EAST 15 ACTING SCHOOL
Fringe Festivals
East 15 heads to the Fringe!
An amazing array of East 15 talent is preparing to debut work at this year's Camden and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals.
Edinburgh and Camden Film Festivals
A whopping 30+ shows from East 15 will be performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with a further 14+ forming part of the Camden Fringe line-up.
Heading to the Fringe? Here’s our East 15 ‘What to Watch’ list*...
*Compiled from information supplied by our current students, recent graduates and alumni, therefore not an exhaustive representation of all East 15 work on show at the 2019 Camden and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
A Partnership
[Current Student & Recent Graduates]
Venue: Gilded Balloon’s Patter Hoose, The Nip (3 Chambers Street, EH1 1HT)
Dates: 31 July - 26 August (excl. 12th)
Time: 14:45 (1hr)
Theatre Company: Paper Mug Theatre
Writer: Rory Thomas-Howes (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre)
Director: Josh Tucker (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre)
Cast: Ben Hadfield (BA Acting) Josh Tucker, Rory Howes (both BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre)Lighting & Sound: Katie Galbraith (BA Stage & Production Management)
Suitability: 14+
Beyond: Sugar Mice
[Recent Graduate]
Venue: Paradise in Augustines - Venue number 152
Dates: 3 - 16 August
Time: 15:20 (50mins)
Theatre Company: 5aSideTheatre
Cast: Fay Lousie Barker (BA Acting & Stage Combat) and cast outside of East 15
Bit of Sunshine
[Alumni]
Venue: Royal Terrace @ Greenside, Jade Studio
Dates: 19 - 23 August
Time: 21:55
Theatre Company: We Are Kilter
Writer: Nicole Zweiback (BA Acting)
Director: Katie Coull (BA Acting) and Ed Theakston (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre)
Producer: Lola Claire (BA Acting (International))
Cast: Nicole Zweiback
Bullarena
[Recent Graduates & Alumni]
Venue: Greenside @ Nicholson Square (Emerald Theatre)
Dates: 12 - 17 August
Time: 21:00
Theatre Company: Rough Stock Productions
Writer: Devised by the Company
Director: Jack Jacobs (MA Acting)
Cast: Brandi McLaine (MFA Acting), Jacob Banser-Todd (MFA Acting), Holly Burgess-Smith (MA Acting), Joe Delacroix (MA Acting).
Churn
[Alumnus]
Venue: Greenside @ Nicolson Square - Fern Studio
Dates: 7 - 10, 12 - 17, 19 - 24 August
Time: 14:00 (50mins)
Theatre Company: Whimsycube
Cast: Gavin Whitt (MA Acting)
Suitability: 14+
Civilisation
[Alumnus]
Venue: Underbelly
Dates: 16 - 25 August
Time: 18:25
Theatre Company: Antler
Director: Jaz Woodcock-Stewart (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre)
Cast: Sophie Steer, Seda Yildiz, James Olivo, Alethia Antonia, Emily Thompson-Smith
Coming Home With Me
[Alumna]
Venue: Sweet Novotel 1 – Venue 188 (80 Lauriston Place, Novotel, Novotel Edinburgh Centre Hotel, EH3 9DE)
Dates: 2 - 11 August
Time: 19:15
Theatre Company: Girl Code Theatre
Writer: Madeleine Ross (Verbatim)
Director: Madeleine Ross
Cast: Beth Hodd, Ellen Patterson, Eleanor Pead (MA Acting)
FATTY FAT FAT
[Alumna]
Venue: The Attic, Pleasance Courtyard
Dates: 31 July - 26 August (excl. 13th)
Time: 15:15
Writer: Katie Greenall
Director: Maddy Moore
Cast: Katie Greenall (BA Acting & Community Theatre)
FOX
[Alumna]
Venue: Baby Grand, 33 Pleasance Courtyard
Dates: 31 July - 26 August (excl. 12th)
Time: 11:30 (1hr)
Writer: Katie Guicciardi
Director: Lisa Cagnacci
