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: Sound Strokes: A Harmonious Blend of Chinese and Scottish Music, Camden People’s Theatre, London
A mesmerising Scottish-Hong Kong collaboration
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Review: London, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Canal Café Theatre
McFarland takes his audience on a journey through song that pulls on the heartstrings
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Review: Transit, Arches Lane Theatre
Using physical theatre, poetry, dance and live music, Transit is a powerful, human response...
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Review: Holy Fool, Park Theatre
A sprawling and unfocused production of Shostakovich’s struggle to find true expression through music while appeasing his communist masters
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Review: Krapp’s Last Tape, The Cockpit
A triumph as an actor suffering with Alzheimer’s turns Beckett’s monologue into a profoundly moving meditation on memory and the ageing process.
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Review: We Dance in Fire, Golden Goose Theatre
A potent and accomplished debut turns up the dial on our existential fears to great effect.
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Review: Brixton House’s Housemates Festival: SUGA
SUGA is sweet, but too much can leave you needing a filling! An intense exploration of the challenges a young Londoner faces, including hurdles such as finances, housing, friendship and intimacy.
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Review: Twelfth Night, Drayton Arms
A joyous and engaging production that sets this popular Shakespearean comedy to a funky disco beat, combining language from the 1600s with dance moves from the 1970s.
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Review: You & It, King’s Head Theatre
A musical that tackles love, loss and artificial intelligence, but where the emotional circuitry never quite manages to connect
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Review: Midnight in Nashville, The Glitch
A good country epic, but one that could use another verse.