused with comedy, jazz, surrealism and accordions Marvell at Midnight is a vibrant exposé of the trials and triumphs of up-and-coming artists in 1930’s Hull.
Matt Dyson: Substance
Substance was a collection of Joy Division singles released by Factory in 1988. It is also a thirty minute show at this year's Camden Fringe Festival where Dyson’s attempt to summarise the world by chronologically using the track listing as a starting point.
It is a celebration and probably defilement of a great band. It is a musing on immigration, despots, politicians cats, Paul Morley, cult films, TV chefs and a brain burp of the nonsense that make up 2010.
It is full of bile, bemusement but ultimately hope.
Matt Kirshen
<p>Matt Kirshen has done stand-up on the telly, was a finalist on NBC's Last Comic Standing and briefly hosted Rude Tube before they gave it back to Alex Zane. Here he's doing what he likes second best in the world: live comedy.</p>
<p> "Hugely Impressive" The Scotsman
***** Edinburgh Evening News</p>
Michelle Flower does Dallas
Michelle does some sexing in the theatre, gets her tits out and stuff.
Does a bit of mopping in her knickers.
"Saggy" Chortle
"Great" Fringe Report
Mike O'Donovan: Wouldn't Pick Him Out Of The Pound
God created the earth in 6 days and 6 nights. Not bad. I wrote this blurb in an afternoon. Better. I'm only performing for 6 nights though so I have days free to create new worlds. Or probably just worry.
"brilliantly funny" - Time Out.
"promising standup" - London Metro
Million Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
A funny girl – a weird boy – a pier – a room – a storm – a jigsaw puzzle and the million pieces that tell their story.
Imaginative, intense, new writing theatre. The oldest stories told in a new ways.
Mirrors, Moonshine & The Masked Man
"Impressive, intelligent, hilarious, unique, engaging... A stream-of-consciousness comic story-teller... If you like spoken-word work and play, it's a must-see" California Rogue Festival
Modern Love
A tale any boy who’s ever met a girl will know, and every girl who’s ever met a boy will be familiar with…
"A sharp and well-written observation on the fallibilities of twenty-first century relationships" **** - Remote Goat.
"True to life and often touchingly funny" - The British Theatre Guide.
Molly and Fuffkin
Two wanderlust filled misfits embark on an enchanting journey of psychics, swingers, geriatric magicians, stripteases and swineflu.
Through a series of sketches, animation, song and dance our show deals with several dark themes including, insanity, suicide, hopelessness and anxiety.
Overtones of humour are frequent.
My Ragga Journey
Crispin Flintoff looked set for academic success and a conventional middle-class career until he fell in love with Dancehall Reggae music in 1988. Over 20 years later, Crispin describes how Ragga brought him out of his shell, but also lost him the respect of his peers.
Neil Cole presents Neil By Mouth
Award-winning comedian, support act to Russell Brand, face of WRC on DAVE - Neil brings his first EVER full-length solo stand-up show to Camden.
“Cole is a relaxed amiable presence at the mic, establishing an easy chemistry with his audience... Enjoyably bawdy, with impressive imaginative leaps” - The Scotsman, 2010
Neon Fairytale
“The Slam has divided, The Slam has displaced.
The Slam has thrown sacred bedtime to waste.
Half of the world always in night.
Half of the world always in light.”
A woman awakes to find her world has stopped turning. Guided by strangely familiar characters, she searches for a missing box which holds the answers to her questions. Who is she? Where is she? Why is she there? And what is happily ever after?
Written by James Baldwin and Directed by Elgiva Fields, ‘A Neon Fairytale’ is a brand new piece performed by OutHouse Collective.
OutHouse Collective is a dynamic company of young artists that aim to challenge audience’s perceptions of theatre. The company is comprised of actors, singer-songwriters, dancers, writers and an artistic production team. We are based at the Roundhouse in London.
Follow us on Twitter:
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Night Light
A magical voyage to the dark side of the moon. Discover myths, mountains and... an evil caterpillar villain.
Join Paper Balloon in a fantastic landscape created from recycled scrap materials, for a brand new piece of sensory storytelling theatre for young audiences.
Not Applicable
Ally is agorophobic, only one person could tempt her back 'out there'... Debbie Harry. Tonight Ally has a backstage pass to meet her idol.
In this one woman show, Ally lets us in on her innermost thoughts as she prepares for the biggest night of her life.
