Lane Cove Festival @ Sydney Fringe

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Posted 2025-08-10 by Vanessa ⇒ follow

Fri 05 Sep 2025 - Sun 21 Sep 2025

Sydney Fringe Festival is expanding its festival footprint to the North!

Lane Cove Festival @ Sydney Fringe is a jam-packed program showcasing the best creative talent from North Sydney and beyond.

With FREE events, theatre at Pottery Lane Performance Space, and a food trail, there's plenty of cultural fun to be had throughout September.

Check out the Fringe Fest highlights below:

Opening Night Launch Event

Friday 5 September
The Canopy Stage

Lane Cove Festival @ Sydney Fringe kicks off with a vibrant evening of live music, bold cabaret, and dynamic dance. This FREE, family-friendly event at The Canopy brings a taste of Sydney Fringe to Lane Cove.

Presented in a first-time collaboration by Sydney Fringe and Lane Cove Council, experience a vibrant mix of live music, bold cabaret, and dynamic dance that showcase both the spirit of Sydney Fringe and the incredible talent within the local community.

From emerging performers to Fringe favourites, the line-up offers something for all ages to enjoy. Expect high-energy acts, playful moments, and unexpected surprises that bring a touch of the Fringe edge to the streets of Lane Cove. There’s a Fringe on a Stick food trail to enjoy too!

So come down, find a spot, and settle in for an evening of Fringe-style entertainment in one of the North Shore’s best-kept secrets.

Discover more here.

Dear Stranger

5, 6, 7 September
The Canopy Lane Cove (Near Birdwood Lane)

Dear Stranger turns the simple act of letter writing into a powerful tool for connection. Created by artist Tilda Cobham-Hervey, this unique activation invites festival-goers to sit, pause, and write a heartfelt note to someone they've never met, sharing thoughts, stories, or words of encouragement.

In return, every participant receives a letter from another stranger, creating unexpected moments of reflection, kindness, and meaningful exchange.

At the heart of the experience are friendly Posties, who hand-deliver the letters and spark gentle conversation along the way.

Thoughtful, surprising, and quietly powerful, Dear Strangeroffers a rare chance to slow down and connect with others through the written word.

Discover more here.

Kiss The Queen at Carisbrook Historic House

Saturday 6 September

Visit Sydney's only Victorian House Museum for a Cosplay party. Step back in time and strut your stuff in style - corset up and carry on!

Lane Cove's Carisbrook House is hosting a Victorian Era cosplay party - think bonnets, corsets, tailcoats and top hats. Queen Victoria herself will be there - come and have a photoshoot in the house and manicured gardens.

It's Middlemarch, Jane Eyre, Great Expectations and Sherlock Holmes. Get into character and enjoy a champagne tea party in the courtyard and some big games in the garden.

Tickets on sale here.

HELIOS

25-28 September
Pottery Lane Performance Space
Wright & Grainger proudly presents its internationally acclaimed show HELIOS - a modern re-telling of an ancient myth.

A story about the son of the god of the sun, HELIOS transplants the Ancient Greek tale into a modern-day myth wound round the winding roads of rural England and into the everyday living of a towering city. It’s a story about life, the invisible monuments we build to it, and the little things that leave big marks.

Tickets on sale here.

Orpheus

25-28 September
Pottery Lane Theatre

Since its creation in 2016, Orpheus has played over 500 shows in the UK and internationally - in festivals, cafes, gardens, railways arches, bars, tents, churches, yoga studios, boats, record shops, breweries, loft apartments and very occasionally, a theatre.

The multi-award winning production comes to Pottery Lane Performance Space for a limited season.

Don't miss it!

Best Theatre (Fringeworld) 2018
Best Music (Sydney Fringe) 2019
Beyond Words (Dunedin Fringe) 2019
Best Theatre (Adelaide Fringe) 2023

Tickets on sale here.

And What Will People Say?

17-21 September
Pottery Lane Performance Space

And What Will People Say? is an electrifying 60-minute immersive theatre experience that blends Indian dance, original music, and spoken word to explore the unspoken realities of domestic violence within families and communities.

Rooted in real experiences and shaped by the voices too often left out of the conversation, the production challenges cultural stigma and generational silence. It exposes the hidden stories that echo behind closed doors, those shaped not only by violence itself, but by the social pressures that keep people quiet. It is a story of pain but also of courage, hope, and radical truth-telling.

Through immersive staging, live performance, and a hauntingly beautiful original score, audiences are not just spectators, they are witnesses.

Whether you’ve lived this story, know someone who has, or are just beginning to understand the complexities of domestic violence, And What Will People Say? offers a space for reflection, recognition, and connection.

This is more than theatre. This is a conversation our communities need to have. And it starts here.

Tickets on sale here.

Check out the full Sydney Fringe 2025 program at https://sydneyfringe.com
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