To Capture The Wildlife
Etcetera Theatre
Can a chance encounter ignite a friendship that transcends the trials and tribulations of life, love, and loss? To Capture the Wildlife is a musical about grief, young love, and navigating the pain of life and death. Struggling after the tragic loss of her mother, Morgan has a chance meeting with a mysterious girl in a graveyard. Soon, they begin to meet there every week and grow closer. Set in a graveyard with a two-person cast, this intimate, emotional show follows Morgan and the Girl as they share their joys, pains and struggles. With a track list of evocative original songs, To Capture the Wildlife illustrates how hope and young love stand strong in the face of grief and disillusionment with the modern world: beauty can be found in the small moments and places where you least expect it. “Profound, intricate, and deeply captivating” (5 stars, Durham Palatinate) To Capture the Wildlife opened to critical acclaim in February 2026 at Durham Drama Festival and makes its London premiere as part of Camden Fringe.
Dragon
The Courtyard Theatre
Inspired by Chinese dragon mythology, Dragon is a contemporary dance work exploring the relationship between tradition and technology. Six dancers shift between individual and collective forms, embodying a living organism that transforms across time and space. Blending cultural heritage with futuristic imagination, the work reflects on identity, connection and the evolving body in a technological age. Director / Choreographer: YoChen Yeh Producer: Xintian Zhao Performers: Yingxin Lyu, Tela Chu, Yujia Chen, Chuanbao Huang, Joey Zhu, Dongli Duan Composer: Zhang Yimeng Multimedia Artist: Juice Cui Art Installation: Ki Leung, Hsinsyuan Kao Creative Technologist: Joseph Wan Costume Designer: Jiang Yifan Photographer & Editor: Gengyao Li
Sick Dog
Etcetera Theatre
Winnie is dying (slowly – which is the worst way to go). She is despondent, miserable and fed up. She has isolated herself from her friends and family, but she is not alone. Eliza is the new top-model robot companion-carer, who looks after Winnie. Through God, pain, and Love Island, the two attempt to understand each other. These are two (sort of) beings who are desperate to love and be loved, in whatever form that takes. ‘Sick Dog’ asks questions about what it means to be human, the acceptance of death in a world that fears it and our future as maybe not the only creatures with the capacity to love.
Clara and Clemmie
The Libra Theatre Cafe
A new play by Gus Gress Directed by Camden Wilkerson Starring Ellie Freeman, Gus Gress, and Molly Wasway The Libra Theatre Café 37 Chalk Farm Rd. London, NW1 8AJ Ben moves to New York City, where he passes his early days with two sometimes friends: Clara and Clemmie. Clara is whimsical, but insufferable. Clemmie is cold, but attractive. Ben struggles to align himself with either woman as he navigates this new stage of life.
Take Care
Etcetera Theatre
Who needs therapy when you've got a best friend? Meet two best pals, Jo and Izzy, whose romantic endeavours are as disastrous as their morals are questionable. At least their hearts are in the right place, most of the time. Watch the duo of codependent flatmates as they attempt live, laugh, love their way through the confusing loneliness of being in their twenties.
Seeking Your Approval
The Libra Theatre Cafe
Two actors, both alike in dignity. None. Join Katie and Imogen as they fight for leading lady. How far will they go to get their name in lights? Expect scary German doctors, sex dolls and a botched boob job. We really, really, really hope you enjoy the show.
