I’m The One Your Mother Warned You About
Etcetera Theatre
A northern poet in a jazzy shirt addresses the room like it owes him money. He reads poems about childhood, fatherhood and a future in which the nation finally admits it has made a terrible mistake. There are memories, grievances, domestic scenes and an ongoing, mostly imaginary rivalry with Simon Armitage for the role of Poet Laureate. Until that is resolved, he teaches poetry and waits. Bleak, deadpan and strangely tender, the show skirts between kitchen-sink confession and prophecy. Spoken word for people who enjoy laughter, discomfort and the sound of ambition quietly grinding its teeth.
Oswald
The Libra Theatre Cafe
Resolutions, regrets and ridiculous anecdotes. Will 2026 be “the” year or will Oswald win?
Meteor, Incoming!
Bridewell Theatre
At a small-town Comic Con, superfan Matt is mistaken for famous actor Dick Chase and is thrust on stage for a live Q+A where he inadvertently implicates his hero in a series of scandals. A hilarious farce ensues, as Matt and his friend Larna attempt to salvage Dick’s reputation. If the pair are to save the day, they must swerve savage TV execs, scoop-hungry reporters, and an overzealous policeman, all while navigating the asteroid field of teenage awkwardness.
Giving Out
Etcetera Theatre
Liam is sick. Matthew is sick of him. Trapped in a run down flat in Belfast, dying of AIDs, Liam depends on Matthew for everything. He rants and rambles, desperate for release or entertainment. Matthew, meanwhile, finds his patience wearing thin. Liam is no angel, and Matthew is no martyr. Funded by the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club, this irreverent dark comedy traps the audience with the characters in a claustrophobia of illness, caregiving and resentment. One scene, one set, spanning one endless argument: every beat of the frustration and the building tension is felt in real time. Balancing raw humour with intense emotion, this two-hander confronts sickness, shame and guilt through a distinctly Irish humour. Rooted in the real historical context of both the Troubles and the AIDs crisis, the play sheds new light on overlooked perspectives. With biting dialogue and unbroken narrative, Giving Out offers an unflinching, immersive theatrical experience which is as funny as it is devastating.
Calls From Castlemar
Barons Court Theatre
An original heartwarming comedy-drama about adolescent girls in a children's home. Ray, a dancer who asserts control over PJ, a Portuguese immigrant longing to connect with her mother, both meet Casey, a quiet, troubled, yet musically talented new arrival to Castlemar Children's Home. In such small proximity, three very individual lives intertwine and change completely. Adapted by Sarah Ewen from Canadian play "Home for Boys" by Robin Taylor Wright, the piece is also directed by Sarah Ewen. It features Maria Amado, Isabella Higton, and Jazmine Byer in the cast, with Anna Weaver co-directing and original music by Charlie Edwards.
The Scale of Power
Rosemary Branch Theatre
The Scale of Power is a bold new original musical set in a dystopian city where vocal pitch determines social status — and those who can sing highest hold the most power. The story follows Aiden, a baritone from the slums, and Lyra, a mezzo-soprano secretly passing as an elite soprano, as they attempt to climb the ruthless “High-Note Ladder.” In a world shaped by surveillance, artificial vocal enhancement, and the constant threat of the Auditor, both are forced to navigate a system that rewards perfection and punishes authenticity. Blending an electrifying original score with a distinctive physical and vocal language, The Scale of Power explores how voices — and identities — can be manipulated, performed, and controlled. As pitch-enhancing drugs promise transcendence and conformity ensures survival, the pressure to “fit the system” becomes impossible to ignore. But as Aiden and Lyra begin to question the rules imposed on them, they choose a different path — one that values resonance over range, and truth over perfection. Their resistance begins to fracture the system itself. The Scale of Power is a provocative and emotionally charged new musical about identity, power, and the cost of being heard in a world that only listens to the highest voices.
Kabbarli: An Irishwoman In The Desert
Etcetera Theatre
How far would you go to survive? What would you be willing to sacrifice to do what's right? Arriving in Australia in 1883, an Irish outcast lies and cheats her way to freedom. When she witnesses the devastation being wrought upon First Nations People, everything changes; she gives up her life for theirs. Then she betrays them to feed them. A true story about a morally complex woman, trapped with limited means. who found home in the last place she expected. Does history have to repeat itself, or can it be our greatest reminder to do better? A one-woman-show by Georgia Nicholas.
