“I’ve had really tough fringes where I didn’t rest enough and mostly ate waffles and nutella, and it just wasn’t sustainable for a full month.”
WHO: Stephanie Laing
WHAT: “A comedy dance show about balance. Stephanie has a history of falling over a lot, accidentally kneeing herself in the face, and falling in love with total kn*bheads. In this show she uses a mixture of stand-up and dance to talk about bodies, sex, dancing, liking yourself, consent and healing. Also, there are cartoon bears and burlesque.”
WHERE: Underbelly, George Square – The Wee Coo (Venue 300)
WHEN: 14:50 (60 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
This is my 12th time doing the Fringe (oh sweet lord). I basically love it, but I also have a moment every year when I first enter the city and think “what is WRONG with me, why have I COME here again, when will I LEARN?” It’s an amazing opportunity to do the thing I love most several times a day for a month. It’s also incredibly stressful and I will, at some point, cry in an alleyway.
I’m also sleeping in a minibus this year to save money. This is either the best or worst idea I’ve ever had, we’ll see.
What are the big things you’ve learned since 2023 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?
This will sound mega wanky, but I’ve learnt that the most important thing for healing stuff is to focus on your relationship with your own body. I’ve had really tough fringes where I didn’t rest enough and mostly ate waffles and nutella, and it just wasn’t sustainable for a full month.
Also I learnt how to crochet and grow potatoes. I made a jumper. It looks pretty good, but you can definitely tell I made it. The potatoes were small. The biggest one is the size of my thumb nail. I don’t understand what’s happened.
Tell us about your show.
It’s a show about my relationship with my body. I’ve been doing stand-up for 17 years now, and I recently got back into dancing, so the show is a mixture of those 2 things. There’s some very silly contemporary dance, some WELL SEXY bits and I try to connect to my emotions using cartoon bears recommended by my therapist. There’s a really fun bit where me and the audience choreograph a dance together, and it ends with a big celebratory burlesque dance with feather fans.
I’ve previewed it a few times and it’s so much fun. I want people to leave the show feeling happy and like they should start dancing more.
What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?
Robyn Perkins is the coolest – see her in 10,000 Ideas and Comedy for the Curious, which is a science / comedy panel show.
Lewys Holt is also doing a comedy / dance mash-up which will be fun – “My Extremely Skilled Staff Have Been Working Day and Night On This, I Owe Them Everything”.
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