This will be a new minimalist production by Marcio da Silva, which will explore the intimate setting of The Cockpit in Ensemble OrQuesta's signature style. The performers for this production will be participants of the Ensemble OrQuesta Opera Academy, which has been running for 12 years, with singers from all over the world. Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque Marcio da Silva Stage/Music Director Marjorie Lemos Assistant Director Predrag Gosta Harpsichord Performed in Italian with English surtitles

The Rude Mechanicals have been asked to perform a play at the Duke's wedding. Trouble is, they've forgotten to write it! Can you help??? Do you remember Pyramus & Thisbe? The romantic tragedy that Bottom & The Rude Mechanicals were asked to perform for the Duke in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM? In this interactive theatre experience, the audience put their heads together to add the finishing touches to the Rude Mechanicals’ play, helping to create a completely original version! Combining Shakespeare’s original text with fresh ideas from the audience, the play is fleshed out with music, props, puppets, rhymes, sound effects & killer dance moves, resulting in a completely fabulous and totally unique performance! Each show follows a simple narrative structure that the audience helps to develop, encouraging kids to use their imagination as they help to construct characters, write songs, create stories, invent sound effects and more. Each choice enhances their storytelling skills, exposes them to the infinite possible storylines a tale can take, and leaves them with a huge sense of pride in their comedy, musicality and creativity. And because so much of the show is led by the audience, you'll never see the same show twice! Our shows can be enjoyed by kids of all ages, and grown-ups too! For participation, the show is best suited for ages 5 years and above; but for younger audiences, there is plenty of music, colour, and silly comedy to be the perfect spectacle from a lap! Hullabaloo are passionate about making theatre accessible and encouraging on-your-feet, wild, inventive fun where kids can get creative, free their imagination, discover some hidden talents, and learn some of the best theatre ever written. So many kids approach Shakespeare with fear. It gets thrust upon them as teenagers, with a sudden expectation to understand it. This often results in them feeling overwhelmed and feeling that it’s not for them. But what if they were exposed to it earlier? Hullabaloo believe that the earlier kids are exposed to this great wordsmith, the better. They believe the sooner kids are exposed to its familiar language and great stories, the better. Each show exposes children to some of the finest and funniest of Shakespeare’s language, which will hopefully lead them to view Shakespeare as something fun, exciting and accessible.

Small Boats. Small Minds. Someone is bound to lose the plot. 17-year-old asylum seeker Karwan survived the Channel, but can he survive middle England? After being handed an allotment plot in the provinces, he finds himself trapped in a petty turf war with a bunch of “boring old age pensioners” who aren’t exactly rolling out the welcome mat. As polite masks slip, age-old prejudices take root and war breaks out over who truly belongs. Featuring eleven original songs, and inspired by real-life stories from teenage asylum seekers, this funny and provocative debut exposes the absurdities of bigotry at work in the UK.

An interactive, lip sync, musical comedy, pastiche of reality TV. You get to decide the fate of these singing and dancing philosophers… this play is never the same twice!

Anonymous 11780, written and directed by Hila Sedighi, was created during days of deep sorrow and unrest in Iran. “A story of five decades of brutal repression in a land, emerging from the days of bloodshed on the 8th and 9th of January…” This eight-episode theatrical work invites the audience to witness fragments of life, memory, and loss through a poetic and narrative structure. Moving between intimate personal moments and collective historical memory, the piece reflects on violence, grief, and the emotional weight carried across generations. At its core, the work honors the stories of eight individuals who lost their lives during the events of 18 and 19 Dey (8th and 9th of January), offering a contemplative and emotionally charged exploration of loss, identity, resistance, and remembrance. Through live performance, poetic language, and visual storytelling, Anonymous 11780 creates a space where personal testimony and collective memory intersect.

Sir Percival Lancelot is dead. The family has gathered. The will is about to be read. And somewhere inside Lancelot Manor… an ear has gone missing. Following the success of last year’s Cinderella – The Elders Panto, the Church Street Elders return to The Cockpit with a brand-new devised murder mystery full of secrets, lies, absurd family rivalries, suspicious servants, inheritance battles, and increasingly questionable detective work. Part Agatha Christie parody, part ensemble theatre experiment, The Mysterious Case of Sir Percival Lancelot and His Missing Ear has been created through improvisation, storytelling, physical theatre, and collective devising by members of Dendê Collective’s Drama for Elders programme. Expect dramatic revelations, chaotic reconstructions, hidden motives, terrible alibis, and a manor house full of people who may — or may not — have had something to do with Sir Percival’s untimely end. And then… there is the second death. Using a playful theatrical language inspired by classic murder mysteries, ensemble storytelling, and highly imaginative low-fi staging, the cast transform chairs, bodies, sound, and movement into the strange and crumbling world of Lancelot Manor. No two performances are likely to be exactly the same. Come and help solve the mystery… if you can.

Pop by on the 5th of July to learn more about our Camden Fringe season in 2026 any time from 12:00-3:00. This is a chance to view the space, talk tech, meet the team, bounce your marketing ideas around, and network with other Fringe performers and creatives. This event is mainly geared toward companies performing with us this year, but open to all! No need to book, just pop in.

Join the team behind the independent investigative news outlet Byline Times for an entertaining evening of challenging discussion to help us understand the unprecedented times we are living in – and why they are happening – with those with an inside track.

