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In this episode Elaine chats to non-binary writer, actor, activist and burlesque performer Novaduh. We chat about their show The Disappeared the inspiration for it, the importance of using your voice for those who can’t use theirs, the joy and wonderous expression of burlesque and much more.
The Disappeared - Summerhall
Dates 1st-26th August
@1.45pm
Tickets Here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/disappeared
THE DISAPPEARED
The Disappeared – A wild, fun and sexy burlesque cabaret that tells the true story of a queer Latinx voice robbed of their freedom and forced into exile during a government coup in South America. Experience first-hand a final night of joy and freedom of expression, before the Chilean government regime change challenges the country's LGBTQIA+ community and robs them of their personal freedom and identity. Witness the last cry of hope from an oppressed community before joining the ranks of those who have been disappeared.
NOVADUH (he/she/they)
Novaduh, is a South American burlesque activist of the highest calibre. Novaduh draws on inspiration from the stories of the many people who have been persecuted and have disappeared by the government throughout South America. She has devoted her work as an artist and activist to articulating those stories and focuses on how easy it is for a society to be degraded and taken over by xenophobia and hostility. Among other things, her web-series, “My Little Forbidden Body,” won first place at the Ibero-American festival " Ibero Cultura Viva"in2020
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In this episode Elaine chats with Australian performance artist and dancer Leah Shelton about her show Batshit. We chat the inspiration for the show, her grandmother’s story and the narrative of the “Cray” woman.
Batshit - Traverse Theatre
Dates: 1st -25th August
@ Various Times
Get Tickets Here: https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/batshit-festival-24
BATSHIT
Women have long been locked up, medicated, pathologized and silenced by a simple label - ‘crazy’. BATSHIT is a wildly theatrical, unexpectedly funny, and deeply intimate story of female madness. Created by psycho-siren Leah Shelton (AU) and directed by Olivier award-winning performance artist Ursula Martinez (UK), this is a requiem for Leah’s grandmother Gwen, who was incarcerated for seeking independence in 1960s Australia. BATSHIT draws on personal stories, pop psychology and Prozac-laden humour to explore the myths, fantasies and fears that keep us compliant, and the systems that let us down. Dedicated to all the women labelled hysterical, psycho, hormonal and deluded by a society that seeks to control and discredit their experiences.
LEAH SHELTON
Psycho-siren Leah Shelton creates stylized, guttural, renegade feminist work soaked in cult references and dark humour. Her work has taken her from the glamour of Las Vegas to the back streets of Kings Cross, from rigorous training in Japan to live art festivals in New York. As a solo artist, Leah has played on and off West End in London. She has graced the cabaret stages of La Clique, Club Briefs, Little Death Club, Vegas Nocturne and Jonny Woo’s infamous UnRoyal Variety Show. Her first solo work, ‘Terror Australis’, received numerous awards and toured Australia and France. Leah’s second solo work, ‘Bitch On Heat’, directed by UK Performance Art luminary Ursula Martinez, has toured to major festivals in Australia and Soho Theatre London to critical acclaim and standing ovations.With Lisa Fa’alafi, Leah is Co-Director of artist collective Polytoxic, creating hyper-visual works underpinned by diversity and collaboration. Polytoxic have presented work at PS122’s COIL Festival NYC, Harbourfront Centre Canada, WanSmolbag Vanuatu, Sydney Opera House, Darwin Festival, Brisbane Festival, APAM, Bleach*, Enlighten, ArtsHouse Melbourne, Ten Days on the Island, Brisbane Powerhouse and QPAC.Originally dance-trained, Leah has a diverse performance background including over ten years training in the Suzuki Actor Training Method with Frank Theatre (Brisbane, AU), Suzuki Company of Toga (Toga / Shizuoka, Japan) and SITI Company (New York, USA).
https://www.leahshelton.live/batshit
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In this episode Elaine chats with writer and performer Nina Rose Carling about her show Seeking Representation. We chat the inspiration for the show, working for famous celebrities, the fringe experience and much more.
Nina Rose Carlin : Seeking Representation - theSpace @Surgeons Hall
Dates 12th- 24th August
@11.35am
Tickets Here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/nina-rose-carlin-seeking-representation
Nina Rose Carlin: Seeking Representation
Lights. Camera. Delusion! Comedian Nina Rose Carlin turns her years of experience in the entertainment industry (derogatory) into a rollicking cabaret with stand-up, clown and musical comedy. Get an inside scoop of pop culture and Hollywood through her witty and absurdist lens, inspired by her time hosting red carpets, personal assisting A-List celebs and seeking stardom herself.
