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- 19:00 20:20
- 265 Camden High StreetLondon, England, NW1 7BUUnited Kingdom (map)
“A sort of idyllic sort of miserable sort of storybook sort of nightmarish sort of remarkable sort of regular sort of" play. 'Here Lies Henry' is a wacky and weird one-person play written by Daniel MacIvor. It is centred around Henry, a man who has been tasked to inform the audience something they don't already know. Themes around truth (or the lack thereof), discovery, confusion and life and death…
Find out more about us at https://www.instagram.com/enlimbotheatre/
Age Restriction = 16+
CONTENT WARNINGS: Reference to Sex, Arson, Murder, Abuse, Suicide/Self-harm, Partial Nudity, Violence, Bad Language, use of Strobe and Flashing Lights
May
26
SELF TAPE WORKOUT (ETCETERA PERFORMERS LAB)
- 20:30 22:30
- Etcetera Theatre (map)
Over two days, this class bridges the gap between your self-tape and your live audition — the two skills every working actor needs to have locked down. Before Day 1, you'll receive sides to tape at home. In class, we'll review every tape together with detailed feedback covering eyelines, script analysis, how to use the frame to your advantage, and anything else you want to ask. You'll take that feedback away overnight to refine your work. On Day 2, you'll return with the same scene and perform it live in class, simulating a real casting director audition scenario — so you can feel the difference between the two formats and learn to deliver your best in both.
May
27
- 19:00 20:20
- 265 Camden High StreetLondon, England, NW1 7BUUnited Kingdom (map)
“A sort of idyllic sort of miserable sort of storybook sort of nightmarish sort of remarkable sort of regular sort of" play. 'Here Lies Henry' is a wacky and weird one-person play written by Daniel MacIvor. It is centred around Henry, a man who has been tasked to inform the audience something they don't already know. Themes around truth (or the lack thereof), discovery, confusion and life and death…
Find out more about us at https://www.instagram.com/enlimbotheatre/
Age Restriction = 16+
CONTENT WARNINGS: Reference to Sex, Arson, Murder, Abuse, Suicide/Self-harm, Partial Nudity, Violence, Bad Language, use of Strobe and Flashing Lights
May
27
SELF TAPE WORKOUT (ETCETERA PERFORMERS LAB)
- 20:30 21:30
- Etcetera Theatre (map)
Over two days, this class bridges the gap between your self-tape and your live audition — the two skills every working actor needs to have locked down. Before Day 1, you'll receive sides to tape at home. In class, we'll review every tape together with detailed feedback covering eyelines, script analysis, how to use the frame to your advantage, and anything else you want to ask. You'll take that feedback away overnight to refine your work. On Day 2, you'll return with the same scene and perform it live in class, simulating a real casting director audition scenario — so you can feel the difference between the two formats and learn to deliver your best in both.
May
28
- 19:00 20:00
- 265 Camden High StreetLondon, England, NW1 7BUUnited Kingdom (map)
REASONS YOU SHOULD BUY A TICKET
- You're a purveyor of emerging sketch comedy - or aren't, but want to be
- You know a good deal when you see one
- We know where you live
- You wouldn't want us to hurt Louise now, would you?
- You know the score
- We will be rly sad if you don't :(like rly
- Imagine what it could do for your credit score!
- The memory will keep you warm for the Winters yet to come
- You get to see Jake realise he's not funny in real time!
- I can't stress this enough, we know where you live
- It's never too late to develop taste
- Who doesn't like to laugh?! You?! Not likely
- Oh come ennonon comeandseetheshow
- If you don't we'll do a Hunger-Games-esque murder-suicide with some GMO berries
- This is Daniel's return to civilisation, and we really don't want to scare him away again
- You might get fit inspo
May
28
- 21:00 22:20
- 265 Camden High StreetLondon, England, NW1 7BUUnited Kingdom (map)
“A sort of idyllic sort of miserable sort of storybook sort of nightmarish sort of remarkable sort of regular sort of" play. 'Here Lies Henry' is a wacky and weird one-person play written by Daniel MacIvor. It is centred around Henry, a man who has been tasked to inform the audience something they don't already know. Themes around truth (or the lack thereof), discovery, confusion and life and death…
Find out more about us at https://www.instagram.com/enlimbotheatre/
Age Restriction = 16+
CONTENT WARNINGS: Reference to Sex, Arson, Murder, Abuse, Suicide/Self-harm, Partial Nudity, Violence, Bad Language, use of Strobe and Flashing Lights
May
29
- 19:00 20:00
- 265 Camden High StreetLondon, England, NW1 7BUUnited Kingdom (map)
REASONS YOU SHOULD BUY A TICKET
- You're a purveyor of emerging sketch comedy - or aren't, but want to be
- You know a good deal when you see one
- We know where you live
- You wouldn't want us to hurt Louise now, would you?