Cast: Katie Guicciardi (Postgraduate Diploma in Acting)
Fulfilment
[Alumnus]
Venue: Belly Laugh, The Underbelly
Dates: 1 - 25 August (excl. 12th)
Time: 15:40 (1hr)
Theatre Company: SharkLegs
Created By: Kezia Cole & Richard Hay
Cast: Ronan Cullen (BA Physical Theatre), Claire Parry, Phoebe Hyder
GEORGE
[Alumni]
Venue: Pleasance, JackDome
Dates: 31 July - 26 August (excl. 12th & 19th)
Time: 13:30
Theatre Company: Contingency Theatre
Devised by / Cast: Barbara Blanka (BA Acting), Max Percy (BA Acting), Igor Smith (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre)
HoneyBEE
[Alumni]
Venue: Gilded Balloon, Rose Street
Dates: 29 July - 25 August (excl. 14th)
Time: 19:15 (1 hr)
Writer: Elle Dillon-Reams (BA Acting)
Director: Jess Tucker Boyd (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre)
Cast: Elle Dillon-Reams
I Lost My Virginity to Chopin's Nocturne in B-Flat Minor
[Current Student & Recent Graduates]
Venue: Pleasance Courtyard, Bunker Two (60 Pleasance, Edinburgh, EH8 9TJ)
Dates: 31 July - 26 August
Time: 15:00 (1hr)
Theatre Company: Paper Mug Theatre
Writer: Sebastian Gardner (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre)
Director: Ami Okumura Jones (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre)
Cast: Sebastian Gardner, Ami Okumura Jones, Lily Sinko (all BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre)
Lighting & Sound: Katie Galbraith (BA Stage & Production Management)
Suitability: 14+
If Mouth Could Speak
[Recent Graduates]
Venue: ZOO Playground
Dates: 2 - 26 August
Time: 18:25
Theatre Company: Sense Assembly
Writer: Timotei Cobeanu (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre)
Director: Michael Crean (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre)
Cast: Timotei Cobeanu
M.E.H
[Alumni]
Venue: Underbelly Cowgate, Iron Belly
Dates: 1 - 25 August (excl. 12th)
Time: 12:10pm
Theatre Company: The Outbound Project (originally formed by BA Physical Theatre graduates at East 15)
Writer: Liberty Martin
Director: Chris Yarnell
Cast: Lucy Bishop (BA Physical Theatre), Dominique Dalton (Ba Physical Theatre), Mj Lee, Charlotte Driessler, Chloe Holliday (BA Physical Theatre)
Mojo
[Recent Graduates]
Venue: theSpace on North Bridge (Venue 36)
Dates: 12 – 17 & 19 - 24 August
Time: 22:10 (1hr 20mins)
Theatre Company: Grey Cardinal Studios
Writer: Jez Butterworth
Director: Ashley Mapley-Brittle (MFA Theatre Directing)
Cast: Evan Barker (BA Acting), Charles Hollingworth, Ceili Lang, Lewis Macey (Cert HE in Theatre Arts), Natalie Sproston (Cert HE in Theatre Arts), Ameleah Wilson (BA Acting)
Parakeet
[Alumna]
Venue: Roundabout at Summerhall
Dates: 7 - 12, 14 - 19, 21 - 25 August
Time: 17:05 (1hr)
Theatre Company: Boundless Theatre and Boom Shakalaka Productions
Writer: Brigitte Aphrodite (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre)
Cast: Brigitte Aphrodite (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre)
Suitability: 14+
Pits
[Recent Graduates]
Venue: Underbelly
Dates: 31 July - 26 August (excl. 12th)
Time: 22:00
Theatre Company: Meat Lab
Writer: Louise Barron (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre)
Director: Ami Okumura Jones (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre) & Sebastian Gardner (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre)
Cast: Harris Allen (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre), Louise Barron (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre), Julia Bird (BA Acting), Joshua Picton (BA Acting), Charlotte Rae (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre)