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In this episode Elaine chats with actor and writer Emma Howell about her show This will make you happy.
We talk the inspiration for the show, not feeling like theatre was ever an option for you because of your background, multi-marketing and much more.
I really Do Think This Will Change Your Life - Pleasence Dome
Dates 1st-26th August
@12.20pm
Tickets Here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on - q=I Really Do Think This Will Change Your Life
I Really Do Think This Will Change Your Life
Belles was the it girl, hip girl, oh-so-very-fit girl. When she was 17. Now, she’s 24 and spends her days bossed about by her Mum and girls she 100% used to bully. So, when a life-changing opportunity slides into her DMs, she carpes the diem, makes her millions and proves the worth of women worldwide one post at a time. Except she doesn’t. Because…come on. A finalist for The Stage Innovation Award, this is a hair-pulling, fake-nail scratching, cat-fight against get-rich-quick schemes and what it means to be a Girl Boss
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In this episode Elaine chats with writer, musician and actor Em Hoggett about her show. Showtime! We chat the inspiration for the show, being a young female musician in the music industry and much more.
Showtime! - C ARTS | C venues | C aurora
Dates: 1st to 25th August
@7.45pm
Tickets here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on - q=Showtime!
Showtime!
If Tim Burton met Stephen Sondheim in the KitKat Club… and they were a woman… This twisted one-woman musical is an electric exploration of the life of the artist. As Amelia's prime source of inspiration, her charismatic alter-ego, The Master, gradually becomes her sadistic captor, we travel through the depths of workaholism and the lengths one will go in pursuit of "the dream". A frantic Dad, dodgy agent, oh… and that 65-year-old boyfriend, all come to life through The Master's larger-than-life 'Show Dahling!', while Amelia believes one thing is more important than entertaining an audience: the truth
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In this episode Elaine chats with actor, writer and co-founder of Pretty Knickers Productions Mhairi McCall.
We chat the inspiration for the show, songwriting, self-producing, not having to mould yourself to a ridiculous unattainable standard and some fabulous nail art.
Mary Queen of Rock! - Assembly Rooms - Ballroom
Dates: 1st-25th August
@9.20pm
Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/mary-queen-of-rock
Mary Queen of Rock
You think you know the story of Mary, Queen of Scots? Think again... The year is 1561. The Scottish Reformation has enforced an outright ban on rock'n'roll. Cue the arrival of Mary Stuart, one of the world's biggest and most iconic musical artists... who happens to be the undisputed Queen of Rock! With the Scottish nobles and her cousin in England against her – can Mary get the country rocking? Or will heads roll?
Pretty Knickers Productions
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Mhairi McCall
Mhairi McCall (she/her) is an Edinburgh based performer, poet and playwright. She is a founding member of Pretty Knickers Productions, a female-led theatre company who champion new writing and female stories. She one of the writers and performers in ‘Mary, Queen of Rock!’ a brand-new Scottish musical that imagines Mary, Queen of Scots as a rockstar. Mhairi is passionate about untold female stories/perspectives, queer culture and of course - cats.
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In this episode Elaine the joys that are Kerry Ipema and KK Apple chatting about Sic Chick Flicks...or a Legally Blonde Pretty Woman Dirty Danced on the Beaches while writing a Notebook on the Titanic).
We chat being back at the festival, their UK tour and our favourite Chick Flicks.
Sick Chick FLicks - Underbelly Bristo Square - Cowbarn
Dates: 31st July-25th August
@9.30pm
Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/six-chick-flicks
Six Chick Flicks
(...or a Legally Blonde Pretty Woman Dirty Danced on the Beaches while writing a Notebook on the Titanic). Back after a sell-out 2023 run, award-winning parody Six Chick Flicks smashes together six beloved movies into one hysterical, fast-paced celebration of chick flicks through the ages. US comedians Kerry Ipema and KK Apple bring to life all the makeovers, meet-cutes, and montages, plus some new surprises for 2024
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KK Apple
KK is a writer, comedian, and filmmaker in Brooklyn. She’s a former UCB Theatre Harold Night improviser, and her solo show The Rhythm Is Going to Get You played to sold-out crowds in NYC and LA. As a choreographer, her work has been commissioned for live shows, music videos, and TV. Her video projects have been featured in Vulture and Funny or Die, and she worked on the Emmy-winning crowdsourced film project Star Wars Uncut. She’s a 2023 recipient of the NYC Women’s Fund for her short film The Launch, which premiered at the 2023 Seattle International Film Festival.