- You know the score
- We will be rly sad if you don't :(like rly
- Imagine what it could do for your credit score!
- The memory will keep you warm for the Winters yet to come
- You get to see Jake realise he's not funny in real time!
- I can't stress this enough, we know where you live
- It's never too late to develop taste
- Who doesn't like to laugh?! You?! Not likely
- Oh come ennonon comeandseetheshow
- If you don't we'll do a Hunger-Games-esque murder-suicide with some GMO berries
- This is Daniel's return to civilisation, and we really don't want to scare him away again
- You might get fit inspo
May
29
- 21:00 22:20
- 265 Camden High StreetLondon, England, NW1 7BUUnited Kingdom (map)
“A sort of idyllic sort of miserable sort of storybook sort of nightmarish sort of remarkable sort of regular sort of" play. 'Here Lies Henry' is a wacky and weird one-person play written by Daniel MacIvor. It is centred around Henry, a man who has been tasked to inform the audience something they don't already know. Themes around truth (or the lack thereof), discovery, confusion and life and death…
Find out more about us at https://www.instagram.com/enlimbotheatre/
Age Restriction = 16+
CONTENT WARNINGS: Reference to Sex, Arson, Murder, Abuse, Suicide/Self-harm, Partial Nudity, Violence, Bad Language, use of Strobe and Flashing Lights
May
30
Noli: Too Long/Too Difficult/Too Raw Short Film Festival
- 18:30 22:00
- Etcetera Theatre (map)
Making its fifth appearance, and third at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden, Noli is the festival for short films too experimental, too daring, too ‘amateur’, too cheap or simply too long for the mainstream circuit. We want to establish an independent network of our own that values cinema and creativity, outside of the corporatised events that have come to dominate the scene. With this event, you are buying into cinema culture, which means having an atmosphere to be part of, a place to hang out, your own corner of London that works for you and you work for it (ie. you enjoy it!). Find out more: nolishortfilmfestival.co.uk
May
31
- 21:00 22:20
- 265 Camden High StreetLondon, England, NW1 7BUUnited Kingdom (map)
“A sort of idyllic sort of miserable sort of storybook sort of nightmarish sort of remarkable sort of regular sort of" play. 'Here Lies Henry' is a wacky and weird one-person play written by Daniel MacIvor. It is centred around Henry, a man who has been tasked to inform the audience something they don't already know. Themes around truth (or the lack thereof), discovery, confusion and life and death…
Find out more about us at https://www.instagram.com/enlimbotheatre/
Age Restriction = 16+
CONTENT WARNINGS: Reference to Sex, Arson, Murder, Abuse, Suicide/Self-harm, Partial Nudity, Violence, Bad Language, use of Strobe and Flashing Lights
Jun
2
- 19:00 20:00
Ghosts of West Hollywood is a solo performance exploring the pursuit of an acting career in Hollywood and the personal cost of reinvention. Drawing on experiences of drama school expulsion, immigration, coming out, addiction, and recovery, the show blends confessional storytelling with dark humour and theatrical flair.
Set against the neon-lit mythology of Los Angeles, the piece examines ambition, identity, and survival—asking what we leave behind when chasing a dream, and what continues to haunt us when we finally stop running.
The performer’s work spans theatre and screen, including a cameo as “Banksy” in Ted Lasso.
Jun
3
- 19:00 20:00
Ghosts of West Hollywood is a solo performance exploring the pursuit of an acting career in Hollywood and the personal cost of reinvention. Drawing on experiences of drama school expulsion, immigration, coming out, addiction, and recovery, the show blends confessional storytelling with dark humour and theatrical flair.
Set against the neon-lit mythology of Los Angeles, the piece examines ambition, identity, and survival—asking what we leave behind when chasing a dream, and what continues to haunt us when we finally stop running.