Numbers
A physical exploration of sex, gender, status and sexuality. F
our performers draw on personal experience with the use of dance and other physical methods, "Amae" Theatre Company will explore these themes by use of the body and the space around it, challenging not only the performers but their audience’s perception.
Occasionally Ovid
A manic, dark-humoured, raunchy show that blurs the boundaries of puppetry and mask theatre.
Performed by one woman in a whirlwind of physical theatre, old clothes and wickedly painted puppet characters. An exciting new interpretation of three ancient Greek myths.
Suitable for over 16s only.
Once Upon A Sketch
Not everyone lives happily ever after. Remember Humpty Dumpty? Being a faded celebrity egg isn't all it's cracked up to be, and nor is being the tooth fairy. But what's the alternative? Telesales...?
Let Once Upon a Sketch whizz you through the absurdity of fairy tales and modern life in the most surreal and original sketch show you'll see this year!
OOK! and The Terrible Thing That Happened
Can Chester, Esther and OOK save the world from being gobbled up by the All-Devouring Piggy-Bank of Doom? A comic musical mask play for children.
Past productions have been called: "a theatrical coup" - My Cultural Life; "what theatre is supposed to do" - Galactic Mystery Solvers.
visit www.teatro-saurus.com
Ophelia Must Die
Death is inevitable for Ophelia. Lost to her madness and caught between love and betrayal she seeks an end to her despair. Ophelia must die.
A theatre debut by Memory Implosion whose work fuses physical theatre, music, sound and text to create distorted poetic landscapes and memories.
Parannoyance
The world is as crazy as a bull in a butcher’s shop and Dr Johnny Façade has had enough of society’s mad cow disease.
A fast paced and interactive clean comedy show that uniquely fuses magic, multimedia and subversive storytelling.
Runner-up for the Best Comedy award at Buxton Fringe 2009.
Patchwork
Fast-paced and funny short stories about ambition, workaholics and (those hard-grafting creatures) wasps; set to a throbbing soundtrack and animated by projected drawings.
An adrenalised multimedia theatre show that takes a surreal and philosophical view of striving for status and of the redemptive power of love.
Paul McCartney is Dead
"Until you understand why Paul is Paul, you won’t be able to understand why I’m Simon."
In a derelict house where jars of pickled objects press against the walls, two brothers are haunted by conspirators and ghosts. Theatre and music combine to tell a dystopian ghost story set in a world where music is forbidden.
From the company behind The Golem, Camden Fringe '09.
Pieces Of Me
A dark and disturbing insight into Dissociation Identity Disorder, DID, popularly known as Multiple Personality Disorder. The play probes the kaleidoscope of human disassociation, journeying through a divided mind and fragmented self. Inspired by the real words of DID sufferers, the piece is an uncanny and stirring journey into who, and how many, we really are.
Combining physical theatre with stylized set pieces, the play is an energetic but compassionate recreation of the human story behind a disorder often overlooked by the British psychiatric community. But it also examines how we all disassociate in everyday life, posing the universal question, do we have a unified self, or are we a collection of fragmented identities?
Pinter's People: A Celebration
Harold Pinter’s hilarious sketches remain one of theatre’s best kept secrets.
In celebration of Pinter’s wit, humour and way with words, Highly Strung Theatre Company presents Pinter´s People.
See a new side to Harold Pinter in this revue of his highly-acclaimed, secret sketches.
Pointless Anger, Righteous Ire
What's the point of getting angry? Robin Ince has been getting angry since he cut his chin open on a sandpit at the age of three. Since then he's been getting tetchy about everything from politics to chronological inaccuracies in documentaries about Charlie Drake.
Meanwhile, Michael Legge has been writing some award winning blogs full of wrath about greyhounds and littering. Join them as they find out if it's all been a waste of time.
Precious Things
Ingrid wants to organise an exhibition of her great-uncle's work. He was a talented and world-renowned artist, with an unfortunate admiration for Hitler. She faces family opposition in this new dark comedy drama about art, ethics and ambition.
"I was extremely impressed" Shropshire Star.
Priceless
This is a game like no other. With a life-changing prize at stake, how far would you go to win? What would the producers risk to boost ratings? Does everything have a price?
FoxedUP presents a timely dark and witty piece that questions our obsession with voyeurism, morality and 'success' (16+).