Kerry Ipema
Kerry Ipema is a New York actor, writer, and director. She's starred in and produced off-Broadway hits, US and international tours, and appeared in independent theatre and film. Recent credits include solo shows One Woman Sex and the City (Edinburgh Fringe, off-Broadway) and Sex Ed (Orlando & Winnipeg Fringe). She is the creator and co-host of Lady Bits, a benefit series for Planned Parenthood, and the podcast Truly, Darkly, Creeply. She has performed with Woodshed Collective, Drama League, Purple Crayon, The Flea, UCB and the PIT.
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In this episode Elaine chats with actor, Virginia Gay. We talk about Virginia’s Fringe First award winning show Cyrano. We talk talking old stories and bringing them to new audiences without repeating the same story but bringing a fresh perspective to it and how vital that is for us all. We talk about the wonderful tool that is comedy that let’s us reach our audience in an authentic and truly moving way. We chat the joy of theatre, words, life, queer love and so, so much more. Cyrano - Traverse TheatreDates: 1st-25th August@ Various TimesTickets available here: https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/cyrano-festival-24Park Theatre London 11th December 2024 -11th January 2025 - Tickets: https://parktheatre.co.uk/event/cyrano/CYRANOVirginia Gay’s joyous, gender-flipped retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac, packed with music, wit and aching romance, is a love letter to hope; to language and desire; to the irrepressible magic of theatre. A big-hearted, irreverent rom-com, perfect for a feel good Christmas treat. Cyrano is the most interesting person in any room – a wordsmith, a charmer. She works twice as hard and runs twice as fast as the pretty boys, because she’s deeply ashamed of something about herself. Enter Roxanne: brilliant and beautiful, with a penchant for poetry and a way with words, just like Cyrano. But Roxanne only has eyes for Yan: hot, manly Yan; all brawn-and-no-brains Yan; who is dumbstruck around Roxanne. Probably shy, right? Until suddenly he starts saying the most amazing things. But it’s not Yan writing these perfect love scenes, it’s Cyrano …Virginia Gay “Virginia Gay graduated WAAPA, then spent four years pretending to be a nurse on All Saints, six months pretending to be cop on Savage River (ABC), and then five years on Winners & Losers, where she pretended to know a lot about high finance. That last one, particularly, was a stretch. She won a Sydney Theatre Award for Best Actress for Calamity Jane, starred in the film Judy & Punch which premiered at Sundance, and wrote and directed her first short film Paper Cut, which made Tropfest finals. In 2020 she wrote two new plays: an adaptation of Cyrano for MTC and The Boomkak Panto for Belvoir, which premiered December 2021. She starred in both and also co-directed The Boomkak Panto.”HIPA GUIDES: HIPA GUIDES OUR WEBSITE - www.persistentandnasty.co.ukPersistent Pal & Nasty Hero - Pals and Hero MembershipEmail – [email protected] - @persistentandnastyTwitter - @PersistentNastyCoffee Morning Eventbrite - Coffee Morning Tickets LINKTREE - LINKTR.EEResourcesSamaritans - Rape Crisis Scotland - Rape Crisis UKArtsMinds - BAPAMFreelancers Make Theatre WorkStonewall UK - Trevor Project - Mermaids UK Switchboard LGBT+ - GATE PLANNED PARENTHOOD DONATE - DONATEABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK UK - ASN.COM- DONATE
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In this episode Elaine chats with actor, writer Isabel Renner about her show Wyld Woman- Legend of Shy Girl. The inspiration for the show, graduating in 2020 and the pros and cons of that, growing out of your shyness and bringing your first show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Wyld Woman: Legend Shy Girl - Assembly Rooms - Drawing Rooms
Dates: 2nd-25th August
@ 4pm
Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/wyld-woman-the-legend-of-shy-girl
Wyld Woman: Legend Shy Gild
Shy people, you there? This hilarious and tender tale follows Shy Girl's ambitious attempt to open up (emotionally, spiritually, uh... physically) in hopes of expanding her social life beyond the feeble realm of her imaginary friends and finding real human connection. Following sold-out, highly-beloved runs in NYC, Wyld Woman (written/performed by Isabel Renner, directed by Cameron King) is officially joining the ranks of international legendhood.