Police Cops: Police Cops in Space
[Alumni]
Venue: Assembly George Square Studios - One
Dates: 7 - 8, 10 - 13, 15, 17 August
Time: 22:40 (1hr)
Theatre Company: CKP and InterTalent Group present ‘Police Cops’ - Nathan Parkinson, Tom Roe and Zachary Hunt (all BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre alumni)
Suitability: 12+
Police Cops: Badass Be Thy Name
[Alumni]
Venue: Assembly George Square Studios - One
Dates: 7 - 13, 15 - 20, 22 - 25 August
Time: 21:20 (1hr)
Theatre Company: CKP and InterTalent Group present ‘Police Cops’ - Nathan Parkinson, Tom Roe and Zachary Hunt (all BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre alumni)
Suitability: 12+
Purple
[Recent Graduates]
Venue: C Aquila (Studio) - Venue 21
Dates: 1 - 10 August
Time: 19:40
Theatre Company: The Voice Matters
Writer: Ella Fidler Director: Ella Fidler & Aude Naudi Bonnemaison
Producer: Vaishnavi Mohan
Executive Producer: Alfred Mitchell
Cast: Amber Satchwell (BA World Performance)
Rocket Girl
[Alumni]
Venue: Underbelly Cowgate
Dates: 1 - 25 August (excl. 12th)
Time: 10:50 (50 mins)
Theatre Company: Ditto Theatre Company
Writer: Devised by the ensemble
Cast: Aaron Baker (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre), Polly Bycroft-Brown, Daisy Franks, Sophie Hatton, Rob Hinwood, Rhea Locker-Marsh (all BA Physical Theatre)
Stoned, Stupid, & Stuck (A Californian Fairytale)
[Alumni]
Venue: Greenside Infirmary Street, Olive Studio
Dates: 2 - 24 August (excl. 11th & 18th)
Time: 23:15
Theatre Company: Sweaty Palms Productions
Writer: Frankie Regalia ((MFA Theatre Directing)
Director: Frankie Regalia and Ryan Lester
Cast: Gearoid Kavanagh (MA Acting), Lauren Mackenzie-Stretch, Sean Martin (BA Acting), Helen Potter (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre), Frankie Regalia
T.G.I.F
[Current Students & Recent Graduates]
Venue: theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall
Dates: 2 - 24 August (excl. 4th, 11th & 18th)
Time: 22:30
Theatre Company: Y-Axis Theatre
Writer: Miguel Angelo (BA Acting (International))
Director: Miguel Angelo
Cast: Nia Vasileva (BA Acting (International)), George Lewthwaite (BA Acting), Ciaran Lawless (BA Acting), Emilie Finkielman (BA Acting (International)), Vincent Rosec (MFA Acting (International)), Lucrezia Galeone (BA Acting (International)), Rian Wunderlin (BA Acting (International))
Tea with 'Mr Jenners'
[Alumna]
Venue: Valvona & Crolla Foodhall at Jenners
Dates: 5 - 24 August
Time: 13:00 & 15:00
Writer: Mary Contini
Director: Mary Contini
Cast: Hannah Collins (MA Acting), Sandy Queenan, Finlay Watt
TERRAtory
[Current Students, Recent Graduates & Alumni]
Venue: Lime Studio, Greenside at Nicolson Square
Dates: 3 - 17 August (excl. 11th)
Time: 15:00
Theatre Company: Nicholson’s Upstage
Writer: Elissa Nicholson
Director: Steven Markusfeld
Associate Producer: Janet Jackson Tyler-Lummer
Creative Producer: Deborah Nicholson
Cast: Liam Ballantyne (BA Acting & Stage Combat), Macaulay Cooper, Tommy Papaioannou (MA Acting (International)), Kaus Sharma, Afolabi Sunmonu, Sophia Tosin-Talabi, Megan Walker (Cert HE in Theatre Arts), Laura Wilson (BA Acting & Community Theatre)
The Burning
[Alumna]
Venue: Pleasance Courtyard (Upstairs)
Dates: 30 July - 26 August
Time: 15:15
Theatre Company: Incognito Physical Theatre
Dramaturge: Zoe Guzy-Sprague
