CamdenThe Fringe 30th July - 26th August

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camdenfringe.com WELCOME TO THE CAMDEN FRINGE 2018

So apparently this is year of the Camden Fringe which, like, makes it a teenager or something. Big deal. I’m a teenager and you don’t see me going on about it

So what it is is like a bunch of shows and that which happen in pubs and theatre in real life. I dunno why because they’d get way more views if they did a vlog or an insta story or something

Some of the shows are comedy and some are, like, really serious plays and there’s some magic and dance and shit

This has most of them in. It’s really loooooooong but there quite a lot of I totally can’t be bothered to read it but all the stuff that is on is also on the website and sometimes there are shows there that aren’t in this . Paper is well old and bad for , I don’t know why they bother

I’m not gonna see anything because I’m going to be way too busy slamming my bedroom door, squeezing my spots and looking at my Brother Beyond posters Have fun though guys xoxo

(Authentic teenage voice may have been written by a )

PLEASE CHECK THE WEBSITE CAMDENFRINGE.COM FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION Sadly some performances will get cancelled between the printing of this brochure and the end of July, so it’s best to check online before you head out to a venue. More excitingly we will definitely have extra shows that haven’t made it into this booklet, but will be listed fully on our website, so get digital to ensure you don’t miss out on anything special. 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 Little Shadow Theatre Company Etcetera Theatre The New Irish Playbook: Joe O’Neill 30 July 6.30pm The New Irish Playbook: Joe O’Neill is a series of short dramatic and comedic plays written and directed by Joe O’Neill. These plays include 31 July - 1 August 4.30pm themes of loss, heartbreak and acceptance of ones self which will leave the audience looking deep into themselves once they leave the theatre. 2 August 2.30pm £8.00 (concs £5.00) theatre Lost Key Theatre Hen and Chickens Disturbing the Dust 30-31 July 6.00pm Three old toys trapped in an attic for longer than they can remember. Every day the same routine until ‘someone new’ arrives. As their £10.00 (concs £8.00) community is disrupted, their attempts to escape the attic, each other and theatre their own fears reach a crescendo. “It feels like Waiting for Godot, but with toys” London Pub Theatres

Three Way Productions The Lion and Unicorn Coercive 30 July - 1 August 6.30pm Based on true events. A forgotten maritime tragedy becomes the catalyst for confusion when former Navy man Joseph reveals the forty years £10.00 (concs £8.00) of pain locked away in his mind. A mind under the grips of early onset theatre Alzheimer’s, which no longer comprehends the present. For all those moments Joseph can’t remember, he’d give everything to forget that night. Sertraline Queen Camden Comedy Club Pol is back with a solo show after a 5-year Fringe hiatus trying out various antidepressants, travelling and meeting the family who gave 30-31 July 6.30pm her up for adoption. Pol has been a semi-finalist in several comedy (concs £5.00) competitions, featured on The Mitch Benn Podcast and runs a comedy £6.00 night in North London. comedy “Sharp, clever and hugely talented.” Victor Pãtrãscan

Trigger Happy Aces and Eights Sarah Mann is So You Think You’re Funny competition Runner-up 2017. 30 July - 5 August 6.45pm Matt Chadourne runs QED Comedy Lab, running multiple comedy shows in Oxford and London. £5.00 Blake AJ also tells jokes. comedy Come enjoy an hour of stand-up comedy from three fresh voices.

Molodyi Teatr London Camden People’s Theatre All That Remains 30 July 7.15pm A moving reflection on loss and memory based on true stories from the 5 August 7.00pm ongoing war in Ukraine. A woman who has lost her brother to the war and is left with only a few of his belongings tries to make sense of what £8.00 (concs £6.00) happened. Using documentary theatre, music and storytelling the show explores what remains when someone dies in armed conflict. theatre

camdenfringe.com 3 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August ChewBoy Productions Tristan Bates Theatre Euan 30 July - 4 August Listen carefully now… and keep up. 7.45pm We’ve lost Euan. Euan’s gone. Euan (concs £8.00) ain’t coming back. No one can know that £10.00 Euan’s gone, cus’, well, we’re ‘sposed to theatre be looking after Euan. And if the boss finds out then she ain’t gonna be happy. So, we gotta find Euan. Which is all well and good, if anyone actually knew what Euan was. Got it? Good. Let’s get begun. Euan delves deep into the nature of what we’d do to save our own skins in the most bizarre situations you think yourself into. A non-stop hour full of the nonsense of your life, paired with outrageous mystery as we embark on our downhill journey to find Euan before anyone else. This fast paced, abstract piece of new writing marks the debut of ChewBoy Productions. #WhereIsEuan THEFAMOUSJMC London Improv Theatre Break a Leg, Jesus! 30 July - 1 August 7.00pm Jesus wants to act in a film with beautiful singer Maggie Starr, but hapless agent Jude can’t remember his name. When Jude falls afoul £10.00 (concs £5.00) of cruel loan shark Pretty Harry, Jesus promises to bail him out with the theatre unlikely profits of the film. How will Jesus and friends make a movie with no money, preventing gangsters from torturing them to death?

HiddenViewz The Water Rats Clingfilm 30 July - 1 August 7.00pm Melissa and Daniel are university sweethearts. Years on, they are still living together, but their different lifestyles are now tearing them apart, £10.00 (concs £7.50) held together by familiarity and a now fleeting love. Lawyer Melissa theatre struggles to support her unemployed artist boyfriend Daniel in the pursuit of his passion.

Katie O’Brien: Trishelle is out of Order The Albany Katie and her friend Trishelle share a provocative, interactive and playful 30-31 July 7.00pm story about drugs, sobriety and being human. We learn about what Katie wants ultimately for herself and for us all. £5.00 ★★★★★ Everything Theatre ★★★★★ To Do List 2-3 August 7.00pm ★★★★ Mumble Comedy £6.00 (concs £5.00) ★★★★ Comedy Coroner comedy ★★★★ SHORTCOM Open Roads Hen and Chickens Open Roads is an improvised road trip movie, driven by audience song suggestions and inspired by Avery Alder’s Ribbon Drive. 30 July - 2 August 7.30pm Two people on a journey, their hopes and struggles strewn along the £10.00 (concs £8.00) highway. A play made up on the spot; it might be funny, sad or just plain beautiful. Give us your songs, let’s make a mixtape and head for open theatre roads.

4 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 Vulcanello Productions Etcetera Theatre How I Became a 30 July - 1 August 8.30pm Dominatrix Using Damned £12.00 (concs £10.00) Lies and Statistics 2-3 August 8.30pm Imagine Noel Coward rewriting 50 Shades of £14.00 (concs £12.00) Grey as a farce set in the age of FetLife and theatre sexting - with so many ways to communicate, why are Christie and Scott so busy lying to each other... and themselves? Christie knows what she wants - to be a dominatrix! A comedy looking at sadomasochism from a factual point of view, HIBDUDLS includes demonstrations of caning and bondage as well as discussions of alternate lifestyles. Written by the author of London Lovecraft festival sell-outs Mountains of Madness and Asenath’s Tale, this four hander will have you squirming in your seats and either practicing your “safe word” or reaching for a flogger. With content inspired by real-life BDSM classes, it’s not just entertaining but educational. Andrew Bird - Aloof Camden Comedy Club Andrew is aloof. The first time he was called aloof he took it as a compliment because he didn’t know what it meant. 30-31 July 8.00pm Since learning it means “not friendly or forthcoming”; “cool and distant”. £6.00 He still thinks its a compliment. comedy Andrew is currently supporting Rob Brydon on tour and Michael McIntyre on his arena tour including the O2 and Wembley.

Håkan Carlsson Aces and Eights Life Accordingly 30-31 July 8.00pm A comedic storytelling show about how you really, really should be living 12-13 August 9.15pm your life. Join self-proclaimed health guru ‘The Hawk’ as he sets out to heal the £7.00 (concs £5.00) human condition by exposing it to... the human condition! comedy Life Accordingly combines storytelling, improv and physical humour in a wild mix... and sometimes there’s puppets too. Better The Albany Rebecca is floundering through her thirties, balancing her feminist ideals with getting a boyfriend. 30-31 July 8.15pm Pauline is firing through her fifties with an ever stronger feminist resolve, £5.00 juggling the demands of her husband, career, a brace of teenagers and the menopause. comedy In one hour they’ll take you from horses and horrendous dates to marriage and manspreading.

Bamboo Mustard The Water Rats Half instrument, half human, Bamboo Mustard is an entity of primal energy dressed in bamboo cane trousers, a conker-collar and a grass 30-31 July 9.00pm mask. Natural material and scavenged scrap has been reconstructed to (concs £5.00) turn the discarded into sound-objects for spontaneous music making. £6.00 Join the chaos across a soundscape of communal sound making and theatre alter egos.

camdenfringe.com 5 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Laridae performing arts Tristan Bates Theatre The Cloakroom Attendant 30-31 July, 1-4 August ‘I shall share with you the most exciting 9.15pm secret of my profession: the study of human nature!’ £10.00 (concs £8.00) After successful performances at theatre the Wallace Collection in London, in Copenhagen and in Athens, Dimitra Barla’s autobiographical one- woman show The Cloakroom Attendant, directed by Natalie Katsou, comes to the Camden Fringe. Margot, the cloakroom attendant of a national museum, entertains the audience with her daily stories, while exploring the unavoidable dilemma: ‘to be or not to be a parent?’ With wit and sensitivity, artefacts become alive and visitors take mythical dimensions. Dante’s condemned lovers, an unfortunate French queen and an inquisitive boy help Margot balance on a suspended world of imagination, aspirations and self-fulfillment.

Morning People / 7th Function Camden People’s Theatre Blessings 30-31 July 9.00pm Maria and Chris are on a journey together but are still looking for the destination. After an augment, Chris goes missing and Maria knows that £10.00 (concs £8.50) something is wrong. What he experiences is something incomprehensible theatre and must use it in order to overcome the challenges they both face during their descent into adulthood.

Double Yellow Theatre Hen and Chickens Girl on Girl 30-31 July 9.00pm Wolf whistling, cat calling, revenge porn. We often hear the very worst about men who undermine women, but what about the women who £8.00 undermine women? Girl on Girl examines the battles that pit women theatre against each other. The play focuses on the lives of two flatmates, Lucy and May, who find themselves fighting colleagues, friends and each other.

Hatch It Theatre The Lion and Unicorn How To Make Me Happy 30-31 July 9.30pm From a brisk morning run to belly-laughing with old friends, everyone has things they need to feel okay. We’re no different. Unfortunately, we £10.00 (concs £7.00) can’t move. Can you help make us happy? Using clowning, games and theatre stationary theatre, ‘delightfully playful’ (Three Weeks) Hatch It Theatre explore happiness and helplessness. ★★★★The Stage on Whalebone Rio Magic London Improv Theatre Born in Brazil, but with roots also in Argentina, Lebanon, Moldova and France, Eric Rabacov has been blowing people’s minds around the 30-31 July 9.30pm streets of London since he moved to the UK in 2014! Make your way to £10.00 (concs £5.00) your seat and witness the impossible magic of Eric Rabacov! cabaret

6 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 The Beast from the East and the Snowflake! The Albany Join Victor Pãtrãscan (Romanian) and Matt Duwell (Snowflake) for an evening of darkly offbeat observational stand-up and the occasional 30 July 9.30pm conversation. Expect jokes on lighthearted subjects such as the polarisation of political discourse, the rise of nationalism as well as more £5.00 serious subjects like Angel Delight and the genesis of the word ‘squash’. comedy

Tom Mayhew’s Funeral (work-in-progress) Camden Comedy Club Tom Mayhew, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Nominee 2017, invites you (and all your friends) to his funeral! It’s a work-in-progress of 30 July - 2 August 9.30pm his funeral, though, so some of the jokes might die. £5.00 “Mayhew’s charmingly awkward persona hides a fantastic alternative comic mind.” Broadway Baby comedy “A fascinating brain... obvious writing talent” Chortle

Escapade Productions Etcetera Theatre Girl Scouts vs Aliens 31 July - 1 August 2.30pm The away team: six aliens, armed to the multiple teeth and on an express ship to Earth. £7.50 (concs £5.00) The home team: six former Girl Scouts on a last camp before graduation. theatre Weapons include marshmallows, leaking tents and the negotiation badge. It’s time for the smallest-scale battle in galatic history. These aliens are getting s’more than they bargained for. Give My Regards to Broadway Upstairs at the Gatehouse Give My Regards to Broadway celebrates the greatest showtunes of the 31 July 7.30pm £10.00 Great White Way in this all singing, all dancing summer treat. This energetic new musical revue will take you on a journey through 1-2 August 7.30pm £18.00 (concs £16.00) the greatest melodies & lyrics from 1902 – 1942 featuring music from 3-4 August 7.30pm £18.00 (concs £16.00) composers including George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin & Jerome Kern. 5 August 4.00pm £20.00 (concs £18.00) theatre 32 Peak Street Tristan Bates Theatre 32 Peak Street is the debut play by Corey Bovell. The piece centres around a young couple Susan and Jesse as they plan to buy their first 31 July - 4 August 6.15pm property together from YNG estate agents. All is going well; they have the (concs £8.00) money, the time, and a relationship based on trust. But is everything all it £10.00 seems to be? Will their best-laid plans come to fruition? theatre

Jim Campbell - Trampoline The Bill Murray *ENGAGEMENT RING FOR SALE!* Jim Campbell had a breakdown so that you don’t have to! 31 July 6.45pm Learn from the award-nominated stand up’s mistakes in this gag-packed, £7.00 (concs £6.00) confessional show. Bring cash. comedy ★★★★ The List ★★★★ Fest

camdenfringe.com 7 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Radical Blonde Productions The Star of Kings Infamous 31 July 7.00pm Lennon, Versace, Kennedy, King. All shot down by assassins. £8.00 America, the land of the free and home of the brave, where everyone pursues the American dream. But what if that means taking a life? What theatre truly makes an assassin? Five assassins. One room. A million motives.

Wretched Strangers The Cockpit Medea 31 July 7.00pm Medea’s husband is leaving her. She is in a foreign land, unable to fit into society, and plots her revenge. £10.00 (concs £7.00) Our production of Jean Anouilh’s Medea (translated into English by Luce theatre and Arthur Klein) is a modern take on the classic myth of the wretched mother. This intimate drama revisits the tragedy from the viewpoints of exile and terror.

StoneCrabs Theatre Company Camden People’s Theatre Tieta, The Trial 31 July - 1 August 7.15pm Tieta takes the audience in an emotional rollercoaster blended with fact, fiction and live music in equal measure. Twenty-six years after being £12.00 (concs £10.00) forced to leave his rural town, Antonio returns as Tieta, a trans woman theatre and millionaire. Tieta promises to transform the town’s fortunes, but there is a condition to her charity.

Tapioka Arts Collective The Cockpit Wolf 31 July 9.00pm Professor Hunt invites student Alice to his country house. As the drinks go down, he reveals that he expects slightly more than dinner and wine. £10.00 (concs £7.00) But Alice has a secret - one that threatens to destroy Hunt’s life and theatre career forever. A dark tale of power, storytelling and retribution, Wolf is a twisted fairy tale that bites back.

Michael Brunström: The Great Fire of London The Albany A crazy, surreal one-man re-enactment of the famous conflagration of 1666, featuring a prancing duck called Samuel Pepys. 31 July, 2-3 August 9.30pm “An artistic genius.” Skinny ★★★★ £6.00 (concs £5.00) “Sense-bendingly entertaining... great, crazy, never-to-be-forgotten comedy comedy.” Scotsman ★★★★ “Hilariously silly.” Chortle Winner of the 2015 Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality Orange Moon The Lion and Unicorn The Nightingale & the Rose by Oscar Wilde 1-3 August 2.30pm “Here, at last, is a true lover!” £12.00 (concs £10.00) In a shady grove, on a branch of the tallest Oak tree, the Nightingale has sung of love her entire life. Never has she found a worthy muse for her theatre song - until she meets the Young Student. But there is a darkness waiting at the end of her path. A new piece of physical theatre based on Wilde’s haunting fairy tale.

8 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 secret/heart theatre Etcetera Theatre Maud 1-2 August 12.30pm, A rare theatre performance of Alfred 6-8 August 2.30pm Tennyson’s extraordinary epic poem and monodrama Maud or The Madness. £10.00 (concs £6.00) Though the poet’s personal favourite of theatre all his works, this story of a bereaved and isolated young man’s descent into violence and insanity - via a romantic and sexual obsession with a young girl - was considered savage, shocking, deeply disturbing and almost pornographic to Victorian sensibilties. This contemporised, visceral staging reveals a work as relevant, provocative, dramatic and unsettling today as it was in 1885. Through its dreamlike exploration of the stages of a mental illness, told in some of Tennyson’s most inspired language, Maud is a work way ahead of its time. Performer: Christy Matthews Director: Seb Harcombe

Fourth Sector Theatre The Lion and Unicorn PowerPlay 1 August 8.00pm It is 2022 and Britain is in post-Brexit- 4-5 August 5.00pm transition transition. In this wry look at democracy two newly elected MPs (with £9.00 (concs £8.00) different views on Brexit) are inexplicably theatre detained upon entering an apparently friendly country whilst on a ‘good will’ mission; British embassy staff are their only link to the outside world. They discover that unilateral decisions to change the rules have personal, political, diplomatic and unforeseen consequences - from ‘concerning’ to ‘absurd’ and ‘hilarious’. A new play from the writer of Making Allowances, Tom Levitt, a former MP (and a passionate Remainer) and Fourth Sector Theatre, a company of experienced actors brought together for this show. This is its first performance (also in Norwich on 2-3 August.)

Improbotics Hen and Chickens Theatrical Turing Test 1 August 6.00pm Improvisation is the highest form of human & 9.00pm intelligence. It is a feat no robot could ever reproduce. Do you think so? We want you £8.00 (concs £6.00) to participate in our experiment. comedy Meet our team. Some of us are Cyborgs, controlled by an Artificial Intelligence, taking all our lines through headphones from an AI-powered chatbot. Some of us are Puppets, remotely controlled by another human being — a human intelligence. Some of us simply improvise, but wear headphones anyway, to add to the confusion. Meet the Cyborgs, Puppets, and Humans. The stakes are high: at the end of the show, the audience votes to guess who was the robot and who was remotely controlled. Will the Cyborg pass the Turing test? Come laugh with machines as you attempt to solve the deception!

camdenfringe.com 9 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Dogma Theatre Company Cabin Fever Roland is building a bomb. Aliens took his father, his family has disappeared, and still nobody will listen to him. Cabin Fever is the debut production from Dogma Theatre Company - a small collective of theatre makers devoted to creating new and original work. Fast paced and physical, Cabin Fever plunges the audience into the mind of an individual propelled by a need for the truth. In an explosion of memory, we discover what has led him to this moment. How far are you willing to go for what you believe?

