Camden Fringe
The Camden Fringe is a comedy festival in London, taking place over four weeks in the summer as an alternative to the
Performances at the Camden Fringe include stand-up, revivals of classical plays, new writing and musical comedy.
History
The Camden Fringe was set up by Zena Barrie and Michelle Flower for It's Alright For Some Ltd, who produced comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from 2002 to 2006 and ran the Etcetera Theatre in Camden from 2003 to 2009.
The first Camden Fringe took place in August 2006 at the Etcetera Theatre and included 57 performances by 22 acts over a 4-week period.
In 2007 Liberties (now known as The Camden Head or
In 2009 The Roundhouse studio was added as the 4th and largest space. They staged 399 performances of 120 different shows and sold 10,600 tickets.
In 2021 the festival was hosted by sixteen venues: 2 Northdown, Aces and Eights, Camden Comedy Club, Camden People's Theatre, Canal Cafe Theatre, The Cockpit, Comedy Cabin, Etcetera Theatre, Hen and Chickens, The Hope Theatre, The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, The London Irish Centre, Museum of Comedy, Theatre Deli, Broadgate, Upstairs at the Gatehouse, The Water Rats.
See also
- London Festival Fringe
- Edinburgh Festival
- Camden Head
- The Greater Manchester Fringe
External links
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