Saving Myself
The Libra Theatre Cafe
What do you do when staying present seems impossible? SAVING MYSELF is a powerful new solo play exploring trauma, mythology, and survival by debut playwright Tim Stubbs Hughes. Set over one night, we follow Lilly, a young woman alone in her flat, surrounded by books, half-remembered rituals, and an unlit candle. Since childhood, Lilly has been blamed for things going wrong: pets that disappeared, toys that broke, the uneasy silences that followed her through her family home. Over time, these stories became fact, shaping how others treated her and how she learned to understand herself. After a violent assault, Lilly reaches breaking point. With no one left to turn to, she fixates on the idea that something inside her - a demon, an inheritance, or the damage left by trauma - has to be destroyed. Moving between realism, poetry, folklore, and ritual, the play unfolds in real time as Lilly fights to take control of her own body and story. Raw, darkly comic, and unsettling, SAVING MYSELF asks what happens when care is replaced by superstition, and what it costs a woman to save herself. Produced by 20 South Street in association with Grey Swan, directed by Julia Stubbs and performed by Jessamy James, SAVING MYSELF comes to the Camden Fringe after premiering at this year's Brighton Fringe. Suitable for 16+.
A Bridge Too Farce
Camden Comedy Club
Fresh from Drama School, a group of comedic actors abandon all their training to bring you 'A Bridge Too Farce', an improvised hour of madness, games and spontaneity, completely at the mercy of the audience. Expect bold characters and scenes of mayhem that spiral out of control!!
I AM FINE THANK YOU
Hen & Chickens Theatre
Q: “How are you?” A: ... When “I AM FINE THANK YOU” becomes the only armour against the world, authentic expression fades like a shooting star, It is brilliant, but gone too soon. Inside the protagonist, there is a seesaw. For eleven years, one side has been held down, while the other remains suspended, untouched. It appears balanced, yet fragile. Until one night, that balance breaks. Between dream and reality, where reason and emotion intertwine, the seesaw begins to move again. “You never left. I never forgot.” Welcome to this journey of the self.
HEEL: A New Darkly Comedic Play
The Libra Theatre Cafe
A 60-minute darkly comedic new writing drama A sadistic female CEO abducts a failed actor, turned drama therapist, and collars him to the wall of her apartment. Interspliced with violent dream sequences and a rotating cast of desperate corporate workers, taboo gender-based desires are confronted, and prior evils are unearthed by a pair that threatens to either complete each other or tear one another apart.
latch
The Courtyard Theatre
Latch is a play about three girls, one night and no parents. Sienna, Minnie and Jess recount the stories that shaped them and the strange rules of girlhood, but as the night spirals and they no longer feel safe, buried tensions surface. Darkly funny and unflinchingly honest, Latch explores friendship, girlhood, and what young women learn about danger before they even realise it.
The Little Woman in My Head Must Die
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
'The Little Woman In My Head Must Die' is a playful, absurdist comedy following an ambitious and pragmatic 30-something woman, Emmeline, who’s on a desperate mission to banish her unbelievably annoying, should-be-long-gone childhood imaginary friend. Unfortunately for Emmeline, she won’t go without a fight. Her imaginary friend offers her a deal - she will leave, but only if Emmeline agrees to revisit her past. For fans of the sisterly mischievousness in 'Fleabag' and the wacky theatricality of fringe shows like 'Weer' - this is the Millennial’s 'Christmas Carol', with glitter.
David Ingram: You Better WORK! (In Progress)
Aces and Eights
After sell-out performances of his Edinburgh show 'Carrot Top: Memoirs of a Gay' ( “a deeply personal, hilarious and empowering journey” - The Scotsman, 'Cutting, clever and dirty all at the same time' - One4Review), retired twink and international flight attendant David Ingram brings a brand new Work in Progress show to Camden Fringe. Expect high energy, bold confessions and non-stop punchlines.
