The ★★★★★ smash-hit show FAKE is delighted to be part of Durham Fringe Festival 2026.

It’s pretty, but is it art? This is a show about trickery. About fraud. About lies.

Magician and storyteller Chris Cook weaves a true tale of deception, where lives across centuries are bound together by illusion. Through magic, comedy and storytelling, Chris shares the story of a faker so skilled he had to forge his way to freedom, an artist so talented he may himself be a fraud, a magician whose promise conceals a lie, and a mysterious figure who may not exist at all.

This is a story only a magician could tell.

Dates and times:

7.00-8.00pm, Friday 31st July
7.00-8.00pm, Saturday 1st August
7.00-8.00pm, Sunday 2nd August

Venue: Assembly Rooms Theatre