The Monkey House 1-4 August 6.00pm £8.00 (concs £6.00) theatre

President Obonjo The Bill Murray Lafta Republic at War with Wakanda 1-2 August 6.45pm Two fictional African countries at War. Lafta Republic is an imaginary country, just like Wakanda, created by President Obonjo. With the release £5.00 of Black Panther everyone around the world is talking about Wakanda comedy which causes civil arrest in Lafta Republic. To appease his people Obonjo declares War against Wakanda.

ICNH Company The Cockpit forbidden fruit a flavour has 1 August 7.00pm A devised theatre piece that utilises grotesque and surreal elements while being darkly comedic and reflective. Through this unique stylisation, £5.00 we explore the issue of sexual harassment pervading our society, and its theatre effect on the liberation of female sexuality.

The Hidden Theatre Company London Improv Theatre Twenty-Something: The Quarter-life Crisis (is 1 August 9.30pm that a thing?!) 2 August 7.00pm Twenty-Something: The Quarter Life Crisis (Is that a thing?!) is a £8.00 somewhat autobiographical one-woman show, written by Abby Restall. An honest, comical and sometimes unfortunate take on life as twenty- theatre something actress living in London. Based on real-life. The audience become part of the production and the fourth wall is well and truly broken.

10 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 Julius and Adam’s Aces and Eights Excellent Comedy Show 1-4, 10-13 August A split bill of stand-up comedy about 8.00pm nostalgia, obsessions and not growing up. £8.00 (concs £5.00) Julius is nostalgic for the 1990s: the era of comedy dial-up internet, chat lines and Ask Jeeves. But is his nostalgia just an escape from his adult responsibilities? His left-field and hilarious spin on how the internet has changed human interactions takes us from birth to death, with plenty of life in-between. Adam’s set is confessional, driven by his hyper-manic personality. He wonders if he will ever calm down or end up as a crazy old man. It’s a riotous jaunt through problem drinking, meeting a gun fanatic, legal highs, being a bad Buddhist, and modern manners.

Daniel Austin-Boyd Cecil Sharp House May Day 1-3 August 7.30pm In fair Venice where we lay our scene, but unlike Verona it’s not blood that’s making civil hands unclean. Two and a half pairs of star crossed £12.00 (concs £10.00) lovers send out an SOS for help. When the three schemes collide, not theatre everyone’s ship can be saved. Written by Shakespeare’s rival George Chapman, and revived for the first time in over a hundred years! Son Of Man The Monkey House Part ancient kitchen sink drama part epic mystery play, Son Of Man explores how the experience of being an illegitimate child led Jesus to 1-4 August 7.30pm believe he was the son of a god. Torn between both Roman and Jewish influence, the young carpenter realises his destiny when he finds himself £10.00 at work on a Greek theatre in the cosmopolitan city of Sepphoris. theatre

Caroline Mabey Leaves the Room Slowly Camden Comedy Club One of the most inventive comic voices in Britain, Caroline Mabey (“Oddball genius” Chortle) is disarmingly silly, warm and smart. This show 1 August 8.00pm will send you home with a big smile on your face. £6.00 (concs £5.00) “Funny and touching and brilliant” The Guardian “A mischievous, kooky talent” Time Out 2-4 August 8.00pm “No one has made us laugh as much at this fringe” The Skinny. £7.00 (concs £6.00) comedy The Orange Works Camden People’s Theatre Trans Pennine 1 August 9.00pm Trans Pennine is a funny, fast-paced, and emotional play about family disagreements, gender-identity, and caravan holidays. £8.00 Dave, Ben and Victoria travel to the Yorkshire Dales to scatter the ashes theatre of a wife and mother no-one liked - as secrets, lies, and gender-identities are exposed. Dad is angry, Ben is Amy, Mum is in the margarine tub

camdenfringe.com 11 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August XVelastín The Monkey House [whalesong] 1-4 August 9.00pm ‘The whale moves in a sea of sound.’ £10.00 (concs £8.00) (Whale Nation, Heathcote Williams) music A sound piece on choice, voice, and our impending doom. Technologist and water freak XVelastín presents an absurd cross-arts performance about noise in the oceans. Starring a submarine captain, underwater singing, digital sound manipulation, an overhead projector, a love song to cetaceans (both toothed and baleen), and a very lonely whale. [whalesong] is a subversive, submersive experience; it hates plastic and loves blowholes. It’s inspired by the way humanity has stolen whales’ voices, using technology to manipulate their language and vindicate us from the destruction of their acoustic ecology. It repurposes the same techniques to present a sonic alternative. Chaos Is A Friend Of Mine Hen and Chickens Rural England, the Zombie epidemic 2-5 August 6.00pm happened just over a year ago. Surviving, that was the easy part, but what happens £10.00 when you meet more Zombies than theatre humans on a daily basis? Megan, tough and emotionless has survived well but what happens when by chance she meets Dylan, somehow he has survived with his trusty weapon… a spatula! All Dylan really wants to do is have a cup of tea and wait for the whole thing to calm down… although that doesn’t look very likely. A 1-hour play about two very different people coming to terms with the end of civilisation, personal losses and asking themselves, is it better to kill… or be killed?

Bentley Browning The Washington Russell Howard Thinks I’m An Idiot 2-3, 8-10 August 8.00pm Audience pick events from Bentley’s Bag of Showbiz Despair, then listen, 4-5 August 3.00pm then ask questions. Stand up disasters, awkward film star encounters, media stunts, trash tv shows, 1 star reviews & working as a celeb hate £6.00 (concs £5.00) character. Impro, self exploration & shameless namedropping. comedy Want to be a comedian? After this you’ll want to be an accountant. + Support

HiddenViewz Etcetera Theatre Face to Face 2-6 August 4.30pm When Scott was sixteen, he murdered Emma’s father and has since then been serving a life sentence. But with the possibility of it being reduced, £8.00 (concs £6.00) Emma visits him in prison, to decide for herself whether nine years inside theatre a cell has changed him. When the two come face to face, Scott’s true colours threaten to emerge and a game of cat and mouse begins

12 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 The Passion according to The Cockpit BIBI 2-3 August 7.00pm A brand new piece written, devised and £15.00 (concs £12.00) performed by maverick, award-winning theatre Petar Miloshevski Meet BIBI. The latest 1N5TA-5EX robot. Humans have lost the notion of offering their body unselfishly. That is why we have invented the future of sex. BIBI learns things about you. BIBI smiles, blinks and frowns. It remembers your birthday, what you like to eat and drink, the names of your parents. It can hold a conversation about music, films, books, tell jokes, quote Shakespeare and Chekhov. And of course, BIBI will have sex with you at will. No matter your sexuality or gender, with BIBI by your side, you’ll never feel unfulfilled. “An atmosphere that could give you the bends” Exeunt “Cathartic and violent in equal parts” Younger Theatre ClusterFox The Star of Kings ClusterFox: Funfinity War – an improvised 2, 16 August 7.00pm comedy show £5.00 It’s 2018. Our world is being threatened by a danger that is as yet comedy unknown. Whatever’s coming, we need to prepare to fight it. With the Avengers nowhere to be seen, we – The Council of Superheroes – are putting together a new team of warriors. Join us as we travel through multiple universes in search of a special few who can save planet Earth. Off-Main Theatre Company The Lion and Unicorn Double Jeopardy 2-4 August 7.00pm Are we living in a post-truth world? 2 plays, 2 comedies, 1 local & 1 6-7 August 10.00pm global. Have the chickens come home to roost? Collateral: James meets with Angie to end their affair. £6.00 #FakeNukes: Nuclear War is imminent, PM May arrives at the US theatre war-room to find Donald and Ivanka strategising via twitter-polls, fashion considerations, Russians and hearsay. Clare Rebekah Pointing Camden People’s Theatre With Child 2, 20-21 August 7.15pm Inspired by social expectations and pressures on women to be maternal, kind, considerate individuals. There is one thing these women share, they £10.00 (concs £7.50) are all pregnant, however they rarely refer to this. theatre This series of ‘talking heads’ style monologues will make you laugh & cringe as we share a glimpses into these women’s daily lives, warts & all.

Leo Mates Camden People’s Theatre Magnum Opus 2-4 August 9.00pm Expect to be moved. Expect to be thrilled. Expect bears. So many bears*. Hector Dunderbridge, world famous playwright, author, and bee wrangler, £9.00 is unveiling his latest, greatest, show: a white-knuckle ride into the dark comedy heart of humanity, and a search for the true meaning of Orlando Bloom**. *Two bears. **Show may contain traces of Orlando Bloom.

camdenfringe.com 13 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Encompass Theatre Collective St Pancras Community Lovers Anonymous Association You are invited to your first Lovers 2 August 8.30pm Anonymous therapy session. They say a problem shared is a 4, 11, 18 August 8.00pm problem halved, and our group leaders £7.50 are here to help. From sexuality to sex, theatre bestiality to breaking up, nothing is off limits. Mixing theatre, movement and improvisation, Lovers Anonymous turns the spotlight on its audience, and asks what it is to be in (and out of) love in the 21st century. Join the circle, listen to some tales, and even share your own in this unique immersive spectacle. Fresh from their recent successes at London’s Voila! Europe Festival and Festival Teatrale Europeo in Rome, Encompass Theatre Collective (“absolutely worth our time” Exeunt) present a new immersive theatrical event unlike any other. Are you #readyforlove?

Bombshell Productions Ltd The Albany Holly Burn: Gurn (Work In Progress) 2-3, 17 August 8.15pm The Burn is back with more delicious gurns - £6.00 (concs £5.00) held together by dafty characters and silly old comedy voices. A show the like of which you’ll never see again! Holly garnered acclaim for her portrayal of nightmare bridesmaid Jemma in ITV’s hit Bad Bridesmaid and gained international press attention with her viral internet hit: Victoria Beckham’s Vogue 73 Questions Spoof. Touted everywhere as a ‘one to watch’ with endorsements from Harry Hill, Eddie Izzard, Stewart Lee, James Acaster, Arthur Smith and Milton Jones. “Hilarious. Burn is an irresistible performer and her writing is strong, packed with deliciously surreal details” The Independent “Geordie power house” ★★★★ Chortle ”Comedy supremo... turns stand up on its head” ★★★★ To Do List

Poetry House The Cockpit Van Gogh on the Beach: 2 August 9.00pm #Lost Angels £10.00 (concs £7.00) A contemporary piece written and directed theatre by Jahmar Nogzi - Emerging Artist Award Winner. Its unconventional form uses a fusion of poetry, drama, dance and art to tell a story and explore an interpretation of Van Gogh with particular focus on his passion for Art and love for a enigmatic woman. Set in Los Angeles in the 90’s, the idea of artists only associating with their respective peers has caused a fractured community. There is a solution. Experience a time when Art was a free form of expression without boundaries. “Full of emotion and steeped in cultural and historical context. His writing takes you on a journey through love, poetry, music and dance!” Actors Temple. “Charming show with beautiful Spoken Word and an important message” @kokobrown.

14 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 Clueless Theatre Clueless presents Two Fourteen characters, two actors and one night in a bar in Northern England. This is the recipe for Jim Cartwright’s Two. Blended together with a whirlwind of emotion, questionable customer service and unspoken truths. From the landlord and landlady who despise the sight and sound of one another to a shaken (not stirred) cocktail of customers, Two explores the different types of relationships in society today. Beautifully written & performed. “Jim Cartwright’s 1989 play is a distillation (no pun intended) of what we’ve all experienced whilst nursing a drink in the local, rows, adolescent showing off, pathetic pick-up lines and overheard snippets of bizarre conversations” J.D. Atkinson “The comedy, descending into tragedy and back to hope, was handled with absolute ease by the cast and we were swept along with this rollercoaster of The Lion and Unicorn emotions” Pierse Stevens‚ Spotlights Magazine 2-5 August 8.45pm This amateur production of Two is presented by £12.00 (concs £10.50) special arrrangement with Samuel French, Ltd. theatre

Three Worlds Hen and Chickens Re-working the City 2-3 August 9.00pm An improvised performance by Three Worlds. Inspired by the suggestions of the audience, six actors create a vivid collage of interweaving stories. £10.00 Characters from all walks of life are created through monologues, theatre vignettes and dramatic scenes. Mixing comedy, drama and tragedy the stories build to surprising and moving climaxes. Gripping theatre!

Theatre Illogica London Improv Theatre Fluff 2-4 August 9.30pm Fluff and Alex are depressed millennials sharing a tiny studio flat in Shepherds Bush. They’re not sure what the meaning of life is yet, but £9.00 (concs £7.50) they’re determined to find out through drugs, alcohol, bourbon biscuits, theatre sleazy men, grated cheese and an electric ukulele. And maybe a lobster or two...

Jack Etcetera Theatre The Hollow Men came back from the trenches of World War One with their sense of secure being utterly destroyed by sights sounds and 3-5 August 12.45pm stresses too horrible for the mind to absorb. They returned to a country (concs £8.00) that had to put them somewhere. Some were still with us into the 1970’s. £12.00 This is a true story of one of those men. theatre

camdenfringe.com 15 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August James OD: An Irishman’s The Bill Murray Psychedelic Adventure 2, 5-6 August 9.30pm What’s this show about? James is a comic £5.00 from Ireland that has been performing all comedy over Ireland and the UK for 4 years and now lives in London. He has been heard on BBC Radio 4, seen at The Comedy Store and gigged at many of the great clubs in London and beyond. Using both acoustic instruments and synthesizers, James will whisk you away to where time has no meaning. But if time did have a meaning the show would be 45mins long backed full of music, stories and a few surprises, including tunes such as Owl Zoo, Grannies and crowd favourite String Worm. If you are intrigued and want to experience something a little / a lot different, grab yourself a ticket and come on down for An Irishman’s Psychedelic Adventure.

Faded Ink Productions The Lion and Unicorn In the Wake Of 3 August 4.00pm New piece of writing set on a run down 4 August 2.00pm estate in Kingston Upon Hull. Rob and 5-7 August 7.00pm Chelsea are a seemingly content couple; ordinary, working class, full of routine £8.00 (concs £6.50) and reality TV. They know what they like. theatre But what should be one of the happiest moments of their lives turns into a nightmare when Jimmy suddenly turns up at the house. He’s just been released from prison and is out for revenge. They all must face up to their lies, buried secrets and past mistakes. How far are we prepared to go to protect the ones we love? Can broken relationships ever really be fixed once the damage has been done? A play which pulls no punches and examines the extremes people can go to when push comes to shove.

The Parentheticals Etcetera Theatre The Parentheticals: Improdyssey 3-5 August 2.30pm The Parentheticals’ five star show returns to Camden Fringe! See them embark on a fully-improvised quest where YOU decide where they go £6.00 and what they seek. Whatever you pick, the adventure will be epic - and comedy completely made up on the spot. “A masterclass in improvisation” ★★★★★ Open Door “The Parentheticals are huge fun” London Pub Theatres Thomas Dixon: The Secrets of Magic London Improv Theatre What is real magic? Is it just tricks or magic? what’s the difference? 3-4 August 7.00pm Thomas will answer these questions and reveal some of the deepest secrets! 5 August 6.30pm You will learn what it takes to be a magician and to see what is like to be behind the curtains. £8.50 (concs £7.00) You are not just going to see tricks, you will experience magic! cabaret

16 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 ShakeItUp Theatre Upper Room ShakeItUp: The 3, 9-10, 17, 23-24 August Improvised Shakespeare 8.00pm Show £5.00 comedy Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we’d give him a hand. Using his language, your audience suggestions and our overactive imaginations, we create a brand new Shakespeare play live on stage! Join ShakeItUp Theatre for an evening of improvised Bard-based Bedlam. Every show is a classic Shakespeare would have been proud to write… . (probably). “Alas I wishe I hade writtenne this myselffe” Christopher Marlowe “Why does no one improv about my plays :( ?” Ben Jonson

Disposable Theatre Camden People’s Theatre Fingered Food 3-4 August 7.15pm Its been the longest party in the world. Desperation sets in for the leftover singles as the night creeps to an end. Standards are lowered, clothes are £8.00 (concs £6.00) removed, no one wants to wake up alone... Again. theatre This new black comedy explores how dating apps have influenced relationships in the 21st century. Be sure to bring a plus one. City Impro 2 Northdown Improv Deathmatch 3, 10, 17, 24 August 7.15pm An adrenaline-fuelled improvised comedy show where two teams battle to see who can make the audience laugh hardest. Who wins? You £5.00 decide! comedy Returning to the Camden Fringe for a fourth year and recommended by the London Evening Standard, FringeReview and Views from the Gods, see who will be crowned 2018 champions. “Incredibly good” ★★★★ Voicemag Joe Jacobs: Cracker Aces and Eights A depraved shambolic mess? A triumphant tour de force? 3, 17 August 9.15pm Join the saltiest cracker in town, stand up / rap singer Joe Jacobs, for one or the other. 23, 24 August 8.00pm ‘Always funny & entertaining’ Bruce Dessau. £5.00 ‘Mike Skinner with jokes’ ★★★★ The Wee Review comedy ‘Comedy Gold’ ★★★★ Broadway Baby ★★★★ Mumble Comedy ‘Jew’ The Jewish Chronicle Drunk, Not Wasted Comedy Aces and Eights Returning for its 4th year of drunk comedians. Every night sees 3 of the 3-4 August 10.20pm best acts on the fringe performing at their drunkest. They’re drunk so you don’t have to be (but it would help). Guaranteed laughs even if the acts £6.00 (concs £5.00) won’t remember in the morning... Don’t miss out. comedy

camdenfringe.com 17 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Lone Wolf McQuade & Camden Comedy Club Friends 3-6 August 9.30pm Can you really get by with a little help £6.00 (concs £5.00) from your friends? Lone Wolf McQuade & comedy Friends is a glimpse into the surreal minds of three stand-up comics who’ve poured all their hope into this show. Their friendship is on the line. Can you help them survive? Starring Emily ‘Lone-Wolf’ McQuade, David Ferguson and Phil Green. Can Emily’s friends help her find her happiness? It won’t be easy. Especially as she hasn’t smiled properly since 2003. Nevertheless, Phil and David will give it their best shot, using every weapon in their comedic arsenal. This show may include tales of corporate woe, passionate appreciation for Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Tom Jones, mice, Chuck Norris, dancing and a brief introduction to the grumpiest man in the world.