You Smell Like a Cat Under the Sun
Rosemary Branch Theatre
My name is Min. I work in a perfume shop. My life is full of repetition and numbness, and the world grows thinner and more tasteless every day, like a bowl of watered-down wartime soup. Sometimes I feel like I’ve drifted up to the ceiling, but I am still functioning. I still joke with my colleague Alex. Until one day, everyone’s face becomes the same. Something isn’t right! This strange face blindness gets me into awkward and hilarious situations, but it also makes me notice people in other ways, their accents, the way they speak, and the scent of their perfume on their skin. Smells begin to bring me back. You Smell Like a Cat Under the Sun is a sensory theatre experience exploring dissociation through light humour, live music, and scent. A story about losing the world, and slowly finding your way back.
Control
SHAKEFEST @Old Red Lion
Four friends. One séance. One terrible mistake. As a storm rages outside, a night of wine, laughter and revenge fantasies takes a deadly turn. A dark supernatural thriller about friendship, guilt, and the true cost of getting what you wished for.
Mary Had It Easy
The Water Rats
A PRESENTATION ON MARY MAGDALENE DEVOLVES INTO A FURIOUS RANT. JESUS HAS QUESTIONS TO ANSWER. WHY CAN’T I JUST LIKE BOYS? WHY CAN’T YOU BE MATES WITH ME LIKE HER? WHY AM I SO $@*!%# ANGRY ALL THE TIME? 'Mary Had It Easy' is a one-woman comedy show about religion, sex, and shame. A young woman has been forced to give a presentation on Mary Magdalene. She can’t be arsed. What begins as a bored presentation spirals into confession, stand-up, dance, prayer and lots of oversharing. Between the jokes, grudges and questions she probably shouldn’t ask God directly, she finds herself confronting desire, belief and the terrifying possibility of peace. Funny, filthy, frantic and unexpectedly tender, Mary Had It Easy is for anyone who has ever been angry at their maker or jealous of a saint.
Up The a(Rs)e
Lion & Unicorn Theatre
“This is it, I prepare myself as if nothing whatsoever in my life has led up this moment” George lives in the throes of two different lives and it’s just about splitting him in two; this is the night they collided like an atom bomb. ‘Up the a(Rs)e’ is a new writing one man show that tackles football culture, sexuality, identity, masculinity, family and good music. We follow a man leaving the football stands for one night to take you on a journey of discovery through London’s gay club scene. Although, the discoveries that he makes might not be quite what he hoped for. We also get an insight to the events on his life that had led him to this moment.
A Marriage of Inconvenience
Etcetera Theatre
Join best friends and rising comedy stars Abi Sharp and Harsh for a split bill that explores the intersection of Type-A ambition, queer identity, and the chaotic search for love. United by their nerdy neuroses and a spectacular track record of romantic failures, the pair present A Marriage of Inconvenience: a show about the logistical nightmare of modern dating, and their pact to enter a sexless lavender marriage if they're still single by 40. Until then, they're saying "I do" to the next best thing: awkwardly sharing the stage for half an hour each.
UDHAM
Camden People's Theatre
UDHAM! Survivor – Charmer – Revolutionary This quirky one man show follows Udham Singh's astonishing journey from orphan boy through life as a Hollywood extra, a spy an underwear salesman to the act he is best known for – the assassination of Sir Michael O'Dwyer in Caxton Hall, London. Twenty One years earlier, on April 13th 1919, Sir Michael O'Dwyer, then Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab, ordered his troops to open fire on 20,000 innocent men, women and children confined in a walled garden. Udham Singh survived the horrors of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre but, he vowed revenge. With integrity, originality and humour, Udham! brings the legend of India's renowned revolutionary, Udham Singh to this one man adaptation.
