“I think actually not focusing on everything being perfect and just enjoying the fulfilment of creating something really close to my heart has been good to learn.”
WHO: Alex John
WHAT: “All About Eve? More like, Everyone’s Worried About Eve! The new sitcom! It’s Eve‘s birthday but for some reason this year feels different and Eve doesn’t quite know why. Maybe she could find out if that damn phone would stop ringing! Anyway, the show must go on… We follow Eve as she struggles with grown-up things like a family wedding, dating and even the politics of M&Ms! A neurodivergent show about grief, sisters and how sometimes the scariest thing you can do is to take responsibility for yourself. Yikes!”
WHERE: Greenside @ Riddles Court – Willow Studio (Venue 16)
WHEN: 16:20 (50 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
I’ve only performed at the Edinburgh fringe a couple of times as a student or in amdram. So Everyone’s Worried About Eve will be the first time I have taken something of my own up and done a one-person show at Edinburgh Fringe.
But I’ve always had a soft spot for greenside venues, they really nurture new creatives and I’ve had such a great experience performing at their venues before.
I think what makes a great festival is variety, there is something for everyone and I love that on one random Tuesday afternoon in some former lecture hall, you could have seen one of the best shows ever.
What are the big things you’ve learned since 2022 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?
Creatively, I think I’m just pleased with how much more productive I’ve been! I think actually not focusing on everything being perfect and just enjoying the fulfilment of creating something really close to my heart has been good to learn. It’s always important to remember you can polish something, you can’t polish nothing’. This is why just developing any little creative nugget is really important to me.
Also, kindness and commitment are two of the most important things in creating a theatre show. They should never be overlooked as they are both equally as valuable.
Tell us about your show.
Plucky Productions is a theatre company I founded to create space for more neurodivergent stories. As an autistic woman the characters I would relate to were often just autistic-coded. This is why I wanted to start a theatre company which does what it says on the tin. I want to express mainly the joy and wonder of being neuro-divergent today and to normalize and celebrate the way we think differently.
Everyone’s Worried about Eve is about an autistic woman, avoiding grief, who transforms her life into a sitcom. It’s partially inspired by my own experiences with grief and how when I couldn’t deal with it I decided to compartmentalize my grief in order to avoid facing it altogether. However, although the show is somewhat personal to my experience there is definitely relatable aspects for the neurodivergent community in terms of recognizable traits such as masking. The sitcom lens serves as how someone with autism may battle the heavy things in life differently. But all darkness aside! it is also funny ! so it will be a hoot and a half.
After the fringe we are hoping to hit London in the autumn.
What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?
I think you should definitely see ‘Paved with Gold and Ashes’ written by Julia Thurston. 3Dumb theatre are taking that to Greenside, Infirmary Street from the 14th to the 26th. Julia Thurston has a real knack of taking historical pieces in her writing and making them just as relevant to today. She brings a lot of lesser-known tales and so you end up learning a part of history often not covered and the result is something incredibly gripping.
It also features a wonderfully talented cast and brilliant team.
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