A production company producing story trails, plays, comedy, storytelling and Faversham Fringe.
Roll up, roll up! Tickets are now on sale for all the Faversham Fringe shows. Pop over to favershamfringe.co.uk/whats-on/
With 30 fantastic shows to amuse, entertain and delight, there’s something for everyone – comedy, theatre, improv, workshops, poetry, hypnotism and family shows – all priced at just £5 a ticket.
We are very, nay extremely, pleased to announce that we will be running a mini version of our festival in 2021, called Faversham Fringe-lite. Running over the last weekend of July (30th, 31st and August 1st), it will feature as many Faversham Fringe favourites as we can squeeze into the venue.
We’ll be taking over What Now?! at Baltic House, the bar and comedy venue on Standard Quay. It’s a fab little place, with lots of local drinks to sup and upstairs is a neat little room with a stage, lighting and sound. Perfect for fringe shows.
We’re programming the shows now, and we hope to unveil the programme by the end of June at the latest. There will be a mixture of Faversham Fringe favourites and some new faces, and maybe even some surprise guests…
Keep an eye on the Faversham Fringe website and social media pages for further announcements. You can find the festival on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Always wanted to try your hand at Theatre?
We’re entering a show into this year’s Faversham Fringe that tells this amazing story of local heroes winning against the odds.
The theme and inspiration for the production will be The Skate Boys of Faversham Town by Geoff Sandiford which tells the story of how, in 1930, a team of five men, all of whom were from Faversham, won the Roller Hockey Nations Cup – equivalent to the modern World Cup.
No qualifications or experience required, just enthusiasm!
Performance dates will be 24, 26, 28 August 2019 at the Arden Theatre, Faversham. This is an amateur production and all over 18s are warmly invited to get involved.
To express your interest, please email us.
Always wanted to write a play? Then you might be interested to hear that we have secured funding for a community writing project to give Faversham the chance to ‘Make a Scene!’.
With the support of an experienced playwright and director, you will have the opportunity to develop a short scene for performance at Faversham Fringe in August 2019.
The theme and inspiration for the scenes will be The Skate Boys of Faversham Town by Geoff Sandiford which tells the story of how in 1930 a team of five men, all of whom were from Faversham, won the Roller Hockey Nations Cup – equivalent to the modern World Cup.
No qualifications or experience required, just enthusiasm!
The course fee is £50 with concessions available to those in receipt of benefits. Course places are strictly limited, so don’t delay.
To book your place, please fill out the application form. If you have any questions, please email us.
Our final radio play from last year’s recording session in Faversham is A Great Idea by Les Clarke. Thanks again to Robert “Woody” Burgess who recorded and produced all the plays for us.
Cast: Paul Doust as Dan; Ian Riches as Gerry.
That’s the last of our radio plays for now, but we enjoyed recording them so much we’ll be doing some more this Spring. Keep an eye on this website for a call-out for scripts.
Our penultimate radio play from last year’s recording session in Faversham is Safe Word by Ribs Norman. Thanks again to Robert “Woody” Burgess who recorded and produced all the plays for us.
Cast: Anthony Hall as Ulrich; Jude Sach as Soph; and Ribs Norman as Lucy.
We’ll share our final radio play from this session next Monday.
As promised, here’s the second of our four radio plays which we recorded last year in Faversham. Thanks again to Robert “Woody” Burgess who recorded and produced all the plays for us.
As promised, here’s the second of our four radio plays which we recorded last year in Faversham. Thanks again to Robert “Woody” Burgess who recorded and produced all the plays for us.
Mrs Shipley’s Spinning Wheel was originally a short story written by Michele Sheldon and was adapted into a radio play by the author. Susan Anderson played Daughter and Nicola Carter played Mother.
Stay tuned for play number three next week!
We are delighted to release our first radio play, Clouds by Sarah Davies. We had a fun day recording this and three other plays in Faversham. Our thanks go to The Limes pub who let us use their plush upstairs room, to Robert “Woody” Burgess who recorded and produced the plays for us, and to all the actors who took part.
We are delighted to release our first radio play, Clouds by Sarah Davies. We had a fun day recording this and three other plays in Faversham. Our thanks go to The Limes pub who let us use their plush upstairs room, to Robert “Woody” Burgess who recorded and produced the plays for us, and to all the actors who took part.
Romeo was played by Jack Finch-Harding and Mercutio by Anthony Hall. Sarah Davies was the writer.
We hope you enjoy the play. We’ll be posting the remaining three over the coming weeks.
Mince Pie, Anyone?We are very pleased to announce that we are performing Mince Pie For One, a short play with a heartwarming Christmas theme, next Tuesday in Jittermugs, Faversham. If you like Love Actually, you’ll love this 🙂
Tickets are £7 from Jittermugs and include a mince pie and a glass of mulled wine (or prosecco). Tapas menu and licensed bar available. Strictly limited audience capacity, so don’t wait until the night itself to get your ticket.
Doors open at 7pm, performance starts at 8pm. It’s only a 15-minute play though, so don’t be late or you’ll miss it!
We hope to see you there!
Sketchy Beasts NewsAs you can see, Burgess & Norman’s debut sketch comedy show, Sketchy Beasts, went down very well with the full capacity crowd at the Fleur de Lis hall on November 11th. Thanks to everyone who attended.
If you liked what you saw – or are gutted you missed out – fear not! Burgess & Norman are now planning to take the show on the road, ending with a grand finale at HopFestFringe in September (of course!). In the meantime, they will be performing at the Private Widdle Social Club on January 27th (Deal) and in Folkestone Comedy Club on February 3rd (Folkestone, obvs).
At the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe, Lee Kyle got a really nice review. The bit that stuck in his mind was: “it would be good to see him find more of his audience.”
“Yeah,” he thought, “it bloody would!”
So, in a moment of madness, he has decided to bite off more than he can chew and has booked a 30+ date national tour (Hand of Doom Productions is helping him with the Faversham date), as an attempt to answer the question: “What happens if you do a tour while not actually being famous?”
Then, as if that wasn’t enough, he is ending the tour with a gig in a 400-seat theatre in his hometown.
He’ll also be recording a documentary as he goes while hoping not to regret it.
He’s good by the way, should have probably have said that earlier. He’s done a bit of telly and radio but nothing you’ll have seen, which is a good thing really or the whole point of the tour won’t have made sense.
He had a book out last year, that was in the top ten comedians’ books on Amazon UK and led to almost no rasing of his profile. His podcast with Sammy Dobson (from BBC’s Boy Meets Girl (yep, she’s better known) is called Which Is The Best? and is funny and is liked by people who like it.
Come on, get on board, take a chance. Be cool.
