EdFringe Talk: Ada and Bron: The Origin of Love

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“The show wasn’t built through gigging, it was written entirely in a rehearsal room, so it exists in this totally unfiltered, mad bubble of what we both find funny.”

WHO: Ada & Bron

WHAT: “BAFTA-nominated newcomers Ada and Bron invite you to third wheel an unmissable hour of weirdo soulmates and ‘hilarious doomed romances’ (Chortle.co.uk). With debauchery, live music and cuckolding to the eleventh degree, The Origin of Love is a spectacle for lovers of the strange, stupid and sexy. A cursed couple’s character comedy from the creators of Channel 4’s Peaked. Music by Ed Lyness. As heard on BBC Radio 4’s Time of The Week and Funny Women Comedy Short winner (2021). ‘Beautifully tragicomic’ (Times). ‘Delightful oddballs’ (Chortle.co.uk).”

WHERE: Attic at Pleasance Courtyard (Venue 33) 

WHEN: 23:00 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

We’ve been to Fringe before but never with a full month show! Ada was Front of House at the Pleasance with one of those big lollipop sticks, herding crowds into venues. I (hello it’s Ada!) saw about 80 shows. It was MIND BLOWING. I’m so excited about this year. it’s going to be such a beautiful thing to have so many friends in one place. Everyone has made such brilliant work, and Fringe is such a wonderful way to celebrate that!

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

In 2024, we released a Channel 4 pilot called PEAKED, which was a huge learning curve – and this year it was nominated for a BAFTA and won a Broadcast Digital Award for Short Form (which was MAD!?) It’s a totally different tone to The Origin of Love (much more deadpan) so we were nervous about following it with something so much bigger, campier, and weirder.

For ages, we treated the live show like a passion project – something we loved, but weren’t sure what anyone else would think. But the response has been genuinely exciting, people have really gotten it, which has been wild and thrilling. We’ve learnt to be a lot more confident about putting it out there now. The show wasn’t built through gigging, it was written entirely in a rehearsal room, so it exists in this totally unfiltered, mad bubble of what we both find funny. Fingers crossed people stumble across it and love it as much as we do!

Tell us about your show.

We’re a real-life couple, our debut show The Origin of Love is a cursed couple character comedy about weirdo soulmates. It’s cartoonish and silly, but full of heartbreak and emotional carnage. We play 17 characters. All go on big, stupid emotional journeys, trying (and mostly failing) to find love.

The show started with improv and silly voices, but gradually, every character we created seemed to be stuck in some kind of doomed romance. It turns out all we write about is LOVE! So we decided to link them all under one big, messy theme – sort of inspired by Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life. We set out to make something grand and epic… and also completely dumb.

It’s underscored by beautiful giant, Ed Lyness, who plays the piano throughout and makes everything feel HUGE.

We have a brilliant team behind the show but particular shout out to our amazing producer, Queenie Miller and, lead director, Jake Detenber. Also massive thanks to the wonderful Miranda Holms, John Luke Roberts, Joz Norris, Eleanna Amias, Christian Brighty, and Mikey Bligh Smith, who gave us such insightful feedback throughout! (It takes a village!)

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

There are so many: Lorna Rose Treen is hilarious, pure silly, Joz Norris is funny AND clever, Lachlan Werner is a STAR and VERY strong, Siblings are so much fun, Joe Kent Walters, Kathy Maniura, Alice Cockayne, Soft Play, Mr Cardboard, Ozzy Algar, Will Owen, Katie Norris, Luke Rollason, Christian Brighty, also one our favorites is not up there this year but worth saying, we love Ele Mckenzie and whatever show she makes next will be ELECTRIC.

Excited to see the play, Brainsluts, as well. Ahhh! The list is endless!

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