Listings: Physical theatre, Fringe

4Theatre Productions. Desdemona, a Play About a Handkerchief is a contemporary twist on Shakespeare's Othello. This bawdy adaptation with tongue-in-cheek humour reinvents the stereotypical role of women and their ulterior motives. With stylised movement and aspects of mime, this piece of theatre pushes boundaries and…

Sarah Kane's poetic masterpiece that sparked controversy and debate. Performed intimately, using physicality alongside the dialogue to question clinical depression and provide insight into the fragility of the human mind. Hard-hitting but beautiful.

Manic Chord Theatre. Combining a raw, energised and wordy playfulness Manic Chord presents a darkly comic and physical tale. Hidden within a laboratory three scientists set out to create a machine which can extract thoughts. In the process these scientists become the subjects of their own experiment, unearthing the…

Random Acts Theatre Company. Acclaimed show where you, the audience, provide true stories for the performers. Interactive, reality theatre magically created instantly! 'Improvisational theatre of such high calibre that it is almost shocking to witness' (Stage). A must-see. Ages 12+.

Adam Oliver and Zuma Puma are Almond Roca. Adam Oliver and Zuma Puma lead you on an epic journey. Witness sacred comedy of almonds unfolding in surreal, super-fun and insanely entertaining love festival. The Lost Cabaret. Find it. 'An absolute blast!' ★★★★ (ThreeWeeks). www.pay-what-you-want.info. Ages 18+.

The American High School Theatre Festival. Earth's seven billion people are outnumbered a hundred million to one. Funny, beautiful, intriguing, perplexing; bodies and language evoke the warlike, reproductive, political lives of ants. Foremost entomologists E.O. Wilson and Bert Hölldobler have created some of…

The Lincoln Company. Spurt of Blood, The Cenci and The Seashell and the Clergyman are drawn together to create an experimental event that layers French surrealism, physical theatre and contemporary farce, creating its very own Theatre of Cruelty. It explores the anguish sheathed within Artaud's mind, identifying…

Young Actors Company / Engineerium. 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring…' except Crispin Cattermole, the Boy Who Lost Christmas. In the year 1940, Crispin wishes an unusual wish - that Christmas had never existed, little does he know the consequences… Accompanied by…

Out of the Trunk Productions. 'When I was very young, I had a dream that I could step inside any book and become a part of the story. In that one night, I had amazing adventures. The next day, staring at the page of a book, I tried to force myself between the words…' Fresh new vignettes, monologue scenes and music will…

Evi Stamatiou. The statue in crisis… In the June 2011 debate on whether to return the Ancient Parthenon marbles to Greece, David Cameron tells Parliament that 'Britain has no intention to lose its marbles'. In July 2012, he announces to the House of Commons Liaison Committee that contingency plans were being hatched to…

Cinderella. Revolution. Who knew two ideas could be so compatible? A young woman breaks a mould she didn’t realise she was confined to and finds a new way to tell the world’s most famous fairy tale. Aisling Kiely presents a funny, thought-provoking, sexily-skewed retelling of Cinderella. Feminist burlesque, it’s a…

From the red centre of Australia comes a comedy of circus and romance, loved by children and adults alike. A quirky tale of Sarita and Mr Kiko and their love affair with circus, told through physical theatre, clowning, circus acts, strongwoman feats and film. ‘Cook and Mason both excel at physical theatre … funny…

TongueTied Theatre. Welcome to the United States of America! The place where anything is possible! The land of the free and the home of opportunity, prosperity, guns, Jesus, the uninsured, guns, Elvis, more guns; where corporations are people, and every corporation has a right to the American f*cking dream! Yes…

Four prisoners have dreamt up their perfect escape and make a break for the seaside but it's not all sunshine… Inspired by the remarkable escape of the Texas Seven, Conviction is a dark yet humorous story about youth and making mistakes. This devised production is told playfully by an ensemble cast with inventive…

The Superhero Club provides an audience with humour, style and ease. A most enjoyable show mixes satire with surrealist material, whilst never confusing or ostracising anybody in particular. From family dinners to Harry Potter to an accidental admission of true love, our eccentric sketches are fast, humorous and…

Apt. 502. We are Apt. 502, a theatre company based out of New York City. We came together as friends and collaborators who shared a passion for experimental theatre. We are currently training at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Dear Friend, is a play about a man who escapes his mundane life in order to discover what it…

Soho Theatre & the Mason Sisters at PBJ. Eight shows back-to-back, starting the day from scratch, each show will be built from the best of the previous, taking shape through the day to form a completed eighth show. 'For those jaded by the pedestrian bilge that litters the comedy landscape, Doctor Brown is good for…

Impington. 'You can censor me all day if you like. But at night…' Matthew's feelings for his teacher are shameless. Mary waits by the window for her lover, watching the stars fall from the sky. Patrick's lost on the dance-floor. But Chas doesn't like dancing; he's after something different, destructive, dangerous.

With elements of Dance, Butoh, mime & physical theatre, Karavan & Khabarova share over 20 years of experience, reflecting on their unique and original style, they offer diverse and powerful exercises which move the participants in search of their own limits. The workshop aims to improve the participants…

Splendid Productions. Splendid Productions present their creative reimagining of the 15th-century morality play, Everyman. Splendid take this medieval story of an ordinary man - randomly chosen to represent all humanity - as the starting point for a high energy, super-theatrical, surprisingly silly exploration of what…

Vladimir Tzekov Stage Action Laboratory: A performance about the middle-truths and middle-lies that engulf our whole life. No meaning can maintain its state of fullness when rhythm becomes as important as logic itself to understand normality. Middle-characters, middle-interpretations, middle-choreographies, all to…

Charlie Chaplin meets classic children’s literature in this anthropomorphic comedy. Featuring slapstick and Lecoq style physical theatre alongside a lively jazz underscore, prepare for a world of energetic, non-verbal hilarity. Set in the pastoral English countryside. FOX follows the story of Mr Monty Fox and his…