Isabel Renner
Isabel Renner is a New York based actor, writer, and aspiring saxophonist. She is a graduate of Mason Gross School of the Arts, where she received her BFA in Acting. She has appeared on Blue Bloods (CBS), as well as on the stage of Shakespeare’s Globe in London. She is known widely for pulling hilarious pranks on both friends and strangers alike. She is also a graduate of LaGuardia High School in New York City
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In this episode Elaine chats with actor, writer Meg Rose Dixon about her new show Abrasion. We chat the inspiration of the show, graduating at the height of the pandemic and bond over being endo sisters.
Abrasion - Gilded Balloon Patter House - Bothie
Dates: 1st-26th August
@ 9.20pm
Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/abrasion
ABRASION
A one-woman show (written and starring Meg-Rose Dixon) following a diagnosis journey set at the anniversary of her surgery. A dark comedy filled with turbulent embarrassing moments flipped in a comical way, verbatim anecdotes highlighting the importance of patient care, terrible doctors, and a few genuine heroes. This is a darkly funny show that laughs in the face of pain while shedding light on a condition that affects 1.5 million people, but has an average diagnosis wait time of 7.5 years.
Meg Rose Dixon
Meg trained is a graduate from Arts Ed and East 15, has worked on multiple short films, music videos, online projects and a range of street theatre and off west and theatre performances. She is currently working on a one woman show she has written which will is on at Edinburgh Fringe 2024, Gilded Balloon Patter House at 21:20 until the 26th of August.
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In this episode Elaine chats with actor, writer, comedian and Drag King Daisy Doris May about How To Mate The Ted XXX Talk. We chat the inspiration of the show and the characters, embracing call yourself what you, the drag world and much more.
HOW TO MATE - Assembly Roxy - Upstairs
Dates: 1st-24th August
@ 9.45pm
Tickets available here:https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/how-to-mate-the-ted-xxx-talk
Steve Porters HOW TO MATE The Ted XXX Talk
Last year Steve aced feminism. The result? A girlfriend. In this latest instalment, he's venturing beyond second base and sayin’ yes to luv! Join Guildfordian iPod-DJ for a spicy seminar where you mite just find ur special someone. Note: Only appropriate for anyone who isn’t afraid of feelings. Live. LOL. Lube.
Daisy Doris May won Europe’s biggest Drag King contest, Man Up, in 2022, just a couple of years after becoming a Drag King during lockdown. Daisy comments, “Steve’s back at Edders for his next series of the TED XXX seminars. He’s put his own flirting skills into practice and now he is officially boyfriend material. Or so he thinks. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn from his “new found wisdom”… He’s done the listening, learning and loving. Now it’s time to commit, connect and cum … to serious conclusions.”
Daisy Doris May
Actor, Drag King, writer and producer Daisy Doris May is also the Director of HÄUS OF DONS aiming to platform Drag Kings both on screen and stage. As an actor and writer, they are represented by 42. As an actor, Daisy has appeared in Sex Education, Whitechapel, Lewis, Professor T, Genius, The Last Kingdom, Downton Abby. Stage credits include seasons at the Tobacco Factory, for which they received an Ian Charleston nomination for playing Celia in As You Like It, and Sheffield Theatres in the recent 50-year anniversary celebrations of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Following the success of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe show, the character of Steve Porters is currently being developed into a mockumentary with SISTER and SOUTH OF THE RIVER.
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In this episode Elaine chats with Australian actor/writer/musician Lucy Heffernan about her Party Girl. We chat the inspiration for the show, song writing, mythical beings and much more.
Party Girl - Summerhall
Dates: 1st-26th August
@ 9.20pm
Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/party-girl
Party Girl
Fairy Sprinkles isn't your average fairy... In this award winning rock'n'roll monologue from Lucy Heffernan, all the glitzy hell of a kid's birthday party explodes out on stage to rip apart class, challenge traditional feminine behaviour and explore the impact of mental illness on family. Telling stories from Heffernan's time as a Party Fairy, and featuring five original rock songs – don't miss this intimate, funny and deeply moving work. Winner: 2023 Adelaide Fringe Weekly Award for Best Theatre / Physical Theatre.