in the air
Barons Court Theatre
Chloe's mom has passed & left behind a box of old pictures. As Chloe sees the younger version of her mother and wonders what she was like... she meets Violet. Violet is put together and organized and ambitious... the very opposite of Chloe. But the two of them slowly realize that they have more in common than they think. Told from their adjacent balconies, this is a story about fate, friendship, and how looking back can help with moving on. Both actors are prepared to play either role. There will be a coin toss before each performance to determine the casting of the show. Seen at Stratford East's Freelance Royalty Scratch, Sophie's Barn (Dame Judy Dench), Brighton Fringe, and Birmingham Fest. Written by: Ashley Amodeo Performed by: Ashley Amodeo & Elly Hocking Directed by: Elly Green Designer: Seah Dragomir Technician: Jack Firman Supported by Theatre Deli & New Diorama Theatre. Fundraising for The Maya Centre, a women-only charity in the heart of Islington, who believe that no one should face trauma or hardship alone. Shortlisted for Brighton Fringe's New Writing Award
this app is a haunted house
Hen & Chickens Theatre
THE FINAL GIRL! You know her, you love her, you ARE her. She’s the last one standing at the end of every horror movie. Sidney survived Ghostface. Laurie outran Michael. Nancy defeated Freddy... But this Final Girl must overcome the scariest villain of all - DATING APPS. Sharpen your weapons and join our Final Girl as she recounts how she survived every killer that's ever haunted her DMs. Will she find happily ever after? Or does the killer always come back for one more scare?! Bring your group chat, bring your Hinge date, bring your situationship... maybe bring your therapist??? And don't forget : SWIPE FOR YOUR LIFE! "this app is a haunted house" is an interactive horror-comedy for anyone who has ever gone looking for their love story ; only to end up in a scary movie. Inspired by iconic horror movies that are reimagined as nightmare dating scenarios. First performed at Etcetera Theatre - it is a terrifyingly relatable slasher with a whole lot of heart. Unpacking how we search for true connection in a frighteningly online world.
WIT-Nits
Aces and Eights
No script. No plan. And a lucky dip of unexpected, second-hand goodies. Let the silliness begin! Armed with bizarre finds from local charity shops and audience suggestions, the WIT-Nits create You Shouldn’t Have - a hilarious, anything-can-happen improvised show where every performance is unique. Woking Improv Theatre’s original house team, the WIT-Nits have been delighting audiences across London and the South East for two years, kicking things off with a burst of fast, high-energy games before diving into the unexpected. Unpredictable, unrepeatable and unapologetically silly, You Shouldn't Have!
Grave Matters
Lion & Unicorn Theatre
Get your shovels — we’re going to the cemetery. Miss Y, a Mexican Catholic schoolteacher living in Cardiff, has been detained after being caught digging up a grave at dawn. She insists she had a good reason. The police would beg to differ. What follows is less an investigation than a misalignment between belief and evidence, care and legality, the living and the dead. Unfamiliar traditions collide with procedure. The supernatural hovers — never confirmed, never dismissed. As the police attempt to make sense of Miss Y’s story, cultural traditions, religious belief and institutional logic begin to clash in increasingly strange and darkly comic ways. By turns dry, unsettling and unexpectedly tender, Grave Matters is a surreal horror-comedy about grief, belief and bureaucratic confusion — exploring what happens when systems unequipped to recognise grief attempt to measure devotion using the wrong tools.
The Writing of Stones
The Cockpit
The Writing of Stones is an odyssey to the beginning and the end of human creativity. A cheeky, dreamy, brainy blast of high-energy physical theatre performed by humans and stones. Welcome to a hijacked meditation, a psychedelic school trip, a reverie on the reality-altering nature of attention, the limits of language, and humanity’s place in nature. Inspired by the writings of Roger Caillois, this show is a train ride into the depths of your subconscious. Expect otherworldly phantoms, surrealism, science, illuminations, aesthetic philosophy, The Sistine Chapel, your worst haircut, an Impressionist lunch, and lots and lots of stones. The Writing of Stones is a physical theatre show about the consciousness of stones that asks if art will outlive humanity. On a reckless romp through the history of art, humans and stones search for a way of being between human and mineral, subject and object, movement and stillness, sacred and profane.
Dottie
Rosemary Branch Theatre
Grab a drink. Take a seat. Meet DOTTIE. A bold, musical joyride through showbiz. Jazz cabaret backed by a live band, Old Hollywood glamour and a sharp, modern bite. The show follows the lives of forgotten star Dorothy Dandridge, the first African-American nominated for an Oscar in a leading role in 1955; and Lola, a young mixed-race actress today, who finds out just how far she’ll go to make it big. Expect laughs, belting vocals and brutal truths. Inspired by Dorothy Dandridge’s own words and modern experiences. DOTTIE is a candid look behind the scenes for women of colour.