Hungry Wolf VYT Hen and Chickens Goodbye Rosetta 4-5 August 3.00pm Goodbye Rosetta is a fast-paced, witty tale of a group of teens coming 4 August 4.30pm of age. Keisha and Mo are foster sisters, they are also the misfits. When Mo’s depression makes the ground give way from under her, Keisha £12.00 struggles to understand the illness. They are forced to navigate their new reality, finding their way with a little help from the stars. theatre

Stage Theatre Company The Albany O Jackie 4, 5, 11 August 3.00pm Based on the love triangle between Aristotle Onassis, Jackie Kennedy and Maria Callas, all icons of their day – and the tragedies that occurred £5.00 when the rivalry spiralled out of control. theatre

Annie Cheung The Lion and Unicorn Dots 4-5 August 3.30pm Teetering dangerously between tragedy and comedy Annie takes you into the high-achieving, low-esteem world of a lawyer turned actress and her £8.00 (concs £6.00) ever questioning alter ego. Inspired by a real life story, Dots is a deeply theatre poignant, and, at times, frankly farcical reminder of life’s real challenges – serious stuff that doesn’t take itself too seriously.

A Good Man - Scratch Aces and Eights Dennis, 32, is perfect according to his best friend and Nan, Elsie. Her 4 August 4.30pm pearls of wisdom have made Dennis the man he is today, a good man or so he thought. 15-18 August 6.45pm Written by Clare Rebekah Pointing “Pointing’s writing is funny and true” ★★★★ The Scotsman £5.00 Performed by Ed Eales-White, seen in The Crown (Netflix) andNational theatre Treasure (Ch4)

18 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 Fannytasticals Etcetera Theatre Fannytasticals 4-6 August 8.30pm Brighton’s sell-out female comedy troupe £10.00 present their rude and raucous topical comedy humour. A cabaret style show including songs, skits, sketches and general musings on life, love and the universe from a range of female perspectives. Their original, bold and powerful material takes audiences on a journey into the wilderness of the female psyche, and leaves them gasping for breath. Five female performers, writers, comedians and musicians in their 20s, 30s and 40s make up The Fannytasticals. They have been performing their hilarious and original satirical material for over 2 years, including sell-out shows at this year’s Brighton Fringe. An evening without inhibition.

The Intimate Strangers The Albany The Intimate Strangers: Wuthering Heights 4, 5, 11-12 August 5.45pm Sketch comedy duo The Intimate Strangers mount a foolish attempt to produce a show where every sketch references the song Wuthering £7.00 (concs £5.00) Heights by Kate Bush. Come along and let them ‘grab your soul away’. comedy Praise for previous shows: “A thing of beauty” Remotegoat, ★★★★ Edfringe Review, ★★★★ Three Weeks. Heard on BBC Radio 4, seen on BBC 3.

Elise Heaven Etcetera Theatre She’s A Good Boy 4-5 August 6.30pm Elise is called pretty the same amount of times as being called sir in an average week. £12.00 (concs £10.00) If Elise had £1 for every time someone has asked ‘Are you the best theatre man?’ then Elise would have £2. Elise is often asked, ‘Are you a boy or a girl?’ The answer to this question is: No. A show exploring non-binary gender using Elise’s real life experiences. Feeling Gorgeous Theatre Hen and Chickens A Tinder Trilogy 4-7 August 9.00pm by Annie Jenkins. 3 GIRLS, 3 MONOLOGUES. £9.00 ‘Unencumbered by the need for commitment, I just want fun.’ theatre Meet Geri, Beth and George - a set of talking heads for a generation of frustrated Tinderers. Sometimes really funny, others a bit sad, this play interrogates ideas about loneliness, intimacy and the swipe swipe sensibility of contemporary dating. Madam Renards The Cockpit Fred, Ted, Jack & Harold 4 August 9.00pm What if eternity working in an office was meant literally? What if your soul deserved to be crushed? What if you happened to be the worst of the £10.00 (concs £7.00) worst, and every tedious hour spent battling the photocopier was actually theatre payback for the most heinous crimes imaginable? Fred, Ted, Jack & Harold is the darkest of dark comedies by playwright Matt Fox

camdenfringe.com 19 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Cally Beaton The Bill Murray Re-Cally-Brate 5 August 3.30pm Cally Beaton is back with a brand new hour of stand-up in the making: 12 August 9.30pm Re-Cally-Brate. Three decades into a career as a corporate high-flyer, Cally has traded in her gold card for a couple of beer tokens and life on 21 August 6.45pm road as a jobbing comedian. Find out if she has the stomach for radical reinvention, as she mines the funny where you least expect it. £5.00 comedy Tube Mappian Hen and Chickens Tube Mappian is an avid collector of tube maps from 1934 onwards and holds one of the largest private collections in the country. Come explore 5 August 4.30pm the history of the tube map and the story of his obsessive collecting in £10.00 this informative and witty show. comedy

Spilt Milk Camden Comedy Club Spilt Milk Presents... 5 August 6.30pm Female-powered and calcium-filled sketch comedy group, Spilt Milk are bringing their eclectic brand of comedy to the Camden Fringe. Expect £6.00 (concs £5.00) hilarious sketches, absurd accents and questionable dancing! comedy Nominated for the International Youth Arts Festival: Best of Brighton Fringe Comedy Award 2017

Kelsey de Almeida: I’m Very Different People The Bill Murray (Work In Progress) 5-7 August 6.45pm Kelsey has grown up in a society he doesn’t feel a part of. A constant outsider. This show explores his life and views and what makes him and £5.00 us all different. And maybe that’s okay? comedy Winner of South End Comedy Festival’s Best Newcomer 2017 Tour Support for Stephen K Amos & Abandoman “Destined to be absolutely huge” Julia Chamberlain Barber and Benson Hen and Chickens The sketch comedy duo are back with their marvellous array of 5-6 August 7.30pm characters; old and new. Coming together in a seamless show with weird and wonderful, larger than life creatures, film parodies, TV dramas and £10.00 (concs £9.00) political buffoons and more... comedy “They’ve got USP: older ladies doing comedy and comedy certainly needs more unique acts like this” WestEndWilma

Amy Howerska Does Her Favourite BITS! Camden Comedy Club #SideOfNew 5-6, 24-26 August 8.00pm Amy Howerska does her favourite bits from three Edinburgh solo shows, (concs £5.00) her BBC Radio 4 extra special and the sweaty cider sodden years she £6.00 has spent toiling on the UK circuit. If you’ve not seen her before - WHAT comedy HAVE YOU BEEN DOING?! (there will also be new jokes for hardcorers) “A force to be reckoned with” Chortle

20 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 Loose-Locked Etcetera Theatre Faux 6 August 12.30pm The eccentric proprietor of a vintage 7-12 August 4.30pm clothing shop finds their beliefs challenged when the items they are selling begin to £12.00 (concs £10.00) come to life around them. Using puppetry theatre and taking inspiration from true stories of the fur industry, the aim of the show is to prompt more questions than it provides answers, in an honest and humorous way. This is following the increasing number of cases of real fur being sold as fake on the high streets of Britain, alongside the resurgence of the popularity of fur, be it fake or otherwise. With a small cast playing a host of colourful characters, Faux is a show that explores the multi-faceted issue that is the fur trade in a way that is comical, tragic, accessible and entertaining.

Lolbot Wars The Albany “Craig Charles would be proud. Don’t stay at home like boring bores, get out to the Fringe and see Lolbot Wars!” Broadway Baby 5, 12, 19 August 8.15pm Come and behold the smash hit live game show full of comedy carnage. £5.00 Elliot Wengler (“enviable performing abilities” The Tab) hosts as four comics battle with insults, improv, weapons, words, and more! comedy

The London Rep Camden People’s Theatre Winter Blossom Karaoke and Other Snippets 5 August 8.30pm Red nosed Rudolph has a kid he never sees, a political debate takes a turn for the bizarre and a grieving, working class, family fight for their £15.00 (concs £12.00) future. Founded this year by 2017 RADA graduate Leaphia Darko (Julius theatre Caesar, Bridge Theatre) The London Rep presents an exploration of class, politics and grief in this suite of new writing + short film.

Playful Intentions Theatre Company The Water Rats Bees? 5-8 August 9.00pm Two millennial tech upstarts have an idea, which is fine until it grows limbs and a thirst for internet fame. Frankenstein meets The Office in £10.00 (concs £7.50) PITCo’s 3rd stinging farce packed with rap and informative bee facts. theatre How much do we own what we post? Can originality exist in the hive- mind? And just how funny is a bloke sat in a bee costume for an hour?

Panicky Tack The Albany Panicky Tack do musical comedy, but not as you know it - all of the songs 5 August 9.30pm are craftily created on the spot! The duo finally bring their mind-blowing, side-splitting, toe-tapping show to Camden and all it takes is a little help £5.00 from your stories and suggestions to inspire anything from freestyle rap to heartfelt epic ballads. 12, 19, 26 August 9.30pm ★★★★★ Fringe Explosion £6.00 (concs £5.00) comedy

camdenfringe.com 21 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August J R Theatre Upstairs at the When Midnight Strikes Gatehouse New Year’s Eve 1999 - New York. Jennifer 6-11 August 7.30pm West’s intimate dinner party for close friends and family begins to fall apart 11 August 3.00pm upon the discovery her husband has been £12.00 (concs £10.00) having an affair. theatre When Midnight Strikes is a fun and fresh contemporary British musical, full of show stopping songs and complex characters. As the hosts confront their unraveling marriage, new resolutions, past mistakes and an uncertain future merge into an explosive life-altering evening. Everyone has something they want to change and plenty they want to hide! The clock is ticking… When Midnight Strikes what will the New Year bring? Caged Bird Theatre The Lion and Unicorn Neon 6-8 August 4.30pm When Jude meets a chap who claims to be God, he seems to just be a deluded recluse. But when one of her patients has visions of a strange £8.00 (concs £6.50) man in his flat, she finds herself caught up in the birth of a new religion. theatre Hilarious yet morbid, bitter yet warm, Neon is a new play that shows the potential to find faith in the unlikeliest of places.

Company 7 Aces and Eights Pains of Youth 6-8 August 7.00pm Vienna, 1923. A group of sexually entangled medical students struggle to 11-12 August 4.30pm find meaning in a changing world. Pains of Youth by Ferdinand Bruckner in a version by Martin Crimp is a brutal portrait of hedonism, promiscuity, £12.50 (concs £10.00) betrayal and the most tragic illness of all: being young. This haunting play still resonates with the young generation of today. theatre

noseR inc Hen and Chickens noseR: The Startup Musical 6-9 August 6.00pm Smelling: there’s an app for that. noseR: The Startup Musical is a satirical musical comedy about the world’s first app... that sends smells, not £8.00 emojis. Take a deep dive into this riotous, multi-sensory experience as theatre noseR attempts to give every phone in the world a nose. It’s an olfactory revolution!

Alpha Mums Camden Comedy Club Alpha Mums Gone Wrong 6-8 August 6.30pm Ayesha Bravo, Leonie Rachel and Joann Condon are Alpha Mums - Gone Wrong. Instead of putting a wash on or doing the kids’ bed-time, £5.00 homework or Egyptian projects, they’re down the pub performing sketch comedy shows. They’re taking the mickey out of modern life and fueling their frustrations into funnies. Come watch the show and help keep them off the gin.

22 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 70:30 Camden People’s Theatre Did it Hurt? 6-11 August 7.15pm Two strangers trapped in a room. £12.00 (concs £10.00) Once inside, they cannot leave. The theatre gravity of their collective pasts holds them there as surely as a locked door. With nothing to do but get to know one another, the men are forced to expose their innermost thoughts and ideas. As reality outside of their little black box begins to blur and distort, this encounter becomes a dangerous commentary on the toxic nature of the male psyche. These meandering men think themselves safe. But as their conversation flows, the current carries them away to vaster and deeper waters — the deeper you go, the darker it gets. Quietly sinking, are they able to keep afloat? A darkly funny, introspective and brutal look under our skin.

Fable Theatre Company Etcetera Theatre Divided We Fall 6-7 August 6.30pm Divided We Fall is a new musical play by Alan Fleming-Baird, set in Scotland during the Govan rent strikes of 1915. £6.00 (concs £5.00) Landlord’s increased the rent of the housing, mostly occupied by women theatre left at home while their husband’s fought on the front line during the First World War. Our musical play focuses one family’s story during this time. All the World’s a Space The Albany Hamlet 6-7 August 7.00pm A modern, immersive and site specific adaptation of Hamlet set within the dysfunctional surroundings of a family run pub. £10.00 (concs £8.00) Whilst retaining the original text, this interpretation suggests that theatre alcoholism and drug addiction are to blame for the main protagonist’s ‘madness’ and self destruction. A Hamlet for 2018 which should both challenge and unnerve The Brew Makers The Cockpit The Egg Rumour 6 August 7.00pm A musical play that explores new office perk: Social Freezing! Ladies, you can now freeze your eggs, work up the ladder, find the right man and £10.00 (concs £7.00) forget about having kids for a few years. It really is that simple! Or is it? theatre With technology moving at a faster pace than our biological clocks are even prepared for, can we fit all our eggs in one basket?

Kym Winstanley: Work-shy Woman in The Water Rats Progress 6-8 August 7.30pm In 1982, Kym resigned from her full-time job of 3 years, embarking (concs £5.00) instead on a path in search of anarchist utopia. Since then, she has been £7.00 mostly unemployed and sometimes deemed unfit for work. In her debut comedy solo comedy show, she explores the pros and cons of her long-term unemployment and the high price she has paid for withdrawing her labour.

camdenfringe.com 23 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August The London Improv Theatre London Improv Theatre Momentary Insight 6-11 August 7.30pm A new play by Jake Lyons. £7.00 In today’s climate of #Me Too, Weinstein theatre and gender politics, this powerful, engaging and funny piece brings into sharp focus the negotiation of human interaction and relationships in city life.

The Sleeping Princess Cecil Sharp House You are a princess. You wake from a hundred-year sleep. Why does everything feel so desperately wrong? Welcome to a story you think you 6-8 August 7.30pm know, where all magic has a price. Put on the skins of familiar characters (concs £6.00) and see their stories through new eyes, as subversive poet Hel Robin £8.00 Gurney guides you through a fairytale of love, trauma, and resilience. spoken word

ArtFlux Productions Tristan Bates Theatre Breathe 6-11 August 7.45pm Breathe pans across the struggles of four housemates living in London trying to successfully accomplish their dreams. Personal secrets and £10.00 (concs £8.00) fears emerge as their lives intertwine, revealing the importance of theatre friendship in the face of anxiety and depression. Will they choose security or transform their fears into fuel to conquer their dreams?

Yellow Coat Theatre Company The Lion and Unicorn Of Course I’m Hot... I’m 50! 6-8 August 8.30pm Of Course I’m Hot... I’m 50! is a factual, no-frills look at the *whispers* menopause. One woman’s journey through the brain fog, sweat and £8.00 (concs £6.50) desert of vaginal dryness is every woman’s journey. Warm, truthful and theatre funny, this show tries to clear the brain fog of everyone – whoever you are.

The Florence Theatre Company Camden People’s Theatre Protest Song 6-8 August 9.00pm Danny sleeps rough. He enjoys drinking and chatting shit. Join him as you experience the anarchic energy of the Occupy movement through £10.00 (concs £8.00) carol singing, outraged chanting and Anonymous masks. theatre Tim Price’s Protest Song, is an unyielding play in which the abrasive Danny recounts his experience of Occupy in its inspiring idealism and harsh realities.

24 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 Crabmeat Tristan Bates Theatre J is hiding in the toilet at a gay club. 6-11 August 9.15pm Maybe because of what he just saw on the £10.00 (concs £8.00) dance floor. theatre Maybe because he’s more anxious than normal. Or maybe because he’s being chased by a crab… ...and this is one cranky crustacean. As panic bubbles to the surface, J recounts the events that led to his most recent breakup and to the toilet in which he is currently cowering. It becomes clear trouble has been drifting closer and closer for some time now. All the while the Crab is snipping at his heels, primed with insults and slurs, trying to pincer his soft spots and, seemingly, eager to take him down. A darkly comic exploration of the cause and effect of minority stress, Crabmeat asks the question: why are we all hiding in this toilet?

Empty Room The Cockpit Most of the time, the world stops us from 7-9 August 7.00pm telling the truth. We shape ourselves to survive our surroundings, numb ourselves £10.00 (concs £7.00) to deal with loss or terror, harden ourselves theatre to deal with danger. These threats are not only large and obvious, but often small and insidious. Empty Room explores how music - listening to it, writing it, performing it - can grant us the freedom to reveal what is in our depths. Through delving into the interconnected lives of a heroin-addict saxophonist, a jazz singer battling with depression, and a child dealing with the loss of a parent, the importance of music in times of struggle is celebrated. Told through song, sung-text, monologues and violin. This show contains upsetting subject matter and strong language.

intramœnia Etcetera Theatre eläin 7-8 August 12.30pm eläin explores some of our current social constructs and how they differ 9-10 August 2.30pm from our natural, animalistic behaviour. We ask ourselves if these constructs are helpful. Why or why not? Where £10.00 (concs £8.00) are they seen and how do they differ amongst different cultures? Do we theatre get to choose whether we’re part of them or not? Can we challenge and disobey them? Getting Over Everest Tristan Bates Theatre Defined by her relationship status, Libby knows little else. When Rob Everest unexpectedly decides to cut ties she spirals into an unannounced 7-11 August 6.15pm depression. But with the support of her friend Steph and the man from (concs £8.00) the bar, outspoken and explicit Libby attempts to find out who she is and £10.00 what life has to offer. theatre

camdenfringe.com 25 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August All The Dumb Things Hen and Chickens In her international debut, Australia’s 7-9 August 7.30pm “ultimate bad feminist” Amanda Jane Pritchard will take you by the balls or £10.00 (concs £8.50) politely take your hand on this off-beat comedy excursion of raunchy tales and familiar tunes based on her chaotic love and personal life. You can expect sex, drugs and cock’n’ball jokes − just not in a reverse Harvey Weinstein way, well… maybe not. Covering everything from Tinder and tits to drugs and dildos this show comes directly from real and raw events with songs to match. Re-imagined songs include − Get Stuffed True Love (Can’t Hurry Love); I’m not a Dildo Girl (Barbie Girl); Crazy Little Things Called Drugs (Love), Take it Easy on Tinder (Take it Easy) plus more alongside a couple of knockout originals. With Wally Howlett.