Little Swimmers
The London Art Bar
Little Swimmers is a darkly funny hybrid of theatre, stand-up, and storytelling about one man’s hilariously messy quest to become a father. Battling his own body, a bewildered urologist, and an embarrassing admiration for Tom Cruise, he spirals through fertility clinics, panic, and moments of unnecessary humiliation. What starts as a simple plan to have a baby quickly turns into a chaotic obsession involving babies, spiralling self-doubt, and a growing suspicion that everyone around him became an adult years ago. As the pressure builds, so does his desperation to hold onto control, dignity, and the last scraps of his shrinking masculinity. Absurd, personal, and painfully honest, Little Swimmers is a show about failing bodies, fragile egos, and the strange stories we tell ourselves when life doesn’t go to plan. A funny, raw, and slightly unhinged look at modern manhood, growing up, and what happens when your swimmers refuse to cooperate. Laugh. Wince. Squirm.
Dead Effing Rebels
Barons Court Theatre
The brand new Theatre of Cowards debuts Sylvia Gardner’s fantastical satire of the corporate world: a phantasmagoric, absurd extravaganza of bastardised masculinity. Following Mister, Andrew, David, Frank, and Mark, ‘Dead Effing Rebels’ delves into every aspect of power and control, swaying between the backstage of a drag show and a sterile conference room, revolution and sadomasochism. As financial tensions come to a head, the company begins to sweat; professional, clown-white masks give way to contemporary insecurity. In line with the Cowards’ moniker, ‘the new art of the weird’, this show is born of transsexuality and amusement, a series of observations from a once-man exploring the many structures of masculinity; directed by Sylvia Gardner and assisted by Mika Trench, tech designed and operated by Bryony Curley, featuring Kian Standbridge, Ivy Harper, Rufus Brierley, Icarus Gilbert, and Ben Oliver.
Scaleno
The Libra Theatre Cafe
A woman onstage. One body. Three voices that refuse to agree. SCALENO – One Body, Three Voices is a bilingual solo performance exploring identity, language, and the difficulty of staying present. Performed in Italian, raw Neapolitan dialect, and English, the piece unfolds as an internal confrontation between a neutral self, a biting alter ego shaped by origin and class, and an artificial intelligence speaking British English through an onstage smart speaker. Language is not explained or softened. It collides. Surtitles are used selectively, allowing meaning to emerge without erasing difference. Structured around breath, geometry, and everyday rituals, SCALENO moves through themes of migration, queer desire, shame, and the pressure to conform. There is no healing arc, no neat resolution. Just coexistence inside a body that does not adapt. An intimate, low-tech, high-intensity performance for audiences willing to listen.
SNAILS OF THE UNEXPECTED
Hen & Chickens Theatre
Chaos Theory is a sketch and character group like you have never seen before! They are four actor/writers – Maria Beadell, Mikyla Jane Durkan, Yasser Kayani and Bruce Williams and director/writer Stephen Dinsdale. Between them they have played a puddle in an advert, worked with David Icke, stripped naked for BBC and Danish TV, worked with Dario Fo, been the face of British Gas at the Olympics and had material broadcast on BBC TV, Radio 4 and ITV as well as on film, the West End and an international tour. And ridden a unicycle. Chaos Theory has been going for about five years and has played the Edinburgh Fringe, the Vault Festival, two Brighton Fringes and five Camden Fringes very successfully. Sketches vary from light and frothy to dark and disturbing to running for your mum....but in a good way. And there's music. Always funny! And sketches are quick-fire, so if one doesn't grab you another one quickly will. Among others we have the return of Brief Encounter, a witch trial, a new version of the Antiques Roadshow, some lice, a very strange baby and a wasp cafe
How Do I Love Thee?
Circle and Star Theatre
‘How do I love thee, let me count the ways.’ Most people recognise the line. Few know the woman behind it. Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most influential poets of the 19th century — the first woman to be nominated for Poet Laureate, an inspiration to generations of writers, and a woman who fought fiercely to be heard in a world determined to silence her. Up against a controlling father, a debilitating illness and a literary world dominated by men, she refused to be defined by anything other than her own words. How Do I Love Thee? traces her journey from London to Italy — the journey that changed the course of her life — and asks what becomes possible when a woman finds the freedom to write, to love, and to be herself. We hope to bridge the gap between her poetry and her story to continue to inspire generations.
