Peckham Fringe 2026 – Full Listings
Peckham Fringe is back for its fifth year! Our inclusive and dynamic performing arts festival showcases a line up of exciting artists and creatives across two venues: Theatre Peckham and Canada Water. With ground breaking emerging writers, immersive theatre and spoken word, it’s the festival for everyone!
Peckham Fringe 2026 will be extra special because this year marks Theatre Peckham’s 40th anniversary! This festival will celebrate our organisation’s rich history of artistic excellence.
#TP40 – Your Stage, Your Story, Your Theatre Peckham.
Peckham Fringe Partnerships
This year we are partnering with local community pub and venue, Prince of Peckham! From discounts to post-show celebrations, Prince of Peckham will provide all of your Peckham Fringe needs!
We are also partnering with ArtRabbit. All the shows in Fringe will be listed via their app, with exclusive discounts to their newsletter recipients! Download their app here.
Check out the full listings below.
Launch Weekend | 2nd May – 3rd May
One shocking moment. One choice. Alex Wheatle’s Witness hits hard.
Three siblings. A house to pack up. Memories. Squabbles. Secrets.
Week One | 4th May – 10th May
One shocking moment. One choice. Alex Wheatle’s Witness hits hard.
(Canada Water Theatre)
How far do you go to keep your dream alive?
Unidentified bones trigger a reckoning of Ireland’s truly darkest chapter.
To what extent would you keep your sexuality a secret?
(Canada Water Theatre)
A powerful new play about finding the strength within to stand tall like a tree.
(Canada Water Theatre)
Fathers. Faith. Forgiveness. Breaking generational cycles.
Week Two | 11th May – 17th May
(Canada Water Theatre)
Fathers. Faith. Forgiveness. Breaking generational cycles.
POV: Your ex just rewrote your breakup. On stage.
Roots weaves the inherited stories of Filipino migration throughout history.
(Canada Water Theatre)
Detained British citizen coerced into betraying activists or facing deportation.
(Canada Water Theatre)
A detective, a conspiracy, radicalisation spreads – power and trust unravel.
Week Three | 18th May – 24th May
Rival protestors trapped together as ideology turns dangerously personal.
Explores growing up Palestinian in London through comedy.
Estranged mother and son confront trauma, truth, and love publicly.
(Canada Water Theatre)
Lyssa was a promising barrister. Now she’s in A.I. therapy.
(Canada Water Theatre)
Inside a corner shop where everyone’s stories collides
Resilience, resistance, & untold stories.
Perrito caliente?
Week Four | 25th May – 31st May
Resilience, resistance, & untold stories.
Moving on is hard when your AI ex moves in.
One stage, new voices, rich legacy.
(Canada Water Theatre)
Next Up: Shaped by love, loss, and life in Ladbroke Grove. Ardz.
How far will June go to secure her granddaughter’s future?
Come and share your story on our stage
Young People Participation Project
Childhood friends reunite in prison. Who gets the last word?
(Canada Water Theatre)
Confessional comedy about identity, faith and taking up space
Fiercely honest and lyrically rich piece that dives deep into masculinity, identity, vulnerability and survival.
Week Five | 1st June – 3rd June
In Manchester a modern tragedy unfolds and Romeo Must Die.
Family drama about the courage it takes to speaking out.
(Canada Water Theatre)
Female friendship vs modern day London.
Peckham Fringe Wrap | 4th June – 5th June
(Canada Water Theatre)
Female friendship vs modern day London.
A show about graffiti, fatherhood and why the two don’t really mix.
A chef’s perfect story meets the voice of his dinner.