Matt Green: Punch Up Camden Comedy Club Matt’s been doing stand up for 15 years 7-9 August 8.00pm and he’s got pretty good at it, delighting audiences at clubs and festivals across the £7.50 (concs £6.50) world. Come and hear his latest thoughts 10-11 August 8.00pm about the state of things. Spoiler alert: he’s not keen. Featuring stories about FitBits, £9.00 (concs £8.00) tennis elbow, going viral with JK Rowling comedy and being punched in the face. Sell out run with extra shows added in 2017 - Book early! “Really funny” ★★★★ Scotsman “Spot on observational humour that will make anyone laugh-out-loud” ★★★★ Everything Theatre “a solid hour of genuine laughs” ★★★★ Views from The Gods “Why someone as funny as this isn’t doing the Apollo, or having a Radio Four series of his own, is a bit of a mystery. Maybe one day. Let’s hope so.” ★★★★ Theatre Bath

Joe Egan Etcetera Theatre First 7 August 8.30pm Virgin. Noun. A person who has never had sexual intercourse. £7.50 (concs £5.00) Joe is a virgin. To no longer be one, he needs to have sex, simple. However, in this new writing that delves into the thrills, anxieties, and theatre awkwardness of a virgin exploring his sexuality, it soon becomes clear to Joe that sex, and all that comes with it, is anything but simple!

Working Birthday Aces and Eights Clown Sex 7-11 August 9.15pm 3 plays about sex written and performed by Natasha Sutton Williams: one dark, one funny, one dark and funny. £10.00 “Authentic & unexpected comedy” ★★★★ Broadway World theatre “Oozes talent... It’s a startling, edgy & impressive performance” ★★★★ Musical Theatre Review / London Theatre 1 ★★★★ / Reviews Hub ★★★★ / Female Arts ★★★★ / Ginger Wig & Strolling Man ★★★★

26 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 Ride The Wave The Monkey House My Friend, My Partner 8-11 August 6.00pm Meet Mim and Ziz. They do EVERYTHING £10.00 (concs £8.00) together, so how will one of them cope theatre when the other finds a new best friend? My Friend, My Partner is a comedic, playful and open look at our timeless relationship with alcohol through humour, simplicity, and striking visuals and sounds - expect hot tunes, sick moves and feel drunk without the hangover. Transferring after a successful debut at The Pleasance earlier this year, My Friend, My Partner blends clown, verbatim text and hundreds of post-its, to ask whether alcohol abuse is the problem itself, or the symptom of a deeper one. Suitable for 14+, hard of hearing, and international audiences. ’Surreal, honest and hilarious’...’Keeps your eyes wide (and your smile wider) with anticipation’ Your Molotov Kisses Etcetera Theatre “How many times have you travelled 8-12 August, 8.30pm outside the country?” 14-16 August 6.30pm “What’s that got to do with anything?” “You hate everything foreign.” £12.00 (concs £10.00) When a mysterious package arrives from theatre MI5, an upscale couple’s happy marriage is turned upside down. What could their lives possibly have to do with terrorism? Written by Gustavo Ott, winner of the Ricardo López Aranda International Playwriting Prize, Your Molotov Kisses is a dark comedy about the fault lines of race, class and intolerance. Directed by Gianluca Lello, the Associate Director of Thebes Land (2017 Off West End Awards Best Production Winner). A provocative comedy that asks why we all seem to be living with terror on our minds.

Better Than Dying Alone Camden Comedy Club Menages a trois. Private parties. A ladder and a man dressed as a monkey. Ros is busy in the bedroom but no closer to love, and with 7-11 August 9.30pm judicious application of Tinder, Twitter and cardigans, she’s on the hunt (concs £5.00) for it. After all, what’s the alternative? £7.00 ‘A phenomenal performer’ Bunbury Magazine comedy ‘Vulgarity and Hilarity - ★★★★’ Manchester Fringe

Mixed Race White Bloke The Bill Murray Francis Foster is a ridiculous man who hails from the twin lands of Venezuela and south London. Watch in awe as Francis struggles to 7-9 August 9.30pm explain what it’s like to be a citizen of nowhere and have a psychopath for a mother. £5.00 Francis also came runner up in the NATYS 2015 and was tour support for comedy Eddie Izzard on his Force Majeure Tour.

camdenfringe.com 27 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Of Potters Demons/Magus Theatre The Monkey House Criminals! A Financial 8-11 August 9.00pm Comedy £10.00 (concs £8.00) What would YOU do if... Your business theatre went up in flames, your insurance refused to pay, your bank declined to give you a loan and your wife told you she’s expecting again? Criminals! A Financial Comedy is about a simple man, his unlikely ally and their desperate strategy to escape the worst. Join out-of-luck blini chef Igor Davidoff and out-of-work investment banker Victoria Davids for an evening of mayhem as they lurch through a maze of moral ambiguity and financial ruin left behind by the global crash. Written by the award-winning Romanian playwright Ana-Maria Bamberger, Criminals! receives its UK and English-language premiére at the Camden Fringe, after a thrilling first run at the Dramatists’ Theatre in Bucharest.

Rose Eye Productions Etcetera Theatre Hatch 8-12 August 6.30pm Gig theatre digging under the skin of anti-heroine Jess, imprisoned for selling drugs on her lovers behalf. £7.00 (concs £5.00) “Funny & devastating in equal part” The Sunday Times theatre Challenging the women’s prison system through explosive spoken word poetry & original electronic music. Winner of the Camden People’s Theatre Award & the Oberon Books New Play Award 2018

Portfolio Career Girl (Work In Progress) The Bill Murray A character comedy show featuring businesswoman, entrepreneur, designer, photographer, coder and fashion designer, 24 year old Becky 8-9 August 6.45pm Wiseman. Becky is here to help her audience find their true professional calling, using experience of her own (year long) successful portfolio £5.00 career. A character comedy show. comedy

Fingers Crossed The Monkey House Central (Story) Line 8-11 August 7.30pm 1940: The last Kindertransport to escape the German forces has arrived at Liverpool Street Station. Three children are united by this historical £9.00 (concs £7.00) event that changes and shapes their future. England saved their lives but theatre at what cost? Central (Story) Line spans 67 years of friendship as they move from Churchill through Thatcher into Blair and beyond.

The Naked Dietitian Hen and Chickens Enough 8 August 9.00pm A powerful solo theatre piece exposing a life of white, thin privilege through a traumatised body. Can the liberation of one award-winning £10.00 (concs £8.00) self-harming poet-dietitian be connected to all liberation? Disrupting the theatre neoliberal delusion by being body, Mad, queer and age-positive in this sexy, feminist, lyrically explosive performance.

28 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 Amadeus Martin - A Camden Comedy Club History of Pet Hates 9-11 August 6.30pm Amadeus has written a list of his ‘Pet £6.00 (concs £5.00) Hates’. He loves the list, but making lists is comedy one of his pet hates. With his ferocious dark humour, award winning comedian Amadeus Martin delivers a sharp-witted take on things he hates, including banning sugar in food, emergency texts, public transport etiquette & more. Amadeus may occasionally be obscene, so if you’re easily offended, do come along. “Assured & adept, adding edge” Fringe Reviews “One of the most confident & competent shows I’ve seen this year” Thin Evenings “Satirically addressing, his comedy deserves respect” On The Fringe “A self-deprecating & very talented comedian. One of my personal favourites” Buxton Review Time Out Critic’s Choice “Comedy Pick” Evening Standard & GQ Project Lockout The Cockpit Feel The Fear 9-10 August 9.00pm “Let me describe something to you. Not to £10.00 (concs £7.00) say I’m horrified or shamelessly petrified theatre because I’d have lied to say this creature does not exist...” Brilliantly combining spoken word with physical theatre, Project Lockout present an energetic and visual performance exploring that what plagues us all... FEAR. Five people speak their truths, confronting a most uncomfortable feeling. As they endeavour to make sense of this sensation, we can perhaps allow ourselves the discovery of its importance. As actors control the stage, Feel The Fear seeks an ambitious address to its audience with an intensely physical, lyrical experience.

Farce a Minute The Lion and Unicorn Seeds of Change 9 August 8.30pm When an unexpected guest turns up on an unexpected day in an institute 11 August 6.30pm of great expectation, what might you expect? Farce a Minute brings you an original anarchic comedy in a Sperm Bank. Get in early - there’s a 1 in 12 August 2.00pm 250 million chance of success. £8.00 (concs £6.00) theatre How to be a Londoner in an Hour Hen and Chickens A mix of smugness, toughness & panic attacks at rent-time, Londoners are strange folk. And now you can learn how to be a real one! From tube 9-12 August 9.00pm etiquette to money madness via a healthy dose of passive-aggression! Perfect for Londoners, non-Londoners & anyone who has ever been £10.00 perplexed by this city. theatre “Left me with a huge smile on my face” livereview

camdenfringe.com 29 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Son of a Dog Theatre The Lion and Unicorn That’s All We Have Time For 9-11 August 9.30pm 7.00pm: The One Show. Matt Baker £10.00 presents the live magazine show with theatre special guests HRH Queen Elizabeth II and Stavros Flatley. 8.00pm: Eastenders. How will the Square react to Ian’s shocking discovery? 9.30pm: NEW. That’s All We Have Time For. Tim only has thirty minutes to live and a lifetime of TV to catch up on. Will he make it through this re-run nightmare or just sit back and switch off? There’s never anything on - except something you don’t want to watch. 10.00pm: The News at 10. A devised physical comedy exploring the darkest depths of 24-hour television. Dont worry, there’s still time to put your kettle on, and let the cat out, before the season premiere of Son Of A Dog’s That’s All We Have Time For. Two Pale Ladies Camden People’s Theatre How to Cope with Embarrassment 9-11 August 9.00pm This is the story of Lucy; a red faced, red haired, red shoe’ed and red dressed woman. She has a date tonight, a date with destiny and with £12.00 (concs £9.00) James. theatre Tonight is her 43rd birthday, and if by the dawn of day she has not uncovered the rinky-rolly-riddle to break the witches’ curse, she shall forevermore be afflicted with hot flushes and sweaty palms.

Falling Pennies Etcetera Theatre Beyond The Grave 10-14 August 12.30pm There’s something strange afoot in the cemetery behind Mr. & Mrs. Benson’s house. A voice is calling out from the darkness claiming she £10.00 doesn’t know if she’s dead or just drunk. As an amateur spiritualist and theatre owner of a Ouija Board, Katerina Benson is determined to prove they’re being haunted. But her husband, the ever sceptical Mr. Benson doesn’t!

GOLKK Theatre The Lion and Unicorn Peeking in the Portrait 10-11 August 2.00pm The camera flashes. We are exposed. Four people find themselves alone 12 August 6.30pm with a camera - what will happen? With playful physicality and subtle ensemble encounters, GOLKK explores what it means to exist in a world £8.00 where we are simultaneously witnesses and the witnessed, offering you an experience which is not only live but ALIVE. theatre

Hummingbird The Lion and Unicorn ‘Why do people care more about one missing girl than half a million refugees?’ 10-12 August 5.00pm Hummingbird’s are social influencers, paid to persuade. They’re the £5.00 first source of opinion in a world battling crises. Introduced to promote social discourse, they now control the narrative. This play explores theatre communication and global crises in the 21st Century.

30 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 Nathan & Ida Hen and Chickens Nathan & Ida’s Hot Dog 10-11 August 6.00pm Stand 12 August 4.30pm Nathan and Ida Hardwerker leave the old £10.00 country to build a better life for themselves comedy in the New World: taking with them nothing but hope, a will to succeed and a secret recipe for sauce. A feast of comedy served with generous helpings of clowning, mime, dance and a pinch of puppetry (with hints of the classic cartoons), this fast-paced two-hander evokes tantalising tastes of a glorious bygone era: silent movies, carnival rides and sepia-toned postcards. Hitch a ride on this comedy rollercoaster where business is brutal but hot dogs will never let you down. An alternative comedy biopic very loosely based on a real life hot dog stand. Best Performance of the Swinge (Swindon Fringe Festival) “Compelling and engaging” Daily Info Oxford

Mixed Up Theatre Hen and Chickens Timeless 10-11 August 7.30pm If you can’t trust your memory what can 11 August 4.30pm you trust? Martin, a London cabbie, has a problem £9.00 - he can’t make any new memories since theatre he went to the dentist ten years ago. Every morning he wakes up he thinks it’s 2008 and the last ten years are a complete blank! It’s not only strange and upsetting for him, his partner has the unenviable task of explaining what’s wrong with him every single day - and the strain is beginning to show. Can Martin’s relationship survive his condition? A single-hander, written by Brian Coyle and performed by John Rayment, Timeless is a bit like Groundhog Day meets Memento, only the main character is a London cabbie! How does memory define who we are? What happens if it goes? And, just how reliable is it anyway?

Benchmark Theatre Company The Lion and Unicorn Poverty Pawn Part 2: The Apocalypse 10 August 6.30pm As the working classes are forced north, no longer affording to live in London, the rich realise they have no one left to make their lattes or £7.00 (concs £5.00) feed their children. As desperation grows on all sides, an unlikely group theatre of activists’ come together to rise up against the housing injustice. A comedy, about the housing crisis, by people affected by it.

Most Curious Productions The Cockpit Finding Yourself Offside 10 August 7.00pm Finding Yourself Offside - a brand new play for 2018 that looks at identity, self-discovery and of being out as gay in public. The plays explores £15.00 (concs £12.00) two different perspectives of two guys in therapy. One of them is a theatre professional footballer and for him being himself is a whole different ball- game. Drama with some humour, contains some strong language

camdenfringe.com 31 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Modern Myth Theatre The Lion and Unicorn Dutchman 10-12 August 8.00pm Clay, a middle-class black man meets Lula, a white woman, on the subway. They talk, they flirt, and their differences emerge... £5.00 A dark and starkly relevant exploration of race and gender in the United theatre States, Modern Myth Theatre presents Dutchman by Amiri Baraka. A modern retelling of Adam and Eve, a struggle to be heard and a struggle for power. Ride of the Wagnerian The Bill Murray What is it like to be obsessed with a 15 hours long cycle of late romantic operas sung in German? Giacinto Palmieri loves Richard Wagner’s Ring 11-12 August 2.15pm of the Nibelung so much that he told its plot to all his ex girlfriends (note the “ex”). Now he wants to do the same with his audience. Hear all about £5.00 dwarfs, giants, Walkyries, magic helms, love potions. comedy

Tubman Etcetera Theatre This one woman show presents the story of Harriet Tubman reimagined as a young woman growing up in Harlem through a theatrical lens. This 11-12 August 2.30pm session will take the story of Harriet in the 19th century and places her (concs £8.00) in the 21st century; laced with the problems that African-American youth £11.00 face. Poetry, monologue, and music aid in telling her story. theatre

Jittery Pens Productions Hen and Chickens Crossing 11-12 August 3.00pm Crossing intends to observe and understand the people we see every 12 August 7.30pm day on the busy tube. We tend to put people in boxes and assume things about them but everyone has their own story. This piece investigates £9.00 (concs £8.00) these stories and relationships as we follow our characters trying to make sense of their lives in the city. theatre

TumbleDry Theatre The Lion and Unicorn A Trilogy of Myths 11-12 August 3.30pm Three stories, three adventures, three legendary heroes. Discover how Thor lost his hammer, how Oona McCool defeated a terrifying giant, and £10.00 (concs £8.00) how Sir Pellinore set out on a strange hunt for the Questing Beast. Join theatre these “masters of storytelling” (The Wee Review) for a family-friendly tour through some lesser-known and comical myths.

Hyde Panaser - 99 Problems But My Beard The Bill Murray Ain’t One 11, 18, 25 August 3.30pm Hyde Panaser’s debut show about living a multicultural life with and 16, 23, August 10.45pm without a beard. Taking you on a journey with his cheeky outlook on the problems he’s faced growing up. Fresh from touring with Nathan Caton. £7.00 Directed by Anil Desai. comedy “Hugely likeable and assured comic, one of the brightest new talents around” Time Out “F* brilliant” Nina Wadia

32 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 The Sam Neill Experience: 2 Northdown A Dance Musical 11-13 August 7.00pm Why is it no longer enough for our beloved & 9.00pm actors to give dazzling performances in £12.00 (concs £9.00) the biggest films of all time? Why are they also expected to be great dancers? And theatre why have people and animals started to disappear from Boogieville the day before the town’s Grand Dance-Off? This new musical comedy features an extensive score of original songs and follows a fictional Sam Neill’s adventures with wine, dogs, disco, and invisibility. Groove along with Sam as he attempts to show the dance-obsessed younger generation that he truly is a superstar. If you only see one show at this year’s Camden Fringe, of course it should be the musical about Sam Neill entering a dance competition. If it’s a success, maybe Laura Dern gets a musical next year...

Tale Be Told Theatre The Cockpit Square 11-12 August 9.00pm A dark comedy, with political undertones, £10.00 (concs £7.00) that takes a look at a world where square theatre pegs must be forced to fit into round holes... and the chaos that ensues when one person begins to look at square pegs differently. “Impressively executed... The aspects of working life which the play depicts as ridiculous — the enforcement of dehumanising rules, the crushing of independent thought, the inability to admit that both the role one performs and the company itself are largely pointless — are frighteningly familiar. “Why can’t we build a new machine... so everyone can fit?” It shouldn’t be a radical idea; but until we, as a society, decide to build our new machine, works like Square will continue to be needed.” Sarah Linney, The Loop Annie McGrath: ANN WHAT? The Bill Murray You might have seen Annie on Sky Sports’ Soccer AM, ITV2’s @elevenish, Channel 4’s Girls Go Trolling, or as one half of sketch duo 11-12 August 5.00pm Twins. £6.00 She has also featured on BBC3 & BBC Radio 4 Extra. Dave’s Top Ten Jokes from the Fringe (2016); Telegraph’s funniest one-liners (2017). comedy ‘Delightfully dark’ ★★★★ Three Weeks ‘Hilarious’ ★★★★★ Edfringe Review

Moonchild The Cockpit Coelacanth 11-12 August 7.00pm Yvette is preparing for a very special occasion: a night she’ll forget. She is a woman of the era - she lives her life through apps. With phone firmly £15.00 (concs £12.00) in hand, the crumbling world outside of her apartment all of a sudden theatre makes sense. From the team that brought you “Shakespeare in space”, PLUTO, Moonchild return with a new dystopian fable...

camdenfringe.com 33 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Just Snap Out Of It LIVE! The Bill Murray Just Snap Out Of It is a podcast co-hosted 12 August 3.30pm by Asha Reid, Actress and Lord of 19 August 9.30pm Depression & Alexis Wieroniey, Comedian and Queen of Anxiety. Together they £6.00 interview fellow creatives & chat mad shit comedy about their mental ailments, how they keep their sanity, while aiming to break the stigma behind mental health. Just Snap Out Of It LIVE will be part performance, part interview. We will have a new guest each show to perform their badass talents, then we’ll get reals deep & start the conversation on all them evil little mind gremlins. Audience questions are very much welcome! Guests will be announced on our social media & website. Both shows will be recorded for our lil podcast peeps around the world. ★★★★★ “You girls make me howl with tears” Alexis Wieroniey: Wicked The Bill Murray Stepmother 12 August 6.45pm Stepmothers are evil, right? Just look at 19 August 6.30pm Cinderella, Snow White, and the lady your £6.00 mate’s dad married. But what if they aren’t? comedy This touching, new and hilarious stand-up comedy show charts one woman’s journey to transcend the stereotype and shun society’s views of stepmothers as villainous old witches. It’s 10% history lesson, 20% stepmother’s support group and 100% comedy show. Perfect for anyone who’s ever been a step mum, mum, or a woman. Alexis performed her last show, An American’s guide to being like, totally British, to sell out crowds in Adelaide, Camden and Edinburgh and received 4 & 5 star reviews. “Alexis is funny, warm and witty” Barry Fearns, Angel Comedy “A strong, smart and spirited performer” Remote Goat London Gay Men’s Chorus Ensemble: Songs Upstairs at the Gatehouse Of Gays 12 August 6.00pm The London Gay Men’s Chorus Ensemble performs at the Camden & 7.45pm Fringe Festival for the very first time. The LGMCe celebrates the joy of musical theatre in their uniquely humorous way. Expect vocal fireworks, £12.00 (concs £10.00) sparkling harmonies and unforgettable ‘choral-ography’! Witness the music West End as you’ve never seen it before!

