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.
On the bill, 2026
Three of the eighteen.
Philip Contini & His Be Happy Band
The Chairman himself, singing the songs the shop has hummed for ninety years.
Appassionato
Philip Contini & Anne Evans — Tosti and Neapolitan song, up close.
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.