Office Drama
Camden Comedy Club
Had a nightmare day at the office? Is your "reply-all" finger twitching? Put down the spreadsheet and pick up a pint. Welcome to Office Drama, the improvised comedy show that turns your professional pain into pure gold. Using a high-octane Jacuzzi format, our world-class improvisers take your real stories—the nightmare bosses, the bizarre HR complaints, and the office-fridge scandals—and spin them into a night of hilarious, high-stakes comedy. It’s cathartic, it’s chaotic, and it’s completely unscripted. Whether you work in a skyscraper or a sourdough bakery, come vent your grievances and watch us turn your career trauma into the funniest "meeting" you’ve ever attended. The boss isn't watching. It’s time to play. “Foliage are masters of the craft... a must-watch for any improv fan.” Featuring a five-star cast with credits including Shite Lotus, Absurdocles, and the FA Harold House Teams.
Wilder!
Etcetera Theatre
Welcome to Newport, a picture-perfect slice of suburbia where appearances are everything, and the Newport Village Garden Club, a community of housewives, fiercely rules the town. At the centre of it all are the Wilders, a young, glamorous couple with a deadly secret who seem to have it all. But when one of them begins to question their most... unconventional hobby, their carefully balanced marriage starts to unravel, spiralling into chaos that threatens to pull everyone down with it. As suspicions grow and nosy neighbours begin to close in, the Wilders must navigate love, betrayal, and loyalty while trying to stay one step ahead of a storm that could expose everything.
Murmurs Devoured by the Sea
Theatro Technis
Inspired by a real murder case and a childhood song, it is a haunting, movement-driven story about grief, madness, and the things we cannot release. A woman drags a dead fish from the sea and becomes cursed, speaking in gibberish and clutching the rot. The town calls her mad. Then one day, she calls a funeral, not for a person, but for the fish. As she sings in the funeral, the crowd sways, mourns together, and buries the fish by the sea. In shared delirium, they all become like her: broken, bound, and strangely free.
Cancelled
The Libra Theatre Cafe
When Vice Verser, a famous Hip Hop artist, falls victim to cancel culture, he does everything within his power to prevent it from being a "wrap" for his rap career. From pleas on podcasts to publicity stunts and passionate tantrums, he’ll do anything to avoid a celebrity’s worst nightmare: the Jobcentre. Written and performed by Ollie Adewusi, "Cancelled" is a witty solo show featuring vibrant characters and musical performances that will have you asking for the mixtape. Cancel all your plans!
CSI: Crime Scene Idiots
Rosemary Branch Theatre
A murder has been committed. The clues are everywhere. Two clowns enter the scene and ask “What happened?” CSI: Crime Scene idiots blends improv and clowning with trope-heavy, crime-drama parody. Guided by the audience, an investigation unfolds, complete with mishandling of forensic evidence, dramatic smoke breaks and the hot pursuit of a fleeing suspect. Join incompetent detectives Will Power and Dana Might for a new case every night. Where you will become the key witness in a murder investigation! With optimism and courage, but no credibility or expertise. Can they solve the crime in 45 minutes and catch a killer? Expect to be surprised, to be suspected and to laugh in the face of due process. Created and performed by comedic duo Mabel Rack and James Allen. Directed by Hay-lin Cai.
Mind the Güeco
Wac Arts
A bilingual performance that follows a migrant’s journey across borders and through time, navigating the landscape of memory to reclaim their sense of self. Through physical theatre, storytelling, dance, and text, the work explores how memory, identity, and belonging transform across cultures, revealing the emotional gap between who we once were and who we become in order to survive under different cultural codes. An invitation to reflect on migration, displacement, interculturality, and global citizenship.
Controlled Burn
Camden People's Theatre
How much leverage do we have over our fate and how much do our burdens and trauma determine our destiny? Controlled Burn is about two sisters who are very different daughters living under the shadow of their controlling mother. Family myth-making and the flames of competing truths threaten to smother this caustic love. But, perhaps from the scorched earth, real freedom and compassion may grow. How do we connect all the threads of our lives, and avoid the ones that weave a tangled web of burning resentment? A show of three intertwining perspectives fusing personal stories, musicality, and movement.