The Art of Evil
The Courtyard Theatre
Twin Peaks meets occult horror in this visually striking supernatural thriller blending horror, movement and dark comedy. Set against the backdrop of a decadent art exhibition, "The Art of Evil" follows a detective tormented by visions as he uncovers a growing darkness surrounding the murder of a rising young artist. Inspired by noir cinema, occult horror and surreal theatre, the production explores ambition, manipulation and the fragile boundary between reality and nightmare. “Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” The Tempest
Meteor, Incoming!
Bridewell Theatre
At a small-town Comic Con, superfan Matt is mistaken for famous actor Dick Chase and is thrust on stage for a live Q+A where he inadvertently implicates his hero in a series of scandals. A hilarious farce ensues, as Matt and his friend Larna attempt to salvage Dick’s reputation. If the pair are to save the day, they must swerve savage TV execs, scoop-hungry reporters, and an overzealous policeman, all while navigating the asteroid field of teenage awkwardness.
Fishwives
Camden Comedy Club
Step right up for FISHWIVES—a riotous comedy cabaret that’s smutty, feminist, historical, and dare we say, hysterical. Written in verse with the gleeful irreverence of Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes, Fishwives catapults forgotten heroines of history onto centre stage—louder, looser, and far less ladylike than you remember. Following a sold-out short run last year, this anarchic hour fuses poetry and storytelling with vaudevillian chaos. Expect stripping suffragettes, pervy monarchs, and the odd persecuted pudenda. In an age when women’s rights still hang precariously in the balance, this show wields laughter as both weapon and salve. So gird your loins, ladies and gents. These lusty bawds have stories to tell—and it’s about bloody time we listened.
Dinner with the Sl*ts
Aces and Eights
You are cordially invited to attend a romantic *dinner with your favorite sl*ts. A Dinner with the Sl*ts brings together two of the UK comedy circuit's tastiest talents, Laura Moss and Amelia Fritz. Join the irresistible duo for a delectable hour of stand up comedy and £7 worth of advice. The show is a whimsical blend of religious upbringings, eccentric families, and bizarre dating dynamics, with a focus on celebrating ‘sl*ts’ and everything they encompass. The show also has an interactive element where you can submit your dilemmas, and let the sl*ts give you their best, naughtiest advice! Wear something slutty, and bring a mate, date, or your exes dad. See u there! The sl*ts xoxox *(Dinner not included, because of well, the economy)
Helsinki Leaks ’25: “An inconvenient peace”
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
A look behind the scenes of the 50th Jubilee of the historic Helsinki Peace and Security Conference where plots to fight wars and import nukes threaten to steal the message despite the best efforts of the organisers. This is our Canadian-Finnish troupe´s third visit to the Camden Fringe and hopefully will be as well received as in 2014 and 2024! We have also performed drama based on current issues in Toronto, Winnipeg, Brighton and Helsinki. The play is by A.I. Tolvanen, author and journalist who has worked many years in Finland and Canada including Tomson-Reuters, Time and The Finnish News Bureau. Director Carita Drew has worked on stage and screen shows in Australia, England and Finland
Steaks and Lesbians
Lion & Unicorn Theatre
The show follows Stevie and River, two best friends living in London. We follow them as they navigate lesbian heartbreak while trying to cook the perfect steak dinner. This new comedy is blended with tender moments of love, heartbreak and friendship. Steaks and Lesbians aims to show the beauty in queer love and friendships. The writer plays on the use of stereotypes, written by a lesbian about lesbians, aiming to give representation in an authentic way, representing the queer community in the way we see around us, not what people think it is.
