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More London Free Festival Fringe

“More London” is the name of the development on the south bank of the river Thames near Tower Bridge and next to the City Hall and Mayor’s office, and there’s a More London Festival Fringe event this summer, along with everything else.

The Scoop at More London is an outdoor sunken amphitheatre with seating for 800. Throughout the summer months it regularly hosts a variety of free events – from free films, free music and free theatre to local community events and activities. The Scoop at More London is open to everyone.

The Scoop, More London Riverside, between London Bridge and Tower Bridge, London, SE1 2DB

The riverside outdoor amphitheatre on the south side of Tower Bridge hosts a season of cultural happenings. Fringe festival shows take place in June, there’s music in July, theatre in August and open-air films in September.

This week, families and teens can watch The Pantaloons perform their version of ‘Macbeth’, which includes puppets, audience interaction and fast-paced fun (June 2-6). Then it’s choirs week, starting on June 9 with the Singology gospel choir.

Also on at The Scoop:

Macbeth

Until Sun Jun 6 Theatre FREE

If the Globe’s bloodbath is a bit gristly for you, a distinctly more oddball ‘Macbeth’ is promised from The Pantaloons, who return to The Scoop this year in what one imagines will be typically pop culture-laden style.

I’m a Londoner

Jun 16-18 Theatre FREE
The return of this work from Palladini productions, in which eight very different characters each tell a story of their experiences living in the UK’s storied capital.

Orpheus Down Under

Jun 23-25 Theatre FREE

Unexpected Opera rewires Jacques Offenbach’s ‘Orphée aux Enfers’ giving it a quirky, antipodean-themed twist, as Orpheus’s gal Eunice is lured to Australia by a perfidious folk singer. Company Artistic Director Lynn Binstock directs and adapts, alongside Tim Riley.

Toad Hall!

Aug 5-Sep 5 Theatre FREE
Boris’s City Hall moonlights as Toad Hall in The Steam Industry family-friendly, puppetry-assisted adaptation of ‘The Wind in the Willows’. In rep with ‘Don Juan in Love’.

Don Juan in Love

Aug 5-Sep 5 Theatre FREE

Riotous company The Steam Industry returns with its eighth season at The Scoop with an adaptation of José Zorrilla’s play about the knife-weilding, ladies’ man Don Juan. Phil Willmott adapts. In rep with ‘Toad Hall’.

London Festival Fringe coming in 2010

Major London Arts Festival coming in 2010

More than 13 West End theatres – some big, some small – are meeting today (Tuesday 24 November) to discuss taking part in London’s first city-wide fringe arts festival. The London Festival Fringe is set to explode onto the capital’s cultural scene from 6 – 30 August 2010.

Representatives from the venues will meet with the organisers to discuss taking part in the Festival, a month-long event that will celebrate fringe performing arts. The Festival will showcase a wide range of fringe arts from all over the world; from music, theatre and film, to comedy, poetry and more. In an exciting addition to London’s summer events programme, the Festival will bring together a host of performances to captivate, entertain and maybe even surprise festival-goers.

London Fringe Club

The London Fringe Club gives artists and performers the opportunity to get involved with the Festival right now. It has been organised to offer a social networking forum where people can meet with one another and discuss ideas to make their show or event happen. It is open to all, free, and no membership is required. All are welcome and details of forthcoming events are available at www.londonfestivalfringe.com

Director Greg Tallent said, “London is the world’s greatest art centre, drawing performers from around the globe. We want to bring together fringe artists to give audiences innovative acts in one place at one time – in every sphere, from comedy and drama to music, film and street theatre.

“In July 2009 we organised the London Bridge Festival, which was a great success. It’s now time to bring together London’s fringe scene and give it the international recognition it deserves.”

The London Festival Fringe is being held in August to offer art and entertainment to Londoners and the large number of tourists who visit the city in the summer. In particular, London Festival Fringe allows artists and promoters living and working in London to put on shows and events to audiences on their doorsteps, at a price they can afford without earnings being eaten up by travel and accommodation costs.

London Festival News : Major London Arts Festival coming in 2010

Major London Arts Festival coming in 2010

More than 13 West End theatres – some big, some small – are meeting today (Tuesday 24 November) to discuss taking part in London’s first city-wide fringe arts festival. The London Festival Fringe is set to explode onto the capital’s cultural scene from 6 – 30 August 2010.

Representatives from the venues will meet with the organisers to discuss taking part in the Festival, a month-long event that will celebrate fringe performing arts. The Festival will showcase a wide range of fringe arts from all over the world; from music, theatre and film, to comedy, poetry and more. In an exciting addition to London’s summer events programme, the Festival will bring together a host of performances to captivate, entertain and maybe even surprise festival-goers.

London Fringe Club

The London Fringe Club gives artists and performers the opportunity to get involved with the Festival right now. It has been organised to offer a social networking forum where people can meet with one another and discuss ideas to make their show or event happen. It is open to all, free, and no membership is required. All are welcome and details of forthcoming events are available at www.londonfestivalfringe.com

Director Greg Tallent said, “London is the world’s greatest art centre, drawing performers from around the globe. We want to bring together fringe artists to give audiences innovative acts in one place at one time – in every sphere, from comedy and drama to music, film and street theatre.

“In July 2009 we organised the London Bridge Festival, which was a great success. It’s now time to bring together London’s fringe scene and give it the international recognition it deserves.”

The London Festival Fringe is being held in August to offer art and entertainment to Londoners and the large number of tourists who visit the city in the summer. In particular, London Festival Fringe allows artists and promoters living and working in London to put on shows and events to audiences on their doorsteps, at a price they can afford without earnings being eaten up by travel and accommodation costs.