Time for another London fringe festival — and September/October sees the turn of the Lambeth Fringe (formerly the Clapham Fringe, which itself has been going since 2015).
Shows take place in small venues across the borough — theatres, cinemas, pubs, even a farm — for four weeks, from Thursday 25 September-Saturday 25 October 2025. Though open to all creatives, the festival has a remit to celebrate the creativity of women, LGBTQ+, global majority and working-class artists.
Here are a handful of shows that've grabbed our attention:
💩 Sh*t Show: Comedians Tamzin Rafn, Maria Teresa Creasey, Amy Binns and Gel Shitty bring to the table terrible wellness advice, a loud American and most of all, an absolute sh*t show. Sounds... great? 24 Sept, Bread and Roses and 9 Oct, Effra Social
👹 Myths, Maps & Monsters: Zeus' Birthday Bash!: A show suitable for ages three+, Zeus, King of the Gods is celebrating his two billionth birthday, but the pesky/evil Medusa has stolen all the birthday treats. Now the audience must help retrieve them, restoring order to Ancient Greece. 27-28 Sept, Bread and Roses
🤓 Roger Prick: The Book Tour (WIP): Hold onto your cigar... infamous 1970s pornographer, erotic novelist and celebrity casanova Roger Prick (aka Han Whyte) is back in town to promote his dirtiest novel yet. But don't worry, it's progressive... possibly. 29-30 Sept, Vaulty Towers
🍺 The Moon Under Water: Lover of pubs, Andrew James Brown, takes us on a journey through City gin-palaces and country inns; and across parquet flooring and sticky carpet alike, in this show which doffs its cap to the famous George Orwell essay on boozers. 1 Oct, the Sparrowhawk
🪰 Flying Ant Day: A dark comedy exploring the human trials of grieving, by juxtaposing the 24 hour life of a flying ant, with the dying moments of a mum and grandma. 3 Oct, Morley College Drama Studio
💀 [no] good grief: More death! The audience plays the role of mourners at the burial of a character called Cerulean. [no] good grief has been called "a perfect representation of what it is like to be trans right now." 4-5 Oct, Bread and Roses
😂 Still Got It - We Make Seniors Great Again: Three seasoned comedians — Derya Yildirim, Lissi Field, Georgia Thorp — prove they can still bring the laughs, with this stand-up triple-header. 7 Oct, Vaulty Towers
📚 Clapham Book Festival: The 9th annual Clapham Book Festival, which features as part of the fringe, boasts a starry line-up including Chocolat author Joanne Harris, and author of My Sister the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite. 11 Oct, Omnibus Theatre
🚬 Jamie Byrne's Delightful History of Cigarettes: Jamie Byrne (fitting name) leads a lecture on the invention of 'God's favourite cylinder', while trying to keep his job at the university where he teaches. 15 Oct, Bread and Roses
🍆 Dickmatized: Described as "a post-mortem in heels" this Nigerian-British comedy play delves into dating disasters and self-deception via laugh-out-loud confessions and Attenborough-style voiceovers. 24 Oct, Playhouse East
The Lambeth Fringe, 25 September-25 October, across Lambeth