Professor Uppischbaum and the Bard
Professor Uppischbaum is ready to unleash a startling discovery upon the world. The mysteries of the Great Bard are revealed in a unique and hilarious fashion intermingled with slapstick singing and even a love story! Expect the unexpected.
"A farrago of inspired foolery" David Watkinson, North Devon Fringe.
Psycomedy
An hour of your time. A universe under deconstruction. Comedy is our last hope. Gently reaching into the bowels of humanity, plucking unripe fruit from its haggard branches, Ben Q & Michal Grobelny will serve you up a nourishing metaphorical pomegranate, tainted with the venomous nectar of the underworld. Yummy.
Queer in the U.S.A.
Hailed as one of Time Out’s “Reasons to Love New York Theatre,” this dynamic theatre company makes its U.K. debut with an electrifying new solo play: One boy’s obsession with Bruce Springsteen leads him to New York City, where lovers, rockers, and gypsies challenge him to fight homophobia and rock like The Boss!
Quite Enjoyable, Relatively Painless Fringe Show
In Meantime... return Camden own brand sketch comedy veering scampish smattering naughty not missed sold out 2009 returning great new 2010 disagree shove arse. (Word allowance: 50, including quotes - and this line explaining it.)
"Great sketches, beautifully executed"- Tim Vine.
"Best sketch comedy I've seen in 10 years" - Bob Mills
Raymond Mearns - Shaggy Dog Stories
Raymond Mearns is an accomplished actor and comedian! With a number of Film and TV credits behind him, including two films by Ken Loach. He is a master story teller with a tendency toward quickfire improvisation.
Come along and spend an evening in the company of a man Frankie Boyle describes as “A Genuine Improvisational Genius!”
Robin Ince Asks Why
Multi award winning comedian Robin Ince tries to understand dark matter, seahorses, rainbows and climate change as he celebrates the wonder of learning and the excitement of being inquisitive.
3 times Chortle award winner, 1 time Time Out Award Winner, No time British Comedy Award winner (surprisingly beaten by Little Britain in the public vote.) As heard on The News Quiz, Loose Ends, Just a Minute.
Roman Around: A Guided Tour of the Eternal City
Take a guided tour of Rome - without actually having to go there.
Comedian and former tour guide Ryan Millar spills the surprising history of the Eternal City. Adultery, kidnapping, sabotage, and public humiliation - it's all here. Irreverent, funny, and occasionally insightful. (Warning: mildly educational).
Romeo and Juliet
Get Over It Productions are thrilled to be back again this year this time with their all-female version of Romeo & Juliet. In the flickering light of the silver screen Juliet’s love springs from her only hate and the star-cross’d lovers tango and twist to their tragic fate.
“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo”.
Room 110
Room 110 returns to the Camden Fringe to celebrate it's 4th Year.
Over the course of one day join over 30 writers and directors as they bring you their unique perspective on what happens behind the door of Room 110.
Each vignette lasts just ten minutes, with 6 stories per show, and over 40,0000 tales to choose from no one story or show is the same.
Rosie's Pop Diary
A comedy play reviving Rosie's column that ran from 1996-2000 in the now defunct Making Music Magazine.
Mixing storytelling, stand up and songs written at the time, Rosie brings back to life her days trying to make it in the music business at the height of Britpop...
S1L3NC3: Mind Reader
An underground artist whose canvas is your mind. An encounter you will never forget. Disturbing? Always. Predictable? Never. You will be stunned into S1L3NC3.
Time Out London, Critics' Choice.
Camden Fringe sell-out 2009.
'F**k me, that's twisted' Pete Doherty.
'A f***ing wizard' - FRONT Magazine.
Sally-Anne Hayward has relationships...
...and other things. An hour of funniness from award winning comedian Sally-Anne Hayward. She's got a relationship CV and spends hours pouring over it in her own time. She's bringing it with her for her show... She talks about other less important stuff as well.
'Fabulous' BBC
****One 4 Review
Samantha's Hotline
A comedy drama written by and starring Sophie Gatacre. Down on her luck Chelsea housewife turns to telephone sex to earn an income. This set against her troubled personal life.
Recommended by Time Out and Grove magazine: "Hilariously funny".
Ticket price includes entry into prize draw for bottles of wine, generously supplied by sponsors Rothschild Wine.
Scarborough
A teacher. A student. A hotel room. Innocent? Scandalous? Gay? Straight? You decide.
Fiona Evans’ award winning, taboo busting play is given a new twist where the audience chooses who’s seducing who at each performance.
