Lambeth Fringe is a 4 week Performing Arts Festival in South London – this years festival runs 19th September – 20th October 2024. The festival has taken a leap in grwoth both in terms of programme size and number of venues since its founding years at the Bread and Roses Theatre.
The Lambeth Fringe (formerly The Clapham Fringe) is a yearly festival running since 2015 from the team behind The Bread & Roses Theatre. For 2024 The Lambeth Fringe reveals a multi-venue expansion including exciting venues across the borough. “With something for everyone at this growing festival the Lambeth Fringe is a great opportunity to discover the very best of performance from established and emerging artists.”
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As with other Fringe festivals, there is no Lambeth Festival that this is a fringe on! Fringe here means some accessible and edgy, diverse work over a few weeks in this lively part of London.
Here are some of our early choices and previews.
A theatre recommendation that garnered a must see rating from FringeReview at Brighton Fringe’s Lantern Theatre, That Witch Helen,”blends myth, movement, and storytelling to let Helen of Troy tell her own story.” It is written and performed by Catie Ridewood.
Our solo show choice is another hit from Brighton Fringe that was highly rated by FringeReview. The Life And Rhymes Of Archy And Mehitabel from Theatre Nation. Here is the lowdown: hi everybody, archy here. archy is a character created by new york humourist don marquis, back in the nineteen thirties. he’s a cockroach, who somehow has become inhabited by the transmigrated soul of a free verse poet. archy’s quite a philosopher, too, but because he’s a cockroach the only way he can communicate with the world is by climbing on don marquis’s typewriter, and jumping onto the keys, to type out his thoughts letter by letter – philosophical, comical, satirical, whimsical topical and ecological entertainment”. You can ready our quirky review from Brighton Fringe here.
For some very human and edge comedy, Nathan Cassidy: The Spine That Shagged Me is fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe. “Multi-award winning comedian and star of 3 Amazon Prime Specials with a stand-up show like you’ve never seen. First he did his back in, now he’s tripping on Diazepam watching Life of Pi.”
Theatre Preview: Trashed
by Hart & Sparks Theatre Company
Trashed is billed as “a story of friendship, faith and fucking-up over and over again. But is there
something more than just – this?” The scene: “Spilled wine, sex and half-smoked cigarettes. Clothes strewn across the floor, food rotting in the fridge and bare feet dancing in the kitchen. Liv and Ruth are far from perfect, but they know how to have fun, and that’s good enough for them.”
About the show
Trashed follows the characters of Liv and Ruth, and their boyfriends Jackson and Noah. Liv
is a vibrant, assertive personality. Her main priority is to have fun, a lesser priority is to come
out of said fun unscathed. Ruth is fiercely loyal, opinionated, and loving. She is a Christian,
perhaps not God-fearing but certainly God-trusting, and hopes for her enemies and naysayers
to meet His fiery wrath.
About the company
We are a group of recent graduates with extensive experience within the university drama
scene, and professional credits within the teams of shows such as The Improv Musical
(Doonstairs, The Gilded Balloon, 2022), The Last Romantic (The Nip, The Gilded Balloon,
2022), Downpour (Warwick Arts Centre Studio, 2023), A Noble Game (Birmingham Old
Rep, 2023) and A Streetcar Named Desire (Warwick Arts Centre Studio, 2024). Trashed is
what we hope to be our transition from the university theatre scene and into the professional
world with our own theatre company.
Booking info
Venue: The Bread and Roses Theatre,
London
Date: 19th of September
Time: 9pm (60mins)
Tickets: £11/£9
Book here
Instagram: @hartandsparkstc
Twitter: @hartandsparks
Music Theatre Preview: A Different Song
LT PRODUCTIONS present ‘A Different Song’
Billed as “Beautifully balanced with humour and music”, ‘A Different Song’ is “an uplifting story of love, loneliness and what happens when you forget where you belong.”
Here’s the lowdown: A lonely microphone, an unpredictable crowd and a deranged dog…oh, and a spot of knitting-ripping….. It can only be one thing – open mic night. Backstage, seasoned performer, Mitch, tunes up against a backdrop of faded dreams and pain, pushed down. Another regular, Kate, is devastated when she hears that Mitch has decided to call it a day. Chrissie’s taken over the clipboard and hosting for the first time. She needs it to go well. She needs her star turn to stay. Kate has a new song. The crowd are ready. In this room, on this night, there is hope and there is love.
Live music weaves into the fabric of this comedy drama, underpinning the joy and resilience of the unique community that is open mic night.
Following sold-out debut shows at Chichester Fringe and Worthing Festival, Sussex-based LT Productions are proud to be part of the inaugural Lambeth Fringe at its founder venue, The Bread and Roses Theatre with their one-act play by award-winning writer, Liz Tait, who also produces and directs. The three-strong, Brighton-based cast are: Andy Hutchison (Mitch), Helen Rogers (Chrissie) and Sally Best (Kate).
Booking info
Venue: The Bread Roses Theatre, 68 Clapham Manor St, London SW4 6DZ
Dates: Saturday, 5th and Sunday, 6th October 2024
Time: 5pm (55 mins)
Ticket price: £12 & £11 Suitability: 18+
Book here
@instagranliztaitproductions
Web site: www.liztait.com
Also appearing at Canal Café Theatre, 22nd and 23rd November: www.canalcafetheatre.com
We’ll be adding more recommendations and previews in the run up to the Fringe.