The performer’s work spans theatre and screen, including a cameo as “Banksy” in Ted Lasso.
Jun
4
- 19:00 20:00
Ghosts of West Hollywood is a solo performance exploring the pursuit of an acting career in Hollywood and the personal cost of reinvention. Drawing on experiences of drama school expulsion, immigration, coming out, addiction, and recovery, the show blends confessional storytelling with dark humour and theatrical flair.
Set against the neon-lit mythology of Los Angeles, the piece examines ambition, identity, and survival—asking what we leave behind when chasing a dream, and what continues to haunt us when we finally stop running.
The performer’s work spans theatre and screen, including a cameo as “Banksy” in Ted Lasso.
Jun
5
- 19:00 20:00
Ghosts of West Hollywood is a solo performance exploring the pursuit of an acting career in Hollywood and the personal cost of reinvention. Drawing on experiences of drama school expulsion, immigration, coming out, addiction, and recovery, the show blends confessional storytelling with dark humour and theatrical flair.
Set against the neon-lit mythology of Los Angeles, the piece examines ambition, identity, and survival—asking what we leave behind when chasing a dream, and what continues to haunt us when we finally stop running.
The performer’s work spans theatre and screen, including a cameo as “Banksy” in Ted Lasso.
Jun
6
- 19:00 20:00
Ghosts of West Hollywood is a solo performance exploring the pursuit of an acting career in Hollywood and the personal cost of reinvention. Drawing on experiences of drama school expulsion, immigration, coming out, addiction, and recovery, the show blends confessional storytelling with dark humour and theatrical flair.
Set against the neon-lit mythology of Los Angeles, the piece examines ambition, identity, and survival—asking what we leave behind when chasing a dream, and what continues to haunt us when we finally stop running.
The performer’s work spans theatre and screen, including a cameo as “Banksy” in Ted Lasso.
Jun
6
The Case of the Missing Hairline (Work in Progress)
- 21:00 22:00
- 265 Camden High StreetLondon, England, NW1 7BUUnited Kingdom (map)
Detective Egan is otherwise content with lot in life, when a lead from out of nowhere revitalises a case that he thought was unsolvable: The search for his own hairline! As the case unravels, Detective Egan must learn what lengths he would go to in order to recover his lost hair.
A work in progress show, 'The Case of the Missing Hairline' is a comedy dealing with body positivity and nostalgia.
18+, contains strong language and flashing lights
Jun
7
- 18:00 19:00
Ghosts of West Hollywood is a solo performance exploring the pursuit of an acting career in Hollywood and the personal cost of reinvention. Drawing on experiences of drama school expulsion, immigration, coming out, addiction, and recovery, the show blends confessional storytelling with dark humour and theatrical flair.
Set against the neon-lit mythology of Los Angeles, the piece examines ambition, identity, and survival—asking what we leave behind when chasing a dream, and what continues to haunt us when we finally stop running.
The performer’s work spans theatre and screen, including a cameo as “Banksy” in Ted Lasso.
Jun
8
- 18:30 20:00
- Etcetera Theatre (map)
Based off of the hit tabletop role playing game of the same name by Bully Pulpit Games, FIASCO is a fully improvised show investigating a fictional archive and the dark tales it contains. Every performance, with the help of the audience, three players will explore a new story, guided by the Archivist and our special visiting lecturer; stories filled with brutality and intrigue, rage and desire, and a tangled web of threads will combine with unfortunate circumstances to create… well, quite the fiasco.
Age Restrictions: 18+
Content Warnings: Staged violence, sexual content and themes. We have a web link for audiences to refer to a full list of possible content and themes during the improvised show as well as a content blacklist.
Jun
10
- 19:00 20:00
- 265 Camden High StreetLondon, England, NW1 7BUUnited Kingdom (map)
Chaos, comedy and catharsis collide, in
this one woman show by the effervescent, Lizzie Bean.
Where do we find ourselves? What lessons brought us here? Who are we underneath the lanyards, yoga mat, chin hairs, and wine...
From the highs to the lows, Lizzies
ordinary-girl quest to live an
extraordinary life, takes you on a
rollercoaster ride. Hoping to show you,
how possible it is, to believe you are
already enough.
