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Get Over It's Fairy Queen. See them do A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Gatehouse Thurs-Friday

Camden Fringe Week Three Round Up

What we saw, what others saw and what to see in the final week

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Drag Queen Interview: Myra Dubois

We speak to the sharp-tongued barmaid-turned-cabaret artiste about her new show, pink Hummers and gin.

The Pirate Castle - a new addition to the Camden Fringe venue family. Image by Simon Crubellier.

Preview: Camden Fringe 2011 – Theatre And Other Shows

Drama, physical theatre, devised pieces, opera, shadow puppets, space probes, sea monsters and Sherlock

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Fringe Benefits: Finborough Theatre

Find out about The Stage 100′s Fringe Theatre of the Year, based in Earls Court.

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Preview: Free Theatre Debates @ London Festival Fringe

There’s been a lot of fringe theatre on Londonist of late and while we’ve been seeing and reviewing a lot, there must also be time for London Theatre Talks 2010. And so, the London Festival Fringe (which had us a bit baffled at their launch) …

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Review: London Alternative Fringe Festival Opening Party

The Tootsie Rollers August is Fringe Season. This has nothing to do with hairstyles or sci-fi TV – we’re talking live performances. Although we heard on the grapevine of something going on up north, you don’t have to travel outside the M25 to experience some …

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Fringe Benefits: Etcetera Theatre

Etcetera Theatre has been going since 1986, when a guy called David Bidmead thought that the function room above the Oxford Arms Pub on Camden High Street could be turned into a cosy theatre. In fact, it’s so cosy, that it’s officially (apparently) London’s smallest …

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Launch Of The London Festival Fringe

Street theatre by Orhan Tsolak. Not part of the London Festival Fringe. We went along to last night’s press launch of the London Festival Fringe with an open mind. We would have been delighted to hear how the umbrella of the London Fringe would be …

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Edinburgh Festival Comedy Previews: The Hobby, E2

Who’s doing what where in the run up to Fringe season. Just a quick one, this, as we would hate you to miss an opportunity to see Stewart Lee trying out new material. On Thursday 3 June, he’s topping the bill at a free comedy …

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Theatre Review: Clam & Honey/Baby @ White Bear

A rare tender moment in Honey/Baby PapaC Productions returns to the White Bear in Kennington with a pair of short Deborah Levy plays that pack a surprising punch, drawing on similar themes as The Housewives of the 1950s but twisted darker with men in the …

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Forget The London Fringe Festival

The Camden Fringe pigeon: punk and proud. As mentioned last night, a fringe festival is planned for London, directly rivalling the dates of the Edinburgh Fringe. It’s the brainchild of the guy behind the London Bridge Festival but we’re not convinced. 18 venues are apparently …