VIVE LE CRICKET! one man’s mission to convert a nation
Canal Cafe Theatre
The raffish, occasionally irascible, Rex Constantine Vaughan Williams is a man on a mission. For years the Paris-based Englishman has had the niche role of commentating cricket in French but now the broadcasters are pulling the plug... Why is it, Rex wants to know, that the French were more than happy to adopt rugby and rebrand it as their own but continue to shun the glorious summer game, even though they may well have invented it? Rex slaloms through a brief history of cricket in France, flicks on the red light in the French Match Special commentary box where we meet his gloriously mismatched gallic co-commentators. And that’s when Rex cries Révolution. Vive le Cricket! is a one-man show created by NG Bristow and Barney Spender who takes on the role of Rex, drawing on his own decades of experience as... a cricket commentator in France.
The Alternative to Living
Barons Court Theatre
What happens if our digital life becomes our reality? A couple caught in a battle of seclusion, control, and distraction become host to something not quite alive. Know you are not alone as you enter into this new reality, for someone or something is always with you. The Alternative to Living is a contemporary experimental play. Exploring our relationships to self image and self love this piece examines a couple, living together as they both yearn for different things in life. A deep investigation of one's mental health is explored as our characters engage with the mobile life simulator game, ALT Life. This play asks the question of who you are and who you want to be. The Alternative to Living, breaks traditional theatre convention with audience interaction, unsettling imagery, and a being that is more relatable to us all than one would think.
PERDITA
SHAKEFEST @Old Red Lion
“A married woman with possession of no fortune must be in want of a life... ” Mary Darby Robinson, or “Perdita” as she was infamously known. A wicked, headstrong and thoroughly scandalous true story of a superstar of Georgian Theatre and Regency gossip. After spending time in prison, she rose as a darling of the Shakespearean stage under David Garrick’s mentorship - but her affairs and unashamed sexuality caused more than a murmur and she became the target for ridicule, shame and banishment. Refusing to dull her stardom, she became one of Englands most prominent poets and political ghostwriters, publishing a “letter to the Woman of England” a searing manifesto reminding women they are “the Equal Associates of Men” This incredible but forgotten true story explores a wild side to Regency history and the dark, dangerous and glorious reality of living as a woman.
Love You to Amsemsam and Back
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Love You to Amsemsam and Back is an intimate story about a father and daughter, told through memory, distance, and the strange geography of love. “Love you to Amsemsam and back,” Solene said to her father when she was three. At that age, Amsemsam was the furthest place imaginable. The phrase stayed with them for the rest of their lives. As Solene grows older, Amsemsam changes from being the furthest place in the universe into a distance between remembering and forgetting. And yet, love remains. Even when you cannot see or hear it, it asks for patience, because it may simply be on its way back from Amsemsam. Drawing from her relationship with her father, writer and performer invites you on a journey through love as it attempts to overcome memory loss.
Deliver Us From Evil
Bridewell Theatre
"Can a person be born evil? Was my mother? Am I doomed to her fate?" Elizabeth Clarke has been scorned and feared by her neighbours ever since her mother was executed as a witch. When unexplainable misfortune strikes Manningtree, Elizabeth is herself accused and arrested for witchcraft. Matthew Hopkins is a young man who has yet to escape the shadow of his deceased minister father. Suspecting Satan may walk the Essex countryside, and seeing this as a chance to prove himself, Hopkins volunteers to interrogate the witch. The events that follow that fateful night would lead to the executions of as many as 100 innocent people.
Almost Instinct Almost True
Camden Collective: Auction Rooms
Inspired by the real-life relationship between poet Philip Larkin and Monica Jones, this acclaimed drama follows Monica and adoring student Tommy whose unlikely friendship exposes the cost of loving someone completely. Wry, intimate and emotionally charged, Almost Instinct Almost True explores obsession, power, loneliness and the uncomfortable truth that our heroes are rarely who we want them to be.
The Lads Play
Hen & Chickens Theatre
Four childhood friends reunite for a funeral. On the surface, they’ve grown up—navigating careers, families, and adult responsibilities. But back together in the room, old hierarchies and dangerous power dynamics instantly resurface. As the evening unfolds, Jake begins to question a long-buried secret: was one of his closest friends involved in the sexual assault of a classmate years ago? What follows is an unflinching confrontation of trust, memory, and accountability. Blending sharp tension with deep vulnerability, The Lads interrogates toxic masculinity, the bonds of male friendship, and the devastating cost of silence. It is a powerful call for truth, allyship, and the urgency of standing up for women’s safety.