Lucy Heffernan
Lucy is an actor, writer, and theatre-with-music- maker. Lucy studied a Bachelor of Performance degree at the University of Wollongong. Lucy’s one-woman rock ’n’ roll monologue PARTY GIRL won the Week 4 Award for Best Theatre/ Physical Theatre at the 2023 Adelaide Fringe and was re-mounted at KXT on Broadway to critical acclaim. As an actor, her most recent theatre credits include: Embellishment (KXT), The Midnight Gang (CDP), Luna Gale (Ensemble), Lost Boys (Merrigong Theatre Company), Single Asian Female (Belvoir St/La Boîte) and 4:48 Psychosis (Redline/ Workhorse productions). As a playwright/composer, Lucy has previously presented PARTY GIRL (MerrigongX and Crack Theatre Festival), The Fool (The University of Wollongong) andYeah, Nah! (UOW). Lucy has co-directed musicals Teen Angst and Tender for Shopfront Arts Co-op. Lucy is also the creator of Stay at Home with Sprinkles, a musical web series made during Sydney’s 2021 lockdown. Lucy also works as a teaching artist, running drama, music and storytelling workshops, a role which she loves. She is a proud dog mum.
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Today Elaine chats to young Edinburgh writer and performer Olivia McGeachy about her show What The Fuck Happened to Love and Hope. We talk about finding your way in the industry, the development of the show and the premise of the show (trigger Warning as this play is about the culture of spiking and assault). We also chat about being young and a producer on your first fringe show.
WTF Happened to Love and Hope - theSpace on the Mile
Dates: 20th-24th August (special venue showing on the 19th)
@ 10am
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WTF Happened to Love and Hope
Teenager Nina and best friend Faye are tangled in the terrifying culture of spiking and assault in this powerful new work written by an 18-year-old. Nina is cheeky and bubbly, until a night out takes a horrific turn, leaving her to navigate the devastating aftermath. Confident, outspoken, Faye's okay. Definitely. When Harry from school removes the condom midway through sex without her consent, she struggles for the first time to pretend she's fine. Playing Nina is Olivia McGeachy (also writer) and playing Faye is Heidi Steel (star of Summerhall's The Fish Bowl).
Olivia McGeachy
Olivia McGeachy is an 18-year-old mixed heritage Indian/Scottish actor and creative from Edinburgh. After building experience as an actor, including joining the National Youth Theatre, she’s delighted to be at the fringe this year as writer/lead producer/actor (Nina) for ‘What The F*ck Happened To Love And Hope?’ with an excellent and properly lovely team!
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Today Elaine chats to comedian, writer and actor Elaine Malcolmson about her new show Joik. We chat the inspiration for the show, how you can find yourself lost after something huge happens in your life and you are dealing with grief, we take the fringe experience and much more, Joik- Gilded Balloon, Patter House - The PennyDates: 31st July- 24th August@ 7.40 pmTickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/elaine-malcolmson-joikJoikElaine Malcolmson returns to the Fringe with a comic journey from lost to found in the company of a reindeer. A gentle show that aims to bring hope and solace to all, Joik explores human emotion, memory and connection with the help of a hardy Arctic mammal.Feeling lost and misunderstood in the wake of a bereavement, Elaine is gifted a reindeer with unexpected consequences. Follow her unlikely path from grief to comfort in what is probably the second-best show about a reindeer you’ll see this year. Finding somewhere beautiful to put the things we never asked for in the first place, Joik makes its way to a resolution of unapologetic optimism, celebrating the small moments of understanding that remind us we're alive. You will also learn a fair bit about antlers. These fragile subjects are in safe hands as Elaine is an award winning comedian, writer and actor whose previous shows have examined loneliness using Disney princesses and looked at the hopelessness of capitalism using salad spinners.Elaine MalcolmsonBorn and raised in Northern Ireland, and now living in Glasgow via a stint in Wales, Elaine is known for her deliciously dry humour and original take on everything from current affairs to colouring in. A Scottish Variety Award nominee and Scottish Comedy Award winner, Elaine’s TV and radio work includes BBC Scotland’s Breaking the News and whatever combination of these you think is most impressive: Good Morning Scotland, A Funny Kind of Life and Death (they’re both BBC Radio Scotland) Radio 4 Extra Stands Up, BBC 2’s What Women Want, BBC NI’s The Blame Game. She has gigged across the UK, performing at the Big Tickle Comedy Festival in Derry, Merchant City Festival in Glasgow, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Glasgow International Comedy Festival; she made her international comedy debut at New York Comedy Festival in 2012. Elaine has written for and performed in various sketch groups including the Stockholm Syndrome and Alchemy. She has also been known to act and recently stared as Penny in BBC One Northern Ireland’s, RTS award winning, Soft Border Patrol. Elaine is currently writing, among other things, a new solo show and another short play. Watch this space. HIPA GUIDES: HIPA GUIDES OUR WEBSITE - www.persistentandnasty.co.ukPersistent Pal & Nasty Hero - Pals and Hero MembershipEmail – [email protected] - @persistentandnastyTwitter - @PersistentNastyCoffee Morning Eventbrite - Coffee Morning Tickets LINKTREE - LINKTR.EEResourcesSamaritans - Rape Crisis Scotland - Rape Crisis UKArtsMinds - BAPAMFreelancers Make Theatre WorkStonewall UK - Trevor Project - Mermaids UK Switchboard LGBT+ - GATE PLANNED PARENTHOOD DONATE - DONATEABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK UK - ASN.COM- DONATE
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Today Elaine chats to poet and Storyteller Laura Thurlow about her new show River Time. We talk about the inspiration for the show, how women aren’t allowed to grow old and still be beautiful as well as touching on discovering something about yourself that changes everything.
