EdFringe Talk: Messhead

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“I wrote it because there were just not enough one woman millennial shows out there… RIGHT GUYS?”

WHO: Kirby Lunn

WHAT: “A strange and emotionally stunted young woman is on an all-consuming mission to be the most special person in every room. Trying to balance the glamorous life she leads in her mind with the one she’s actually living is driving her a little, well, mad. The growing hunger to impress her overbearing stage mum, new influencer BFF (buccal fat not included) and boring sister, is leaving little room to fantasize and it’s becoming a real problem. Just how much damage can you do living inside your head? A new dark comedy begging for your attention.”

WHERE: Paradise in Augustines – The Snug (Venue 152) 

WHEN: 19:00 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

This is my first Edinburgh Fringe and I’m so excited to be a part of it! Im Australian but I lived in the UK when I was younger for a few years and never made it to the fringe because young people make interesting choices.

I plan on not sleeping and just seeing the most creative people in the world create something original and exciting. I’m concerned I wont have time to show up for my own show because there is so much to see.

What are the big things you’ve learned since 2022 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?

I am truly a different person from last year, my mum, my biggest champion, was diagnosed with Leukaemia last year. After a year of hospital stays, chemotherapy and tears my favourite bad bitch is in remission. This made me really understand how precious and terribly short life is. I don’t want to wait anymore to make big moves in my life, I want to make stuff now! Im trying to ensure my legacy will be making people laugh and leaving audiences better and happier than I found them.
I started writing this show during her treatment and getting to perform it during her remission is a once in a lifetime celebration.

Tell us about your show.

Its meeeeee, I wrote it because there were just not enough one woman millennial shows out there… RIGHT GUYS?

But seriously the show is primarily a play but when it all gets too much, her inner monologue spills out on the stage through original songs. Expect uncomfortable short bops like, ’Disappointing my mum’ and ‘Dont google your diagnosis’

I just was kind of sick of my round, welcoming happy face making people underestimate my comic abilities so I wrote my own dream messy character. Truly, if I have to play one more ingenue the joy inside will forever leave my body.

For those of you unsure of what that is, an ingenue is industry talk for a sweet cardboard cut out of a woman on stage that the leading man can sing at for two hours.

I’m excited to continue the shows little life in Australia after Edinburgh Fringe, we’ve got a few shows in Melbourne booked with some more cities announced soon…

What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?

Oh baby, first of all, thank you for seeing my show. That was so cool of you and you’re officially my favourite person.

There is so much to see! My recommendations are Reuben Kaye (obviously) Lino The Play, The attendants, Lost and Found and Showstopper. Go see something weird too, something you’d never have usually picked, I’ll probably see you there!

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