Jacob Lovick: The Famous Ashtray
SHAKEFEST @Old Red Lion
Miles Betterthanieu is one of the world's leading True Crime Podcasters (TM). You'll know him as creator and presenter of '15th In Line: An Investigation into why Prince Edward is actually the Queen’s Worst Child' (Natter Platter Nominee 2022*), 'Windsor vs Castle: Who Is The Best Barbara?' and 'Murder of the True Crime Podcaster'. But for his new series 'The Famous Ashtray', an investigation into the object at the dark heart of every musical controversy of the 20th and 21st Centuries, has Miles finally met his match? In a terrifying live show that ties together everything from witch cults to BuzzBalls, from getting punched in the face to '80s EuroPop, this is True Crime Podcasting (TM) you'll want to like and subscribe to. Buy tickets wherever you get your tickets. *the highly competitive 'Most Episodes in One Series Award'. 'The Famous Ashtray' is a psychedelic character-comedy explosion from the unruly mind of Jacob Lovick. "One of the most clever pieces of original writing seen so far this year" ★★★★★ - Theatre in Brighton, 2026 Directed by Martin Willis (Andrew Doherty: Gay Witch Sex Cult) Produced by Ellie Shaw (Vault Creative Arts)
Abbie Murphy: Garage Girl (Work In Progress)
Museum of Comedy
Run, come, gather round! A love letter to UK Garage and the iconic tunes that defined a generation. "Garage Girl" is for anyone who lived it, loved it, or found it through its revival — all while asking: was life really better then, or were we just young?
Sister Brandy Bex: Progress In Work
Camden Comedy Club
Ever wondered what NHS nursing’s really like? Join Sister Brandy Bex on a riotous journey through NHS madness. From dating doctors to dodging disaster, she’s turning it all into comedy gold. Outrageous stories, parody songs, and shameless camp spectacle—nursing’s never been this wild! "Brandy has the best legs in the business, and she's funny as hell!" Mr Gonzales (Bed 8) "Pamela Anderson meets Pam Ayres... a filthy romp through the delights and dangers of life as an NHS ward nurse. Covered in fluids, and only slightly unhealthily obsessed with your faeces, Brandy Bex is a real NHS hero, a siren with a sample pot and a most charismatic host for your time on ward one." ★★★★ Reviews Hub
Downward Spiral: The Benji’s Mind Show
Rosemary Branch Theatre
Downward Spiral: The Benji’s Mind Show is an absurd solo comedy that takes place inside the mind of a young man named Benji. In this late-night talk show set inside his own psyche, Benji's Mind interviews guests like Shame, Marijuana, Cheesy Bread, and a Random Authority Figure while trying to figure out how to live a life that’s worth living. Haunted and saved by his humour, Benji's Mind searches for a way. But what if the jokes run out before he does? Blending physical comedy, surreal characters, and sharp humour, Felix Jakob Mangold takes you on a “darkly funny and deliberately unsettling” (FringeReview) ride through depression, anxiety, identity, and overall existential chaos.
Earworm
Camden People's Theatre
Guy, an alternative cabaret artist, is searching for the perfect song to cope with his dying relationship with John, a scholar of queer relationships. As separation looms large, Guy’s soundtrack-heavy brain starts compulsively looking for the perfect breakup song. Seeking the audience's validation, Guy’s inner monologue spills out as everything unravels during a dinner party from hell. Hosting friends for the evening, old frustrations, tensions, and unfulfilled desires all reach a boiling point. Think Abigail’s Party, but with a gay twist With sharp direct address and dry wit, this anti-rom-com explores the unquenched need for validation and the craving for thrill in modern love, particularly in queer relationships.
London Fields
The Courtyard Theatre
London Fields is a gripping two-hander that dives deep into the struggles of identity, belonging, and radicalization. Luka, a migrant, just wants to fit in. After a verbal assault, he becomes obsessed with mastering the language, the culture, everything. But as time goes on, Luka’s desire to fit in pushes him down a dangerous path of extremism. As his relationship with his partner, Paulina, crumbles and she plans to leave with their son, Luka’s world shatters. What happens next is a desperate, tragic decision, showing the high cost of trying to fit in at any cost. Blending sharp humour with raw emotion, London Fields is a haunting look at assimilation, extremism, and the dark edges of identity.
TIME IS NOW
Etcetera Theatre
An estranged father and son spend the night together. A casual remark exposes a family secret that turns into a reckoning about absence, blame and grief. An intimate, real-time two-hander exploring identity, parenthood and the weight of the past. As dawn approaches, nothing will be the same for either of them again.
