The local festival that “amplifies underrepresented voices” and began life in 2015 as Clapham Fringe increased its reach last year to include numerous small venues in and around Brixton. The brainchild of the team behind the Bread & Roses Theatre (pictured), the Lambeth Fringe this year runs from 25 September to 25 October. For full details about shows, venues and tickets go to https://lambethfringe.com
This week’s most local highlights include:
This Can’t Be It Thursday 25 September at the Effra Social, SW2 1DF, 8.30pm (tickets £8, £6 concs). Loz Dodd combines performance art with modern clowning to take his audience on a “feverish, experimental meander through the chaos of never quite knowing what it all means, but cracking on with it regardless.” Oh, and there’s a very real danger of audience participation.
CAT GPT at 7pm on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 September at Club Silly, Arch 555, Arch 18 Valentia Place, SW9 8PJ, 7pm (Tickets £12, £10 concs). Robin Wealleans performs his “ridiculous story about how he dealt with the death of his cat Lentil (L3NTIL) by bringing it back to life with tech.” (The Blog’s resident cat lovers are finding this one hard to resist.)
Also at Club Silly at 8.30pm on Friday 26 September is BINCELS, Tommyrot Productions’ surreal and comic journey into the manosphere; and on Sunday 28 September at 6pm, Sam Dodgshon Tries to Hold Your Attention for One Hour (Running Time 45 Minutes) lol.
A bus ride away are:
The Silence of Snow: the Life of Patrick Hamilton Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 September at the White Bear, Kennington, SE11 4DJ, 7.30pm (tickets £14-18). A one-man show written and performed by Mark Farrelly, who inhabits the character of Hamilton – author of Hangover Square and Gas Light – “with a blazing fluidity”, according to The Times. Directed by Linda Marlowe.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 September at the Golden Goose Theatre, Camberwell New Road, SE5 0RR (tickets from £9.38). The New Rep Theatre company’s adaptation of the Shakespeare play, written and directed by Richard Pepper and co-directed by David Knight, is the final production of their first season. Expect some loud noises and flashing lights.