River Time- Greenside@Riddles Court - Picles Studio
Dates: 9th - 24th August
@ 1.45 pm
Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/river-time
River Time
River Time! pulls its title from one of the show’s opening anecdotes. As a student in Edinburgh with unmanaged ADHD, Laura would often go for a night out on the Cowgate, perceive someone as looking at her wrong, become paranoid that her friends secretly despised her, and have a meltdown. To regulate these intense emotions, she would take moonlit walks at 4am along the water of Leith. To this day, if she texts a friend River Time, they know that she means her brain is on fire. A little understood aspect of ADHD is the resulting impact of the Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria that sits alongside it. These mood swings, this intense fear of rejection, are felt in the body as intense emotional pain. Laura’s fear of rejection takes her to the river, calls her to the sea, begs her to submit to the absolution of dark waters. Better to be a beautiful corpse than a failed woman. Laura’s brain is ruining her life and plotting her death. This is a one-woman treatise on deciding not to drown. River Time! discusses Hamlet’s Ophelia and the life and loss of Virginia Woolf. Laura tells anecdotes of rejection and desperation – feeling adrift in one’s own mind. She speaks on grief, and guilt through describing the loss of a friend who did not survive their messy student days. The show is a dark storytelling hour from a gifted comedic voice. It is nuanced and entertaining while inherently and enduringly relatable. Come along and take some River Time!
Laura Thurlow
Laura Cathryn Thurlow is a writer and performer based in Scotland, originally from Canada with experience performing across Europe. Her previous show, ‘A Preoccupation with Romantic Love’ received critical and audience praise in Edinburgh and Camden in 2023 and was nominated for an Emerging Artist Award with The Neurodiverse Review. Laura’s recent credits include being a finalist at the European Slam Final held by Commonword (Manchester), and at the Glasgow Women’s Library’s ‘Calm Slam’, and Scottish National qualifying slams at Candlelight Open Mic & The Poetry Experiment. She has recently been a featured performer with both The Loud Poets and Spoken Word Paris. She is currently completing a Master of Literature at the University of Glasgow.
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Today Elaine chats to musical comedian Selena Mersey new show Madonna/Whore. We chat the inspiration for the show, how we face a new situation and how that challenges us, how society pts roles on us and how we fight against it and much more.
Selena Mersey: Madonna/Whore - Underbelly Cowgate
Dates: 13th - 25th August
@ 6.40 pm
Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/selena-mersey-madonna-whore
Madonna/Whore
Award-winning musical comedian and professional overthinker Selena Mersey is in a long-term relationship for the first time in her life. Unfortunately, she’s also been reading about Freud. Can Selena’s straight-passing romance survive the weight of anxiety, progressive politics, and an incredibly impactful psychology A Level? Presenting Madonna/Whore: a filthy, Freudian, feminist odyssey into the desire to be both and neither a mother and a slut. After a sellout run at Brighton Fringe, Mersey presents a souped-up redux of the psychodynamic sensation, featuring songs, stand-up, burlesque, and a live birth. Let this shambolic chanteuse enchant you out of your Freudian slip and show you what relationship counselling really looks like.
