The moment has arrived – the programme for this year’s Wanstead Fringe is now live, and tickets are available for nearly all events.
Physical copies of the programme will be distributed door-to-door in Wanstead, Snaresbrook, Aldersbrook and Lakehouse over the next 10 days, but the online programme is available now at the Fringe site here.
More than 100 events will take place at 13 venues across Wanstead in September. Particular highlights this year include:
- House of Scandal – a special event to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Catherine, the heiress of Wanstead House, with script written by Geraldine Roberts, author of The Angel and the Cad, and with music by Anastasia Nikki Forova, who has composed and arranged for Bridgerton. (House of Scandal)
- More than a dozen plays staged both at the Wanstead Curtain and upstairs at the Bull, including productions by visiting and Wanstead-based theatre companies. (All theatre productions)
- Open-air Kinema, again in Christ Church gardens: this year’s production being Paddington in Peru. (Open-air Kinema)
- The Wanstead Book Festival, featuring authors Rory Cellan-Jones, Joanna Pocock, and Tom Shakespeare, plus the Wanstead Family Book Day. (Wanstead Book Festival)
- Music of nearly every genre – starting with the popular eve-of-Fringe Charivari, hosted by Joe Walters. (Charivari)
We’ll be highlighting key events here as ever, and you can also follow the Fringe directly – either by receiving their email newsletter or by their Whatsapp group which you can follow by clicking this link