Director: Roberta Zuric
Cast: Keturah Chambers, Jennie Eggleton, Kimberley Hallam (BA Physical Theatre), Phoebe Parker
The Dimlight Hours
[Alumni]
Venue: Royal Society of Edinburgh
Dates: 18 - 21 August
Time: 17:00
Writer: Fiona Stafford
Director: Devised by the Cast
Cast: Edward Cherrie & Rachael Sparkes (both MA Acting)
The Good Scout
[Recent Graduate & Alumni]
Venue: The Space @ Surgeons Hall
Dates: 2 - 24 August
Time: 20:20
Theatre Company: Boys of the Empire Productions
Writer: Glenn Chandler
Director: Glenn Chandler
Cast: Lewis Allcock (BA Acting), Charlie Mackay (BA Acting & Stage Combat)
The Unreturn of Lydia Osbourne
[Alumna]
Venue: Summerhall
Dates: 6 - 10 August
Time: 20:30
Writer: New writing/devised
Director: Gabriel Gawin
Cast: Rebecca Baker, Claire M. Dean, Liv Fowler, Kelley Goode, Emma Hodgkinson, Jenna Kaplan, Alvero Morato, Sandrine Pittaway, Eva Tritschler, Steffi Yasemin Renique, Alice Wolff-Whitehouse (BA World Performance)
Time Flies
[Alumni]
Venue: Underbelly, Clover - Bristo Square
Dates: 10 & 11 August
Time: 17:30
Theatre Company: Al Dente Theatre Company
Director / Writer / Cast: George Alfie Wing & Liam Cullen (both BA Physical Theatre)
Tokyo Rose
[Alumni]
Venue: Underbelly Cowgate, Iron Belly
Dates: 1 - 25 August (excl. 12th)
Time: 18:55
Theatre Company: Burnt Lemon Theatre
Writer: Cara Baldwin and Maryhee Yoon (BA Acting (International))
Composer: William Patrick Harrison (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre)
Director: Hannah Benson
Producer: Tanya Agarwal
Lighting Designer: Holly Ellis
Set Designer: Luke W Robson
Costume Designer: Erin Guan
Cast: Maya Britto, Yuki Sutton, Lucy Park, Hannah Benson (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre), Cara Baldwin (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre)
Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch
[Alumni]
Venue: Underbelly
Dates: 31 July - 26 August (excl. 14th)
Time: 18:55
Theatre Company: Fat Rascal Theatre
Book/lyrics: Robyn Grant and Daniel Foxx
Music: Tim Gilvin
Associate Director: Siobhan Cannon-Brownlie
Cast: Robyn Grant (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre), Jamie Mawson (BA Acting), Allie Munro (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre), Steffan Rizzi, Katie Wells (MA Acting)
Vulvarine: A New Musical
[Alumni]
Venue: Gilded Balloon
Dates: 31 July - 26 August (excl. 14th)
Time: 22:30
Theatre Company: Fat Rascal Theatre
Book/lyrics: Robyn Grant and Daniel Foxx
Music: James Ringer-Beck
Associate Director: Siobhan Cannon-Brownlie
Cast: Robyn Grant (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre), Jamie Mawson (BA Acting), Allie Munro (BA Acting & Contemporary Theatre), Steffan Rizzi, Katie Wells (MA Acting)
The Camden Fringe
A Shoddy Detective and the Art of Deception
[Alumni]
Venue: The Lion and Unicorn Theatre
Dates: 15 - 18 August
Time: 20:30
Theatre Company: Shoddy Theatre
Writer: Self Devised by Shoddy Theatre
Director: Self Devised by Shoddy Theatre
Cast: Mitch Donaldson, Zach Devereux, Megan Froud, Oliver Mulvey, Josh Thompson, Lucy Wordsworth (All BA Acting & Stage Combat)
Belamour
[Recent Graduate]
Venue: Etcetera Theatre
Dates: 19 - 25 August
Time: 12:30pm
Theatre Company: Y-Axis Theatre
Writer: Ewens Abid (BA Acting (International))
Director: Zois Pigadas (Head of BA Acting (International))
Cast: Ewens Abid
Come Fly with Fred
[Alumna]
Venue: Camden People’s Theatre
Dates: 1 August (one night only!)