Don’t just watch the action: shape it.
Scott Capurro Opens Up
Since 1993, Scott Capurro has avoided AIDS by telling unsavory jokes in every English speaking country.
Scott is surrounded by duplicity and the emotionally unstable. He met Nelson Mandela. They're both vegetarians. Actually, Nelson is. Scott said he was, to impress Nelson.
“Yet accept the ferocious, corrosive material in the provocative spirit it’s intended, and it is brilliantly, shockingly funny” Chortle *****
Sherlock (abridged)
From two-thirds of the team that brought you Hamlet (abridged) comes the complete works of Half-a-Colon Doyle’s seminal detective Sherlock Holmes.
Can Holmes solve the mystery of the hound of the Baskervilles and 27 other crimes before Moriarty tightens his grip? And just who does keep sending postcards from Reichenbach Falls?
Featuring music from Erik Weiner (Bombitty of Errors and Famous Last Nerds).
Simon Dowd: Brain Reflux
For the first time this century, Dowdy is back doing what he loves doing the most, for the crowds that battle trained him back in the day. Stand up, songs, etc...
Siren
Liverpool Street. A man and a woman, alone in a room. Outside, a police car.
Fifteen years after his last London production, Chilling Out Theatre proudly presents the World Premier of Peter Briffa's searing drama.
Warning: not suitable for children.
Skin Deep
Skin Deep - A brand new comedy sketch show by a brand new comedy troupe "The Fapperty Twuffocks" providing a night of high brow stupidity!
Soapy Sam
Theatre for Children. Sam LOVES hiding, especially when it’s bath time. But what happens when adventurers play with the plug?
Using puppetry, physical theatre, combined with British Sign Language, small things are made into large characters.
Handprint Theatre ignite the imagination of all, as the magic from beneath the bath starts to bubble...
Sondheim by Sondheim
A fast paced revue of the music of Stephen Sondheim by one of London's leading producers of his works.
In his 80th year, Stephen Sondheim is the most influential composer working in Musical Theatre. Includes songs from Company, Into The Woods, Follies, A Little Night Music to name a few!
Spade of Damocles
"Intergalactic Folk Hero" and Lunar Miner Judas Zero roams our dystopian future fighting “The Corporation” and writing songs about it. Tales of women pushing lovers out airlocks, Human Resource Nazis, booze stealing robots and the men who adore them. Satirical sci-fi-folk-cabaret-futurism at its most dangerous!
Speed Dating - The Musical
From the mind of Composer Jamie Ledwith comes this warts and all look at the highs and Lows of speed dating.
Featuring toe-tapping numbers such as ‘Big Bond Girl’ and ‘Somebody else’s guy’. This show is a "guaranteed great night out".
Spun
Spun is a piece of experimental theatre following fantastical characters through dialogue, physical theatre, and sound.
Bringing a children’s drawing to life in a colorful cardboard set are women trapped in this imaginary place. They negotiate their world of people present and absent. Whilst deliberately playing on language, movement is used to express what words cannot.
Steve Gribbin: Laugh At First Sight!
Steve Gribbin's brand new one man show 'Laugh At First Sight!' tells the story of his 25 year love affair with the business of being a stand up comedian. The ups and downs, the highs and lows, it's all in a day's work for this smart talking Comedy Store 'Cutting Edge' regular.
Still Here
If you're losing your grip on reality try playing another game.'
Still Here returns to Giant Olive Theatre Company.
An hour long dark comedy starring John Giles and former Brookside actor Stephen Donald, exploring what happens when two seemingly trapped chalk and cheese companions are stripped of any external distractions.
Strawberry Daiquiri
Strawberry Daiquiri is a one “woman” show about the infinite complexity of gender identity, the absurdity of relationships, and the simple fact that whatever we appear to be, is never what we truly are. Anything is possible in the intimate world of a performer’s dressing room...
Tamburlaine by Christopher Marlowe
Marlowe's rarely performed masterpiece that changed the face of English Theatre; Tamburlaine is the tale of a poor shepherd boy, who rose to inspire and terrorise the world.
Paul Vitty's exciting new production invites you on an intimate journey of conquest, love, power and ambition.
TAPtrickz & DRUMstickz
Jack & The Rhythm Chicks take you through a rich history of underground rhythms and famous Tap Dance routines in their brand new show TAPtrickz & DRUMstickz.
