Fringe/ OffWestEnd
We could argue for hours what makes a fringe theatre venue, and even then we doubt we’d come to a satisfactory definition. So to keep it simple, fringe here simply means the wonderful little venues, generally less than 100 seats, often located above or below or next to pubs, and very much at the heart of our theatre world, where all the magic usually starts.
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Review: Camdenwalla, Camden People’s Theatre
A performance with added emotion when you realise that the building we are sitting in is the same building where the people it celebrates sat more than 30 years previous.
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Review: Miraculous, King’s Head Theatre
Funny, unsettling and quietly intense – faith, doubt and control unravel in a tense two-hander that never stays comfortable for long.
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Review: Mrs Dalloway, Wilton’s Music Hall
Virginia Woolf meets disco, cabaret and stand-up in a daring but bewildering theatrical mix of genres.
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Review: Unforgettable – the Nat King Cole Story, Bridge House Theatre
The fascinating story of how love, jazz, and civil rights ran through the life of the great performer Nat King Cole.
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Review: Disappeared / Merged, Lion and Unicorn Theatre
An ambitious and thought-provoking fringe production exploring creativity, identity, and AI
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Review: A Fine Idea, Arcola Theatre
Challenges our perceptions about International Development where the Global North seeks to support the South
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Review: I Made You A Mixtape, The Cockpit
The One Where the 90s Never Ended: I Made You a Mixtape is a joyous, genre-defying, alt-rock-fuelled love letter to the 90s.
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Review: To Be Frank, Pleasance Theatre
Equal parts ridiculous and moving, To Be Frank is wonderfully eccentric
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Review: Clown Fish Out of Water, Etcetera Theatre
Expect the unexpected as Clown Fish Stephen Catling prepares to plunge into the Edinburgh Fringe.
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Review: Little Women, Royal Academy of Music
A frothy, enormously fun and sweet-natured musical with vocals that are even better than the Broadway version.