EdFringe Talk: Wilde Women

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“Producing a solo show for the Fringe is a huge undertaking financially, artistically and logistically. Don’t try to do it alone! Get help! Pay them!”

WHO: Krista Scott

WHAT: “Lillie Langtry, celebrated British actress and consort to Edward, Prince of Wales, anxiously awaits a telegram in her backstage dressing room from her dear friend, Oscar, recently released from incarceration for ‘gross indecencies’. With the help of her backstage visitors, she begins to assemble the material for their grand stage comeback, Wilde Women, featuring all the iconic playwright’s illustrious ladies, from Cecily to Salome, who set the stage for the era of the strong female protagonist. Which will be the centerpiece of their creation? Mrs. Cheverly? Lady Windermere? Lady Bracknell? Oscar must decide!”

WHERE: Fern Studio at Greenside @ George Street (Venue 236) 

WHEN: 14:00 (50 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

This is my third time to visit Edinburgh but my first time as a performer at the Fringe Festival. The Edinburgh Fringe is THE festival to perform in and attend, bar none. It holds more cache than any other in the world. But…is it, maybe…TOO big now?? I think many really good shows will be lost in the shuffle of the thousands of options.

What are the big things you’ve learned since 2024 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?

Producing a solo show for the Fringe is a huge undertaking financially, artistically and logistically. Don’t try to do it alone! Get help! Pay them!

Tell us about your show.

I wrote the script of WILDE WOMEN and “Stagewright Productions” is my company, created specifically for this project. The director is my boss, the stage manager is my husband. That may sound really junior varsity, but my husband and I ran a professional theatre company for 10 years and my boss is a professional director and head of a university theatre deptar. The production had three preview performances in Fort Worth TX in June, but it’s premier will be at the festival. I hope to get more offers for performing it in the States, and to publish the script with a major theatre publisher.

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

For light relief there’s Edinburgh’s own international superstart magician Kevin Quantum (@kevinquantum) with Unbelievable Magic for Non-Believers and the astonishingly bouncy Australian comedy hypnotist Matt Hale (@HypnoHale) with Funbelievable! 90s Rewind. Very different is a piece of autobiographical theatre – with lots of music – from classical pianist Jeremy Rafal called The Boy from Bantay (@boyfrombantay). For anyone interested in experimental theatre, try Exhausted Paint from Flying Solo Presents! (@PresentsSolo) which explores the chaotic life of Van Gogh.

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