A fusion of musicals, dance & percussion, this is Tap through the ages as you've never seen it before.
Tea & Tunes with Cherry Candid & Cilla Bubb
Two women, with a guitar, cello and very funny songs.
Cherry Candid and Cilla Bubb welcome you into their peculiar world, for tea and musical comedy. They weave a comedic thread through the show incorporating dreams of space travel, the kindness of strangers in cyberspace and their unconventional life stories.
TeakShow's Twisted Sketches
"Here's a funny show... whipping from sketch to sketch, reeling off an array of outrageous characters... Jonathan Hansler and Jackie Stirling are two talented, versatile performers who throw everything they've got at this dark and twisted comedy feast" **** Three Weeks.
"Marvelous, manic performances... expertly realised" Chortle.
"Absolute genius" Fringe Review.
"Recommended" Time Out.
"Daring, varied, Fabulously outrageous" **** Remote Goat.
Tell It Like It Is
This darkly comic play recounts the meeting in 1927 New York between playwright Mae West and silent screen icons Clara Bow and Louise Brooks. When Clara and Louise spirit Mae away to a hotel room from the police they cannot know the craziness, both funny and dark, that will ensue.
The Adventures of Sydney & Arabella: The Exiled Urban Foxes
Animal rights are turned on their head as two London foxes find themselves abandoned to the savagery of the British countryside.
Fur will fly and bunnies will fry in this theatrical misadventure, guest starring lunatic Mink and Nigel, The Only Gay Fly in the World.
The Box
Our father who art in Bra-zil,
Football be thy name,
Thy Saturday comes,
Thy Wim-ble-don,
On home-turf as it is in Holland.
Give us this matchday,
our ten thousand quid,
And forgive us our back-passes,
As we forgive those who Red-card against us.
And lead us not into Tott-en-ham,
But deliver us from Anfield.
For Evra and Evra.
Essien.
The Camden Cringe
Introducing The Metal Detector Club, with their refreshingly honest take on the world, in this new comedy show.
Following from the release of their debut album, The Camden Cringe combines surrealist sketches, satirical observational comedy, whimsical songs and edgy stand-up to create a truly unique performance.
The Camden Navigator
Come and enjoy the journey as our bargees steer their way through the canals of Britain meeting eccentric canal characters as we sojourn through Camden.
Step aboard now: you won’t forget this navigation.
The Child, The Seed and The Soldier
French playwright Sylvie Gral was moved to write The Child, The Seed And The Soldier after hearing about a fundamentalist bomb attack in Baghdad in 2008.
The story considers four fictional characters’ responses to this event, and ideas about religious fanaticism, tragedy and war, as well as passion, conviction and personal aspiration.
Gral directs a colourful and vibrant production, which gives a refreshingly quirky yet poignant take on major issues confronting the world today.
www.thechild.biz
The Clock Master
When a stubborn young girl enters a shop of clockwork wonders, she soon finds herself lost amongst the Clock Master’s strange stories of magic and music boxes! Of minstrels and monkeys! Of clockwork girls and paper birds! A visually enchanting tale performed with music, animation and moments of puppet-peril!
The Divine Trilogy (Bright Lights & Dysentry)
Struggling actresses Jess and Gem, tired of surviving on peanut butter in their tower block, split up to find "SUCCESS". Jess goes to LA... Gem to India.
Cue surreal, pretentious, bizarre and seedy adventures. Will they realise how much they need each other or be sucked into the abyss?
The Editing Process/Now Bordering
Two exciting new plays by writer Jack Gibson.
The Editing Process follows a group of desperate local newspaper reporters and the lengths they will go to secure a story.
Now Bordering looks at how an airport boarding gate can provide the perfect arena for revelations.
World premieres.
The Elephant Man
Bernard Pomerances’ Tony award winning masterpiece returns to the London Stage in an extravagant re-imaging by The Rival Theatre Company Players.
Telling the tragic true tale of Joseph Merrick, rescued from being a sideshow attraction, he is educated and introduced to Victorian London society. but has he swapped one sideshow for another?
Performed in association with Samuel French (amateur) Licensing.
The Fantastic Reality of Frederick Goodge
The latest one-man show from award-winning comedian and BBC College of Comedy writer Gerry Howell.
A struggling novelist and amateur private dick gets tragically embroiled in his own imaginary world of fiction. A comedy of inertia, delusion and despair!