“Honest, engaging, funny and raw”
uplifting, real and true. “Phuckets and
Rainbows” is a heartfelt invitation, to lay
down the shoulds, embrace the “weird”
and welcome the wonder of it all.
The show is written and performed, by
Lizzie Bean, a mum, wife and friend. A
speaker, mentor and twizzler. A dreamer,
and believer in ordinary magic.
Just a girl. On a mission. To live
Content Warnings:
14 plus
The show explores themes of emotional turmoil and talks of body image and self-esteem. Lizzie wears an outfit that is suggesting she is naked! Swearing.
Jun
11
- 19:00 20:00
- Etcetera Theatre (map)
Set in a dystopian future, the Fairy RightMother invites you to a live broadcast of the execution of the last left-handed Alien. Take a seat and enjoy as we explore the life of this individual for your entertainment, showcasing to the world and you the consequences of being different.
Jun
12
- 14:00 15:00
- Etcetera Theatre (map)
Set in a dystopian future, the Fairy RightMother invites you to a live broadcast of the execution of the last left-handed Alien. Take a seat and enjoy as we explore the life of this individual for your entertainment, showcasing to the world and you the consequences of being different.
Jun
12
- 19:00 20:00
- Etcetera Theatre (map)
Your loved one just came out as a (GASP!) fan fiction writer. How do you respond to that? What will the neighbours think? What is Omega slick, anyway? Don't worry because fan fiction veteran MinaRoseTook is here to answer all your questions. Join us on an eclectic, hilarious, and heartfelt journey where we’ll explore transformative works: how fan fiction came to be, why people like it, why people hate it, and why it's a valid form of art. But this isn't going to be your usual lecture. It's part theatre, part puppet show, part writing exercise, and so much more. Who knows...maybe you'll even write something!
A one-woman show that celebrates storytellers.
“Deanna Strasse…has created a brilliant piece that is not only interesting but educational in a fun way.” — GJD Review, Colchester Fringe Festival
“Truly beautiful...I laughed until I cried.” - The Cockpit Audience Member (June 2025)
“This show SLAPS!” - The Cockpit Audience Member (June 2025)
“I’ve been thinking a lot about this show. It’s stuck with me.” - Lambeth Fringe Audience Member (October 2025)
“A joy to watch!” - Colchester Fringe Audience Member (October 2025)
Jun
12
- 21:00 22:00
- Etcetera Theatre (map)
Your loved one just came out as a (GASP!) fan fiction writer. How do you respond to that? What will the neighbours think? What is Omega slick, anyway? Don't worry because fan fiction veteran MinaRoseTook is here to answer all your questions. Join us on an eclectic, hilarious, and heartfelt journey where we’ll explore transformative works: how fan fiction came to be, why people like it, why people hate it, and why it's a valid form of art. But this isn't going to be your usual lecture. It's part theatre, part puppet show, part writing exercise, and so much more. Who knows...maybe you'll even write something!
A one-woman show that celebrates storytellers.
“Deanna Strasse…has created a brilliant piece that is not only interesting but educational in a fun way.” — GJD Review, Colchester Fringe Festival
“Truly beautiful...I laughed until I cried.” - The Cockpit Audience Member (June 2025)
“This show SLAPS!” - The Cockpit Audience Member (June 2025)
“I’ve been thinking a lot about this show. It’s stuck with me.” - Lambeth Fringe Audience Member (October 2025)
“A joy to watch!” - Colchester Fringe Audience Member (October 2025)
Jun
13
- 15:00 16:00
- Etcetera Theatre (map)
Your loved one just came out as a (GASP!) fan fiction writer. How do you respond to that? What will the neighbours think? What is Omega slick, anyway? Don't worry because fan fiction veteran MinaRoseTook is here to answer all your questions. Join us on an eclectic, hilarious, and heartfelt journey where we’ll explore transformative works: how fan fiction came to be, why people like it, why people hate it, and why it's a valid form of art. But this isn't going to be your usual lecture. It's part theatre, part puppet show, part writing exercise, and so much more. Who knows...maybe you'll even write something!
A one-woman show that celebrates storytellers.
