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Home > Archives for Camden People’s Theatre

Archives for Camden People’s Theatre

The Death Show (Photo: Graeme Braidwood)

Cheer up, it’s The Death Show

It’s all about the D-word, as two artists are are on a mission to get people talking about death with The Death Show…

The Undefinable, portrait James Allan 2018, (c) She Goat

Gig theatre show exploring unconventional love

This month, watch a zany live radio gig-theatre exploring unconventional relationships and celebrating the unusual and underrepresented qualities of love…

High Rise eState of Mind (c) Conrad Murray

Beats, boxing and hidden histories at The Camden Roar festival

The Camden Roar is a three-week festival exploring the lives of Camden residents, past and present…

White Feminist

Dentist drills to drill music at The Sick of the Fringe

Mental, physical and societal health will be discussed, laughed at, raged at, mulled over and set to rights at a three-day festival this month…

Where We Began landscape (c) SBC Theatre

No Direction Home, a festival exploring displacement, migration and refuge

Taking place until Sunday 11th November, Camden People’s Theatre’s new festival, No Direction Home, will explore displacement, migration and refuge…

Sprint 2018 Camden People's Theatre - Burning Tails - Finn Morrell Photography

A festival of performance for the theatrically adventurous in London

Sprint 2018, London’s festival of performance for the theatrically adventurous, returns from Monday 5th to Saturday 24th March, with smoking puppets and punk tribute acts…

So Many Reasons - Racheal Ofori - Calm Down Dear Festival 2018

Bold new theatre at the Calm Down Dear Festival

Female artists of colour will be in the spotlight for the fifth annual Calm Down Dear Festival, which will take place at the Camden People’s Theatre in London…

Weltschmerz Co's There But for the Grace of God (Go I) - Photo: Tom Idelstone

Sprint to Camden People’s Theatre for some bold new performances

Sprint, Camden People’s Theatre’s festival of bold theatre returns, from 7th to 26th March, with brand new artists and shows…

Rachel Mars - Our Carnal Hearts - Photo: Claire Haigh

Festival hits All the Right Notes

All the Right Notes is a festival celebrating what happens when gigs and theatre meet, it takes place from 15th November to 3rd December in London…

Merryville - Highrise Theatre - Camden People's Theatre

Merryville, a theatre show about the London housing crisis

This November, HighRise and Camden People’s Theatre present Merryville, a show that looks at the lives of young Londoners and the housing crisis…

DEFRAG_ by Tom Lyall (Photo: Inigo Alcaniz)

Lost love and artificial intelligence in DEFRAG_

DEFRAG_, Tom Lyall’s one-man science fiction epic will be the headline performance at the Futureshock festival at Camden People’s Theatre from 28th November 2012…

Avon Calling by The Other Way Works - photo by Chris Keenan

Make a run for it: The Sprint Festival

Sprint is Camden People’s Theatre’s (CPT’s) flagship annual festival of eclectic experimental theatre running from 9th – 31st March 2012…

Laura Mugridge, Running on Air - Camden People’s Theatre

Campervan charm with Laura Mugridge

Laura Mugridge’s show Running on Air about her adventures in a campervan is an adventure in itself…

Laura Mugridge, Running on Air - Camden People’s Theatre

Laura Mugridge’s show parks up in Camden

Running On Air is a site specific performance in a VW Camper Van, performed by comedienne and raconteur Laura Mugridge at Camden People’s Theatre…

Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

Top Story

HandleBards hit the pedals again to bring you a summer of outdoor theatre
HandleBards A Midsummer Night's Dream ©Rah Petherbridge Photography

The HandleBards are a Shakespearean troupe who tour by bike. And to celebrate their 10th anniversary, they’re climbing back into the saddle…

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