"Surreal rambling brilliance... a one man Mighty Boosh" Time Out
The Fix
The Fix is a nationally distributed comedy magazine and live comedy promotions company, showcasing the finest, most original comedy talent from the UK and rest of the world.
At our regular club nights at the Fringe expect to see the best new talent as well as some big name special guests.
The Ghost of Hiroshima by Gennys Perez
A contemporary Latin American play full of passion, magic and humour.
After a devastating terrorist attack, Eva is left with David hanging from a skyscraper without any memories. Together, between life and death, they rediscover their surprising pasts and wonder if it isn't too late to choose a different path.
The History of Who
You are invited to join us as we explore the complex history of everyones favourite PHD wielding time traveller. A fast paced show in the style of Potted Potter that answers questions for newcomers and entertains longtime fans, we begin at the start and end at the present as we explore the personality and enigma of your favourite alien protector and his various companions, including what exactly is he a Doctor of?
The Iliad
Drunken Masks present Homer's epic tale of war and its consequences, brought to life through precise yet passionate physicality.
Prepare to be transported to the planes of Ilium by three performers fusing words and movement, to enact this masterpiece of Greek literature. Physical storytelling at its best.
The Intimate Strangers: Return of The Kings
Critically-acclaimed sketch comedy. The Intimate Strangers return with a brand new show of fast paced sketches including the spectacular 'Cult – The Musical', which is definitely not about Scientology.
“A thing of beauty, smart, funny and original” - Remote Goat.
“Absolutely hilarious! Loved it!”- OxFringe.
The Irish Wake of Paddy McGrath
With crazy characters like: Shamus the village idiot, Martha the nosey neighbour, Bridget the single pregnant mum of ten.
And the special guest appearance of Eileen Pollock the hilarious and comical woman who played Lilo Lil in the BBC comedy series Bread.
Wakes will never be the same again.
The Joy of Roy
Roy is four men, all called Roy. Join them in the two-wheeled caravan of rock on their quest to become Middle England’s Finest Band. Will they reach the final at the Rotary Club Dinner and Dance? Will songs about lawnmowers cut the mustard? Or will Maureen (the wife) call them back home for tea?
The Ladies Who Launch
These Ladies have been through more auditions than you can imagine. They had the right song, but the wrong hair or the right accent but the wrong shape. They've also had every day job you can think of.
Sound familiar? Share the hilarity and hopelessness in an evening of sketches and songs. Do any of these women have what it takes? Well, that's for you to decide!
The Museum of Us
Three young women reconvene inside the old rickety attic that they had once played in as children and as they come to terms with a friend's death they soon discover the difficulties in saying goodbye to one's childhood. Filled with youthful frivolity, music and magic trickery the attic and all its clutter is given a new lease of life
The Open Couple by Dario Fo and Franca Rame
A fast paced hilarious insight into one couple’s relationship.
Antonia has coped with her philandering husband often to the point of attempted suicide. He suggests they should have an open marriage and she agrees. Will he cope when it appears that Antonia has been more successful than he ever imagined?
The Opera Diva's Boudoir
“coquettishness with coloratura” – Remote Goat.
A comic-cabaret whirlwind of feathers and frocks that will take you away on the wings of song. Enjoy operatic introduction to courting, seduction and cookery as well as a dollop of sensual strip-tease.
Parental Guidance: Contains MOZART!
The Opposite of Waiting
Locked in, Rebecca dreams of escape and adventure, but as she strives for perfection, she begins to wonder what she’s actually looking for.
Text, movement and song combine in this new solo piece.
“An intelligent, thoughtful exploration of reality, aspiration and what it takes to move on” What’s On Stage.
The Perfect Party
Philip and Philippa try to host a wonderful birthday party for their young son. However, badly-set jelly, allergic reactions, and unfortunately chosen entertainers put paid to their plans!
An adult comedy that should strike chord in anyone who has ever aspired to host the perfect party.
The Quiz That Ate My Brain
Is it a pub quiz? Is It a comedy night? No. It’s both you numpty!
Hosted by Adrian Poynton. Different comedians set the questions on subjects of their choice.
It’s competitive; it’s hilarious and it’s the pub quiz you’ve been waiting for. Is you’re quiz team brave enough? Bring it!
The Roots of Love
From the writer of Beautiful House, a short and intense play about two charismatic and imaginative men tied together by remorse, guilt love and vivid imaginations.