“Deanna Strasse…has created a brilliant piece that is not only interesting but educational in a fun way.” — GJD Review, Colchester Fringe Festival
“Truly beautiful...I laughed until I cried.” - The Cockpit Audience Member (June 2025)
“This show SLAPS!” - The Cockpit Audience Member (June 2025)
“I’ve been thinking a lot about this show. It’s stuck with me.” - Lambeth Fringe Audience Member (October 2025)
“A joy to watch!” - Colchester Fringe Audience Member (October 2025)
Jun
13
- 19:00 20:00
- Etcetera Theatre (map)
Set in a dystopian future, the Fairy RightMother invites you to a live broadcast of the execution of the last left-handed Alien. Take a seat and enjoy as we explore the life of this individual for your entertainment, showcasing to the world and you the consequences of being different.
Jun
13
- 21:00 22:00
- Etcetera Theatre (map)
L.A.'s underground hit has landed in London: Slideshow brings together storytellers, poets, comedians, musicians and more, all speaking their truth with their own slides up on the big screen to prove it. "Shockingly honest stories," cheers the Los Angeles Times, "Downright magical, uncomfortable, and anarchic."
Content warnings: Age 16 and over recommended (some language & adult content)
Jun
14
Stephen Catling: Clownfish out of water
- 19:00 20:00
- 265 Camden High StreetLondon, England, NW1 7BUUnited Kingdom (map)
Award winning comic Stephen Catling brings you his new WIP featuring some up and coming acts providing support.
When clowns can't breathe water and fish can't breathe air- what's a poor clownfish to do in this cruel world?
In 2025, Catling (Malcolm Hardee Award Nominee 2023 & 2025) lost his slug mask. It was an essential part of his hit show ‘Moving on...really really slowly.’
This time, Stephen explores his life now that Autism has been “unmasked,” as well as his fin flapping rage against an increasingly soulless entertainment industry who knows what is going to be in store? A burlesque performing cabbage/lettuce? A rendition of Robbie Williams musical biopic Betterman but they casted a real chimp? Rage against the machine (Generative AI)?
Disclaimer: The show is not going to be about a literal clownfish or finding nemo. A colleague back in his lab days described him lovingly as psychotic Mighty Boosh and The British comedy guide called him “A bucking bronco of surrealism and scruffiness” if this sounds like your bag welcome aboard the crazy train.
"His delivery is brilliantly playful" Everything Theatre
“This is a very different voice on the comedy circuit and one it is important to hear from.” Brighton and Hove news
"Very unique act in a strange but absolutely hilarious way had audience howling. " The Stand
"Magnificently irreverent...charming and utterly bonkers " The Review Hub
"Everything from silly one-liners, to props, to a surprisingly raw honesty that cuts through the surrealness like a knife" Fringe Fry Up
"He’s an interesting performer....I’d definitely like to see him again" Beyond the Joke (Bruce Dessau)
"I found myself at different times laughing out loud, staring wide-eye’d, gushing with joy & wondering what the damninnit was going on!" Mumble
Jun
16
Hamish Lloyd Barnes: Stage Presence (WIP)
- 19:00 20:00
- 265 Camden High StreetLondon, England, NW1 7BUUnited Kingdom (map)
This is a ghost story. Told by ghosts. A voice largely underrepresented in the genre.
The Ableforth Theatre is haunted. It will be demolished tonight. But first - one hell of a show!
Grab your overpriced Häagen-Dazs and witness Hamish Lloyd Barnes’ (Disney+, Channel 4, BBC Radio 4) hilarious character comedy work-in-progress starring whispering curtains, the pouting ghosts of leading men and scariest of all - musical theatre kids.
FINALIST Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off 2026
BBC New Comedy Awards Nominee 2025
"I've rarely laughed so consistently for an hour" - ★★★★ Broadway Baby
"One of the most impressive hours of the fringe" - ★★★★ The List
"Genuinely original... funny and weirdly moving" - Lou Berger, Head Writer of Sesame Street
MANDATORY: 16+. Swearing and audience participation
Jun
17
- 19:00 20:00
- 265 Camden High StreetLondon, England, NW1 7BUUnited Kingdom (map)
Wiry Algernon and sturdy Bruno are the stars of hit 1920s silent film variety show The Algernon and Bruno Show — but each secretly think they are the one that the crowds flock to see. Always hungering for the fleeting attention of the audience, Algernon and Bruno are increasingly willing to cross any line to get what they crave. But unbeknownst to them, there is something else that craves the roar of applause even more...
Age restrictions/trigger and content warnings:
The show is intended for adults 18 years of age and older.