Dave J Long, Nicholas Lepanto & Paul Escobar Hen and Chickens Tunes and Taboos 12 August 6.00pm A mix of musical and observational comedy with Dave J Long’s funny 13-14 August 9.00pm songs and observational stand-up, Italian-Iranian comic Nicholas Lepanto using his passion for flags and Italian proverbs to create an act that £9.00 ultimately supports Brexit and national sovereignty & Birmingham’s very own Paul Escobar providing the perfect balance of smart and funny. comedy

34 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 The Iain Duncan Smiths Camden Comedy Club Eurosceptic Song Contest 12-15 August 9.00pm A Eurovision for Brexit, as conceived by the £5.00 UK’s foremost IDS-themed Smiths tribute comedy band The Iain Duncan Smiths and their YouTube channel Dutch Wogan. Encompassing a series of intimate performances from such musical Eurosceptic luminaries as Borrissey, Snoop Mogg, David Davis Bowie, Corbzy and Farage Against the Machine, the Eurosceptic Song Contest is brought to you by two men, two microphones, a guitar and some amusingly rubbish ‘costume’ changes.

An Audience with Yasmine Day The Albany Noted pub-singer Yasmine Day boldly attempts to revive her flagging 12 August 7.00pm career with an extravaganza concert of 80s power ballads only slightly hampered by a faulty CD player, over-ambitious costume-changes and 26 August 8.15pm her own grandiose sense of self. Character comedy by Jay Bennett, half of sketch duo Next Best Thing. £5.00 ★★★★★ Female Arts comedy

Pink Lemonade Camden People’s Theatre A multi-disciplinary solo show exploring female masculinity and lesbianism partly inspired by the rebellious butches of the early 20th 12 August 7.00pm Century and beyond. Pink Lemonade fuses spoken word, sound and movement to question how society can impact the way we see ourselves, £8.00 touching on social, racial and cultural stigmas, childhood and intimacy. theatre

Monkey Wedding The Water Rats Monkey Wedding: Macaque to the Future 12-15 August 7.30pm ‘When this baby hits 88 gags per hour, you’re gonna see some serious sketch comedy!’ £7.50 (concs £5.00) Monkey Wedding hop in a time machine for their fourth Camden Fringe to comedy bring you laughs from the past, present and future. With Yasser Kayani, Karen Morden, Mike Sheldon, Jo Tilley and Bruce Williams (3rd place, NATYS 2018). Or their time-travelling robot doubles.

Harun Musho’d Camden Comedy Club Harun Musho’d: The Dark Side of Harun 12-13 August 8.00pm Harun Musho’d’s 2nd stand-up show compares & contrasts his life growing up in the UK in the 70s with life in the UK today. £5.00 “Musho’d has the makings of a great comedian” ★★★★ Views from comedy the Gods “When so many newer comics are Stewart Lee wannabes, at least this bears comparison to the original” Chortle “A likeable and funny comic” Reviews Hub

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The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Off-Main Theatre Company The Lion and Unicorn No Man’s Land 12 August 9.30pm Kit meets and falls in love with Felicity. After a romantic evening, Kit 19 August 10.00pm rapes her. Ten years on, Kit is forced to return home and perhaps face judgement for this crime that went unpunished. However, Kit feels £6.00 ten years in guilt-ridden solitude is penance enough. Can man ever understand the gravity of rape? Is there a gender divide in society? theatre

The Paper Theatre The Water Rats Cold Loneliness 12 August 9.45pm In Cold Loneliness we dive into a dark, burlesque and sensual world. Hear the story of an illustrious cabaret star adulate by all. But her life £6.00 (concs £5.00) doesn’t seem to be what it looks like so far. Let’s be skewered by her cabaret deep secrets and follow the story of her shattered life. The show is carrying new music creation and burlesque strip dancing.

Sycorax Theatre Company Etcetera Theatre Obsolete Tomfoolery 13 August 6.30pm Helen Duncan was Britain’s last convicted witch. After revealing state 20-21 August 12.30pm secrets at a seance she was sent to prison in 1944 under the 1735 Witchcraft Act. Her life remains controversial to this day. To many Helen & 4.30pm was a connection to their lost loved ones. To others she was a fraud. Sycorax’s show explores both narratives and offers no clear answers. £10.00 (concs £7.00) theatre

liptalk theatre Etcetera Theatre How To Win At Break Up 13-17 August 2.30pm A devised, verbatim comedy where the best and worst break up advice is trialled and tested. After a SELL-OUT show at The Bike Shed Theatre, £8.00 (concs £6.00) we navigate bad date stories, tinder encounters and girls’ night outs – theatre without getting out of our pyjamas. “An exquisitely relatable, beautifully written, and truly riotous comedy” Exeposé

Powder & Ink Hen and Chickens Oubliette 13-15 August 6.00pm Oubliette is a princess with a single purpose - to blind her father’s 25-26 August 3.00pm subjects to the harsh realities of their lives. But times are changing. A civil war rages and Oubliette and her siblings hide in the palace, awaiting £9.00 an armistice. And soon, the realities of their own lives are drawn into question. theatre

Six of One Etcetera Theatre Seven chairs. Seven individuals. It’s dark and cold. How do they know each other? Where are they? And how did they get there? 13-16 August 4.30pm An examination of their journey. Up until now. And beyond. £10.00 (concs £8.00) An original devised piece which was well received when first performed theatre as an MA project at East 15 Drama School in May 2017.

40 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 Summer Light Theatre London Irish Centre Much Ado About Salsa 13-17 August 9.15pm Bride-to-be, Faith, is all set to marry Calvin 18 August 5.15pm who seems perfect but for his refusal to ever set foot on a dance-floor. Frustrated £12.00 (concs £10.00) at the thought of marriage without Mambo, theatre she hatches a plan to bring Calvin to Sombrero by reuniting former-loves Ben and Bea to perform a Bachata display for him as a surprise on their wedding day. A challenge, to say the least, as Bea and Ben are far from inclined to one other. So begins a merry tussle of wits and fancy-footwork that gives Shakespeare’s effervescent Much Ado a warm, sunny Patada straight into the 21st Century. Will have you dancing in your seat! “Six amazing actors bring this sprawling novel to riveting life. It only takes them a flash and we’re hooked. Miss it and weep!” W14Londoning

A Game Of Two Halves Upstairs at the Gatehouse Terry and Jude 13, 15, 17 August 7.00pm Jude is desperate for a child, Terry is 14, 16, 18 August 8.45pm lost and looking for company. 19 August 6.00pm In a thought provoking, bitter sweet comedy one of them decides to make £12.00 (concs £10.00) the other an offer he can’t refuse. theatre From the older man’s perspective the play explores fear, loneliness, hope, loss and expectation. Inspired by the 2011 film England Expects, Rod Silvers (Terry) and James Petherick (Jude) wish to raise awareness of the rarely discussed issue of childless men.

Connecting... The Lion and Unicorn 1997. A lonely, science-fiction obsessed child starts recording his life on cassette tape - and continues for the next two decades. 13-14 August 6.00pm Billy Hicks (Age of Love, 4x4 Squared) returns to the Camden Fringe with £8.00 (concs £6.00) his new play, 21 years in the making. theatre

PBJ The Bill Murray Kat Bond: Emotion in Progress 13-15 August 6.45pm Call out to those with emotions? Kat has too many, so she making a compendium of them for you to browse. Award winning comic Kat Bond £5.00 and one of lifes fighters brings a fantastic new WIP show to Camden. comedy After a sell out Ed Fringe 2017 with her critically acclaimed debut Loo Roll she is back this time with a more personal tale.

camdenfringe.com 41 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Ekata Theatre The Cockpit On Mother’s Day 13-16 August 7.00pm “They say death row is the place for the £15.00 (concs £12.00) very worst. They build high walls, so you theatre can’t see in. The walls are getting closer now, but I can’t hate myself, ‘cause I’m the only one I got.” - Ramón, Death Row Prisoner A challenging, poetic and relatable piece of physical theatre in the round. On Mother’s Day is the story of Ramón, an endearing and friendly inmate, who spends his life running from violence only to find it within himself. The script is based on seven years of conversations with convicts on death row. Ekata Theatre’s newest piece uses their unique style of engaging visual storytelling, humour, and ensemble work to present a hard-hitting critique of the dehumanisation of the victims in the capital punishment system.

Sam Mitchell and The Albany Cressida Wetton: Lovely 13-14, 20-21 August Stuff 7.00pm Two of London’s quite good up-and-coming £5.00 comedians waffle on for an hour about this comedy and, more importantly, that. Cressida Wetton - ‘Authentically good, well written and delivered comedy. Captivating presence, great response from the crowd’ The Stand Comedy Club. Sam Mitchell - ‘A ball of fun, energy and charm that wins over the audience every time. A brilliant, and very funny, act’ Angel Comedy Club.

Brighton Beam Productions The London Irish Centre One Last Look 13-18 August 7.00pm A compelling new thriller written by National Westminster Playwright’s Award Winner Maria McAteer. A man and a woman wait in a flat in £12.00 (concs £10.00) Camden for a phone call from a colleague. As they chat idly, they find theatre themselves unwrapping progressively more revealing and surprising secrets. Funny, profound, moving, prepare to remain on the edge of your seat!

Rough Stock Theatre Company Camden People’s Theatre Bullarena 13-14 August 7.15pm Inspired by a true story, Bullarena is a tale of identity and how we choose to follow the truth behind ours. Set in the masculine charged arena of bull £7.00 (concs £5.00) riding, a sport where woman are forbidden from competing. theatre Sometimes simply being told that you can’t, is enough to make you face your fears and prove that you can.

42 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 Boxes The Cockpit Boxes are everywhere. Physical and 13-16 August 9.00pm metaphorical. £10.00 (concs £7.00) Toni and TJ are brother and sister. theatre They tick unusual boxes; mixed race, dual nationality, GI babies. But who are they really? After their father dies, they are forced into a room together. Suddenly their close proximity causes them to reveal groundshaking facts about themselves and their family. The boxes they thought they fit nicely into are blown apart. Boxes explores family, identity, race and gender in an urban post modern Britain. With fierce reverberating basslines by Ross Allchurch and striking physical spectacles by Alleyne Dance, it is a multi disciplined attack on traditional theatre form.

Calenta Theatre Hen and Chickens Alexa 13-15 August 7.30pm An absurdist three hander, Alexa sees Alex, an artist, create art through the destruction of the individuals around her, which seemingly form part £8.50 of her own psyche. A dark, witty and existential conversation, Calenta theatre Theatre’s debut production of Alexa seeks to comment on the control of a person’s decisions against the world within their mind.

Snippet Theatre Company The Lion and Unicorn Mood Kill 13-18 August 7.30pm Is Britain facing a crisis of masculinity? What can we do as a society to enable debate? And what is life like for those suffering today? £11.00 (concs £9.00) In this new verbatim play, real stories from men across Britain, theatre confronting their mental health are given the stage. Mood Kill raises these voices at a time in our social conscience when talking is crucial. The Florence Theatre Company and Pentire Street Productions Tristan Bates Theatre Spiders 13-18 August 7.45pm Harry is homeless, reckless, and overly invested in the documentaries of David Attenborough. Mia has everything he doesn’t, and yet still feels £10.00 (concs £8.00) like she’s suffocating. Caught in an unforgiving world, Mia and Harry find theatre solace in each other and their secluded squat. This touching new play asks: is your suffering valid if another’s is greater?

Luke Poulton: “You Don’t Look Autistic” Etcetera Theatre Luke Poulton’s stand up comedy show about his life being autistic, his love of movies and bad movies, with characters and sketches also 13-14 August 8.30pm thrown into the mix. £5.00 comedy

camdenfringe.com 43 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Seventh Sense Theatre Camden People’s Theatre Memory Soldier 13-15 August 9.00pm ‘War never changes. The people do.’ £8.00 (concs £6.00) One day you’re on watch with your theatre patrol, the next you’re doing the washing up. One day you’re clearing IEDs, the next you’re mowing the lawn. One day you’re taking sniper fire, the next your child pops a balloon... When you’re living between two realities, can life carry on like before? And can a house ever be home again when everything feels different? A soldier returns home from war to his friends and family, but it soon becomes clear that he hasn’t come back alone. Inspired by personal experiences, Memory Soldier is a story of relationships under extreme circumstances, exploring the harsh realities of PTSD, and the devastating effects it has on the lives of the sufferer and the people who love them.

d’Animate Tristan Bates Theatre Love Lab 13-18 August 9.15pm In a society of screen dwellers, can we £10.00 (concs £8.00) connect to more than just the wifi? Meet theatre Livia and Perry, two people looking for The One. Love Lab, a new dating show claims to have the answer... but how will they fair under the microscope of an international audience? Are these singletons really willing to expose themselves? This one act original explores our obsession with the digital and comments on how social media and reality TV is affecting our pursuit for true love. Love Lab is inspired by an experiment conducted in 1967 when professor Arthur Aron succeeded in making two complete strangers fall in love. It became known as “The 36 Questions” and subsequently gave birth to the blueprint of modern dating.

Stage Monkey The Lion and Unicorn How To Be a Tree 13-17 August 9.30pm An original comic book brought to life on £9.00 (concs £8.00) stage. theatre May Valrane’s father is missing, 50 of his employees are dead, and May wants answers A robot she meets wants to connect. A man she knows wants her love. And, a narcissistic (possibly mad) “doctor” wants... well... it’s hard to say what she wants. In a world that’s falling apart, not everyone can get what they want.

44 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 9Tales The Lion and Unicorn Bardo 14-17 August 2.00pm “All things die be they good or bad, you do £9.00 (concs £6.00) not know which you may next meet.” theatre Bardo is a piece of theatre about love, death, and monsters. When Ammara’s girlfriend Sarika commits suicide, Ammara is desperately sure it is not the end. Without a guidebook of any kind, she takes it upon herself to descend into the Underworld and save her girlfriend, regardless of what foes and foul beasts await her. Nothing here in Bardo will stop her.

Diva Regina: Work Permit in Progress The Albany Globetrotting songstress Diva Regina presents her first solo cabaret show. Expect multilingual songs sprinkled with Brexit despair and let her 13-14 August 9.30pm sultry voice transport you to the faraway lands that lie over the pond. A fabulous and playful exploration of language and foreigness: prepare to £6.00 fall hard − please do, she needs a British passport pronto! cabaret

Marlon Davis: In Stitches (work in progress) The Bill Murray Marlon Davis is a bright young comedian, improviser and actor whose recent TV appearances include BBC’s Live At The Apollo and Comedy 13-16 August 9.30pm Central’s Comedy Store Live. £5.00 comedy

Blank Tin The Water Rats The Big Awkward Family Sketch Show 13-15 August 9.30pm Blank Tin would like to introduce you to their big awkward family, a family so big and awkward you’d scarcely believe they were related (they’re not, £10.00 (concs £8.00) it’s acting; sorry that felt aggressive, they’re really nice - honest). There’ll comedy be laughs, there’ll be tears and there’ll lots of very strenuously linked sketches about unicorns and iPhone storage.

Nonsense Theatre Upstairs at the Gatehouse Earth Tikaia 14 August 7.00pm Earth Tikaia tells the story of three people in the not-so-distant future, in a 15 August 8.45pm world gone mad with right wing power and technological advances. Through their actions, the humans are lured into Tikaia, an ancient £12.00 (concs £10.00) land of mythical tradition, inhabited by creatures of wisdom, spirit and theatre guidance - in order to realise the faults of humanity on Earth.

camdenfringe.com 45 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Crashers // Nannies Crashers is a romance featuring a group of twentysomethings discovering how Tory austerity and capitalist aspiration has affected their lives and loves. Having come of age in the 2008 financial crisis and now reaching their thirties in the Brexit era, they are all set to reunite for a party. But Luke arrives early in London to confront his host, ex-lover Aaron, about their past and their futures amongst political upheaval and personal crises... before their bank accounts empty and their twenties run out. The comedy Nannies takes a look at social inequality and modern-day class divisions through the eyes of Gravity and Sarah, two young women at either end of their age group, who spend all their time in houses they’ll never own, with kids they’ll never like. Encountering one another over their buggies, Gravity and Sarah develop an unlikely friendship, bonding over millennial disillusionment, learning about the Tristan Bates Theatre realities of adulthood, and figuring out what to buy 14-18 August 6.15pm from Waitrose. £10.00 (concs £8.00) theatre

Tez Ilyas: Life is a Tezt (work in progress) 2 Northdown Fresh from his hit nationwide tour, Tez Ilyas is back with a brand new show. Expect a silly, smart and subversive ride from this breakout star. 14-16 August 7.30pm As seen on: Man Like Mobeen, Mock the Week and The Last Leg. £7.50 (concs £5.00) As heard on: TEZ Talks and The Now Show (BBC Radio 4). comedy ★★★★ ‘Radiantly entertaining’ The Times ★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ The Telegraph ★★★★ Chortle Rhys James Trying Stuff Camden Comedy Club Rhys James from Mock The Week and his own Radio 4 series and Hertfordshire performs work in progress comedy for you, the public. 14-15 August 8.00pm Normally he’s in Edinburgh in August performing one of the best reviewed shows of the fringe (2017/2018) but this year he’s in Camden doing a £7.00 work in progress because Scotland is bloody miles away. comedy

Stuart Laws - The Truth The Albany New show from the “chronically funny stand up” (Time Out), observational and surreal. As heard on BBC Radio 4, seen on NextUp, tour support for 14, 16 August 8.15pm James Acaster & director of indie comedy house Turtle Canyon Comedy. £8.00 (concs £7.00) “You’ll struggle to find a comedian with a better jokes per minute rate than Laws... a one man episode of Arrested Development” ★★★★ Fest comedy

46 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 The German Girls The Lion and Unicorn Taking place in Denmark during the years 15-18 August 5.00pm of WWII, The German Girls tells a story often overlooked in the tale of events £10.00 surrounding the German occupation of theatre Denmark. Through the relationship of Ingrid, a young Danish woman and Mathias, a young German soldier, deployed to Denmark by the Wehrmacht, the play explores the consequences experienced by women who, like Ingrid, engaged in relationships with members of the Wehrmacht and the double standards occupied Denmark held against their own young women.