Confessions of a Serial Friendship Killer
Aces and Eights
Breaking news: the infamous Serial Friendship Killer has finally been caught. After years of ghosting, emotional negligence and catastrophic social behaviour, one gay man stands trial for the countless friendships he may or may not have ruined along the way. Part courtroom drama, part public execution, "Confessions of a Serial Friendship Killer" is a darkly funny one-man show exploring intimacy, loneliness and the emotionally unhinged decisions we make in the name of connection. Featuring former best friends, queer friendships with questionable boundaries, Pokémon card blackmail and the existential horror of losing a friend to motherhood, this confessional comedy asks one important question: When does a friendship end... and who gets custody of the trauma?
Train to Cleveland with John Ruskin
Circle and Star Theatre
A burnt-out PhD student boards a train in 1997 and finds an unexpected travelling companion seated opposite: the Victorian art critic John Ruskin. What begins as a surprise encounter unfolds across a series of exchanges about art, work, doubt, and the expectations we inherit and impose. The journey becomes a face-to-face with failure, white-knuckling a plan, and learning to ask for help in the days before a dissertation defense that will change everything. An intimate two-person play with music about ambition, inheritance, and the unbearable need to choose a different path.
Jack In The Box
Lion & Unicorn Theatre
Is it fair to stop living for something that's dying? Sixteen months ago, the doctor said six. Jack is still here. Changing diapers. Counting pills. Watching the person who raised them disappear one night at a time, one bell at a time, while their own life waits somewhere outside the door. Jack In The Box is a psychologically driven solo performance about the cost of staying. About love that has curdled into routine. About grief with no name because the person is still breathing. About someone holding everything together so tightly they can no longer feel their own hands. Brutal. Tender. Uncomfortably funny. Written & Performed by Rudra Bhawadwaj Directed by Nance Turner AThespian Theatre Company
Henry Ginsberg: Cuddle Slut
Camden Comedy Club
Henry Ginsberg presents an hour of hilarious observations and personal revelations on the topics of sexuality, toxic masculinity and heartbreak. Equal parts dark and sentimental. Also there’s jokes about spunk and stuff. 4 Stars - The Scotsman Longlist best show 2024 Edinburgh ISH awards.
Londongrad
The Courtyard Theatre
Keira Palmer is the most hated prime minister in British history. In a desperate bid to save her career, she summons her “trusted” team: ex-best friend home secretary Aisha, cunning chief of staff Leela, and her liability of a foreign secretary Will. The semi-casual COBRA instantly spirals when Will’s best friend (Vladimir Putin) launches a blackmail scheme delivered in emojis. He threatens to leak the scandalous details of his 43rd birthday bash - or sell London to Putin. The situation worsens when the tech billionaire jump into the fray, demanding London is sold to their companies instead. Loyalties vanish quicker than Prince Andrew’s sweat glands as vying spheres of influences are crudely exerted on morally bankrupt puppet politicians - the custodians of London’s future.
I Don’t Care
Camden People's Theatre
I Don’t Care is not an act of defiance, but a quiet unfolding. It is a journey of shedding our shells — peeling back the layers of identity, expectation and discipline. Through bodily awakening and surrender, we rediscover the self that has been waiting beneath it all.
You Oughta Be in Pictures
Rosemary Branch Theatre
“Keep your pretty head, son, or you’ll lose it.” Hollywood, the 1940s. A charismatic film director auditions a young actor for a horror film whose lead has died under mysterious circumstances. As he shares tales of exploitation, broken promises, sex, cults, and the fine line between artifice and truth, it transpires there may be a more malevolent eye than that of the camera in the room. But the horrors on screen were never real – were they? Award-winning theatre-maker Polis Loizou returns to Greater Manchester Fringe with a tale to fill you with dread... and doubt. ★★★★ “A disquieting patchwork of realities.” – The Wee Review
Oh Pseudolus!