Tales From the Wasteland: Post-Apocalyptic Improv
Hen & Chickens Theatre
Tales From The Wasteland is an improvised post-apocalyptic adventure comedy. This twisted and talented cast of wastelanders will take a single suggestion from you and craft an entire narrative show with no pre-prepared characters, story or dialogue. If the world was ending, what would be the one thing you’d want to survive? Join us as we explore a new world and find out what’s left over after Earth’s devastation. Expect raiders, mutants and violence over scarce resources in this absurd dark comedy inspired by classics of the genre such as Mad Max, The Last of Us and Fallout. Warning: this show tends to have dark themes, violence and cannibalism. Seriously, cannibalism comes up way too often. “I’m still reeling at how such an intricate tale was woven on the spot, it’s truly a gift this cast has been blessed with.” – Obscure Reviews “They have the audience in stitches, thanks to sharp timing and an ability to spin chaos into comedy.” – Bristol 24/7 “Their world-building is bewitching; conjuring a violent, gory Mad Max vibe alongside whimsical and, somehow, endearing characters.” – The Everyday Magazine
Dying To Meet You
The Courtyard Theatre
Dying To Meet You is a fast-paced, action-packed, queer dramedy asking how far we’re willing to go for love, and challenging us to flip the script. Leta and Tess keep dying over and over again, and they’re sick of it - they just want a normal life together. Someone’s behind it and they’re going to find out who. But to do so, they must retrace their steps through each past life, including through the audience at times! And one of them knows you’re there. Yes, you, reading this. Hi. Hello?? We could really use your help with this! Dying To Meet You explodes the fourth wall, pulling you into the heart of the action. Multi-roling actors brilliantly shapeshift around Leta and Tess, sometimes stealing each others’ roles if they feel like it, as we hurtle from crime scene to morgue to restaurant to airport and more. Melding the writer’s favourite styles, from film noir, action comedy, slapstick, meta theatre, thrillers and improv, you’ll need to keep up! Though stay vigilant - you don’t want to stray too far into the story in case you can’t find your way out either...
Cold Maple Cloth: The Farewell Tour of a Delusional Diva
The Libra Theatre Cafe
Who says you have to be a success to go out with a bang? Sydney is a 27 year old failing actress, and she is ready to quit for good! (Not without a little attention of course.) But could a surprise visitor from her past help her to see things differently? Fresh off it’s run at Toronto Fringe, this musical comedy has been lauded as “Everything Fringe theatre should be- funny, poignant, sincere.”
Dear Lihua
Canal Cafe Theatre
After dying in London, Qiuqiu awakens in an afterlife organised not by morality but by language. Assigned to English Heaven, she must earn her way home through a points-based system. Working in the Dead Letters Archive, she discovers decades of unanswered correspondence from a recurring sender: Li Hua. As she reads, her Mandarin begins to erode. When Qiuqiu finally accumulates enough points to return, she finds her mother tongue has slipped beyond reach—only to discover that the price of belonging is the slow erosion of the language that once defined her. Performed in Mandarin and English, Dear Lihua also invites audiences to read selected letters aloud. At its heart, the work unfolds a quiet truth: language is both our homeland and our Babel. What remains of us when the tongue that shaped us begins to slip away?
Nutting Really Matters
Aces and Eights
Stewart Nutting presents a story-led stand-up show about nihilism, burnout and the strange things we choose to care about anyway. Through personal stories and quietly absurd observations, he explores what it means to live in a world that often feels meaningless - and why we still find ourselves defending small joys, pointless efforts and moments of whimsy. Thoughtful, slightly bleak, and unexpectedly warm, this is comedy about overthinking life, questioning everything, and discovering that even if nothing matters... it somehow still does.
Who to Call When the World Starts to Implode (And You’re Crying at Tesco at 11am)
Barons Court Theatre
“First I want you to understand that this is not a love story.” From the moment Isabel (an international student who is a bundle of nerves) laid her eyes on Sophie (the most carefree, carpe-diem person you’ll ever meet) everything changed. Anyone who sees these unlikely people together would think they were best friends. But when feelings start to emerge, and boundaries get blurry, even music can’t save this sinking ship. “Who to call when the world starts to implode (and You’re Crying at Tesco at 11am) is a messy play full of music, ADHD fuelled word vomit, and a kiss that changed everything. Disclaimer: no keyboards were harmed in the making of this production.