The Rude Mechanicals have been asked to perform a play at the Duke's wedding. Trouble is, they've forgotten to write it! Can you help??? Do you remember Pyramus & Thisbe? The romantic tragedy that Bottom & The Rude Mechanicals were asked to perform for the Duke in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM? In this interactive theatre experience, the audience put their heads together to add the finishing touches to the Rude Mechanicals’ play, helping to create a completely original version! Combining Shakespeare’s original text with fresh ideas from the audience, the play is fleshed out with music, props, puppets, rhymes, sound effects & killer dance moves, resulting in a completely fabulous and totally unique performance! Each show follows a simple narrative structure that the audience helps to develop, encouraging kids to use their imagination as they help to construct characters, write songs, create stories, invent sound effects and more. Each choice enhances their storytelling skills, exposes them to the infinite possible storylines a tale can take, and leaves them with a huge sense of pride in their comedy, musicality and creativity. And because so much of the show is led by the audience, you'll never see the same show twice! Our shows can be enjoyed by kids of all ages, and grown-ups too!

A sparse stage. A single performer. And Victorian London springs to life. Returning after last year's sold-out shows, this is ‘A Christmas Carol’ as Charles Dickens performed it himself, drawn directly from his original reading script. Through voice, presence and the power of Dickens’ unaltered words, a whole world unfolds - Scrooge’s chilly office, Fezziwig’s joyous party, the warmth of the Cratchit family, and the haunting visitation of the spirits. The simplicity becomes the magic: no adaptation, no modern reinterpretation — just the story as it thrilled audiences 183 years ago, brought vividly to life. Step into the magic of Christmas as Mat Jones returns with his acclaimed one-man performance of Charles Dickens’ beloved festive classic.

A rehearsed reading of a powerful new play by Peter Jukes. Directed by Steve Unwin. Cast includes Joanna Scanlan and Hardeep Matharu - exciting full cast to be announced soon. Trojan Horses follows the plan of Putin’s Grey Cardinal, Vladislav Surkov, to accelerate a hybrid information war against the West in the wake of the Maidan Uprising in Ukraine, and the involvement of Steve Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica in the vote to leave the European Union and elect Donald Trump. About the team Peter Jukes is an award-winning theatre, radio and television writer, an author and a pioneering journalist, and co-founder of Byline Times. Joanna Scanlan is a BAFTA and British Independent Film Award-winning actor, known for The Thick of It, Getting On, No Offence and After Love. Stephen Unwin has worked extensively with the Traverse in Edinburgh, founded English Touring Theatre, and was artistic director of the Rose Theatre, Kingston. Hardeep Matharu is a journalist, writer and speaker, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and editor-in-chief of Byline Times. She made her stage debut in the recent revival of David Edgar's Destiny at The Cockpit.

Led Bib are one of the UK’s most daring and acclaimed bands, smashing through genre boundaries with a sound that fuses jazz, rock, improv and noise into something entirely their own. Formed in 2003 by drummer and composer Mark Holub, the group have released 11 albums, toured internationally, and picked up major accolades—including a Mercury Prize nomination for their breakout record Sensible Shoes.

Following acclaimed productions in Madrid and internationally, Argentine director Nicolás Pérez Costa presents a new London adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III. Far from a traditional staging, this production transforms the classic tragedy into a visceral, dark, and deeply human contemporary theatrical experience. Performed in the round, this physically driven reinterpretation places the audience directly inside a brutal and decaying universe where power is fought through bodies, rhythm, and violence. Brought to life by an international ensemble cast, the show combines intense physical theatre, live percussion, dynamic character transformations, and a bold Latin vision to explore the timeless mechanisms of ambition, seduction, and political destruction. It is a raw, poetic, and high-energy experience designed specifically for contemporary audiences, theatre enthusiasts, and lovers of bold, visual storytelling who want to see Shakespeare re-imagined for the modern world.

At a secluded retreat, attraction misfires, loyalties fracture, and unseen forces stir chaos. Romance turns reckless, illusion feels real, and order unravels fast. Fast, funny, and dangerously seductive—where paradise doesn’t stay perfect for long. All In Actors are passionate about celebrating their students and supporting them in whatever they hope to achieve. They aim to create a space where their students can thrive and grow in confidence while building their skills as actors. They offer continued support to their alumni once they have graduated, offering guidance and advice throughout their careers. Ultimately they aim to achieve one goal, which is to unlock a person’s potential and to embrace who they are. This is the very foundation of ALL IN ACTORS

The world changes: we make new poetry to vandalise literary forms or retrieve those we need to renew. We make new poetry to hybridise new species of understanding and reframe consciousness. We make new poetry to have a good time. Readings, recitations, incantations and events from established and upstart poets, word artists, ranters, spell-casters, rappers......and you if you want.

How do you pack a life into 23 kilograms? One item at a time. Transit is an award-winning, genre-bending investigation of identity, belonging and migration. Told through a series of vignettes utilising physical theatre, multilingual performance, poetry, dance, multimedia, practical lights and music, Transit delicately navigates the feeling of being ‘too foreign for here, too foreign for home.’ From the endless cycle of unpacking and repacking to wondering when you can stop being considered 'a foreigner' to building community and hope admist uncertainty, this deeply human piece is a love letter to anyone who has ever moved away from home. Based on true stories gathered from migrants across the UK, Transit asks: what does it mean to settle in the space between languages, cultures and identities? All performances of Transit are creatively captioned.

Alex Hitchcock is a London-born saxophonist and composer based in New York, drawing inspiration from the radical tradition of Black American music. He is a two-time Ivor Novello Composer Award nominee and co-founder of LVDF, with four acclaimed solo albums.