NEWS
DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME
EMBARKS ON A 2026 - 2027 UK TOUR
After a sell out, critically acclaimed run at the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Fake Escape is touring DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME to over 20 venues across the UK between November 2026 and April 2027.
FULL TOUR DETAILS HERE
FAKE ESCAPE PRESENTED A DECADE OF FRINGE SEASON AT THE 2026 EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE
August 2026 marked our 10th year producing shows at the world's largest arts festival; starting way back in 2016 with Treasa Nealon's beautiful solo play A Dream of Dying. To mark the occasion, Fake Escape presented two World Premieres, as well as reviving their most successful production to date.
MORE INFORMATION HERE
CUL-DE-SAC NOMINATED FOR 2026 WHATSONSTAGE AWARD
We were delighted to be nominated once again for a WhatsOnStage Award!
CUL-DE-SAC was nominated in the category of 'Best Studio Production' at the 26th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards.
Fake Escape Artistic Director David Shopland and Cul-de-Sac star Shereen Roushbaiani attended the awards ceremony and had a fantastic time!
IN DEVELOPMENT - COMING 2027
Set in the heat and shadows of 90s Bristol, Under The Surface Noise follows two young Trip-Hop artists whose creative spark carries both electricity and danger. This intimate two-hander dives into music, memory, identity and the parts of ourselves we can’t outrun.
Premiering in the South West in 2027 before embarking on a UK Tour
Slasher! is a 90s pop punk horror comedy musical where every teen movie trope gets turned inside out. When a Final Girl discovers the killer is rewriting reality, she and her friends fight back to reclaim their own story. Developed with support from Stage One.
Premiering at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2027
Step inside a day-glo 90s TV world where you’re the contestant in a series of ridiculous, high-energy challenges. The lights flash, the slime flies, and somewhere beneath the laughter, you start to wonder who’s really keeping score.
Skin In The Game is a unique immersive experience developed with MESS International Festival, Kabosh Theatre & The War Childhood Museum, Sarajevo
Popularised by a Vice article in 2013, fans of The Killers have long argued that rearranging the songs on their debut album Hot Fuss reveals the plotline to a grizzly murdery mystery. LAST CALL FOR SIN turns this longstanding cult theory into a feverish one man neo noir, performed by Callum Patrick Hughes with live electric guitar and radically deconstructed Killers songs.
Premiering at the 2027 Edinburgh Festival
Registered Address: Fake Escape Ltd. Suite G04, 1 Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1HR | Company Number: 13724598
South Office: Fake Escape Ltd, Studio 1.2 Sydenham Library First Floor, 210 Sydenham Rd, London SE26 5SE