The Camden Fringe


The Camden Fringe was started in 2006 as an alternative to the Edinburgh Fringe, offering performers the chance to perform in a festival setting without the time and money needed to take a show to Edinburgh.

We've become a key venue at the festival, each year programming a broad range of bold and innovative work for our large and versatile space throughout the month of August.

The Cockpit is supporting new artists by offering a free performance slot. Information and applications can be found here. 

Want to know more about the festival? Visit the Camden Fringe website.

www.camdenfringe.com

12 Aug to 14 Aug
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Impromptu Shakespeare

An improvised Shakespeare play

13 Aug to 15 Aug
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I'm a Philosopher! Why The F*** am I Here?

A 'choose your own outcome' comedy

15 Aug to 17 Aug
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Set Menu

Abandon all hope, it's dinner time.

15 Aug
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Fagbreak

Dead jobs. Dead dreams. Dead hopes.

15 Aug to 16 Aug
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The Quietening

Finding queer joy and chosen family

16 Aug
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Thieves in Satin - Londons Queens of Crime

The 40 Elephants brought to life!

17 Aug
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The Boy in the Ocean

Between sinking and swimming

25 Aug
In the round
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The Comedy Of Errors

Six actors vs a Shakespeare comedy

25 Aug to 26 Aug
In the round
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Darling, I think I'm Turning Into A Chicken

A totally absurd Extravaganza!

26 Aug to 28 Aug
In the round
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Motopia

A musical choose-your-own adventure

27 Aug to 28 Aug
In the round
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Sunrise for the Blind

A gritty Manchester drama

29 Aug to 30 Aug
In the round
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In Her Defence

One woman. One fight. 1987.

29 Aug to 30 Aug
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Eyes See Song

Six friends Three Secrets One hope

Applications for the 2026 season are now open! Please visit the Camden Fringe website to apply.

If you have any questions, you can email our Camden Fringe producer, Griffin, on camdenfringeatthecockpit.org.uk

Here's what they're saying:

"Edinburgh isn’t the only place with a bursting, brilliant fringe, and indeed as the Scottish capital’s iconic event becomes ever more expensive, the once scrappy outsider Camden Fringe looks ever more like a serious contender."

Time Out, 2022

"Honestly, this performance was already outmatching any words I could ever write..." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Obscure Reviews on The Circle of Everything, 2024

"All of the cast are superb... more than worth the trek from Edgware Road station." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"[I] found this production a sheer delight with a great soundtrack from start to cheeky, meta finish."

LondonTheatre1 blog and Holly Regan on Navarre, 2024

"A fabulous addition to Camden fringe, this was a fun and refreshing show to watch even in the summer heat." ⭐⭐⭐⭐

A Theatre Loving Londoner blog on Rain Weaver, 2024

"This quality of the work is exactly what makes it so powerful."

Fringe Review on Because, 2024

"The Restaurant goes down like a smooth Merlot. ‘Interactive dance theatre’ was a new experience for me, and I'm glad to have been proven wrong."

Obscure Reviews on The Restaurant, 2024

"The play is staged “in-the-round” which means that it is easy to feel involved with the protagonists..."

LondonTheatre1 blog  on The Making of Frederick the Great, 2023 (best-selling show of the Camden Fringe Festival 2023)