C is an Asian American woman and a history professor’s assistant, now living and working in the UK. She comes from immigrants, is an immigrant herself, and is very eager to please. But just how eager?

 Despite her nervous and intellectual demeanor, C’s past and emotions run deep. From show business aspirations to fleeing political instability, C has left a lot behind in America. And she still has a fresher history lecture session to teach you, through original music, choreography, and slideshow presentations. Ready for class?

Your Favourite American Woman is Ciarlene Coleman’s second original, solo production. It is also the spiritual successor to her first, Your Best American Girl, which premiered at the 2019 San Diego Fringe Festival and was awarded Best World Premiere, Best of Fest, and Critic’s Pick. 

Off the Beat Productions, co-founded by Sofia Zaragoza and Alara Koroglu, is dedicated to producing thought-provoking and socially relevant theatre that amplifies diverse voices within working-class communities.

Definitely-Not-A-Cult Productions presents…

“Harmonise Or Die” a dark, side-eyed, comedy, sci-fi set in a post-scarcity utopia where citizens must maintain strict emotional regulation in order to retain their citizenship. 

Trapped in a high-tech correctional facility, Gabriel (Joel Stern) and Lyra (Mila Michael), face the consequences of their “deviant outbursts”. Now, in order to return home, they must co-operate on challenges designed to break them and prove their relationship is “harmonious”, or face banishment into the hostile wastelands forever.

A new play by Joel Stern.

Broadway World “The script by Joel Stern is a deft blend of biting satire and emotional intelligence”.

Directed by Lyna Dubarry. Produced by Mila Michael. Musical Director: Tom Cagnoni. Costumes by Santiago Liendo. Props by Jonathan Maers. 

The basic idea is to use the toy kitchen (I got as a toddler) to act as a metaphorical play area in which to explore, create and entertain, whilst also demonstrating that the kitchen is being used as a form of masking for a woman aka myself growing up with autism. I’m using the new show to be truly raw with the audience and daring them to validate my experiences (both good and bad). I’m looking to delve into why my brain doesn’t fit the mold, why my body doesn’t fit the mold and why I no longer want to hide behind a toy kitchen. 

The show’s key themes are:

• Gender,
• Identity,
• Autism,
• Society
• Growing up in the 1990s/2000s.  

Momma’s Bio:

Bex Turner is a high energy, eccentric, surreal, stand up/character comic. Her likeability combined with her comedic sense of adventure makes audiences love her. 

Quarter Finalist at Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year.

Semi Finalist for Laughing Horse New Act of the Year. 

She has also performed her solo shows at various festivals including Guildford, Leicester, Camden, Faversham, Clapham, Brighton, Edinburgh, Dundee, Hastings, Nottingham and the Women in Comedy Festival (Manchester). 

"certainly very funny was Bex Turner" - Chortle. 

“Fearlessly funny, gorgeously unhinged and imaginative, you will not get bored watching Rebekka.” 

-Funny Women.

Momma’s lil’helpers:

Josh InVain & Charlie Vero-Martin have been providing dramaturgy help.

Oro Rose has provided their singing skills for a sound cue. 

Kate Lennon has provided admin assistance via REPPD. 

Hannah Brackenbury has taken my photos. 

Falling Out is a comedy-drama that brings together two polar-opposite personalities in the form of estranged brothers, trapping them in a nuclear fallout shelter at the end of the world. Will they see eye to eye, or try to scratch them out?

The play is written by Kalum Wilson and Liam Bull, both born and raised in Essex, with their upbringing being reflected throughout the play—for better and worse.

Kalum is an award-winning writer (New Writer’s Collective 2026) focusing on comedy-dramas, telling stories which, on paper, could just as easily be bleak dramas. He loves to find the comedy in the catastrophe, the laughs in the lousy, and the ha-ha in the horrible.