Selena Mersey
Selena Mersey is a musical comedy powerhouse, bisexual burlesque babe, and a force of nature theatre maker. A rising star on the UK's cabaret scene, she has performed in the finals of the Musical Comedy Awards, graced the stage of Europe’s most prestigious burlesque competition ‘Burlesque Idol’, been featured on the UK’s premier comedy streaming platform NextUp, and made a splash on TikTok with over 3.5 million views. The shambolic songstress presented her hour-long debut Madonna/Whore at Brighton Fringe to great acclaim, winning 3 festival awards and being awarded funding to debut at Edinburgh Fringe.
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Today Elaine chats with writer/performer Yolanda Mercy about her new show Failure Project. We chat the meta- ness of the show, being an independent artist, the importance of care and how we need to implement that more and how vital it is that we all evolve and understand when we have made a mistake and acknowledge that mistake and apologies. Failure Project - SummerhallDates: 1st - 26th AUGUST (not 12, 19, August)@ 1.30 pmTickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/failure-projectFailure Project Written and performed by BAFTA nominee Yolanda Mercy. Failure Project is a “Comedy drama... Or “dramedy” about Ade. Ade is a successful writer, or so it seems. She has everything she has ever wanted; her career is flying, she’s (kinda) moved out of her mums house, her situationship isn’t as complicated as she expected. Life is perfect?! But things don’t always go how you plan, and Ade is about to find that out?Yolanda Mercy BAFTA Nominee -Yolanda Mercy is a British Nigerian writer, performer, and director whose creative journey has taken her from the stages of London to the international screens of television and beyond. With a passion for storytelling that knows no bounds, Yolanda's work has garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades. Her writing has been recognised with nominations for prestigious awards such as BAFTA, WGGB, and Broadcast Award, highlighting her craft narratives that captivate audiences. Additionally, Yolanda's talents have earned her the esteemed Edinburgh TV Festival “New Voices Award”, Underbelly Untapped Award and Another Route fellowship. Mentored by industry luminaries like Anne Mensah through the BAFTA Mentoring Scheme, Yolanda has honed her skills and gained guidance from within the creative sphere. As an alumni of prolific fellowships including JMK mentoring, Soho Theatre Six, and Film4, Yolanda continues to build bridges and foster collaboration within the artistic community. Currently, Yolanda is crafting original projects for both screen and theatre. With her unique voice and boundless creativity, she invites audiences to join her on a journey of self-discovery and artistic expression. HIPA GUIDES: HIPA GUIDES OUR WEBSITE - www.persistentandnasty.co.ukPersistent Pal & Nasty Hero - Pals and Hero MembershipEmail – [email protected] - @persistentandnastyTwitter - @PersistentNastyCoffee Morning Eventbrite - Coffee Morning Tickets LINKTREE - LINKTR.EEResourcesSamaritans - Rape Crisis Scotland - Rape Crisis UKArtsMinds - BAPAMFreelancers Make Theatre WorkStonewall UK - Trevor Project - Mermaids UK Switchboard LGBT+ - GATE PLANNED PARENTHOOD DONATE - DONATEABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK UK - ASN.COM- DONATE
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Today Elaine chats with Isley Lynn and Libby Rodliffe the co-writers and performer of Jobsworth. We chat the inspiration for the show, shame around debt and our lack of honestly when it comes to finical maters, the comedy of bad bosses and we have a great laugh.
Jobsworth - Pleasence Courtyard - Upstairs
Dates: 31st July - 26th AUGUST (not 14th)
@ 1.45 pm
Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/jobsworth
Jobsworth
Bea's secretly working three full-time jobs. All at the same time. And she's still financially f*cked. Between looking after luxury flats and dogsitting the world's ugliest pooch, she's neck-deep in employers and it's only a matter of time until someone finds out she's breaking all her contracts. Armed with nothing but her smarmiest boss' dirty secret, can Bea get herself out of the red and into the black (and into the fit intern's bed)? Or will the plates she's been spinning come crashing down around her and her dysfunctional family? A riotous comedy about snakes and surviving capitalism.
Libby Rodliffe
Libby trained at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Theatre credits include: JOBSWORTH (Vault Festival), Skin a Cat (Assembly Rooms: Edinburgh Fringe & UK Tour), Who Are We Now? (Southwark Playhouse), Trapped (Cockpit Theatre), Mr Kolpert (Lion & Unicorn Theatre).
