EdFringe Talk: The Only Man Who Won’t F*ck Me

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“I don’t think there’s anywhere else on earth where you can test-drive an hour of material for a month, surrounded by the best artists working right now, in front of New York, LA and London industry, and also cry in a shared shower.”

WHO: Catherine Taaffe

WHAT: “Kat has it all figured out: a rent-stabilized Brooklyn apartment, a clinically tight pussy and a business built on knowing what men want. She’s the witchy brunette you hooked up with in college and remember. The downtown art girl you pay to look you in the eye. Until she meets Logan. Masculine. Sexy. A boxer who understands women better than other men. The problem is Logan only wants to be friends. So Kat decides if she can’t have him, she’ll heal him. And what’s more romantic than refusing to take no for answer?”

WHERE: Playground 2 at ZOO Playground (Venue 186) 

WHEN: 21:50 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

First time ever. I don’t think there’s anywhere else on earth where you can test-drive an hour of material for a month, surrounded by the best artists working right now, in front of New York, LA and London industry, and also cry in a shared shower. Where else am I going to do that?

What are the big things you’ve learned since 2025 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?

I learn everything the hard way, that’s the through-line of my whole life and arguably the show. The real lesson has been believing in myself to a genuinely unhinged degree. I sold this show to Fringe venues, marketing companies and publicists before I’d written a word of it. I made a rejection into a debut. I assumed the show would eventually catch up. Nobody’s going to be delusional on your behalf.

Tell us about your show.

I wrote it, I’m in it, and somehow convinced Suzanna Rosenthal Productions and director P Burton-Morgan to get on board a play about a man who wouldn’t sleep with me. Edinburgh is the debut because why do anything the sane way. The real endgame is a TV adaptation. Turns out queer romantic comedies can become psychological thrillers. Who knew?

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

I’ve had my head down in New York for nine months building this thing, so I don’t know nearly as many people as I should. But I will shamelessly send you to Cecilia Corrigan in The Gay Divorce. You will be pissing yourself laughing. Go.

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