Time: 21:00
Theatre Company: Away with the Clowns
Director: Conor Kennedy & Lauren Maxwell (BA World Performance)
Cast: Lucas Bailey
Down There; In the mind of the Conscious
[Recent Graduate & Alumni]
Venue: The Lion and Unicorn Theatre
Dates: 8 & 9 August
Time: 20:30
Theatre Company: HiddenViewz Productions
Writer: BantuScribe
Director: Andrea Lungay (BA World Performance)
Cast: Clint Mwaka (BA Acting & Community Theatre), Rhyanna Alexander Davis (BA World Performance) and cast outside of East 15
Extreme Improv
[Alumnus]
Venue: Camden Comedy Club
Dates: 24, 29, 30 & 31 July, 12 & 13 of August
Time: 20:00
Theatre Company: Sparky Buddy Productions
Director: David Pustansky
Cast: Adam Hughes (BA World Performance)
G(L)ORY
[Recent Graduates]
Venue: Hen and Chickens Theatre
Dates: 11 - 13 August
Time: 21:00
Theatre Company: Ocular Seven Productions
Writer/Director: Devised by the Company
Cast: Eleanor Bloomfield, James Drake, Ashley Hodgson, Chelsea Leggatt, Lydia Mark, Ashleigh Robson, Lizzie Sharpe (all MA Acting)
Here & There
[Recent Graduate]
Venue: Etcetera Theatre Camden
Dates: 15 - 17 August
Time: 12:30pm
Writer: Zailyn Cuevas (MFA Acting) and Amanda Vilanova
Director: EJ Soto
Cast: Zailyn Cuevas & Amanda Vilanova
In Limbo
[Recent Graduates]
Venue: The Tristan Bates Theatre
Dates: 31 July- 3 August
Time: 21:15 (with a Saturday matinee at 16:00 following by a post-show Q&A with Samaritans)
Theatre Company: SevenArc Productions
Writer: Devised by the Company
Director: Georgie Staight
Cast: Shaun Amos, Catherine Boyle, Beatrice Hyde, Anna MacArthur (All MA Acting)
Theatre of Life's Riddikulusness
[Alumna]
Venue: London Irish Centre, Camden
Dates: 9 - 12 August
Time: Friday - Sunday @ 17:45 & Monday @ 20:45
Theatre Company: Invisible Until Possible
Writer: Isobel Pilkington & Ally Brett
Director: Marta Carvalho
Cast: Ally Brett & Isobel Pilkington (MA Acting)
Love Is...
[Recent Graduates]
Venue: London Irish Centre
Dates: 9 & 10 August
Time: 21:30
Theatre Company: Spitball Theatre Company
Writer / Director: The Company
Cast: Em Thane, Eliza Belward, Elise Williams (all MA Acting)
Match Day
[Alumni]
Venue: Hen and Chickens Theatre
Dates: 17 & 20 August
Time: 17 & 18 @ 4:30pm and 19 & 20 @ 7:30pm
Theatre Company: Unscathed Theatre
Writer/Director: Unscathed Theatre Cast: Griffin James, Tom Roche (both MA Acting)
Naked People Waking Up
[Recent Graduates]
Venue: Etcetera Theatre
Dates: 29 & 30 July
Time: 20:30
Theatre Company: Concept Theatre
Director: Olugbeminiyi Bammodu
Cast: Leon Bach, Cathy Parkin (BA Acting & Community Theatre), Matt Parker (BA Physical Theatre), Kyll Anthony Thomas (BA Physical Theatre)
Not the Girl Next Door
[Recent Graduate]
Venue: Aces and Eights Saloon Bar
Dates: 10 & 11 August
Time: 19:30
Writer: Phoebe Peel (BA World Performance)
Director: Phoebe Peel
Cast: Phoebe Peel
The Ideal Woman
[Recent Graduates]
Venue: The Cockpit Theatre
Dates: 10 - 14 August
Time: 21:00
Theatre Company: Cognatus Theatre
Writer: Devised by the Company
Director: Devised by the Company
Cast: Vanessa Borrini, Vinna Law, Susanna Hyvärinen, Morgana Baldissera (All MA/MFA Acting (International))
VICE
[Current Students & Recent Graduates]
Venue: Etcetera Theatre
Dates: 31 July- 4 August
Time: 18:30
Theatre Company: Exeliksi
Writer: Matt Rolls (BA World Performance)
Director: Matt Rolls
Cast: Liam Arnold (BA World Performance), Georgia Hodgson (BA Physical Theatre), Clementina Allende Iriarte (BA World Performance), Dimitris Kafataris (BA Acting & stage Combat), Beth Siddall (BA Acting & Community Theatre)