The Cockpit
This is a modern retelling of the classic Roman Comedy “Pseudolus” by Plautus. In our version, we find the titular Pseudolus working at the world’s largest Halloumi company, in modern-day Athens. She is an executive assistant for the CEO’s son, Calidorous. Calidorous has finally gotten himself the girl of his dreams, the beautiful Phoenecium. Still, disaster strikes when the vile pimp Ballio tries to sell her into sex slavery, attempting to ship her off to some unnamed oil-rich country. Calidorous is too heartbroken to sign Pseudolus’ end-of-year bonus check. It becomes up to her to figure out a way to rescue Phoenecium in order to make him smile. That way, he can finally sign her hard-earned check. Talk about late-stage capitalism! This is a laugh-out-loud comedy, full of hijinks, tricks, love, lies, and schemes; not to mention a slice of Halloumi or two along the way. It’s just as much of a hilarious romp as it was two thousand years ago! This is “Oh No’s” way of saying: Leave the kids at home, and no, you don’t need to come wearing a toga.
A Shattered Mosaic
Hen & Chickens Theatre
A Shattered Mosaic is an autobiographical one-woman show from poet-playwright Jess Clark, told in rhymed poetry. It weaves together spoken word and theatre, mapping how a self is constructed, broken apart, and rebuilt while navigating early adulthood. A young(ish) woman collects shards of memories from different poems, each offering a glimpse of formative life experiences. From sweating freshers’ week nightclubs to the beaches of Koh Phangan – by way of dodgy boyfriends and jobs in stretched social care systems – this dizzying, lyrical journey explores the complexity of growing up in recent years. Fusing personal history with the shifting political climate of 2015-2025, A Shattered Mosaic stands as a love letter to poetry, art and the human ability to change direction when life doesn’t go as planned. From a mess of broken shards, can a decade where nothing feels linear still be made into something whole? A must-watch for anyone who has ever questioned societal norms, had a bit of a breakdown, found a home in creativity, or chatted shit at 5 am after a line too many.
Nuovo Orizzonte
Theatro Technis
Nuovo Orizzonte: A Theatrical Journey Across the Water A solo performance blending monologue, live video, projections, and song Performed in Italian with English subtitles 6 August 1926: Trudy Ederle becomes the first woman to cross the English Channel, breaking all records and defying a society that had denied women the right to swim. Her story is inextricably linked to the fight for women's rights — and one hundred years later, it comes to the stage. Nuovo Orizzonte (New Horizon), written and performed by Alessandra Donati, weaves together spoken word, live video and archival footage curated by Leonardo Battaglia, and original music by Edoardo Bacchelli — a performance as unstoppable as the woman it celebrates. Winner of Best Performance at the RTB Festival Acrobatiche Teatrali (Catania) and of the "In Scena con lo Sport" award at the Milano Fringe Festival, assigned by the Milano Cortina 2025 Winter Olympics Committee. Teatro Technis, London — 5 & 6 August 2026, 9 PM Camden Fringe Nuovo Orizzonte will be performed exactly one hundred years to the day since Trudy Ederle first reached these shores.
Some of It Might Be True
Etcetera Theatre
During a drug-induced haze, Evie posts a shocking picture to her company’s social media, destroying the carefully curated persona she’s built online. As the lies begin to reveal themselves, a misstep into an animal rights activist meeting & a pig saving mission forces her to face the lie that has been holding her captive.
THE HAUNTING
The Libra Theatre Cafe
A one-woman show about being controlled by my period: Every month, I receive vicious instructions in my knickers, sealed with a bloody kiss. Every month, I can’t refuse. One day, I am ordered to do something I can't. Oh, god, I just can't!!! I rebel... but not without consequence. A haunting (but comedic) tale of control, the body, and our deepest desires. Mwah, X! Written and performed by Mimi Thompson Directed by Nathalee Avery
White Bitch Bingo
Barons Court Theatre
America is a crazy place, y'all. This Texan escaped the madness for a fortnight to bring this (hopefully) thought-provoking world premiere performance to London. Examining her own whiteness and the systems that shaped her, Caroline Cole's "White Bitch Bingo" is full of messy buns and lattes alongside more serious themes of colonization, evangelicalism, and desperation to become "one of the good ones."
Bug Hotel
Aces and Eights
Welcome to the Bug Hotel. A fast-moving hour of stand-up from the Lovebugs Comedy collective. Your Night Manager, Kieran Dee (G&B Comedy 2026 All Stars winner), guides your short stay through travel mishaps, cultural misunderstandings and the indignities of hotel workplace life. Each show introduces you to five comedians, with no two shows the same. Check in for laughs. Check out the staff and guests. North London's finest hospitality awaits. Questionable service is included.