Hamish Lloyd Barnes: Stage Presence (Preview)

Theatre

29th July 9pm £ 10

This is a ghost story. Told by ghosts. A voice largely underrepresented in the genre.

The Ableforth Theatre is haunted. It will be demolished tonight. But first! One hell of a show. Grab an overpriced Häagen-Dazs and witness Hamish Lloyd Barnes’ (Disney+, Channel 4, BBC Radio 4) hilarious character comedy show starring whispering curtains, the pouting ghosts of leading men and scariest of all - musical theatre kids.

FINALIST Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off 2026

BBC New Comedy Awards Nominee 2025

"I've rarely laughed so consistently for an hour" - ★★★★ Broadway Baby

"One of the most impressive hours of the fringe" - ★★★★ The List

"Genuinely original... funny and weirdly moving" - Lou Berger, Head Writer of Sesame Street

The Tiny Umbrellas

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The Hen & Chickens Theatre

109 St Paul's Rd London N1 2NA

About This Event

28th, 29th & 30th July 7.30pm £10/7.50

Tiny Umbrellas are your new favourite friend group of fresh young talent, bringing you hilarious sketches to shelter from the rainstorm of life. Journey with them through David Attenborough’s new wildlife prank show, to Gatwick latest runway show, helping a group of priests find Heaven along the way. The show promises a feel-good, laugh-out-loud event that promises to leave a smile on your face.

A debut sketch comedy show from the winners of the Hen & Chickens Theatre Award at London Sketchfest 2026!

Lisa! & The Bloopers! London Preview

ComedyTheatre

16+

The Hen & Chickens Theatre

109 St Paul's Rd London N1 2NA

About This Event

31st July 7.30pm £19.50

Watch these two amazing shows back to back before we take them to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe!

LISA! The Mona Lisa Musical

"“A hugely entertaining blend of historical fact and fantasy adventure” (Everything Theatre)

The Bloopers! An Improvised Musical Biopic

"With boundless energy, imagination and sharp wits, they can take on any story suggestions offered. " (Everything Theatre)

Renée Rossi: God Bomb (Preview)

ComedyProductionsTheatre

18+

The Hen & Chickens Theatre

109 St Paul's Rd London N1 2NA

About This Event

1st August 5pm £10

RENÉE NEVER SAID SHE HATES GOD... BUT SHE DOES HAVE NOTES.

Through absurd comedy sketches and

a cast of spiky characters, Renée leads

the Church of Off-brand Saints,

a sacred-ish space where holy heathens

and blessed heretics storm the pulpit.

Fun, fast, and deeply ridiculous,

this show makes you laugh, but also —

with sneaky playfulness — asks some

Big Questions.

★ Who made the mackerel holy?

★ How ‘good’ was Mother Teresa?

★ What notes did God’s editor have

on The Bible?

★ Would you date Jesus?

★ And, why, just why, can’t Mary

have one photo of her son

looking nice?

Lately, Renée’s been feeling a bit like

Ghandi. (Thin? She wishes.) No; she

‘likes your Christ, but does not like your

Christians for they are so unlike your

Christ.’ Actually, she’s not all that sure

about Jesus even. (Can you truly respect

a man who does magic?)

Amidst holy wars in the middle east

(again. ugh) and the rise of the nominally

Christian right, Renée explores how

human mundanity (the weekly shop,

recycling) intersects with the sacred

and on-high.

She’s mainly interested in making you

laugh, but if there’s time, she might

make you wonder: What miracles might

humans achieve if we stopped waiting on

god and embraced our own holiness?

Why do we outsource our divinity to

dudes on clouds instead of finding

If Not Me (Preview)

ProductionsTheatre

18+

About This Event

1st August 7pm £10

“I hold my breath…

I hold my breath until my chest heaves and my lungs scream

and my body pushes me up for air. Then I hold my breath

again.”

If Not Me is a darkly comic psychological exploration of

obsession, faith and the grip of delusion, written and

performed by Boo Jackson (Imagine Me & You, Safe Haven 

at Arcola Theatre).

If you want something

to happen, you have

to make it

happen.

If not me, who?

I Pie With My Little Lie, Something Beginning With Murder (preview)

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16+

About This Event

1st August 3pm £10

15th & 16th August 3pm £14/10 This is Mark’s second solo show, the first one, The Eggman, completed a successful run for four weeks at The Edinburgh Fringe at Underbelly. This time round the theme is pie and murder and in no particular order. How are they linked? What recipes are used? Most importantly whether it’s a savoury or sweet pie something sinister is lurking under the crust, deception will always hold a story waiting to be chomped on. These tales are entwined and held together with lashings of accompanying condiments and there is always room for a second slice.

Racists, Recessions And Revolutions

Theatre

The Hen & Chickens Theatre

109 St Paul's Rd London N1 2NA

About This Event

3rd & 4th August 9pm £10

In 2016 an unprecedented wave of fake news exploded across our screens, feeds and lives. Public trust was devastated as Brexit, Trump and an ever-powerful far right emerged. The masterminds? A few teens in a former socialist republic that even experts struggle to find on a map: Macedonia.

Join Nadica, a driven Macedon/Brit on the ground floor of this gold rush who will stop at nothing to build her empire of lies as she defies tech giants, Covid Lockdowns and a crumbling economy to champion Britain’s eager and ready supply of Racists, Recessions & Revolutions!

CAMDEN FRINGE SHOWS

3 - 30 August

The Camden Fringe is a performing arts festival, established in 2006, which takes place in Camden during August. Anyone and everyone is welcome to apply. Previous fringe events have encompassed new writing, opera, musicals, stand-up, sketch comedy, dance, cabaret, poetry, opera, mentalism, improvisation and opera. Shows take place throughout the day and generally last one hour.

The Camden Fringe was set-up as an alternative to Edinburgh Festival, offering performers the chance to try out new material and different ideas in a supportive setting with less time and financial commitments than EdFringe did at the time. The Camden Fringe aims to give anyone the chance to perform and showcase their talents, from very experienced performers and companies, to ambitious newcomers. Since 2006 the Camden Fringe has gained a reputation for supporting acts, providing helpful information and guidance for the acts involved.

Full line-up of shows at Barons Court Theatre can be viewed here

Alternatively, pick up a brochure at the venue.

Pen to Paper Productions: Norman's Ark

ProductionsTheatre

18+

The Hen & Chickens Theatre

109 St Paul's Rd London N1 2NA

About This Event

3rd September 7.30pm £11.50

https://www.pentopaperproductions.co.uk/news-blog

NORMANS ARK - How far can two men in a room travel? Is it a road to nowhere? Or the trip of a lifetime? Norman hasn’t left his room in over 30 years — he has a head‑full of stories, some true, many not, all of them slightly confused that he shares with a lonely van driver named Tom. Gritty, human, and darkly funny.