Carat&Stick Theatre The Lion and Unicorn [citation needed] 15-18 August 6.30pm A fable for our times about fake news, 19 August 7.30pm internet conspiracy theories and family feuding, [citation needed] tells the story of £5.00 one man’s efforts to bring down a massive theatre encroachment of personal privacy by a mega media corporation. Or at least that’s what he says he’s doing. A chance encounter with a mad woman in a station leads Daniel on a mission to halt the mythical spy programme Red Fortress, created by Reibart News International. A fast-paced comedy with a cast of four, this is low-tech theatre about a high-tech world, which will leave audiences wondering if they have been let into a mysterious secret. However, this is Daniel’s perspective and anyone can write a blog, right?

LK Productions Camden People’s Theatre I’m All In LIVE 15 August 7.15pm A live adaptation of Lauren Kaye’s £7.00 (concs £5.00) poetry book I’m All In. The journey of a spoken word love triangle told through her intimate and semi-biopic poems taken from her five star rated collection. Lyrics and events that emote feelings of lust, loathe, love and loss. This one woman show is a stylised poetic play, full of adult humour and high emotions. Between the page and the stage, the content is nothing short of passionate raw honesty and intrigue. Sponsored by Infiniti Promotions, writer, director and performer Lauren Kaye debuts this production with the special edition release of the book. Signed copies will be sold on the night.

camdenfringe.com 47 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Sycorax Collective Etcetera Theatre Blue 15-19 August 8.30pm Meet Blue. She’s up on the Moon. £8.00 (concs £7.00) Will she get home anytime soon? theatre Blue is a new abstract fairy tale for adults underlining why it’s important to reach out when you’re ‘not OK’. Using poetry, clowning, cardboard and a lobster called Spock; we follow Blue on a journey into Space, exploring her experiences with mental health. Houston, we have a problem. Created with the help of the local community in Slough through Creative Workshops and the kind support of HOME Slough, Creative Junction, Slough CVS, The Curve, Slough and Aik-Saath. Funded by the Arts Council England. Written and performed by Kim Scopes. Directed by Holli Dillon. Featuring the vocal talents of Andrew James Spooner & Aiysha Nugent-Robinson. Twin Spirits Collective The Lion and Unicorn Zoe 15-16 August 3.30pm Have you ever stood on a railway platform when a freight train rolls slowly 22-23 August 4.30pm through. Have you ever thought about hopping on board? Have you ever wondered just for a moment? Have you ever wanted to leave your £8.00 life? Come and join Zoe and her fellow travellers on her journey towards community, belonging, survival and freedom. Jump on! theatre

Naz Osmanoglu: Works in Progress Aces and Eights Heavyweight sketch maestro from WitTank and award winning stand-up veteran, Naz Osmanoglu, punches out an hour of new stand up and 15-18 August 8.00pm grotesque characters. Star of Channel 4’s Back, BBC2’s Inside No. 9, Flat TV and ITV2’s Plebs. £7.00 ‘A high energy, no-holds-barred hour from the consistently funny Naz’ comedy Telegraph ‘Particularly Magnetic’ Guardian

How “Eva Von Schnippisch” Won WWII Aces and Eights The Official Secrecy Act is over – and Eva is ready to finally set the record straight. Germany’s greatest cabaret star was transformed into 15-16 August 9.15pm Britain’s No.1 spy and set to work. Eva tells an action-packed story of love, betrayal, Frankfurters, the ‘other’ Eva’ – and de-bunks the bunker £12.00 story once and for all. It’s time to burn your history books! cabaret

Fourth Monkey The Monkey House Fourth Monkey’s Scandal Season: Bombshells 16-19, 21-25 August 9.00pm Evris Mann was on the verge of pushing Hollywood into a new age. 26 August 4.00pm When he dies suddenly, the stars of Hollywood attend his memorial dinner and a string of bombshells are dropped in his wake. A new era £10.00 (concs £8.00) is about to unfold, but as the sun sets on the life of Evris Mann, will the women of silent stardom find their voices? theatre

48 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 Loser Hen and Chickens Worried you might be a complete failure? 15-16 August 9.00pm Don’t worry: Megan Hockley is confident, optimistic, and here to tell you why she’s a £8.00 much bigger idiot than you. theatre Join her gang of total losers as Megan explores our tragic magic through storytelling, wrestling, and confessional karaoke. Expect Olympic spectacle, spandex, unbridled disco-dancing, and to stumble from the resulting wreckage asking yourself if being cool might be overrated.

Fourth Monkey & Theatre Re The Monkey House The Woman and the Canvas 16, 18, 21, 26 August 7.30pm Theatre Re and Fourth Monkey are joining forces for 2018 with an 23, 25 August 4.00pm exciting, ensemble-led co-production, The Woman and the Canvas. Anna has been painting all her life but as she struggles for inspiration, her £10.00 (concs £8.00) creativity becomes stifled. Her vivid imagination collides with childhood memories in an explosion of human experience. theatre

Straight Outta Diggity: Mike Sheer & Ross The Bill Murray McGrane 16 August 6.45pm Irreverent stand-up from Mike Sheer (Toronto) and Ross McGrane 18-19 August 5.00pm (Southend). Topics like fatherhood, politics (of course), personal shortcomings (both inside AND out) & classic witty banter. They’ve £5.00 performed across Europe, Australia & Bahrain, supported Russell Kane and bring “punchy style” (Chortle) with “sparkling payoffs” (Scotsgay) to comedy the game.

Harry Deansway The Albany Harry Deansway Has Nothing 16-17 August 9.30pm I have nothing. No show, no money, no fans, no girlfriend, no career, no 18 August 5.45pm home and no prospects. It’s your fault! Why have you never heard of me? Why have not come and seen a show £5.00 of mine? comedy Well I’ve had it with all of you. If this show is not successful I’m quitting comedy forever. I’m not shouting, you are shouting! Fourth Monkey The Monkey House Fourth Monkey’s Scandal Season: Kidnap! 16-19, 21-26 August 6.00pm Hollywood. A rotten town where nobody plays fair. Beneath the lights at Lucky’s Last Hand the second chances don’t come cheap, but Marie is £10.00 (concs £8.00) determined to stiff someone for the cheque. What will it cost to vanish theatre from the spotlight?

camdenfringe.com 49 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August In association with the Authentic Artist Collective. Hen and Chickens The Old House 16-17 August 6.00pm Memory, loss, mother-daughter relationships 18-19 August 7.30pm and the hokey-cokey. Revisiting The Old House, Mother and Daughter hang on to £10.00 fragments of what they know. Losses surface theatre as seawater pushes and pulls over the shingle. Grief, laughter, liberation from the known, the wonder of the ordinary ebb and flow. By writer-performer Kate Maravan (Improbable, The Bush, Hampstead) ‘Maravan is outstanding’ Lyn Gardner ’Inspired by my mother, The Old House explores an alive connection to the present moment, and how distinctions between well/ill, sane/ insane, young/old are less defined’. Director Kath Burlinson. Audience comments: ‘So much beauty and sadness and complexity and silliness and everything human’ ‘Spectacular, detailed, alive, and compelling’.

A Major Theatre Company Upstairs at the Gatehouse Confessions Of a 16, 18 August 7.00pm Superhero 17 August 8.45pm New musical Confessions of a £12.00 (concs £10.00) Superhero centres around a young theatre girl named Jenny-lee and her quest to discover her true identity in a world where the extraordinary is just… ordinary. Haunted by her own untameable powers, she seeks out a group dedicated to helping Superheroes cope with the daily struggles and pressures that come with the job, in the hope that they will provide her with some much needed guidance. However, it quickly becomes clear that the heroes Jenny once looked up to aren’t as super as she once thought, a realisation made even more worrying by the resurgence of a powerful super villain. Will Jenny be able to find the path destiny has always intended? Or will this lost soul, as so many do, fly too close to the sun? Next Best Thing on Next Best Thing The Albany Parkinson. Corden. Ross. Giants of the late-night chat show. But what’s 16-17 August 7.00pm better than middle-aged men? Deluded young women! Katie and Jay bring you funny anecdotes, silly games and celebrity* interviews (*with £5.00 themselves). Who needs self-awareness when you have over nine subscribers on YouTube? comedy “Volatile and bold” The Skinny

Battleaxe Theatre Camden People’s Theatre Battleaxe 16-18 August 7.15pm A training ground suspended underneath the earth’s crust: five bodies are pushed to their limits. Each brings their own history and fight, but all will £10.00 (concs £8.00) sweat and train together in preparation for their battles ahead. theatre Battleaxe is a physical piece that brings together contemporary and historical warriors. Where do they find their strength to go on?

50 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 Creepypasta, The Story of Oscar New spine-tingling psychological thriller to touch the heart and chill the spine. And just to add to the mix, it’ll make you laugh too. The story follows the life of a man we know only as Oscar. Sounds simple enough but, as the play unfolds, we realise there is more to this rather strange character than meets the eye, and the shocking denouement leaves us in no doubt that we’ve experienced something truly disturbing... Directed by Martin Dimitrov. Co-written by Matthew Greenfield and RJ Lloyd, RJ also acts in this cleverly-crafted piece.

Hen and Chickens 16-17 August 7.30pm £9.00 theatre

Benji Waterstones Camden Comedy Club Shrink 16-19 August 8.00pm The World Health Organisation (WHO) £5.00 estimates that by 2020 depression will comedy be the biggest first world problem, but how does this affect the mental health work force? In this work-in-progress show, award-winning comedian and NHS psychiatrist Benji Waterstones shares thoughts from the journal he’s kept throughout training. Hear about his encounters with neurosis, low mood and attachment problems... with stories about his patients too. Exact details may be changed to preserve confidentiality (and to make them funnier). Top 10 Edinburgh Show by Award Winners 2016, Chortle ★★★★★ Amelia Womack (deputy leader of the Green Party) “Perfect and hilarious” Buzzfeed “Delivery so smooth you could pour it over your pancakes” Tamer Kattan

Yogamahny Productions Camden People’s Theatre Blonde Compassion 16-18 August 9.00pm This Yoga tragi-comedy will have you in stitches and tied up in knots. £15.00 (concs £12.50) Meet Shri Shri, LA’s most neurotic yoga teacher, who is coming to London to make us whole again. She has the answers to everyone’s comedy pain, through her 8 step enlightenment programme. Or, is she really running away from her past, her broken marriage, her fear and her loneliness?

camdenfringe.com 51 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Hannah Layton Management 2 Northdown Howard Cohen: Let’s Be This 16-18 August 9.00pm What will they say about you when you’re dead? Howard Cohen is worried they’ll have NOTHING to say about him. He’s trying to work out £7.00 why that is, what’s made him this way, and what’s the solution to feeling comedy like you’ve done nothing with your life. “A very good performer, wonderfully done, will be a cracker in Edinburgh” John Fleming Steve Vertigo - As Far As I Can See Camden Comedy Club In his new show, former illegal rave DJ turned comedian takes on data 16 August 9.00pm thieves, AI, and tech billionaires in a quest to achieve immortality for everyone, not just the rich few. £7.00 (concs £6.00) comedy

The Cutlery Crew Etcetera Theatre Coccinellidae 17-19 August 12.30pm Coccinellidae is an unapologetic exploration into the apologetic world of women that asks: “what if we maximised a woman rather than shrinking £6.00 (concs £5.00) her?” theatre A show not just for women but with women through 100’s of interviews woven into a soundscape. Coccinellidae playfully challenges the constraints of femininity with music, a wardrobe and a sex doll. To Anyone Who Listens Hen and Chickens ‘He’s loud, and you worry. He’s quiet, and you worry, He sneezes with 17 August 9.00pm gusto, and you go into meltdown...’ Joshua talks to a plant pot. His family aren’t really talking to each other. 18 August 4.30pm ‘Bursting with emotional clarity and not a little northern humour’ Paul 19 August 3.00pm Vale, Stockwell Playhouse One Act Festival 2017 £10.00 theatre Fourth Monkey The Monkey House Fourth Monkey’s Scandal Season: Fatty 17-19, 24 August 4.00pm Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle was Hollywood’s biggest star - an agile comic 17, 19, 22-25 August 7.30pm genius of nimbleness without compare. When Arbuckle finds himself centre stage for all the wrong reasons, his life begins to unravel. Will the £10.00 (concs £8.00) truth be allowed to speak, or will the flashes of the cameras blind justice to the truth of Arbuckle’s plea? theatre

Edward/Edalia Day The Cockpit Super Hamlet 64 17-18 August 9.00pm What if you woke up and realised your life was a game, your Dad a ghost and your partner a samurai sword wielding zombie? £15.00 (concs £12.00) Inspired by films like Scott Pilgrim Vs The World and full of retro spoken word animation and comedy songs, Super Hamlet 64 is fast paced retelling of Shakespeare’s most famous play. ★★★★★ “The best original play I’ve seen” Theatre Bath

52 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 King’s Shakespeare Company The Comedy of Errors With a small cast and a condensed script, this fast- paced performance is perfect for both Shakepsearean rookies and those looking to celebrate an established love of the Bard. The Comedy of Errors is a play of mistaken identities and resulting mishaps. The twin sons of Aegeon, Antipholus of Syracuse and Antipholus of Ephesus, were separated during a shipwreck in their infanthood, each with a twin servant called Dromio. The play opens with Aegeon’s imprisonment in Ephesus, where he has come in search of Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse, who set out in search of their twin brothers, who, unbeknownst to them, are also called Antipholus and Dromio and reside in Ephesus. (Whew.) Antipholus of Ephesus is married to a woman called Adriana, but it is her younger sister who catches the eye of the visiting Antipholus of Syracuse, and jealous The Cockpit confusion ensues. 17-18 August 7.00pm The Comedy of Errors is full of revelry and laughs for 18 August 5.00pm all ages! £5.00 theatre The Write Network Etcetera Theatre Trying to be Her 17-18 August 4.30pm A moving story of female sexuality, told £8.00 (concs £7.00) with a backdrop of hypnotic rhythms and theatre soulful harmonies. Angel is struggling under the weight of expectation, anxiety, and depression. She must question everything she has been taught about who she is. Adam thinks he knows what he wants and how to get, but does he know how to keep it? An exploration of identity, loyalty, depression and duty. Image by Christina Bulford

Ben Van der Velde - Fabulist Camden Comedy Club Get ready for the comedy ride of your life as Ben spins thrillers, self-help books, romances and fairy tales out of thin air, his own mind and the 17-18 August 9.30pm audience in front of him. £10.00 (concs £8.50) “A master of audience interaction.” The Huffington Post comedy “Wonderfully improvised riffs showcasing his impressive spontaneity and sharp tongue.” Edinburgh Festivals Magazine

camdenfringe.com 53 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Nigel Osner Etcetera Theatre Too Young To Stay In (too 17-19 August 6.30pm old to go out!) £9.50 (concs £8.00) Nigel Osner examines the challenges theatre and opportunities for those who can no longer claim, even to themselves, they are young. There’s lots of humour but with a bitter sweet edge. Nigel illustrates his theme with original songs and stories by male and female characters. They include the older man having a taxing night out; a rich designer who falls for his hunky gardener; the woman driven mad by her companion on a cruise; and a fading star doing an endless tour just for the money. Nigel has been described by the Scotsman as ‘tremendously talented and very entertaining’. Fringe Review called him ‘a multi-skilled performer.’ In 2017 Nigel was nominated for excellence in new writing by the Buxton Fringe for his previous show Angel to Vampire! To the Moon... and back... Etcetera Theatre and back... 18-19, 22 August 2.30pm “One Sunday evening I updated my 20-21 August 6.30pm Facebook status. By Monday evening I had £10.00 (concs £8.00) gone viral. Why? Because I, like so many others, was looking for love.” theatre Rachel Salisbury is an actor and writer who brings us her one woman show based on real life events. Sick of being single, Rachel took brave action and posted on Facebook asking her friends to recommend her anyone they knew that might want to meet her. Within 48 hours, the post had gone viral. This is a play that weaves the story of going accidentally going viral, looking for love in this all-technological world and her relationship with love throughout her life. Funny, moving, thoughtful and all-too relatable, this play is a must-see for anyone who’s ever been single. So basically, everyone. City Impro Aces and Eights Ultimate Improv Deathmatch 17-18, 24-25 August 10.15pm Late-night version of the adrenaline fuelled improvised comedy show where two teams compete to make the audience laugh hardest. Who £5.00 wins? You decide! comedy Following 3 years of sold-outs runs at the Camden Fringe and recommended by the London Evening Standard join us for some late- night laughs. “A bloody good show” ★★★★ Views from the Gods Half-Cocked The Lion and Unicorn Mourning Overnight 18-19 August 2.00pm “The worst day of our lives might just be the best thing that ever happened to us” £7.00 (concs £6.00) “Brothers!” theatre ‘There is a knock at the door. They freeze, look at the case, then each other.’ In a society of presumption and fear, Mourning Overnight journeys onto darker shores of farce. How could a suitcase question so much? - identity, even right and wrong?

54 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 Becky Brunning: Action AntiHero The Bill Murray Funny Women Finalist and Broadchurch actor Becky brings the budding 18 August 2.15pm shoots of a brand new show after her debut hour stormed* Edinburgh in 2017. 19 August 3.30pm “Her comedy insinuates itself, forcing its way inexorably through the cracks in her audience’s defences and flourishing there” Broadway Baby 20 August 6.45pm ★★★★ Australia Times £5.00 *at least caused a-bit-of-weather comedy A Friend Called TJ Hen and Chickens Welcome to My Channel 18 August 3.00pm & 9.00pm Scott is desperate for a full-time career as a YouTube gamer. Meanwhile, 19 August 4.30pm Megan finds a niche in a new channel vlogging the daily ups and downs of her mental health. 20 August 7.30pm As their name rises and the pressure mounts, the couple find themselves sacrificing everything they have; their privacy, their relationship and £10.00 (concs £8.00) eventually, their sanity. theatre Blueberry Goose Theatre Group The Lion and Unicorn God 2.0 18-19, 26 August 3.30pm What question would YOU ask God? £10.00 (concs £8.00) What if you didn’t like the answer? theatre In this religious satire, God gives a monthly interview answering ANY question. For Ash Pentel, a troubled heavy-weight political journalist and this month’s interviewer, the right answer could be a life saver.

