Shows about sheep, camping and magical dustbins feature in the line-up of child-friendly entertainment at this year’s Camden Fringe, which takes place from 3 to 30 August.
Established in 2006 by Camden-based theatre company Etcetera Theatre as an alternative to the well-known Edinburgh Fringe, the Camden Fringe has grown in three years to encompass five venues and a burgeoning line-up of acts.
This year’s programme features a number of shows for children: You Beautiful Ewe (3-8 August), a new comedy musical for the under sevens, promises baahber-shopping ewes, a dishy ram and a crooning wolf; Tom Tit Tot (9-13 August) will entertain two to 10 year olds with puppetry and storytelling; Gomito Productions invites children into a mysterious museum, complete with magical dustbin, in The Night Keeper (15-16 August); while Vayu Naidu Company plans to enchant the over fives with some interactive storytelling in Live Book Tour (12-14 August).
Older children and young adults can be equally entertained at this year’s Camden Fringe by shows including: Sinbad (3-4 August), a show of clowning and circus; seductive stories of kings, princes and eunuchs in Under The Arabian Moon (3-4 August); Grimms (6-8 August), a witty and energetic adaptation of the dark Brothers Grimm fairytales; and The Three Musketeers (9 August) in which Radio 4’s Faultless and Torrance shoe-horn Dumas’s classic into an hour of absurd physical comedy.
Shows take place in venues around the Camden area, including Etcetera Theatre, the Roundhouse and the Camden Head.
For more information on the Camden Fringe and to book tickets, visit www.camdenfringe.org
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