After graduating from Rose Bruford College and moving to London in 2021, Liam has worked across theatre and screen. His credits include Supacell (Netflix), The Black Silence (Bohemian Pictures), Halfway Between Land and Sea (Estuary on Film), Macbeth (Watermill Theatre), Swallow the Lake (Mercury Theatre), and The Flood (Queen’s Theatre). He will also star as Miles in Falling Out.

Jacob Collins plays Connor. His credits include commercials for The Gym Group and Starling Bank, as well as a three-person immersive production of A Christmas Carol.

Micky David plays Danny. Most recently he starred as James Binley in Landship, a WWI feature based on the true story of the Frey Bentos tank crew. His debut short film, Chasing Adonis, which he wrote and stars in, explores body dysmorphia in men.

Following nuclear war, two estranged brothers are forced to co-exist in their father's doomsday bunker—an option only slightly preferable to the bombs. While Miles grieves for the world, art and culture, Connor's just annoyed he never found out if Aston Villa equalised.

As the months crawl by, tensions rise, old wounds are reopened, and secrets struggle to stay buried. Their only grip on sanity is an old games console—a link to their shared childhood. When it breaks, so does their fragile peace.

They survived the bombs, but will they survive each other?

Time flies when you have no idea what you're doing!

DNT WAIT UP, a theatre company focused on new writing, returns with One Time for the Birthday Girl!

You're cordially invited to a one-woman show celebrating the story of a woman on the cusp of a new decade, as she reflects on her journey into adulthood and the challenges that have shaped her along the way. Join our Birthday Girl on a trip down memory lane through Black British girlhood in the 00s and 10s—think Tumblr, skinny jeans, and an emo phase that just won't quit—as she navigates the lessons that lead her towards self-acceptance.

Fun, nostalgic and deeply honest, One Time for the Birthday Girl! is a conversation starter that explores identity, growing up and the pressures of adulthood through a distinctly Black British lens. At its heart is a story about learning to let go of expectations and embrace yourself. As our Birthday Girl puts it: "It has taken me a while, but I have decided that I no longer care."

Co-founded by Kaneesha Watt (Writer/Performer) and Temilola Ademilola (Director), DNT WAIT UP first presented the play at Lambeth Fringe 2025. Following its debut, the team is excited to bring One Time for the Birthday Girl! to Camden Fringe.

ARiot Theatre is a bold, queer-led theatre company dedicated to creating work that is psychologically driven, narrative-based, and unapologetically chaotic. Exploring modern queer neuroses, social friction, and the messy realities of human connection, it challenges safe and predictable storytelling through a blend of cerebral dialogue, bittersweet humour, and visceral performance.

Earworm is an anti-rom-com about loneliness, commitment, and the songs we use to endure it all. It follows Guy, an alternative cabaret artist searching for the perfect song to make sense of the breakdown of his relationship with John, a scholar of queer relationships. As heartbreak takes hold, Guy’s soundtrack-obsessed mind turns pop songs into emotional lifelines, compulsions, and loops he cannot escape.

Through a disastrous dinner party, awkward hookups, and a relentless search for the perfect breakup anthem, Earworm explores the contradictions of modern intimacy: our craving for freedom and excitement alongside our need for stability, compromise, and connection.

Echoing Abigail’s Party with a distinctly queer twist, the play asks what happens when our desire for freedom collides with our need to belong.

As one line in the play suggests:
“We need to remind ourselves what made us love that song in the beginning. Otherwise, it’s an earworm.”

Written and directed by Gur Arie Piepskovitz, with dramaturgy by Avihud Tidhar, Earworm features Avihud Tidhar, Brodie Bass, Waylon Jacobs, and Reece Lewis.

Stewart Nutting is a London-based stand-up comedian whose work blends anecdotal, observational and philosophical comedy with dry humour, awkward honesty and quietly absurd reflections on modern life.

His debut solo hour, Nutting Really Matters, is a story-led stand-up show about nihilism, burnout, depression and the strange things we choose to care about anyway. Moving from overthinking childhood anxieties into the awkwardness of adult life, the show explores what happens when you try to find meaning in a world that often feels fairly pointless - and how purpose can sometimes come from the smallest, stupidest and most unexpected places.

