“I founded Three Chairs and a Hat to stage my musicals, and I’ve always preferred to write about the ordinary calamities and triumphs of daily life.”
WHO: Nia Williams
WHAT: “Verity and Dexter – the perfect love match. It should be the wedding of the century. So how on earth does it become an all-out disaster? Who is the mysterious Moira Day, and why is Dexter so preoccupied with Moroccan donkeys? In two short musicals, on alternate nights, Three Chairs and a Hat present their stories: the jilted bride, bored in her job, nagged by her family, trying to rebuild her life; and the guilty groom, whose money worries take him in a surprising direction. Come to one or come to both, and decide whose side you’re on!”
WHERE: theSpace @ Symposium Hall – Annexe (Venue 117)
WHEN: 19:15 (60 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
This is the third in-person Fringe for Three Chairs and a Hat; we also took part in the online Fringe festivals during Lockdown. Our Edinburgh debut was in 2019, and it was a breath-taking, scary, exciting, amazing week, and completely addictive. In 2021 we had to cancel our scheduled show due to Covid, but two of us came up to experience the festival as punters. Things were different that year, but performers and venues were all doing their utmost to get everything going again, and it was heartening to be back in the city, seeing live shows. Last year we were back on stage, enjoying the response of real-live audiences, and there’s no feeling like it.
What are the big things you’ve learned since 2022 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?
We’ve got two alternating shows this year. ‘Verity’, a musical about a jilted bride who’s trying to put her life back together, was our debut Fringe production in 2019. This year we’re also bringing ‘Dexter’, a brand new show which gives the groom’s (slightly bizarre) side of the story. Despite being about a break-up, these are musicals that look at the comic and absurd aspects of family, romantic and work life. I founded Three Chairs and a Hat to stage my musicals, and I’ve always preferred to write about the ordinary calamities and triumphs of daily life, which is what you’ll find in ‘Verity’ and ‘Dexter’. Except for gun-toting fraudster Moira. And the Moroccan donkeys. Maybe there’s no such thing as ordinary …
Tell us about your show.
We’ve got two alternating shows this year. ‘Verity’, a musical about a jilted bride who’s trying to put her life back together, was our debut Fringe production in 2019. This year we’re also bringing ‘Dexter’, a brand new show which gives the groom’s (slightly bizarre) side of the story. Despite being about a break-up, these are musicals that look at the comic and absurd aspects of family, romantic and work life. I founded Three Chairs and a Hat to stage my musicals, and I’ve always preferred to write about the ordinary calamities and triumphs of daily life, which is what you’ll find in ‘Verity’ and ‘Dexter’. Except for gun-toting fraudster Moira. And the Moroccan donkeys. Maybe there’s no such thing as ordinary …
What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?
I’ve got a few shows on the must-see list already. Hooky Productions have been touring their award-winning show There’s a Monkion in your Attic, and I’m intrigued by the quirky premise of two non-humans’ obsession with Benedict Cumberbatch …
Like us, Awkward Productions are bringing two shows to Edinburgh this year — both have had great reviews on tour: Jellicle Show and Untrue Diana.
Other performers I’d love to see are absurdist comics mY lAst twO BRain cElLs and poet LIsa O’Hare, whose work I’ve followed online.
There’s so much great stuff to see — these are only a few, the list could go on for miles!
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