Partial nudity, Reference to alcohol, Simulated Violence, Death, Smoking (no actual smoking/vaping will occur on stage)
Jun
17
- 21:00 22:00
- Etcetera Theatre (map)
Woof is a 50-minute two-hander comedy about coming of age in an unusual setting: a human’s house. The play follows Pup, a curious young dog full of questions about what it means to “have” a human, and Old, an older dog quietly navigating love, loyalty and the ache of waiting at the door.
Age restrictions, trigger and content warnings if any, especially if adult themes are in the show: No age restriction, no adult theme, content warnings: Includes themes of ageing, loss of autonomy, emotional distress, and brief references to physical reprimand.
Jun
18
- 21:00 22:00
- Etcetera Theatre (map)
Woof is a 50-minute two-hander comedy about coming of age in an unusual setting: a human’s house. The play follows Pup, a curious young dog full of questions about what it means to “have” a human, and Old, an older dog quietly navigating love, loyalty and the ache of waiting at the door.
Age restrictions, trigger and content warnings if any, especially if adult themes are in the show: No age restriction, no adult theme, content warnings: Includes themes of ageing, loss of autonomy, emotional distress, and brief references to physical reprimand.
Jun
19
- 21:00 22:00
- Etcetera Theatre (map)
Woof is a 50-minute two-hander comedy about coming of age in an unusual setting: a human’s house. The play follows Pup, a curious young dog full of questions about what it means to “have” a human, and Old, an older dog quietly navigating love, loyalty and the ache of waiting at the door.
Age restrictions, trigger and content warnings if any, especially if adult themes are in the show: No age restriction, no adult theme, content warnings: Includes themes of ageing, loss of autonomy, emotional distress, and brief references to physical reprimand.
Jun
22
- 19:00 20:00
- 265 Camden High StreetLondon, England, NW1 7BUUnited Kingdom (map)
Wiry Algernon and sturdy Bruno are the stars of hit 1920s silent film variety show The Algernon and Bruno Show — but each secretly think they are the one that the crowds flock to see. Always hungering for the fleeting attention of the audience, Algernon and Bruno are increasingly willing to cross any line to get what they crave. But unbeknownst to them, there is something else that craves the roar of applause even more...
Age restrictions/trigger and content warnings:
The show is intended for adults 18 years of age and older.
Partial nudity, Reference to alcohol, Simulated Violence, Death, Smoking (no actual smoking/vaping will occur on stage)
Jun
23
- 19:00 20:00
- 265 Camden High StreetLondon, England, NW1 7BUUnited Kingdom (map)
Wiry Algernon and sturdy Bruno are the stars of hit 1920s silent film variety show The Algernon and Bruno Show — but each secretly think they are the one that the crowds flock to see. Always hungering for the fleeting attention of the audience, Algernon and Bruno are increasingly willing to cross any line to get what they crave. But unbeknownst to them, there is something else that craves the roar of applause even more...
Age restrictions/trigger and content warnings:
The show is intended for adults 18 years of age and older.
Partial nudity, Reference to alcohol, Simulated Violence, Death, Smoking (no actual smoking/vaping will occur on stage)
Jun
24
- 19:00 20:00
- 265 Camden High StreetLondon, England, NW1 7BUUnited Kingdom (map)
Wiry Algernon and sturdy Bruno are the stars of hit 1920s silent film variety show The Algernon and Bruno Show — but each secretly think they are the one that the crowds flock to see. Always hungering for the fleeting attention of the audience, Algernon and Bruno are increasingly willing to cross any line to get what they crave. But unbeknownst to them, there is something else that craves the roar of applause even more...
Age restrictions/trigger and content warnings:
The show is intended for adults 18 years of age and older.
Partial nudity, Reference to alcohol, Simulated Violence, Death, Smoking (no actual smoking/vaping will occur on stage)
Jun
25
- 18:30 20:00
- Etcetera Theatre (map)
Based off of the hit tabletop role playing game of the same name by Bully Pulpit Games, FIASCO is a fully improvised show investigating a fictional archive and the dark tales it contains. Every performance, with the help of the audience, three players will explore a new story, guided by the Archivist and our special visiting lecturer; stories filled with brutality and intrigue, rage and desire, and a tangled web of threads will combine with unfortunate circumstances to create… well, quite the fiasco.
