Here are my interviews and features showcasing fringe theatres in London (plus one in Birmingham) – I am actively looking to promote other venues so please contact me if you wish to be included!
I have tried to capture all small venues not in the West End group or members of SOLT – give me a shout if I have missed you off the lisr. (* means I have visited the venue to see a performance).
A
- Above The Stag – Victoria (2008-2012); Vauxhall to 2022) [reviews and news]
- Aces and Eights * [reviews and news]
- Albany
- Alexandra Palace
- Ambika P3
- Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Theatre (ArtsEd) * [reviews and news]
- Arches Lane Theatre * [reviews and news] – building formerly in use as Turbine Theatre [reviews and news]
- Arcola Theatre 2 * [reviews and news]
- The Arts at Marble Arch
- Arts Centre, Hounslow [reviews and news]
- Artsdepot [reviews and news]
B
- Backstage Theatre (Mountview)
- Barbican Pit * [reviews and news]
- Barons Court Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Battersea Arts Centre * [reviews and news]
- Bernie Grant Arts Centre
- The Bill Murray
- The Black Cap
- Blackheath Halls [reviews and news]
- Bloomsbury Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Bob Hope Theatre / Bromley Players (amateur)
- Bold Elephant * [reviews and news]
- Bread and Roses [reviews and news]
- Brick Lane Music Hall
- Bridewell Centre * [reviews and news]
- Bridge House Theatre [reviews and news]
- Brixton House [reviews and news] – before relocation Oval House [reviews and news]
- Bromley Little Theatre (amateur)
- Broadway (Barking)
- Broadway (Catford)
- Brookside Theatre
- The Bunker – closed 2020 [reviews and news]
- Bush Hall
- Bush Theatre Studio * [reviews and news]
C
- Calder Bookshop Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Camden Comedy Club * [reviews and news]
- Camden People’s Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Canal Cafe Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Charing Cross Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Chelsea Theatre
- Chickenshed [reviews and news]
- Circle and Star Theatre – previously The Pentameters Theatre
- CLF Arts Cafe
- The Cockpit * [reviews and news]
- Colab Theatre
- Colour House Theatre
- Compass and Winston Churchill Theatres, Hillingdon
- The cornerHOUSE Community Arts Centre
- Coronet Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Courtyard Theatre [reviews and news]
- Crazy Coqs * [reviews and news]
- The Crown
- Cubic Theatre * [reviews and news]
D
- Dingwalls
- The Divine
- Drayton Arms * [reviews and news]
E
- EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney)
- East Lane Theatre (amateur)
- Emerald Theatre – previously Proud Embankment
- Erith Playhouse
- Etcetera Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Embassy Theatre (Royal Central)
- Exchange
F
- Finborough Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Free Association – building previously in use as Cervantes Theatre [reviews and news]
G
- Gate Theatre [reviews and news]
- The Glitch * [reviews and news]
- Golden Goose Theatre [reviews and news]
- Grand Junction
- Greenwich Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Greenwood Theatre at King’s College London [reviews and news]
- Guildhall School of Music & Drama (Milton Court / Silk Street Theatre)
H
- Hackney Empire * [reviews and news]
- Half Moon Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Hampstead Downstairs * [reviews and news]
- Hampton Hill Theatre / Teddington Theatre Club (amateur)
- Hen & Chickens Theatre * [reviews and news]
- HERE at Outernet
- Hoopla at The Miller
- Hope Theatre * [reviews and news]
- House of Sisters Grimm
- Hoxton Hall [reviews and news]
I
- ICA Theatre
- Impact Community Arts Centre (amateur)
- Incognito Theatre
- Iris Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Irish Cultural Centre
J
- Jack Studio Theatre
- Jackson’s Lane *
- Jermyn Street Theatre *
- John McIntosh Theatre / London Oratory School
- JW3
K
- Kenneth More Theatre
- Kiln Theatre * [reviews and news]
- King Alfred Phoenix
- King’s Head Theatre (pub) *
- The new King’s Head Theatre * [reviews and news]
- King’s Place
