RED BUS LONDINIUM

Welcome to Red Bus Londinium, celebrating the wonderful diversity of London’s theatre scene from the intimacy of a pub theatre to the extravagance of the West End. You will also find ideas on how to afford the theatre, so it can be enjoyed by all.

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  Review: Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man, Sadler’s Wells ★★★★★
  Review: Matthew Bourne’s sizzling ballet noir, The Car Man, turns Bizet’s Carmen into a dark, sensual, and unforgettable stage thriller.
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  Camden Fringe Interview: Cold Maple Cloth
  Camden Fringe Interview: Sydney Page and Sierra Philbert on their satirical musical Cold Maple Cloth, and turning career doubt into comedy.
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  Camden Fringe Interview: Cellar Door on TAPE
  Camden Fringe Interview: Cellar Door Theatre Company on staging Stephen Belber’s TAPE, a one-hour drama of memory, truth and betrayal.
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  Review: Dark of the Moon, Charing Cross Theatre ★★★
  Review: Dark of the Moon at Charing Cross Theatre, a UK premiere blending bluegrass and rock with mixed results
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  Camden Fringe Review: Asian Pirate Musical, Upstairs at the Gatehouse ★★★½
  Camden Fringe Review: Queer time-travelling pirates, real history and climate grief collide in Asian Pirate Musical, an ambitious musical seven years in the making.
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  Camden Fringe 2026: On The Red Bus Radar
  Camden Fringe 2026 round-up: Red Bus Londinium’s picks for new writing, solo shows, comedy, music and drama across this year’s festival.
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  Camden Fringe: Yijing Zou on Bathroom
  Camden Fringe interview: Yijing Zou on rewriting Bathroom since moving to London, body scrub as blood and love, and refusing to judge her characters.
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  Camden Fringe: Dongmeng Chen on Chicken Dropping
  Camden Fringe interview: Playwright Dongmeng Chen on watching war as spectators, black comedy and her all-ESEA team’s premiere, Chicken Dropping.
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  Camden Fringe: Steve North on Something About England
  Camden Fringe interview: Actor and musician Steve North on Brexit, punk and the daughter who inspired his new solo show
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  Review: The Importance of Being Oscar, Park Theatre ★★★★
  Review: The Importance of Being Oscar is a solo biographical play at Park Theatre exploring Oscar Wilde’s trial, imprisonment and legacy.
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  Camden Fringe: Arabella Jacobson on Gammelstad
  Camden Fringe Interview: Arabella Jacobson discusses Gammelstad, her new play about chosen family and sibling bonds set in a remote Swedish church town.
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  Camden Fringe: Kimberley Nixon on Baby Brain
  Camden Fringe interview: Kimberley Nixon talks Baby Brain, her dark comedy about postpartum psychosis, ahead of its Camden Fringe run at the Bridewell Theatre.
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  Camden Fringe Review: 1918: The Final Salome, Etcetera Theatre ★★½
  Camden Fringe review: 1918: The Final Salomé at Etcetera Theatre tackles Oscar Wilde’s legacy and the Maud Allan libel trial.
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  Camden Fringe: Banker Tailor Teacher Guy: Neil O’Dwyer on Reinvention
  Camden Fringe interview: Neil O’Dwyer on banking, tailoring and teaching ahead of Banker Tailor Teacher Guy at the Water Rats
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  Review: Cyrano de Bergerac, Noël Coward Theatre ★★★★½
  Review: RSC’s Cyrano de Bergerac transfers to the Noël Coward Theatre: Adrian Lester and Susannah Fielding star in this fresh, vulnerable West End revival.