Age Restrictions: 18+
Content Warnings: Staged violence, sexual content and themes. We have a web link for audiences to refer to a full list of possible content and themes during the improvised show as well as a content blacklist.
Jun
26
- 18:30 19:45
This Machine Kills Fascists
By David Dunn
Songs by David Dunn
This Machine Kills Fascists is a stage spectacle inspired by the life and work of Woody Guthrie, the legendary American folk singer and civil rights activists.
In the style of all Nuworks productions, it is Epic and as as one critic wrote: “an electrifying hybrid - a protest-song dressed in a theatrical form.” Its a faithful portrayal of Guthrie’s life and times. Woody was never known to compromise. He was as awkward and as flawed as he was committed to the cause of civil rights and working class people, no matter their ethnicity, colour or religion.
The force of the performance is the dramatic threads from Woody Guthrie's biography. His disdain of self seeking politicians, big corporations, and all those who sought to undermine the American Dream.
It was in this fight, led not by a rifle, but by song that his famous ‘war cry’ was born: ‘This machine kills fascists’, scrawled across Woody’s guitar.
The musical arrangements and choreography ( the songs, all originals by David Dunn in the style of Woody Guthrie ) recreate the sentiment of American protests in the 1940s. and 50. They may be read, at times, as a commentary on modern politics and the fight for the rights of ordinary people today.
REVIEW: ’The atmosphere of this remarkable performance is perfectly captured in the intensity of emotion, light and energy of the actors. The production creates images that stay in your memory. This Machine Kills Fascists by Nuworks is ‘a spectacle that is not just performed, it's a show that is lived’.
1 hour 15minutes duration
Jun
26
- 21:00 21:50
- 265 Camden High StreetLondon, England, NW1 7BUUnited Kingdom (map)
Award-winning Chinese magician Jason Ouyang and Mason Ma bring their brand-new one man show to Etcetera Theatre this June and July!
The show delivers everything audiences expect from world-class magic: mind-reading, impossible objects, and highly interactive illusions; while introducing unique magical effects from ancient Chinese, rarely seen outside of China.
A feel-good and captivating show, the show offers an evening of laughter, storytelling, and unforgettable magic audiences won’t have seen before and anywhere else.
Age restrictions: 12 and above.
Jun
27
- 18:30 19:45
Punk defines the politics and fashion of an era, it was brief, a phenomenon that burst like a storm of protest on an unsympathetic, uncompromisingly brutal political system and leader, devoid of compassion in pursuit of greatness and material gain.
Britain, not so Great….1970 and 80’s Margaret Thatcher…the iron lady….garbage strikes, miner closures, police brutality, unemployment, the IRA, race riots. All in response to what John Lydon aka Jonny Rotten of the Sex Pistols called the ‘shitsdom’.
Nuworks, A Punk Opera is a reimagining of Bertolt Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera which in itself is a reworking of John Gay’s The Beggars’ Opera 1728.
The basic story and characters belong to John Gay, Elizabeth Hauptmann and Brecht adding their Marxist doctrine. There’s no such overt political agenda in our reimagining. Nuworks is closer to John Gay with some sorry reflections on human foibles and hypocrisy than ideology. It’s not even a criticism of Thatcher, of whom, in fairness, it has been said was the leader Britain needed at the time. Debatable.
We’ve set the scene in Camden because that’s where it all began and we’re thrilled to be performing it in the deep heart of Camden, at Etcetra Theatre, in July 2026 as part of our Fringe tour.
In summary…its a great tale with all of the usual suspects…Macheath ( Mac the Knife ) the thoroughly dysfunctional Peachum family, Copper Green, not one of them with a single redeeming feature!
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Some course contemporary language in dramatic context
Jun
28
- 21:00 22:00
- 265 Camden High StreetLondon, England, NW1 7BUUnited Kingdom (map)
Award-winning Chinese magician Jason Ouyang and Mason Ma bring their brand-new one man show to Etcetera Theatre this June and July!
The show delivers everything audiences expect from world-class magic: mind-reading, impossible objects, and highly interactive illusions; while introducing unique magical effects from ancient Chinese, rarely seen outside of China.
A feel-good and captivating show, the show offers an evening of laughter, storytelling, and unforgettable magic audiences won’t have seen before and anywhere else.
Age restrictions: 12 and above.