Kaz & Bone Hen and Chickens Little Ann 18-19 August 6.00pm Kaz & Bone present an eclectic hour of sketchy improv. This show is a chance to breathe life into a few odd characters in front of an alive £8.00 audience. Heartwarmingly weird, we hope witnessing the love between comedy an aging CPR doll and her life partner might just take your breath away.

Mind Reading And Magic From Girio And Eric The London Irish Centre Rabacov 18 August 7.15pm Multi-award winning performer Girio and Brazilian magician Eric Rabacov (concs £5.00) present their shows in one unmissable event! £10.00 Girio’s Your Thoughts And Mine will take you on an emotional journey cabaret using your mind and make you question reality. Eric Rabacov’s Rio Magic will bring amazement and entertainment to London - all the way from Rio! Rantipoles Aces and Eights Rantipoles’ Canal Cruise 18 August 9.15pm Rantipoles are a trio of bawdy women with something to say. Join the anarchic musical comedy act on their narrow boat for an evening of fun £7.50 (concs £5.50) and frolics. The effervescent tour guides have planned a tangential tour comedy of the London waterways, if they manage to cast off!? Expect songs of blithesome silliness about dog-walking and growing tomatoes.

camdenfringe.com 55 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August The Aspidistra Drawing Room Orchestra Burgh House Aspidistra Drawing Room 19 August 2.30pm Orchestra Live & 7.00pm A concert of the pop music before the £10.00 (concs £9.00) age of recording with many memorable music melodies and songs with or without words. This music - popular by name but classical by nature - is a perfect introduction to classical music for youngsters and refreshing change for veterans. Aspidistra, an ensemble of string quartet, piano flute and oboe has been praised for its lively and authentic interpretation of Palm Court Music.

Foregone Conclusion Theatre Company Etcetera Theatre The Mechanicals 19 August 4.30pm “We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” 22-23 August 12.30pm Join Bottom, Quince, Snug, Snout, Starveling and Flute as they take on the audience’s scene choices. With 15 Shakespeare scenes to pick from; £10.00 (concs £8.00) every show is different. With The Mechanicals as your actors; anything theatre could happen! Who knows, we may even get round to a little Midsummer Night’s Dream... Vanessa The Lion and Unicorn Is anything more important than family? 19-23 August 6.00pm Vanessa is a middle aged black woman on her way to her son’s wedding. A wedding to a middle class white man she barely knows. The day £7.00 (concs £5.00) will cause her to challenge what she believes and will bring her to a crossroads. Her son and Grandmother help tell her story in this rich, theatre moving solo show about families

Floating Citizens The Cockpit Based on stories collated by migrating Chinese artists, Floating Citizens is a devised performance that probes into our struggle for autonomy 19-20 August 7.00pm during turning-point events in the conditions of supermodernity. When we (concs £7.00) are uprooted and on-the-go, non-places overwhelm our environment. Our £10.00 displaced bodies are no longer entirely controlled by us. theatre

Spare The Rod 2 Northdown George Abbott Changes Your Life 19-21 August 7.00pm We’re all dissatisfied; you in particular. But there are ways to be better. 22 August 9.00pm Poly-math and human potentialist George Abbott continues his mission to connect people to themselves, with an evening of interactive lectures. £7.50 (concs £6.00) Having already converted over 2 people, George’s one-man presentation is ‘guaranteed’ to dispel the dissatisfaction in your life. theatre

56 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 New Fable Productions The Cockpit ‘Nice’ 19 August 9.00pm A 45 minute ‘Micro Musical’, presented £10.00 (concs £8.00) by New Fable Productions, written and theatre directed by Ella Clarke. A gritty and jazzy ode to the healing power of music. Three women learn to find their voices after experiences of struggle; power struggles, class divides, sexual abuse and divorce - encouraging them to befriend their truest identities amidst both self and third-party judgment. “She’s... Nice.” With one piano and three characters, this piece has been partially written and partially devised and inspired by true events. With song, dance and prose, the show aims to up-lift and inspire. We will also perform a ‘Pre-show’ at Above The Arts club in Leicester Square on August 2nd at 7:30pm, so do come and see us there if you cannot at The Cockpit.

Theatre East N Bull Camden People’s Theatre The Parade 19 August 7.00pm Two siblings, a brother and sister live in a confined room all alone expecting a parade to take place that day. They chat, argue and share £15.00 (concs £12.00) their dreams/nightmares with each other. Their only contact with the theatre outside world is a small window in their room which looks down on the town’s square. The noises and sounds start to gradually get sinister.

The Herd Cecil Sharp House Freak 19-22 August 7.30pm Georgie is 30 and dirty. She drinks in her bedroom and hides from the sun. £8.00 (concs £6.00) Leah is 15 and naive. She practices her cum face and Veets. A lot. theatre Anna Jordan’s play Freak is a bold examination of what it is to be a woman in Britain today. Immerse yourself in Georgie and Leah’s bedrooms, and listen to their stories. They are not ones you will forget. Loquitur Theatre Camden People’s Theatre Fémage a Trois 19, 26 August 8.30pm Now in its third year of production, Fémage a Trois returns with a new trilogy of stories, told by the women central to them, as they battle with £12.00 (concs £8.00) their demons and the consequences of their situation. Charming, dark theatre and sometimes hilarious, these stories illustrate the incredible strength needed to meet life and its challenges head on.

The Exeter Revue Presents: A Misjudgment Hen and Chickens on our Part 19-22 August 9.00pm Following the success of 2017’s Sketchception at the Camden Fringe £8.00 (concs £7.00) and three previous Edinburgh Fringe shows, Exeter University’s comedy group return with an all-new hour of inventive sketches! comedy ‘Superbly witty, wonderfully imaginative and marvellously clever’ ★★★★★ Yuppee.com ‘A fantastic and strange set of scenarios’ BroadwayBaby

camdenfringe.com 57 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Sparky Buddy Productions Camden Comedy Club Extreme Championship 19-22 August 9.30pm Improv £5.00 Returning to the Camden Comedy Club, comedy Extreme Championship Improv is quickly gaining a reputation for being the most challenging and over the top improv comedy show in the world! See the extreme improvisers battle for the Extreme Improv Championship belt in this fast paced innovative improvised sketch show from Sparky Buddy Productions. We push limits with brand new improv games created specifically for Extreme Improv and throw in extreme twists to classic favourites! Watch as our performers go to comedic war, singing in rap battles, compete with hilariously bad impressions, attempt to remember the alphabet backwards and are tied together for the fabled Gemini Scene! Extreme Championship Improv is like the WWE... but without the wrestling! Popcorn Productions Etcetera Theatre Into the Deep 20-21, 23 August 2.30pm Into the Deep follows a fishing family held back by poverty and inter- generational struggle. A stoic father attempts to balance the dreams of £9.00 (concs £7.00) his children with the realities of their family life in a village in Cornwall. theatre Receiving multiple 5* reviews in Bristol, the play questions how far loyalty extends in a cold microcosm of the patriarchy.

Wonky Table Theatre Company Cecil Sharp House Sleeping Beauty? 20-23 August 3.00pm What if Sleeping Beauty never wanted to be a princess? What if she & 4.30pm didn’t dream of being kissed by a prince? In a far off kingdom, three fairies don’t know what to do with a princess £7.50 (concs £5.00) that won’t fit in. They’ve tried everything, so they hatch a plan and snatch theatre a prince. Join us for a light-hearted retelling of Sleeping Beauty, for ages 5 - 105. Stephen Catling Vs Himself And Other The Bill Murray Monsters 20-23 August 6.00pm Take a journey into the world of Stephen Catling - a raggedy Northerner who fights with himself and other entities! He them fights on the beaches! £5.00 By the towel by the door! On Matt Damon! Stephen shall never surrender! comedy And as for the entities, well, they don’t look like quitting any time soon. An unpredictable and thrilling work in progress show.

Richard III Upstairs at the Gatehouse Within an hour of the search, trowel hit bone. Then the thunder rolled in. The archaeologists had disturbed something that should not have been. 20-24 August 7.00pm Poor, poor Richard. Dug up, he now must endlessly repeat the events £12.00 (concs £10.00) that led to his inevitably gruesome death. theatre Both helmets and hard hats combine: Join us for a fusion of modern and 15th century slander.

58 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 Peaky Grinders Life in Death The year is 1964 and Wallace Jones sits in a prison cell, practicing his juggling for the death row talent show. He’s hoping to swing by on his way to the gallows. Suddenly his estranged wife Mary turns up. She has some news – she’s pregnant with his child. While Wallace sits eating his final meal, the pair take a tense look back at their time together. As more unexpected revelations cause rifts in their relationship, the situation forces both to explore their conscience and, as they admit uncomfortable truths, the lines between right and wrong will become blurred beyond repair. A piece of new writing from director Rowan Jacobs (who sold out shows at last year’s Fringe with Serotonin), Life in Death questions how much fate can be controlled ... and asks how much control we really The Water Rats want. 20-22 August 7.30pm Praise for Serotonin: “A collection of bright new lights on the theatre £8.50 (concs £5.00) landscape” ★★★★ London Theatre 1 theatre “A poignant, beautifully delivered and thought- provoking piece” ★★★★ Miro Magazine Izzy Mant: Polite Club The Bill Murray TV comedy producer Izzy (Peep Show, 20-23 August 9.30pm Toast of London, Harry & Paul) has been 26 August 6.45pm pathologically tactful all her life. But tonight, that changes… £5.00 Come help Izzy conquer her politeness comedy addiction, and reclaim RUDE… If you’ve ever smiled through a car-crash date, apologized for your boss’s mistakes, or gone to a sex party just out of good manners, join the club. Izzy’s run away from conflict and crashed headlong into mistaken identity, public disgrace, and the Zimbabwean ambassador. This show combines stand-up, storytelling, pratting about, and only a small amount of puppetry... The first rule of Polite Club is: you do not talk about Polite Club. Unless someone asks you nicely.

Adrian & Sikisa Camden Comedy Club We Should Know Better 20-23 August 8.00pm Sikisa (BBC New Comedian 2017 finalist) and Adrian (who was cut out of the TV show The Night Manager) should know better by now. Adrian is an £5.00 observational story teller whilst Sikisa is a straight talking comedian who comedy oozes sass. This is a stand up comedy show about learning from your mistakes. but don’t worry, they probably offer no solutions.

camdenfringe.com 59 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Putnockee Players The Lion and Unicorn Secondhand Stories 20-25 August 8.00pm Meet Mitch, a cynical out-of-work actor £12.00 (concs £10.00) who’s had one of the worst days of his life. theatre Armed with a whiskey bottle and a box of chocolates, he takes the audience on a journey through his life, wisecracking about the present and poignantly recalling the past. But what begins as a conventional one-man show slowly morphs into a reflection on why we tell stories, who we share them with, and what they say about us. This brand-new comedy-drama is a celebration of theatre, storytelling, and the people who make our lives worth living. This is Putnockee Players’ second show for Camden Fringe, following last year’s five-star reviewed Honest Lies. “Entertainment at the highest grade... when it isn’t making you laugh its making you think” The Open Door Dynamos The Water Rats They’ve got the whole world ahead of them 20-22 August 9.00pm - and that’s part of the problem. (concs £5.00) In a big house, a few friends spar on £6.00 everything and then some. In the evening theatre there’ll be a party. Or maybe that was last night. Everything seems a bit too much - strange visitations, odd dreams, haunted owls, poisoned apples. They don’t know what they’re doing here. They don’t know where to go. Everything’s gonna be okay. This is a play for anyone feeling a little lost - a little or a lot, young or old, and anywhere in between. All you need is a taste for a little puzzlement.

Lloyd Griffith mucks about on stage for The Albany roughly an hour 20-21, 23 August 8.15pm There will be no refunds. Jokes and some singing probably. Host of Soccer AM (Sky) and Taxi To Training (BBC3). As seen on Bounty £5.00 Hunters (Sky), Drunk History (Comedy Central), The Premier League comedy Show (BBC), Strictly Come Dancing (one day). Jack Whitehall and Rob Beckett’s tour support and Diane Griffith’s son. There will be no refunds.

The Famous 45 Etcetera Theatre 45 year old Polly adopts a child from 1945. Join award winning writer and storyteller Cathianne Hall to find out why. A story of numbers, neurons, 20-22 August 8.30pm naivety and cake. £10.00 (concs £8.00) “Cathianne Hall is a magician with words and images” The Scotsman spoken word “Pitch perfect; spoken word of great subtlety and charm” Camden Voyeur

60 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 Tiny Room Camden People’s Theatre Loop 20-25 August 9.00pm Set in a pub, this raw, thought-provoking piece of new writing lifts the lid on a particular ‘all-nighter’ with some regulars: self-medicating with £10.50 (concs £8.50) booze, cocaine and wishful thinking can only get them so far. When life’s theatre on a Loop there’s no easy answer or escape.

Mouth Wide Shut Moors Bar Theatre “We have all done it and everyone is lying if they say they haven’t!” 20-24 August 9.00pm Mouth Wide Shut is the side-splitting, cringe inducing, tear jerking premiere from writer Georgia Bishop. A bold, refreshing piece of new £8.00 writing, Mouth Wide Shut, explores becoming a women in 2018. theatre The honesty of Fleabag meets the charm of Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour.

Pomegranate Season The Cockpit “It’s what you’re asking.” 20-22 August 9.00pm “You don’t have to say it. It’s such an ugly fucking word.” “It’s an ugly fucking thing.” £15.00 (concs £12.00) Cora was raped. She thinks. theatre In this blistering new play by Victoria Cano, Pomegranate Season explores the boundary lines between friendship and flirtation, sex and assault, yes and no, and what happens in the aftermath of rape. Scram Collective The Lion and Unicorn Whimsy 20-26 August 9.30pm Aoife can do anything she wants. No need to go to work, or pay for her meals, the world simply bends to her will. As the lines between whimsy £8.00 (concs £6.00) and abuse are blurred, an innocent person in Aoife’s way doesn’t stand theatre a chance. Scram Collective presents a surreal comedy combining quick dialogue with intense physicality to explore corruption and consent.

Green-Eyed Monster Hen and Chickens A deeply disturbed, but seemingly self-sufficient young woman offers insight into her past as she tries to make sense of what is real, face 21-23 August 6.00pm consequences of previous actions and regain control of her mind, after being consumed by violent jealousy. Set in a single room, the woman £9.00 plays, laughs, cries and gives account of a dark and long kept secret. theatre

Sam Fletcher - Live in Tufnell Park Aces and Eights So, that title is wrong. 21-24 August 6.45pm There’s meant to be an ‘s’ after ‘live’. It’s supposed to say ‘Sam Fletcher - LIVES in Tufnell Park’. Because that’s where I live. Anyway, what’s £9.00 (concs £6.00) done is done... comedy Join the Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominee as he tells jokes & does silly stand-up at a venue that also does nice pizzas. “A Star is Born” ★★★★ Metro

camdenfringe.com 61 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Wretched - A Thing of Hen and Chickens Poor Quality 21-22 August 7.30pm Richard Stott was born lopsided. Poland £12.00 syndrome, a rare birth defect, caused comedy his left hand, arm and chest to be underdeveloped. He’s decided to go out on a limb and do what Jeremy Beadle didn’t — a whole show about having a small hand. Recounting life-changing surgery, casting rooms and having an epiphany at Stonehenge, Richard pieces together the story of how he went from feeling wretched to rolling with the hand life dealt him. A theatrical comedy from one of Britain’s top Poland Syndrome performers. ”Has you laughing in delight and sitting in silence appalled” ★★★★★ Play and a Pint Audience quotes: ”Genuinely theatrical, funny, thought provoking + moving” ”Richard Stott in Wretched is pitch perfect! A must see moving comedy” Broken Word Productions Etcetera Theatre Train Journey 22-26 August 6.30pm Work. Eat. Sleep. Repeat. £8.00 A Journey on the train takes an unexpected theatre detour. A Passenger finds himself trapped on a Hellride through the borders of reality, as everything about his life is brought into question. A Conductor desperately tries to keep his train from unravelling at the seams and to control the one person who could tear everything apart. Travel with them through time, space and the regulated station stops. Go back to when the rules were made and when they were broken. #TakeTheTrain

Tatar Sauce The Cockpit Tatar Sauce is a semi-autobiographical solo-performance based on my mother’s and grandmother’s anecdotes from when they traveled 21 August 7.00pm to Europe from the Soviet Union and then later during the perestroika decade... alone! What has changed and what has remained the same £5.00 when a woman from a traditional Tatar family embarks on a solo-travel theatre journey?

Slipshod Theatre Etcetera Theatre Who Killed Franz Ferdinand? 22-26 August 4.30pm An Archduke assassinated. Europe on a knife edge. Four academic cocaine addicts trying to solve a murder. An idiotic killer. Death cult £5.00 deception. Sword fights and feminism. Forensics and future queens. theatre Politics and potatoes. Hilarious historical satire.

62 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 Pop a Pill Productions Moors Bar Theatre My Mental Life 22 August 5.00pm A funny and thought provoking sketch show challenging and breaking the stigma surrounding mental health. Pop a Pill Productions uses humour £10.00 to explore the realities and extremities of living with a mental illness, comedy showing the mental battles many people face each day, turning a serious subject on it’s head to create light hearted humour.

Gabby Best: 10,432 Sheep The Bill Murray Gabby’s still not sleeping. She still feels like a ghost and looks like a shoe. 22-23 August 6.45pm She’d like to talk about this some more... If she has the energy. £8.00 (concs £5.00) Comedy from Funny Women Award Winner - as seen on Morgana comedy Robinson’s Summer, Top Coppers, Glitchy / heard on Radio 4.

Bottled Up The Cockpit Jeanie hoards plastic bottles. No one’s perfect. Her baby’s stopped crying. Peace. Fancy a cuppa? This captivating, funny and sobering play 22 August 7.10pm explores eco-anxiety, our dependency on plastics and considers the irony (concs £7.00) of living in a world of plenty. £10.00 Written and performed by Colleen Cameron. Directed by Sarah Miele theatre (BAFTA Scotland winner).

