About the Fairly Famous Family

The Fairly Famous Family have been touring outdoor performances for the last 35 years. Through our shows, we aim to entertain, inspire and surprise with high quality, original street theatre.

We have toured in…

hillsides, sports stadiums, arenas, village halls, trains, castles, visitor centres, galleries, caves, conferences, film sets, palaces, prisons, war zones, and lots and lots of streets…

…including performances at…

….EXPOs, Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, World Student Games, Euros Football Championship (2016, 2020 and 2024), Rugby World Cup, Women's Rugby World Cup, Rolling Stones UK Tour, Glastonbury Festival, Festimagic France, Stockholm Festival, Linburg Festival Holland, all over Belgium (we are big in Belgium!), Tall Ships Race, Edinburgh Festival, G8 Summit, Eurovision Song Contest… and The Isle of Man!

As seen on TV!

We have appeared on television in the UK, Ireland, Canada and the USA. Highlights include the ‘Stars in Their Eyes‘ European final (with our cheesy opening routine!), Blue Peter and Cumbria’s very own ‘North West Tonight’.

We’ve featured in:

The Times, The Telegraph, The letters page of Woman’s Own, The back page of The Guardian, and page 3 of The Sun!

We’ve appeared with:

Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Anne, Mick Jagger, Hugh Grant, Seb Coe… and even Jim Bowen.

Meet the team

The Family has been growing for 35 years and along the way we’ve collected some fine specimens.

From head honcho Jem Famous, down to the bloke who once fixed a puncture on the van (ok, well not quite that far…) we’d like you to meet the faces who make up The Family.