“I’m here with my husband and toddler, makes for a unique fringe run.”
WHO: Grace Murdoch
WHAT: “Cheap Date bring a crash landing of music, dance, theatre, film and comedy without holding back, in this visual duologue. A debate of self-expression, communication, humour, action and reaction through open and honest storytelling. Exploring the filth, fun and aftertaste of our everyday interactions. There’s plenty of #!@*&% thrown in with a side of politics and social commentary. Cheap Date remind us it’s not always the words we choose but sometimes the way in which we talk.”
WHERE: Pleasance Dome – 10Dome (Venue 23)
WHEN: 12:15 (60 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
It isn’t our first time at Fringe. We came in 2016 with our first full length show – How We Lost it, for a partial run at Paradise Augustines. We had a blast, the show looked at losing your virginity and intimate relationships. One of my favourite quotes from a review is actually from our first time at fringe, its from a blog called memegirls, ““Hilarious and energetic and didn’t require you to lie afterwards pretending you understood the concept.” This review stayed with me and is still one of my fav’s. The company was a different cast in 2016, I am the only member of the team to be lucky enough to come both times. This time is also a wholly different experience, for instance this time I’m here with my husband and toddler, makes for a unique fringe run. Dirty Words our show in 2023, always felt like a show that was meant to be at Fringe, it’s a mix genre show, it’s cheeky but its more than just surface.
What are the big things you’ve learned since 2022 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?
The old cliche of work/life balance. I for sure haven’t absorbed it yet but I think I’m striving for it more deliberately and purposefully. I think professionally I keep asking myself what’s the next challenge, and the answers to that have become more nuanced. Revisiting work, collaborating with a wider range of artists, who are more experienced in their fields is always so exciting. I worked on Opera for the second time in 2022 which was a surprise and a delight, maybe I need to work on more Opera, we shall see. The biggest professional takeaway from 2022 for me was movement is always key in any genre, and it always has importance and a place.
Tell us about your show.
Dirty Words was initially devised in 2018/19 with collaborators Seamas Carey and Kyla Goodey, but in 2023 has been re devised in collaboration with Josh Penrose, a wonderful Actor and performer. It’s a look at our relationship to ‘Dirty Words’ what makes one, what doesn’t. Our work always centres around people and their stories, so in this instance we interviewed people all over Cornwall what is your favourite Dirty Word? What is the dirtiest word you can think of? Their answers are in the show in film form and implicated the road the show took. The two performers each have a monologue where they look at a dirty word in their own lives and tell stories of that word cropping up for them. We also look at Politics, Lies, Cliches. It’s an exploration of who we are and how we communicate, physically, verbally, facially, tonally – It’s more than just what we say.
What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?
I would for sure recommend Chloe Radcliffe, Pleasance Courtyard Bunker 3 19.15. It was personable, honest, warm, endearing and funny. She took stories with a theme from her life and held us through the narrative in a stand up set with ease. I saw Monet X Change at Underbelly, Bristol Square 9.15pm and it was all the sass, all the drama but also clever, fun, great storytelling and skilful. Lastly as I’m here with my little one we’ve been doing some kids shows and we had a ball at Monski Mouses baby disco dance hall , if you happen to have tiny people needing some fringe fun too.
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