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We regularly offer this space for artists and companies to share their views, opinions and more information about the work they’re creating. Scroll below to find all of the above and much, much more.
Camden Youth Theatre completely changed my life. I joined in 2016, after just starting my new college life in London. I am a very extroverted person but I am often nervous going into drama programmes and clubs as you can often be put in a harsh environment. After my first session I knew CYT was perfect for me. CYT never … Read more
Picture this: you have two minutes to find two items of clothing in your home that belong to someone else. A bobble hat? A beret? Sunglasses or a jacket? Put them on. This is your character. On the spot you must come up with a backstory and monologue about why you cannot dance right now. This is the kind of … Read more
Camden People’s Theatre is delighted to announce that it is sponsoring the independent producer and artist, Daisy Hale to join the Freelance Task Force. “My work is dedicated to contemporary artists that have traditionally been ostracised from the mainstream, the very artists CPT also stands to serve so I am so pleased to be joining the taskforce sponsored by them. … Read more
Camden People’s Theatre wishes to express its strong support for and solidarity with the worldwide protests against systemic racism in light of the appalling murder of George Floyd. At CPT, we still have lots to learn about anti-racism. We will take this opportunity to listen, learn more, and ask ourselves: how can we better build anti-racism into everything we do? … Read more
In This Day and Stage: Facing the End of Sprint2020 Chapter 4 I have dreaded this day since my internship at CPT started: my internship at CPT is coming to an end (too much of a worrier?). If you have read my previous posts, you know that my adventure as CPT’s Admin & Marketing intern started a while ago. My … Read more
It’s 6pm on the 8th May. We log into zoom to chat to our producer. She’s asked us to do a tech run- normally a tech run in a theatre lasts ages but we’re expecting this to be rapped up in a out 45 minutes, an hour tops- after all we can’t really do a tech run properly when we … Read more
In This Day and Stage: Fringe-Watching Sprint 2020 Chapter 3 Hello again! I am writing this blogpost from my living room and not from the foyer of CPT, a bittersweet experience: ultimately, COVID-19 (that, actually, was featured as a special, even if undesired, guest in both my previous posts) has caught up with the UK, and we find ourselves facing … Read more
Hello friends, It is with great regret that we have taken the decision to cease Camden People’s Theatre’s programme of performance, with immediate effect. Having spoken to our artists, staff, board and to colleagues across the industry – and particularly in light of the government’s advice yesterday – we are therefore suspending all scheduled performances at CPT from tonight until … Read more
In This Day and Stage: Fringe-Watching Sprint 2020 Chapter 2 On Monday evening, after spending the day between university, the tube, and work (Coronavirus, bring it on), I stuck around at Camden People’s Theatre. My friend Anja was to come with me. This happened: Greta, 13:55 Hello hon! Remember last time at CPT you were late and therefore left out? … Read more
Why do you make solo work? (Do you hate people?) [SEB] So I don’t hate people as much as it sounds! I like making solo work, makes it sound like you’re a complete misanthropist. I’m not. No, I make solo work, mostly because I worked in a performance collective for many years, called Cluster Bomb Collective, from about 2009 to … Read more
