The festival returns to the theatre for its fourth year.
Peckham Fringe has announced details of its programme of shows, curated by the local community and which will run from 1 May to 6 June 2025. This year’s event will see the fringe expanding to Canada Water Theatre, alongside its regular venues of Theatre
Peckham’s Main Theatre and Studio 1.
Set up as a response to to the barriers that artists face to putting on their work, not only breaking them down but also providing a platform for emerging and established artists alike.
The festival opens with Tony Craze Award winner Maryam Garad’s solo performance piece, Reparations, which explores the intricate internal worlds of a young female shoplifter. Maryam Garad said: “All my stories are influenced by my identity as a Black British Muslim woman. I want to write stories that allow people from similar backgrounds to see themselves on the stage. I hope my work can change the narrative that often sidelines Black and Brown voices.”
Alongside the annual Monologue Showcase, Poetry Foyer and Hatch and Scratch, there will be a wide span of theatre, dance, comedy and spoken word including themes such as gentrification, immigration and gendered expression. Throughout the fringe, audiences can enjoy a range of stories such as Hoodminster following the journey of the UK’s first female Black Prime Minister who migrated to London from Jamaica and Brains, a dark comedy about two zombie apocalypse survivors sheltering in an abandoned pub theatre, through to Street Smart following Faiza, a single mother from Peckham concealing her extraordinary talent for mathematics, and It’s Your Role, in which the audience takes part in an improvised adventure based on the popular game Dungeons and Dragons.
The festival will close with a return by popular demand is Brother’s Keeper by Selorm Adonu, offering a second chance for those who missed its sold-out run at last year’s Fringe. This immersive spoken word piece combines Krump dance within a party atmosphere, inviting audiences to engage with the complex dynamics of young brotherly relationships.
Suzann McLean MBE, CEO/Artistic Director of Theatre Peckham, said: “Peckham Fringe is one of the annual highlights in Theatre Peckham’s calendar. It is a festival for creatives who have something to say, who want to platform work that is innovative and need the support to do so. We are committed to offering an opportunity to see incredible theatre that is reasonably priced. We are doing this because the richness of theatre can only develop by opening our doors to new artists, new work and new voices.”
For further details visit: https://www.theatrepeckham.co.uk/peckham-fringe-2025-shows-events/