‘Packed with pathos and wit, a beautiful piece about the fragility of the human condition.’ Maxine Peake
By Cathy Crabb
The Scent of My Mothers Skin
Tasty Teeth are an experimental performance arts collective.
We would like to invite you into our den, an opportunity to relive childhood with adult eyes and a safe returning point to explore from, Please Stay Where We Can See You.
The Scot & The Jew: Doubly Cheap
Bafta winning Fonejacker cast member and circuit regular David Whitney goes head to midriff with 'Dagenham New Act Of The Year' first heat drop-out Dave Florez.
**** Metro.
"Excellent" Scotsman.
"Guaranteed laughs" Chortle.
The Seven Ages of Woman
The Chix return with their new comedy sketch show exploring women who do, women who will and women who might if you ask them nicely… From Birth to Death, join The Chix as they rummage in the wheelie bin of life for a microscopic examination of The Seven Ages of Woman.
The Sharp Sisters' Museum Of Curious Revelations
“Prepare to be astounded as you feast your eyes on the most remarkable human curiosities of the world!”
A peek behind the curtains reveals that change is afoot at the Sharp Sisters’ 50s freak show.
Shambolic theatre returns with this inventive, dark and comic physical tale “captivating storytelling... this show will set the imagination alight" (Fringe Report on An Imaginative Woman)
The Show of the Night
A hen party spiraling out of control; a funeral riddled with tension and in-fighting.
Perennial Theatre Company presents the culmination of its 18-month training and rehearsal process with a show that asks what happens when celebration and grief clash by night.
The Snow Spider
‘Time to find out if you are a magician, Gwydion Gwyn!’
On his ninth birthday, Gwyn discovers secrets about his ancestors, and a silver spider from another world arrives to draw him into a thrilling adventure.
Music, physical theatre and magic combine in this adaptation of Jenny Nimmo's award-winning novel.
The Time Travelling Adventures of the Pirate Revlon Scarlet
A time-travelling pirate arrives in Victorian London whilst searching for The Golden Hinde's treasure. Recruiting a Mudlark, they search through time for its clues, meet various historical figures and run from the notorious pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Join us for the premiere of this new family play!
The Twenty Minute Policy
“I really do think it’s time you realized that they aren’t here. No-one’s here.”
Two women. One locked room. Plenty of time. Plenty of rules. Forbidden chewing gum. And a twenty minute policy.
Starring Charlotte Sutherland, Gigi Burgdorf and David Swain comes the new comedy-drama from award winning writer Trent Burton (“Witty and Relevant" - Fringe Report)
The Universal
It really, really, really could happen - somewhere, it already has.
For the open-minded and broken-hearted, a play about love, quantum theory and what makes the world go round.
Previous productions: "convincing, energetic and likeable" Fest. "wonderful storytelling" edfringe.com. "a fond, astute monologue” Three Weeks.
The Will
A comedy play with a touch of music. Two old colleagues reunite for the reading of a will. Fr. Howard and Dr Donald are both deceitful hypocrites, emotionally imbalanced, perverse - and that’s just their good points. Each has a very sinister plan in this hilarious play.
The World Of Leather
Welcome to the World of Leather as we take a fearless journey to the heart of religion! On the way we interview the leading figures in religion from Moses to Jesus as we pursue God HIMSELF! Join Robin Cousins, Joe Hunter and Simon Douglass for a night of HOLY surprises.
This is What Chaos Smells Like
This is a comedy sketch-show coming at you with a bang. You're already intrigued, aren't you? Come to the show and shriek, giggle and guffaw at the host of extraordinary sketches this trio is offering up on a plate for you.
"Fresh and original and fun." - Oxford Playhouse
Titus Andronicus
Shakespeare's twisted, macabre and occasionally humorous look at the conflict between national loyalty and family love. Come see this highly charged, fast paced production, not for the faint of heart.
To Dismember
By kind permission of Mama Quilla theatre company (an award-winning theatre company spotlighting human rights.)
To Dismember a new work in progress showing by award winning playwright Kay Adshead. Examines Westminster Council’s attempts to cleanse Soho of its sex workers.
“Kay Adshead’s angry stripped down text bleeds humanity” The Independent (Bogus woman)
Tom's
Tom's is a devised piece that fuses new-writing, movement and puppetry to tell the true life story of Tom, a young man who, after a life-altering snowboarding accident, loses the use of his entire body from the shoulders down and is forced to rely upon the love, support and devotion of his partner, Ellen, to triumph over seeming impossibility.
