Fringe Venue 67

The deli with its own Fringe theatre.

Every August the gift room and book shop convert into a 70-seat theatre. Music, theatre and wine tastings, 18 shows in 2026, and the Chairman on the bill with his own band. No other deli on earth has this.

The V&C Fringe 2026 mark, the word fringe with a wicker chianti bottle as the i

On the bill, 2026

Three of the eighteen.

Philip Contini & His Be Happy Band, seven musicians in black tie with accordion, flute, clarinet, double bass and guitar
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Philip Contini & His Be Happy Band

The Chairman himself, singing the songs the shop has hummed for ninety years.

Philip Contini standing at the piano with Anne Evans seated, Appassionato
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Appassionato

Philip Contini & Anne Evans: Tosti and Neapolitan song, up close.

Louis de Bernières standing with his guitar against a white studio background
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Louis de Bernières

The Captain Corelli’s Mandolin author, in the room above the cheese counter.

Why it works

Seventy seats. One interval bar: the whole deli.

Dinner from the Caffè Bar, a glass from the cellar, a show upstairs, then the shop on the way out. August at Elm Row is the whole house in one evening.