Lambeth Fringe runs in venues from Waterloo to Camberwell till 25 October. For full details and tickets go to https://lambethfringe.com. Here are this week’s most local highlights. Pictured: Super Dropper (Diane Bernier)
The Wolves of Saint Matthew’s 13 October, Bread and Roses Theatre, Clapham Manor St, SW4 6DZ, 9pm. Tickets £12, £10 concs. This “sharp, darkly funny and blisteringly contemporary” one-man play brings to life the story of a West London priest after he wins a £21 million lottery jackpot. One review describes the audience joining in with an opening hymn, followed by a ‘gripping’ performance that depicts Father Kit’s nasty decline.
Super Dropper 15 October, Club Silly, Arch 555, 18 Valentia Place, SW9 8PJ, 8pm. Tickets £6, £5 concs. Diane Bernier, circus artist, brings her comedy juggling act to the Lambeth Fringe. The ‘irreverent, cheeky and flirtatious’ titular character expresses her weirdest philosophical thoughts and fantasies through her juggling props.
Echoes 17 October, Bread and Roses Theatre, Clapham Manor St, SW4 6DZ, 6pm. Tickets £10, £8 concs. Written and starring Lieve de Putter, Echoes is a one-woman show about the suppression and loss of the female voice. The show asks the question: What can we do to keep ourselves from disappearing in a male driven narrative?
Art4Space Weekend series: Terrarium Workshop 18 October, Art4Space Community Arts Centre, 31 Jeffreys Road, SW4 6QU. 10:30am- 12pm. £45 Adult, £20 Child. Art4Space is an inclusive, creative, and supportive community arts centre, and in their Autumn Themed terrarium workshop you’ll learn how to design and build your very own miniature ecosystem to take home.
Overwhelm 18 and 19 October, Bread and Roses Theatre, Clapham Manor St, SW4 6DZ, 7pm. Tickets £10, £8 concs. The Working Progress Collective, originally from the Midlands, is a theatre company making theatre for, by, and with working class communities. Their latest project explores male loneliness, the dangers of online radicalisation, and addiction.
Tears of Joy 18 and 19 October, Bread and Roses Theatre, Clapham Manor St, SW4 6DZ, 5pm. Tickets £10, £8 concs. Nia Powell (co-founder of Roam Theatre Company) has drawn upon her on her own experiences of intergenerational living to craft this ‘lyrical and poetic’ exploration of grief, motherhood and intergenerational care.