Using a life-size puppet to convey paralysis, the piece captures the needing to change, after having to change.
Twice Nightly by Paul Kerensa
The venue finding frenzy of the fringe brings two companies surprisingly close together as the thwarted lovers and luvvies of A Weekend Affair run amok amongst the snobbery, murder and mayhem of Death at the Manor.
Two Hander
"You directed that line to me the other night. I know it was for me. It was as if I was the only one in the audience."
A play about love. Celebrity. Fantasy. Duct Tape. And getting what you want, no matter what it takes.
Unweaving Rainbows
One recovering comedian...
... another about to give up.
Comedians for 4 years Stuart Laws & James Mason present: A Stand-up revelation featuring, honesty, hostility, deconstruction, scorn, and disillusionment.
Fancy a laugh? Then come on down. Hugs xxx (NB ironic offer of hugs)
http://unweavingrainbows.wordpress.com/
Uri & Me
An obsessive deconstruction of the spoon-bending cultural icon that fuses stand-up, spoken word, and psychic ability.
"Wow, I just discovered Nathan Penlington! His latest show is simply supernatural! I highly recommend it!" - Uri Geller.
"Nathan Penlington encourages us to think twice before accepting the claims of mystical pretenders" – James Randi.
Waiting for Wonderland
@rjloftus’ one-act play unravels the modern phenomena of dating through social networking, where trust and imagination intertwine in a winter wonderland of the mind.
Waiting for Wonderland explores the contemporary language of the latest technological trend. In a world where everyone can be friends with anyone, what is trust?
wekillpimps.com
East-End hired guns Beverley and Justine kill scum for cash. In deep peril, they've gone to ground. Justine dreams up happy endings, but Beverley knows they've only got one chance to be saved.
When Women Wee
Welcome to an exposé of the unedited, uninhibited behaviours that take place behind the famous doors of a female public toilet. Bear witness to the nightly break ups, breakdowns and breakthroughs which happen When Women Wee...
Brand new theatre company Dirty Stop-Out begin their quest to explore and question the hidden depths of human behaviour with this daring, provocative comedy.
WARNING: Sexually explicit content and plenty genuine toilet conversations to entertain and shall we say, inform?
William Stopha: Hope for Robots
Poet and beat-smith William Stopha presents an all-new multimedia experience. With film, music and live-looping, Will wonders whether we are merely compliant consumers and passive machines… or is there 'Hope for Robots'?
"One of the greatest poets in the world." Kerrang!
"Original, engaging... astute and well written" Three Weeks.
Window Lickin' Good
Fat Hammond's Banjo Lounge are back with their new show 'Window Lickin' Good' packed full of sketch comedy goodness!
PLEASE NOTE - this show contains material that many people will find offensive. "A truly adult, late night sketch show" Time Out 2008
Winter at Rushton Manor
A period comedy about divorcees and ghosts. After settling down for her first winter alone at Rushton Manor, young divorcee Rose Baldacci discovers that someone - or something - wants her out.
Wishing to Fly
Theatre: Wishing to Fly is a beautifully simple story which unwinds slowly. The writing is sharp and deliciously funny.
Written and directed by Rufaro Maposa, this play you on a journey about a couple “stuck in a rut”.
Witzelsucht and Moria
A tall tale about dementia, hope and uncontrollable puns.
Witzelsucht is a man at the end of his life, looking backwards and trying to make sense of it all. Moria is a young woman looking forwards, but squinting. This is the story of their peculiar love, narrated by their doctor, who is in a lot of trouble.
"Masterclass in comic timing" - Fringe Report
Wives of Rage
A darkly silly look at a bunch of angry women who have defined themselves by what they can't have. A burning bride, the little mermaid, and a confused goblin, all victims of the creativity of their own repressed anger.
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
A fun and lively musical theatre production, following Charlie Brown, Snoopy and all their friends on the rollercoaster of childhood!
This family show is a guaranteed great afternoons entertainment, with an exciting score performed live on stage by Actor Musicians.
See this iconic cartoon come to life on stage!
ZIP: Gun & Knife Crime
A child is shot or stabbed... You know the murderer... Would you tell the Police? What if the murderer is your child/sister/brother? ZIP explores the WHY of Gun & Knife Crime...
ZIP is a new play supported by The Big Lottery Fund and Camden Council.
Camden Fringe now available for