L
- Lafayette
- LAMDA Theatres (Sainsbury, Carne Studio, Linbury) * [reviews and news]
- Landmark Arts Centre [reviews and news]
- Leicester Square Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Libra Theatre Cafe * [reviews and news]
- Lion & Unicorn Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells * [reviews and news]
- Little Angel Theatre * [reviews and news]
- London Bubble [reviews and news]
- The London Theatre
- The Lost Estate * [reviews and news]
- Love Shack
- Lyric Hammersmith Studio * [reviews and news]
M
- Mary Wallace Theatre / Richmond Shakespeare Society (amateur)
- Menier Chocolate Factory * [reviews and news]
- Millfield Arts Centre * [reviews and news]
- Morley College Drama Studio * [reviews and news]
- Museum of Comedy * [reviews and news]
N
- Neon 194 * [reviews and news]
- Nest Bishopsgate
- Network Theatre *
- New Diorama * [reviews and news]
- 1901 Arts Club
- NYT Workshop Theatre
O
- Old Joint Stock Theatre (Birmingham)
- Old Red Lion Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Omnibus * [reviews and news]
- Orange Tree Theatre * [reviews and news]
- OSO Arts Centre * [reviews and news]
- The Other Palace Studio * [reviews and news]
P
- Park Theatre 90 * [reviews and news]
- The Pen Theatre
- The Pheasantry
- The Phoenix *
- Phoenix Arts Club * [reviews and news]
- Pizza Express Live Soho
- The Place * [reviews and news]
- Platform Theatre
- Playground Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Playhouse East * [reviews and news]
- Pleasance Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Polka Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Poplar Union [reviews and news]
- Puppet Theatre Barge
- Putney Arts Theatre (amateur)
Q
- Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch [reviews and news]
- The Queer Comedy Club
- The Questors (amateur) * [reviews and news]
R
- RADA Theatres (Jerwood Vanbrugh, Gielgud, George Bernard Shaw)
- The Red Hedgehog
- Redbridge Drama Centre
- Retro Bar * [reviews and news]
- Rich Mix [reviews and news]
- Riverside Studios * [reviews and news]
- Ronnie Scott’s
- Roundhouse * [reviews and news]
- Rose Theatre Kingston * [reviews and news]
- Rosemary Branch Theatre [reviews and news]
- Rotherhithe Playhouse
- Royal Court Upstairs [reviews and news]
- Royal Vauxhall Tavern
S
- Seven Dials Playhouse [closing Mar 2026, formerly the Actors Centre] * [reviews and news]
- Shaw Theatre
- She Soho
- Shoreditch Town Hall * [reviews and news]
- Soho Theatre (Upstairs/Downstairs) * [reviews and news]
- Soho Theatre Walthamstow * [reviews and news]
- South London Theatre (amateur)
- Southwark Playhouse (Borough/Elephant) * [reviews and news]
- The Space [reviews and news]
- SPID Theatre
- Spread Eagle Theatre
- Stanley Arts Centre [reviews and news]
- Stone Nest
- Stratford East * [reviews and news]
- Susie Sainsbury Theatre at Royal Academy of Music * [reviews and news]
T
- Tabernacle Theatre
- Tara Theatre [reviews and news]
- The Tea House Theatre
- Theatre at the Tabard [formerly Chiswick Playhouse] * [reviews and news]
- Theatre Deli
- Theatre 503 [reviews and news]
- Theatre Peckham [reviews and news]
- Theatro Technis * [reviews and news]
- Theatreship Arts Centre
- Top Secret Comedy Club
- Tower Theatre (amateur) * [reviews and news]
- Toynbee Studios
- Tramshed
- 21Soho
- Two Brewers (Clapham)
U
- Underbelly Boulevard Soho [formerly Boulevard Theatre] * [reviews and news]
- Unicorn Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Union Chapel
- Union Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Upstairs at the Gatehouse * [reviews and news]
V
- Vault Festival [closed 2023] [reviews and news]
- The Vaults (immersive) *
- The Vaults Theatre * [reviews and news]
W
- Wac Arts
- Waterloo East Theatre * [reviews and news]
- The Water Rats * [reviews and news]
- Watford Palace Theatre
- The Well Walk Theatre
- White Bear Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Wilton’s Music Hall * [reviews and news]
- Wonderville * [reviews and news]
- Woolwich Works [reviews and news]
- Wyllyotts Theatre (amateur)
Y
- The Yard Theatre * [reviews and news]
- Ye Olde Rose and Crown
- Young Vic Maria * / Clare
