Festival CAMDEN FRINGE  28 July to 24 August

Here are some of the highlights:

I’m Fine, It’s Just the Wine (29 Jul – 31Jul Etcetera Theatre) a fast-paced, witty feminist two-hander .

Rabbie Burns Bottom Drawers (28 Jul – 2 Aug, Barons Court Theatre) imagines the Scottish poet’s erotic fiction.

The Musical Medea (29 Jul – 3 Aug Upstairs at the Gatehouse), a new folk musical retelling the Greek myth with an original score and actor-musicians.

MISS (7 – 9 Aug Lion &  Unicorn Theatre), a day in the life of a secondary school English teacher navigating her highs and lows.

Magic & Sex (4 – 6 Aug Rosemary Branch Theatre), Kathryn Haywood’s comedic exploration of magic, sex, and mentalism.

Fruitcake (7 - 10 August The Hope Theatre)   is a fun queer coming of age mystery.

Operation Blank (12 – 15 Aug at Hen & Chickens Theatre, 17 – 20 Aug at Canal Café Theatre) is a comedy about a junior government staffer trying to trigger a response to an atomic bomb threat via Microsoft Teams. 

Pup Play  (12 - 16 August Barons Court Theatre) A Queer Pseudo-Lecture (of sorts) is controversial, provocative, hilarious, and surprisingly introspective journey into queer fetish subculture

Please Shoot the Messenger (13 – 15 Aug The Hope Theatre) a show mixing Shakespeare, clowning, and physical comedy about a cursed royal messenger during a plague

(Un) Shakespearean Nightmares (15 – 17 Aug Old Red Lion) looks at the bard’s minor characters and underdogs. 

Dirty Laundry (14 – 19 Aug Etcetera Theatre) a visceral exploration of sex, shame and faith set in a Catholic laundrette

Four Women and a Funeral (15 - 17 August Upstairs at the Gatehouse) Grave matters unravel in this intriguing dark comedy with a highly talented cast and creative crew, produced by Ovation, the award winning ex-Gatehouse resident company.

Fickle Eulogy (16 – 18 Aug The Hope Theatre) at The Hope Theatre is a solo show confronting grief and loss following a mother’s death from COVID-19.

Power Power (20 Aug – 24 Aug Hen & Chickens Theatre) is a silly situational comedy about hospitality and superpowers in a budget hotel

LISA! The Mona Lisa Musical (22 – 24 Aug Hen & Chickens) is a comedy musical that fictionalises the story behind the world’s most famous painting.

Maybe you Should Know  (22 - 24 August Barons Court Theatre) Two strangers thrown together confront the ghosts of their past and the baggage of their present, in a witty and emotional journey

Click on the link below for shows at these venues:

Etcetera Theatre In the heart of Camden

Hen & Chickens An easy stroll across the road from Highbury & Islington station

Old Red Lion Islington A festival of reimagined works of Shakespeare, SHAKEFEST, can be seen at this theatre in Islington (Angel)

Barons Court Theatre Atmospheric theatre in West London

Lion & Unicorn Theatre Much loved theatre in Kentish Town

Upstairs at the Gatehouse Hot stuff for musicals and political theatre in Highgate

The Hope Something quirky happening in Islington (Upper Street)

Canal Café Theatre Cabaret style venue in Little Venice

Rosemary Branch Theatre Something very arty / feminist on the border between Hackney and Islington

Festival SHAKEFEST at Old Red Lion 29 July - 24 August

Inaugural festival celebrating & REIMAGINING the work of William Shakespeare (part of Camden Fringe). It kicks off with headliner Demetrius Wakes by Jack Robertson, 'an unofficial & unwarranted sequel' to Act IV, Scene I of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Full line up >