Fingers Crossed Camden People’s Theatre Central (Story) Line 22-23 August 7.15pm 1940: The last Kindertransport to escape the German forces has arrived at Liverpool Street Station. Three children are united by this historical £10.00 (concs £8.00) event that changes and shapes their future. England saved their lives but theatre at what cost? Central (Story) Line spans 67 years of friendship as they move from Churchill through Thatcher into Blair and beyond.

Prescott’s Chins 2 Northdown A Very Cheesy Sketch Show 22-23, 25 August 7.30pm Dashingly handsome and pathologically dishonest comedy duo Prescott’s 24 August 9.00pm Chins present the cheesiest and least cheesy sketch show of all time. From the silly and the absurd to the irreverent and the absurderer, £6.00 (concs £5.00) there’ll be sketchy morsels to suit all palettes. Join us for a veritable cheeseboard of pasteurised comedy. You better brielieve it... comedy

Lydia Hirst: I’ll Be Your Dog Camden Comedy Club Arrested and kicked out of France, Lydia Hirst tells stories about refugees, migrants and anarchists. Back in London, it’s breadlines, 23-26 August 6.30pm activism and Wetherspoons. £7.00 (concs £5.00) Like Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London with jokes and a bit of techno. comedy ‘One to Watch’ Chortle

camdenfringe.com 63 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August tarinainanika theatre unit The Cockpit Tokyo Fugue 23-26 August 7.00pm You are on a train. You are searching for £15.00 (concs £12.00) someone. You fall asleep. In your dream theatre you are on a train. You are searching for someone... This is a show about feeling lost, set in the maze-like train system of Tokyo. The scenes unfold like the variations of a fugue, in sequences of meticulously crafted movement. With three bodies and three chairs, a collage of Japanese and English text, a lullaby, a fugue and some train sounds, Tokyo Fugue conjures up the breathless experience of life in a modern metropolis. At times poetic, at times comical, at times unsettling, this is theatre that speaks to the soul. Created and directed by Kentaro Suyama and Tania Coke. Audience reaction: “mesmerising” “breathtaking” ”moving, profound and important” Second Self Etcetera Theatre The Men Who Made 23-26 August 8.30pm Frankenstein £12.00 (concs £11.00) Whose bodies were used to create theatre Frankenstein’s monster? No Exit meets Saw in this squirm-inducing twist on Mary Shelley’s horror classic. 1791: Edward and Margaret are condemned to hang. The trapdoors open, the ropes snap tight, and they wake, horrified but alive. Now they’re trapped in Dr. Frankenstein’s cells, and their debt for rescue is due. The payment: healthy flesh, ripe for transplant! Celebrating 200 years since Shelley completed Frankenstein, Second Self’s unique adaptation dissects the ethics of human experimentation and consent. A haunting show about a question everyone faces: who really owns our bodies after we die?

Steve Whiteley Presents: Wisebowm & The Albany Friends 23-24, 26 August 7.00pm Character Comedy + Spoke Word Parody + Musical Comedy + Stand Up £7.00 Comedy = Boom Shake Shake Shake The Room. comedy

Theatre of Heaven and Hell Hen and Chickens A Bench At The Edge 23-26 August 7.30pm A bench at the edge of an abyss. Two men observe others jumping in whilst contemplating their own fate. £8.00 An absurd dark-comedy exploring life, death and the struggles of modern theatre existence. Stagedoor Award 2017 winners, Theatre of Heaven and Hell return to this year’s Camden Fringe Festival with Luigi Jannuzzi’s award-winning play.

64 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 Pandora’s Door The Cockpit Zeus on the Loose 23 August 9.00pm Warning: For grown-ups only and strictly £15.00 (concs £12.00) not for the fainthearted! theatre In Ancient Greece, two beautiful, joyous, happy sisters, Aphrodite and Ilithyia, both had the ability to overturn the most powerful of gods. This talent was unknown to these two innocents but Hera, goddess of marriage and seductress of the great god Zeus, was aware of it − and it made her insanely jealous. She set out to drive a stake between them, destroying the sisters’ lifelong bond. To do that she enlisted Hades, the dark god of the underworld. After some haggling, Hades agreed to help her by commanding an earth- shattering earthquake. That’s when it all started to unravel. An epic tale of love, deceit and infidelity that will leave you saying “oh my gods”

The Visitor Hen and Chickens A charming comedy with a dark twist highlighting naivety in young adults. Set in 1981 a fly on the wall look at an average night out for Caz and 23-24 August 9.00pm Shell who find themselves part of the New Romantic movement. The (concs £8.00) arrival of an unwanted visitor turns a normal night into a different place £10.00 when things spiral out of control. theatre

Steve Hili: Manhood Aces and Eights When he was 5, Steve Hili thought he was having an eye operation. Turns out he was being circumcised. It came as a shock. 23-25 August 9.15pm These are the high-octane adventures of a man coming face to face with £5.00 his manhood (possibly literally). comedy “The energy of a dog who needs to be let out” Vice “Hili is all presence” The Wee Review “Perfect” ★★★★★ VoiceMag

Mac & Eden Camden Comedy Club Crash & Burn 23-26 August 9.30pm Back at Camden Comedy Club by popular demand, Brighton Fringe Award Winners Leigh McDonald & Joanna Eden take a hilarious and £10.00 (concs £7.50) moving musical journey through the highs and lows of womanhood. cabaret Pubic Airlines most neurotic staff members will carry you from cradle to puberty, stilettos to strollers, messy marriage to monstrous menopause and beyond!

Helicon Storytelling The Cockpit The Battle of Frogs and Mice 24, 26 August 1.00pm Sound the war-croak, sharpen every claw – the frogs and mice are 26 August 11.30am going to war! A tragedy has struck the Mouse King, and everyone knows who’s to blame: the frogs. Originally told as an introduction to epic poetry £7.00 for Ancient Greek children, join us for an interactive adaptation using traditional storytelling, improvised music and toy-box puppetry. theatre

camdenfringe.com 65 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August Get Over It Productions in association with Divergent Theatre Collective Etcetera Theatre Around the Block 24-26 August 12.30pm Returning for the 12th year running, Get Over It Productions are thrilled to & 2.30pm collaborate with Divergent Theatre Collective on a series of one-woman plays; bringing you 5 intimate stories that engulf Londoners and their £10.00 (concs £9.00) daily lives. Exploring the survival of the mental state in an ever-changing urban landscape, this collection of new writing is elegant, yet haunting theatre and radiates political energy.

Closed Shop Theatre The Lion and Unicorn The Humour Condition 24-26 August 2.00pm The Humour Condition explores the different facets of humour in daily life, and what can happen when a life becomes devoid of laughter – from £7.00 (concs £5.00) psychological effects to physical, real-world health issues. Follow six lives theatre as they interweave on their own journeys to understand what it means to be human and how they use humour to forge relationships.

Original Impact Theatre The Lion and Unicorn Gone 24-25 August 5.00pm One day three children vanish without a trace. As the years go by, their 26 August 8.00pm stories distort and are retold, before warping again; becoming fairy tales, snippets of courtroom statement, ghost stories and fragments of £10.00 (concs £8.50) misremembered memory. For those left behind, immersed in a sea of speculation and half-truths, is it possible to piece together the past? theatre

Gemma Jones The Lion and Unicorn Vibrantly Lieu: Welcome to the PVC Shopping 24-26 August 6.30pm Channel £6.00 (concs £5.00) A short comedy play based on the realities of modern dating and the theatre less-than-glamorous truth of the beauty industry. Neve Turner has always wanted to present on the shopping channel PVC. She finally gets her big break working with skincare brand, Vibrantly Lieu. But..will her unusual sales technique pay off? Eamon’s Comedy Birthday Quiz The London Irish Centre Eamon Goodfellow is a stand-up and actor originally from Lurgan in Armagh. 24 August 7.30pm Join him on his birthday as he combines topical humour with audience £5.00 interaction and storytelling with hilarious results. comedy But keep your wits about you, because there’s a quiz with prizes too.

Chaos Theory The Water Rats Sardines At Midnight 24-26 August 7.30pm A sketch and character comedy delight, sometimes weird, always funny with characters from cannibal apple trees to very horsey ladies to a £7.00 (concs £5.00) gangster ice cream man! Gasp at a dragon-fighting knight, thrill to a comedy singing vampire and wince at inappropriate Mills and Boon. Neil, Yasser, Saskia and Olive are Chaos Theory and they are back!

66 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 TobyLikesMILK The Cockpit The Alternative Dairy Selection 24-25 August 9.00pm TobyLikesMILK are back and this year we are not alone! We are debuting a new work, and sharing the stage with our friends Faye £10.00 (concs £7.00) Revlon & Hannah Milan, Haus of Anxiety, B-hybrid and The Yonis. Using dance contemporary dance theatre, vogue and drag we will explore how the LGBTQ+ community has helped everyone to discover and embrace their own identity.

Samuel Ch. Zernig and Kuan-wen Huang The Water Rats An Asian and A German walk into a bar... 24 August 9.15pm Samuel Ch. Zernig & Kuan-wen Huang return with their acclaimed double bill. £5.00 Hail Zernig: The authentic German Wunderkind! samuelch.com comedy “I was just belly laughing the whole time” Will Snape, BBC Radio Sheffield Borderline Millennial: Amused Moose & Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Award semi-finalist . As seen on BBC3. Kuanwenhuang.com William Hartley Hen and Chickens Gun 25-26 August 4.30pm A man is left for dead in the desert. But if you kill someone, you better make sure they’re dead - first rule of a murder, isn’t it? £8.50 A bold one man comedy western show written & performed by Clever comedy Peter’s William Hartley ‘The writing is killer sharp’’ A Younger Theatre ‘Comedy, tragedy and a big dollop of eroticism’ Remotegoat Jayne Edwards is Top Body Builder Brian The Bill Murray Ex-weightlifter Top Bodybuilder Brian takes you on a journey through his life, loves and the surprising health benefits of taking whey protein 25-26 August 5.00pm intravenously. £5.00 From the mind of weird comedian Jayne Edwards (“a lo-fi technicolour character-comedy genius” Flim Night) comes a multidisciplinary and comedy extremely silly comedy show about loss.

Si Deaves - Si’s Matters The Albany Nuclear annihilation!! Brexit?! Rabies?? There are so many issues in the world today, yet Si Deaves still finds time to worry about the little things, 25-26 August 5.45pm in his own unique way. £5.00 Join Si’s world as he tackles “inspiration”, fears of inadequacy, *that* drunk guy at the pub, being less of a p***k and more in his official debut comedy stand-up hour, Si’s Matters.

Penny Drops Collective Hen and Chickens She Arrives 25-26 August 6.00pm She comes in. You’re just sitting there watching her, in this overheated bar. She demands a drink and tells you how she got here. You sit back, £9.00 sweating. Born to the generation made of debt, she tried to start a rebel theatre group. But she got trolled online, she failed. So she decided to get revenge. Now she’s here, with you, in this humid, smoky bar.

camdenfringe.com 67 The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August It’s Beautiful, Over There Upstairs at the Thomas Edison’s last words were “It’s very Gatehouse beautiful over there”. 25 August 7.00pm In this new piece of writing, the audience is presented with a powerful story of a young & 8.45pm adult’s effort to cope with the unexpected death of a close friend. £12.00 (concs £10.00) A one-woman show about understanding theatre death and grief, the importance of telling stories, and the ways in which we live on through the legacy we leave behind in our names and our memories. And how to fold origami swans. Stephanie Greenwood is a British-South African writer and actress living in London who has recently completed the first UK tour of Jonathan Lewis’ play Soldier On.

Norman aka the Dapper Rapper Camden People’s Freedom Of Expresso Theatre Freedom of Expresso is the new show 25 August 7.15pm from Spoken Word satirist Norman aka the Dapper Rapper. It promises to explore £7.50 (concs £5.00) many of the hot topics of our turbulent comedy times - Free Speech, Fake News, Real Life and Freedom of Expression. As Norman always observes: “Anyone who says they don’t agree with Free Speech should be locked up.” Norman Dapper Rapper is the alter-ego of one time comedy writer Nelson David. His credits include writing for Spitting Image, Rory Bremner, Radio 4’s legendary Week Ending, Radio 1’s Zoe Ball Breakfast Show and many more. Nelson was also once a stalwart of the improvised comedy scene where he performed in his own group (Unexpected Human in Bagging Area) and also alongside the likes of Steve Frost and Jeremy Hardy

O.L.D: Online Dating The Water Rats ‘One day you’re travelling round, free as a 25-26 August 9.30pm bird and having mystical experiences and the next you wake up covered in someone £10.00 (concs £8.00) else’s piss and not in a good way.’ theatre Thus begins Kate’s search for love. At 32 she should have so much more: a great career and perfect family but she feels lost and desperately lonely. Every night she returns to an empty flat and talks to her home computer system, Lexa who doles out platitudes and sarcasm. Kate is taking control, online dating but can’t seem to meet anyone she connects with, which is ironic given how we’ve never been more interconnected. Stuck in a rut, Kate is struggling in a world of disposable relationships and curated lifestyles but is she looking for meaning in the wrong places?

68 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 generation27 Hen and Chickens A Tale from Transylvania 25-26 August 9.00pm Tom’s sister vanishes one day without a trace. Desperate for information that may lead to her safe discovery, the time passes. Eventually, the £10.00 (concs £8.00) police file her case away under ‘missing persons’. Tom cannot give up theatre hope - willing to go anywhere and to any lengths in finding her. After all, he sees things and people, that others cannot - all the time.

Theatre East N Bull Camden People’s Theatre Two Lost in A Filthy Night 26 August 7.00pm The play takes place in the duration of a night, following the struggle of two illegal immigrants living in a foreign city. They constantly fight with £15.00 (concs £12.00) each other while trying to survive in an alien and not so welcoming world. theatre Besides being unable to communicate with each other, they are also unable to communicate with the outside world.

Florence Flo Smith Now and Then Upstairs at the Gatehouse It’s 1969 and a woman looks back on her life lived in London. From The Boer War to The Summer of Love, Flo Smith, mother, widow and 26 August 7.45pm grandmother, recalls with horror and humour, tears and joy, the turbulent (concs £10.00) times at home and in the world beyond her front door. £12.00 “Incredibly vivid. Spunky. Gossipy. Human. Relatable. Magical.” Stratford theatre Herald time for tea

Etcetera Theatre JULY 30TH 12.30 £ 7 . 5 0 ( £ 5 ) The Camden Fringe 2018 30th July - 26th August 2 Northdown Aces & Eights The Albany 2 Northdown Street (over 18s only) 240 Great Portland Street London N1 9BG 156-158 Fortess Road London W1W 5QU 2northdown.com London NW5 2HP thealbanyw1w.co.uk G King’s Cross G Great Portland Street, acesandeightssaloonbar.com Warren Street, Regent’s Park  10, 17, 30, 45, 46, 63, G Tufnell Park 73, 214  24, 27, 29, 30, 73, 134  4, 134, 390

The Bill Murray Burgh House Camden Comedy Club 39 Queen’s Head St New End Square upstairs at The Camden Head London N1 8NQ London NW3 1LT 100 Camden High Street angelcomedy.co.uk/bill-murray/ burghhouse.org.uk London NW1 0LU G Angel, Essex Road G Hampstead, Hampstead Heath camdencomedyclub.com  38, 56, 73, 341, 476  46, 268, 603 G Camden Town, Mornington Crescent  24, 27, 29, 31, 88, 134, 168, 214, 253, 274, C2 Camden People’s Theatre Cecil Sharp House The Cockpit 58-60 Hampstead Road 2 Regents Park Road Gateforth Street London NW1 2PY London NW1 7AY London NW8 8EH cptheatre.co.uk cecilsharphouse.org thecockpit.org.uk corner of Drummond St and G Camden Town off Church St Hampstead Rd off Lisson Grove  24, 27, 29, 31,88, 134, G Warren Street, Euston Square, G Edgware Road, Marylebone Euston 168, 214, 253, 274  139, 189  24, 27, 29, 30, 73, 134

Etcetera Theatre Hen & Chickens wheelchair access 265 Camden High Street 109 St Pauls Road hearing loop London NW1 7BU Highbury Corner etceteratheatre.com London N1 2NA above the Oxford Arms henandchickens.com G Camden Town corner of St Paul’s Rd opposite Highbury Island  24, 27, 29, 31, 88, 134, G Highbury & Islington 168, 214, 253, 274, C2  4, 19, 30, 43, 277

70 camdenfringe.com 30th July - 26th August The Camden Fringe 2018 The Lion and Unicorn The London Improv Theatre The London Irish Centre 42-44 Gaisford Street 104 Finchley Road 50-52 Camden Square London NW5 2ED London NW3 5JJ London NW1 9XB lionandunicorntheatre.co.uk londonimprovtheatre.com londonirishcentre.org G Kentish Town, Kentish Town G Finchley Road Murray St end of West, Camden Road Camden Square  13, 113, 187, 268  C2, 134, 214, 393, 390, G Camden Road, Camden Town 253, 29, 274  29, 253, 274

The Monkey House Moors Bar Theatre St Pancras Community 97-101 Seven Sisters Road 57 Park Road Association London N7 7QP Crouch End 67 Plender Street fourthmonkey.co.uk London N8 8SY London NW1 0LB G Finsbury Park, Holloway Road moorsbar.com spca.org.uk  4, 29, 91, 153, 253, 254, opposite Coulsdon Court G Camden Town, Mornington 259 G Finsbury Park, Crouch Hill Crescent  W7, W3  24, 27, 29, 31, 88, 134, 168, 214, 253, 274, C2 The Star of Kings Tristan Bates Theatre The Upper Room 126 York Way 1a Tower Street 8B Greenland Place London N1 0AX London WC2H 9NP London NW1 0ND starofkings.co.uk tristanbatestheatre.co.uk theupperroom.org.uk G King’s Cross off Upper Shaftesbury Avenue via G Camden Town, Mornington Earlham Street Crescent 10, 17, 30, 45, 46, 63, 73, 91,  G Leicester Square, 24, 27, 29, 31, 88, 134, 214, 390 Covent Garden 168, 214, 253, 274, C2  14, 19, 24, 29, 38, 176 Upstairs at the Gatehouse The Water Rats Highgate Village 328 Grays Inn Road London N6 4BD London WC1X 8BZ upstairsatthegatehouse.com thewaterratsvenue.london Junction of Hampstead Lane, North G King’s Cross Rd & Highgate High St  10, 17, 30, 45, 46, 63, G Highgate (10 mins walk) 73, 214  143, 210, 214, 271

camdenfringe.com 71 HOW TO BOOK TICKETS

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