Thoughtful, slightly bleak and unexpectedly warm, Nutting Really Matters combines personal storytelling with absurd observations about social awkwardness, relationships, questionable coping mechanisms and the ongoing human need to keep participating, even when you are not entirely sure why.

Written and performed by Stewart Nutting.

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro is a showcase of John's thoughtful electronic songs, illustrated with costumes, surreal visuals, lighting effects and live electronics. The songs are autobiographical and involve topics such as neurodivergence, asexuality and timewasting. They're always optimistic and positive, and humour is as an important a part of the show as it is of John's life.

Born in Birmingham and living in London, John has directed videos for Professor Elemental as well as Antigen Records. He's had releases on Warp Records and has performed in France, Germany and Austria. His day job is as a nude model for artists.

He can hold a note for 29 seconds, has no particular eye colour, and can tear an apple in half. He's 173cm tall, weighs 82.8kg and has a blood pressure of 121/77. 

Not that that's remarkable. 

He just never knows what to write for these things.

Showings:

16th August at 8pm
Aces and Eights, London, NW5 2HP

Step into the dazzling yet dangerous world of "THIEVES IN SATIN", the electrifying new production from Moving Stories Dance Company. Inspired by the infamous all-female UK crime syndicate, The Forty Elephants, this breathtaking dance spectacle unravels the story of Diamond Alice, The Bobbed Hair Bandit, and Baby-Faced Maggie—women who stole more than just riches; they stole the spotlight.

Born in the shadows of a Lambeth workhouse, Alice Diamond had no choice but to fight for survival. A master thief by her teens, she rose to power as the formidable Queen of the Forty Elephants, leading a gang of fearless women who lived by their own rules. By the 1920s, they had reached legendary status—draped in satin, dripping in stolen jewels, and dancing the night away with the very aristocrats they deceived.

Now in its 6th triumphant year, Moving Stories Dance Company has captivated audiences with its bold, narrative-driven productions. The company makes it’s exciting debut at the Camden Fringe.. Featuring an ensemble of ballet, contemporary, and West End performers, the company is known for blending gripping storytelling with dynamic choreography.

THIEVES IN SATIN is a thrilling fusion of elegance and danger, a celebration of rebellion and resilience. Join us for an unforgettable journey through the hidden underworld of 1920s London—where crime was an art, and these women were the masters.

Production & Cast

Director & Choreographer - Lucy Potter

Assistant Choreographer - Kate Finegan

Scriptwriter - Stuart Pallant

Cast - Kate Finegan, Lucy Potter, Heather Craig, Faye Barker, Susan Wardlow, Stella Grace, Tommi Sliiden, Ben Garner & Louise Dalton

Voiceover - Janet South

Lighting Design & Operation - Sebastian Petit

Sound & Projection - Matthew Powell

Stage Management & Props - Stuart Pallant

Marketing - Ben Garner

Poster & Programme Design - Ben Garner

Admin & Social Media - Heather Craig

Wardrobe - Moving Stories Company

Showings: 

16th August at 5pm
The Cockpit Theatre, NW8 8EH

We all know the names Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, and other male songwriters who shaped the growth of American popular song in the early 1900’s. But where are the women’s names? 

Here’s to the Ladies! pays tribute to the talent, wit, and vision of the women who helped shape what has become known as The Great American Songbook. Kay Swift, Dorothy Fields and Ann Ronell are some of the most influential. These women brought a unique vision and heart to their music and helped an entire nation to endure years of war, depression, upheaval and change with music that is still loved around the world. With persistence, talent, and sheer love of the art, these women broke down countless barriers, opening doors for future women in the music industry.

Conceived & Created by
Joanne Schmoll

Performed by
Chyna-Rose Frederick
Miles Timmis
Emma Houlahan

Music Director
Falk Meier

Choreographer/ A.D
Halle Utterback

Showings:
14th and 15th August - 7:30pm
16th August - 4:00pm

Upstirs at the Gatehouse, London, N6 4BD