“It’s good to have someone to keep you in check mentally when there are so many other acts to compare yourself to.”
WHO: Clementine Bogg-Hargroves and Zoey Barnes
WHAT: “‘I felt this pressure to be sexy from the second I got tits. And then the f*ckers didn’t even grow that much.’ From the creators of the sell out show Skank (The Times’ Critics choice for 2021 Edinburgh Fringe and Offies 2021 OffFest nominee) comes a one-woman spectacle featuring pole dancing and original music. A first love, second heartbreak, and third piece of cake in a row make a naughty teenager question if she can ever be a “good woman”. And what the hell that even means. Ready for some clubland classics and moral philosophy?”
WHERE: Pleasance Dome – AceDome (Venue 23)
WHEN: 20:20 (60 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
This will be our third time at The Pleasance, as well as having performed at the free fringe and with other companies long ago. Edfringe is such a unique experience, it just covers the whole city in posters and glitter and talent. We always walk away having made new fringe friends and having ideas for 100 new shows because there’s just so much to take in!
What are the big things you’ve learned since 2022 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?
We’ve learned that the fringe is best experienced together. As our last show was a solo show, created and performed by Clem, she spent the majority of her time in Ed alone, which can be really daunting and isolating. When the two of us were there together it just became a blast. It’s good to have someone to keep you in check mentally when there are so many other acts to compare yourself to.
Tell us about your show.
Making our show has been a collaborative process, Clem is the creator and performer and Zoey is the co-creator and songwriter. We don’t easily fit into legible roles because we’ve both touched all elements of the show. We met in drama school in 2016 and became instant best friends like that mashed potato powder you just add water to. We’ve been collaborators ever since; this is our third show together and our work has scaled enormously each time.
Please Love Me will premiere in Edinburgh this year! Then we’re hoping to do a national tour. As Clem grew up in France, there’s talk of translating it and taking it there! Clem is excited to perform in a place she can call home and Zoey is excited to drink red wine and smoke cigarettes in a beret.
What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?
Clem: My good mate Harry Stachini is going up with his stand-up hour Grenade and I can’t wait to be in the audience and cheer him on in Scotland. I’m a big fan. He’s just fantastic at what he does and he’s also an absolute dream of a person. A GOOD LAD!
My other good mate Eva O’Connor is taking her new show Chicken to Summerhall, where she’s performing as a life size chicken in a rubber chicken suit. Need I say more?
I’m also really excited to see Lucy Mccormick as I’ve never seen her perform before but her energy is electric and I’ve only heard good things.
We’re also excited to catch F-Bomb theatre’s smash hit The Beatles Were a Boyband as we somehow missed it last year! Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello’s Body show looks amazing and Ageless, a physical theatre piece by Scotland’s leading dance company for those aged over 60.
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