Reading Time: 2 minutes“Since writing on toilet walls is done neither for critical acclaim nor financial rewards, it is the purest form of art - discuss” might sound like an exam nightmare, but in the hands of LA-born Oxford-educated Caitlin Cook, we explore the beauty that lurks in the most unexpected of places. And who does takes a pen to the bathroom?
Reading Time: 2 minutesJulián Fontalvo is a man who believes in the power of his dreams. Starting from his childhood in Columbia, he sews together the story of his life, with the songs he loved, and takes us on the journey of his life through school, to New York City, and then to Madrid, meeting the love of his life along the way, and finding his calling.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSasha Ellen’s Character Building Experience is a fun hour for new and experienced role-playing gamers.
Reading Time: 2 minutesRob Copland’s “Gimme (One With Everything)” is a high-octane extravaganza of clowning and stand-up. I can guarantee you’ve not seen a show like this before.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFame is a double-edged sword, as Dan Wye has discovered. Forever balancing the tightrope between iconic and tragic, one minute you’re having a thrilling sexual encounter, the next you’ve been ghosted and eating a quiche lorraine on a train. One minute, you’re chatting to the hot delivery driver, the next you’ve been impaled with an insult to the core.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis year sees Eddy Hare’s debut solo show come to the Fringe. Known for being one half of Crizards, this show covers a gamut of issues relevant to the youngest double-uncle in the world.
Reading Time: 2 minutesErika Ehler knows about break-ups - from the turmoil of dating apps and why they should list your chosen fetishes up front, to a heartbreak of a different kind, induced by phone messages.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMary: A Gig Theatre Show is a Knot Tied Theatre production, created by Katie Slater (Director and Co-Producer) and Rona Johnston (Writer and lead performer as Mary Stuart), recent graduates from QMU, interested in feminist theatre, with music at the heart of the storytelling.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the course of the fast-paced and deeply humorous show, we cover Micky’s flight response, and why getting on plane isn’t always appropriate, as well as the challenge of an emergency exit seat. She deftly navigates the differences in the way she and others express their love to each other, even if an Excel sheet can’t tell her she’s pretty, and a salad bowl is impossible to return. We hear her thoughts on trying to conceive and why evolution hasn’t come through for woman, with a gloopy Pret encounter, as well as the emotional impact of going against everything woman are told not to do. There’s also some acutely observed observations about Millennial woman and relationships with pre-recorded fitness instructors who deliver back-handed compliments for our fortitude.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere aren’t many comedians with a page for their favourite mineral on their website, but not many comedians have spent a month in Hawaii as an Artist in Residence. In fact, the Venn diagram of these comedians would likely just circle Ben Miller.