TV credits include: Best Interests, Call the Midwife and His Dark Materials (BBC). Feature film credits include: Spencer (Komplizen) and Big Boys Don't Cry (Six from Eight).
Isley Lynn
Isley is an American-born, London-based playwright and poet. Their play THE GLUE opened at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and transferred to the Young Vic this year.They won the ‘Most Promising Playwright Award’ at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2023 for their play THE SWELL, which opened to great acclaim at the Orange Tree Theatre and received a 2024 Olivier Awards nomination for Outstanding achievement in affiliate theatre, as well as being nominated for Best New Play, Best Director and Best Production at the 2023 Offies. Isley’s play SKIN A CAT played at The Bunker as their premiere production in 2016. It was nominated for four Off West End Awards, including Best New Play. It was originally performed as part of the Vault Festival in London in January 2016, and was awarded ‘Pick Of The Year’ by the festival. It was picked up by Playground Entertainment for TV adaptation.Isley is currently under commission to Vicky Graham Productions, Chichester Festival Theatre, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, and is writing a new musical with Emmy The Great and Tom Hughes. They are a graduate of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme (2012), the Royal Court Invitation Studio Group (2013), the Soho Theatre Young Company from 2011-2012, and The Bush Theatre’s Emerging Writers’ Group.
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Today Elaine chats with writer/performer Isabelle Farah about her new show, looking back at history, retelling stories, standing against all forms of right-wing terrorism and much more.
Isabelle Farah: Nebuchadnezzar- Assembly George Square Studios
Dates: 31st JULY - 25th AUGUST (not 12, 19, 20 August)
@ 3.10 pm
Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/isabelle-farah-nebuchadnezzar
Isabelle Farah: Nebuchadnezzar
My new (third! THIRD?!) hour. A comedy storytelling hour set in ancient Babylon. About Nebuchadnezzar (Nobu) and Amytis, how they meet, fall in love, how they eventually fall in love despite their differences. There will be silly wigs, silly voices, silly references, irreverences, a eunuch called Jeff, and a happy ending. There might be a song at some point.
It's Blackadder meets Aladdin, Monty Python meets Bab al Harra.
31st JULY - 25th AUGUST (not 12, 19, 20 August)
Isabel Farah
Isabelle is a British Lebanese actor, comedian, and writer. Following an undergraduate degree in French and Film Studies, she trained as a classical actress. She started doing comedy in 2016 and has since gigged across the UK and internationally. She has taken two shows to the Edinburgh Fringe, Ellipsis (2021) and irresponsible (2022). She is in demand as a voice artist, and in addition to commercial work and audiobooks, has narrated two critically acclaimed documentaries for TV
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Today Elaine chats the performers of Singin I’m No a Billie She’s A Tim - Dionne Frati, Jade McDonald and Rachel Ogilvy. We chat taking a show that was origiinaly written for male actors and transforming it and updating it for women and for 2024. We talk the importance of the language we use and how we need to actively challenge outdated language in older plays and why it’s important and much more.
Singin I’m No A Billie She’s A Tim - Pleasance EICC - Lomond
Dates: 12-14, 18, 20-21 of August
@ 6.00 pm
Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/singin-i-m-no-a-billie-she-s-a-tim
Singin I’m No A Billie She’s A Tim
The Billy and Tim brand is one of the most successful touring Scottish theatre shows of the modern era and now they're back with a brand-new re-write of the original show, but this time it’s with an all-female cast! Because let’s face it… It’s not just the boys that are fanatical about their football teams. Singin I’m No a Billy She’s a Tim will have you laughing and crying so hard, you’ll be begging for full time. Join Billie and Timmy on their journey of discovery. Are you singing their tune?
Dionne Frati
Dionne Frati is an actor and tutor based in Glasgow. She has gained a first class honours degree from New college Lanarkshire where she now works as a production assistant part time. Dionne has worked in the industry in various areas including new Scottish writing, short films, voiceover, touring productions and panto.
Jade McDonald
Jade McDonald is based in Glasgow, Scotland. She is 2020 BA Acting for Stage and Screen graduate from Queen Margaret and Edinburgh Napier Universities.
Jade has experience in working in short films, theatre, music videos and voice overs.
Rachel Ogilvy
Rachel is an actress, writer, theatre maker and voiceover artist.
Her lengthy and varied career has stretched across theatre, TV and radio both in the Uk and abroad.
Rachel is a founder and director of Paribus Productions.
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