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REVIEW: Safety Net, Etcetera Theatre London ✭✭✭
Mark Ludmon reviews Qianqian Chen's play Safety Net now playing at the Etcetera Theatre, London.
Mark Ludmon
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The Etcetera Theatre is a fringe venue for theatre and comedy. It was founded in 1986 by David Bidmead and is situated above The Oxford Arms pub in Camden Town, in the London Borough of Camden.
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4.3 ★ (188)
The Etcetera Theatre is a fringe venue for theatre and comedy. It was founded in 1986 by David Bidmead and is situated above The Oxford Arms pub in Camden Town, in the London Borough of Camden.
Over 2,500 productions have been staged at the Etcetera, including runs by Russell Brand, Simon Amstell, Al Murray, Milton Jones, Mark Thomas, Robin Ince, We Are Klang, Bill Bailey, Jerry Sadowitz, Russell Howard and Richard Herring. Premieres held at the theatre include The Westwoods by Alan Ayckbourn, Between The Lines by Paul Todd and Blue Jam by Chris Morris. Kafka's Dick by Alan Bennett, was rewritten by Bennett for performance at the Etcetera.
Kafka's Dick by Alan Bennett, rewritten by him for performance at the Etcetera Blue Jam by Chris Morris which transferred to Riverside Studios The premieres of The Westwoods and Between the Lines by Alan Ayckbourn and Paul Todd Bondage by David Hines - toured UK and Europe and became the Ken Russell film Whore Warm-up gigs for comedy acts such as Simon Amstell, Russell Brand, Al Murray, Milton Jones, Mark Thomas, Robin Ince, We Are Klang, Bill Bailey, Jerry Sadowitz, Russell Howard and Richard Herring Fringe Report Award winner Adult Child / Dead Child Fringe First winning Stefan Golaszewski Speaks About A Girl He Once Loved and Stefan Golaszewski is a Widower both previewed at the Etcetera and were performed as a double bill at the Bush Theatre. The premiere of The Six Wives of Timothy Leary by Phillip De Gouveia Fringe Report Award winner The Bubonic Play The first performances of Tim Fountain: Sex Addict, which transferred to the Royal Court Edinburgh Fringe First winner What I Heard About Iraq The premiere of Bill Hicks: Slight Return which went on to the West End and a world tour The stage version of Jonathan Safran Foer's novel Everything is Illuminated, adapted by Simon Block, which transferred to Hampstead Theatre Fringe Report Award winner Sandman Ben Moor's Coelocanth and Dan Tetsell's Sins of The Grandfathers, both of which were made into Radio 4 plays. Lizzie Roper's Peccadillo Circus, which transferred to Trafalagar Studios. Nightmare Abbey by Eleanor Zeal, winner of an Edinburgh Fringe First and Scottish Daily Express Newcomer of the Year The Wild Party by Joseph Moncure March Porcelain by Chay Yew - Best New Play and Best Playwright 1993 Fringe Awards the show successfully transferred to the Royal Court My Life in Art by Andrew Cowie Her Alabaster Skin by Nick Green and A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen both of which became part of BAC's I Wish I'd Seen That season Dutchman by Leroi Jones
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I went for a show, as I know the writer of the play. The staff were rude. This guy was talking rudely ro everyone in the theatre after the show was over. I spoke to some cast members and another mate had a show there. Neither of them had a great experience. Lots of lies and outdated information. The lighting in there almost triggered me.
you wouldn't believe that a theatre can be placed in a tight space in Pub! However the Act was superb @pat-rascal. So 5 out of 5 for Act 2out of 5 for venue lets be generous and go for 4
Went to see “Promethea” by Julia Smith at this amazing theatre. The play was INCREDIBLE! A perfect mix of absurdism and clarity, of humor and angst, of social commentary and the pains of everyday life - all through a feminist and queer lens. And the space of the theatre itself was very welcoming. At first, it feels like being invited into someone’s house above a noisy pub. Then, the space of the theatre itself erases the boundary between the audience and actors, making the events of the performance feel closer and more intimate. I will definitely be back for more of Julia Smith’s plays - and the theatre was lovely (^^)
An engaging and thought-provoking performance at the Etcetera Theatre. Not Your Life is both written and performed with real talent, offering a powerful story in an intimate Camden venue. A brilliant showcase of emerging artistry—well worth seeing.
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The etcetera-theatre box office (ticket desk) operates: Monday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM; Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM; Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM; Thursday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM; Friday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM; Saturday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM; Sunday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM. Right now the box office is closed · opens 10am. The theatre itself opens around 45 minutes before curtain-up — and you can book online any time through British Theatre.