Fringe Festival 2026
CTC is excited to announce our Fringe Festival 2026 that will take place on 30 April–9 May, 2026 at H₂O, Hørsholmsgade 20, 2200 Copenhagen N
Copenhagen Theatre Circle's 2026 Fringe Festival offers an exciting lineup of shows, representing a range of genres, and new creative works written and directed by local artists.
DID YOU KNOW? That CTC's Fringe Festival is one of over 300 that are held globally each year? Fringe Festival roots began in 1947 in Edinburgh, when eight plays that were not chosen to perform at the International Festival showed up, and they performed anyway, in fringe venues. A movement was born.
SO, WHAT EXACTLY IS FRINGE? According to worldfringe.com:
"Fringe is a grassroots festival with the freedom to celebrate and exchange. It’s a Fringe of a Festival, or a Festival of Fringe Arts, made possible by the people who take part. Developed organically across the globe, [the festivals] are unique in style and form every time they open. A Fringe Festival exists to serve the participating artists and audiences through building awareness. They are constituted through innovation and creative expression. The Fringe ethos is, ‘If you want to do it you can… Fringes offer an alternative!’"
WHEN? CTC's Fringe Festival will take place from 30 April–9 May at H₂O, showcasing thirteen new one-act plays of around 20 minutes in length.
Venue
This year’s Festival will take place at H₂O, a stage for poetry, storytelling and boundary-breaking art in the heart of Copenhagen.
Group One
Thursday, 30 April — 19:00 start time
Saturday, 2 May — 13:00 start time
Saturday, 2 May — 19:00 start time
In The Garden Of Evil
written by Martin Baré
directed by Oisín Robbins
After defeating his arch-nemesis, the world's greatest supervillain finds that life after winning was the one thing he never prepared for.
Signy
written by Eoin O'Sullivan
directed by Mathias Schindler
Three colleagues. One isolated station. Nothing feels safe anymore.
Nawab in Copenhagen
written and directed by Rifat Hasan
Once More With Feeling
written and directed by Mariluan Prieto
A reluctant soul and an overworked Death clash over whether life is a gift or an obligation.
30 April will feature a one-night-only guest performance:
THRESHOLD by SPLINTERGROUP
Written and Directed by Stuart Lynch
Threshold explores choice and procrastination, revealing the tension
between the exhilaration and the burden of decision-making.
Drawing on Lynch’s writing, performance methodology, and experience with
dance theatre companies across Europe and Australia, the work centres on
embodied presence—where heightened, responsive awareness meets narrative
and theme in real time.
SPLINTERGROUP is a breakaway collective emerging from KFTS (København
Film & Teaterskole). It brings together current students, graduates, and
invited collaborators connected to the school, alongside artists from
Lynch’s wider network and previous performance companies.
Group Two
Friday, 1 May — 19:00 start time
Wednesday, 6 May — 19:00 start time
Friday, 8 May — 19:00 start time
Meeting Steve
written and directed by Mike Hammari
Heartbeat
written and directed by Martina Pokorna
A woman finds herself with a stranger in a room she doesn't recognize. Or does she?
Will I, Won't I
written and directed by Tomas Germer
Sphagnum
written by Oisín Robbins
directed by Ross Barnwell
Two brothers venture deep into an Irish bogland in a desperate, mind-bending attempt to make contact with the elusive guardian of the bog - the Bogwoman.
Group Three
Thursday, 7 May — 19:00 start time
Saturday, 9 May — 13:00 start time
Saturday, 9 May — 19:00 start time
Survival Of An Artist
written and directed by Monika Banyte
Artistic pursuits can turn into a grand race of survival, with each pedaling more absurd and closer to the eventual burnout. But there's hope…
Summerside
written and directed by Thea Haugaard
The Umbrella Man
written and directed by Gulcin Cicek Rezaei Tabar
A man who carries umbrellas to walk people through the rain is finally faced with what he’s been avoiding. You can’t carry everything forever.
Kaikoura
written and directed by Christof Gleie
A musical about a family who goes on a road trip together and struggles to keep the peace as secrets come spilling out. Also, who wants to go whale watching anyway?
The Bitter Aftertaste
written and directed by Jakob Rasmussen
A desperate snake oil salesman tries to cure his own addiction by promoting a miracle tonic he claims can cure anything, including himself.
Tickets
Save money, and enjoy more exciting plays, by buying tickets for multiple shows.
Single show
120 kr *
Two shows
220 kr *
110 kr per show
All three shows
300 kr *
100 kr per show
* stated prices exclude booking fees