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+3 Interview: Helen Bauer: Little Miss Baby Angel Face

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“I discovered Disney Vloggers, it’s the best thing! People who go the Disney World every day in full costume and go around the parks. It is amazing and has totally made my year.”

WHO: Helen Bauer, Performer 

WHAT: “Helen enjoys a drama. She’s her mother’s daughter, taking a small situation, blowing it up, then getting upset that it’s out of her control. Just like all the best reality TV. At the same time, she dreams of being a sweet angel handling any drama with grace. Who doesn’t overthink everything and plan for how she will have all eyes on her at the right moment. Highly anticipated debut hour from the 2018 BBC New Comedy Award Finalist. As seen and heard on BBC Three, Comedy Central and Radio 4.”

WHERE: Pleasance Courtyard – Bunker One (Venue 33) 

WHEN: 18:00 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

It is not my first time at all, 10 years ago I was with Pleasance for the first time working as crew. That was my first time at the Edinburgh festival. Since then I have gone up as an audience member and eventually a performer. Last year I was part of the Pleasance Reverse and I am so excited to return with my first ever show. MY FIRST SHOW. AHHHHH.

What’s the biggest thing to have happened to you since Festivals ’18?

I discovered Disney Vloggers, it’s the best thing! People who go the Disney World every day in full costume and go around the parks. It is amazing and has totally made my year. I guess I also started a Podcast with dreamboat comedian Rosie Jones, Daddy Look at Me. It’s the Disney Vlogs that really stand out.

Tell us about your show.

‘Little Miss Baby Angel Face’ is an exploration of my love for tragic situations and the relationship with my Mum.

My mum and I are two sides of the same coin. My mum currently has ghosts in her house and thinks in a past life she was on the ‘Titanic’, where I wrote and performed a monologue about being sexually abused and performed it at school (TOTAL LIE & also VERY creepy)! In reality, her Mum ran a ‘drama school’ from their house (from when she was small) and clearly, the drama continued outside of her work!

Sincerity is what the show tackles and my completely inability to be sincere when it is most required.

The show is directed by the brilliant Phoebe Bourke and it’s been such a pleasure and dream to work with her. I have previewed in around the UK festivals and hoping after Edinburgh to perform it all over.

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

So many. Heidi Regan and Micky Overman never fail to make me laugh. Sunil Patel and Jordan Brookes are comedy gods and of course I cannot forget the sweet comedy angel Rosie Jones.

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+3 Interview: Njambi McGrath: Accidental Coconut

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“It’s an exploration of someone whose identity was irrevocably changed by the impact of colonialism and how the two worlds have collided with the same result of an identity crisis.”

WHO: Njambi McGrath, Performer 

WHAT: “Brexit seems inescapable as the British stand at the crossroads of self-identity and nostalgia of a bygone era of an empire. This show is a juxtaposition of loss of a people from opposing sides. Those mourning from loss of former glory and those mourning how that former glory impacted on their lives ripping apart their innocence. In the era when the British people are re-examining who they are as a people, and in relation to the rest of the world. Njambi scrutinises her own story; from the other side of the empire.”

WHERE: Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd – Just the Wyndy Room (Venue 296) 

WHEN: 16:05 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

This is going to my 7th time in Edinburgh, although I went several times just to enjoy the fringe and catch some shows.

What’s the biggest thing to have happened to you since Festivals ’18?

It has been a very busy time with me finished writing my book and finding a publisher. My book was also shortlisted for the Twenty In Twenty project announced in the Guardian. I also won the prestigious Hackney empire NATY’s Award. I also started working on a sitcom as well as digging my heels into writing fiction.

Tell us about your show.

I wrote the show Accidental Coconut. This is an exploration of identity on a personal level and in juxtaposition with British people who are at a place of questioning their identity. It’s an exploration of someone whose identity was irrevocably changed by the impact of colonialism and how the two worlds have collided with the same result of an identity crisis. I should hope to tour my show if at all possible.

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

They should try and see other African comics at the Fringe. Everyone complains about the lack of diversity and this year we have at least three Africans, Loyiso Gola, Daliso Chaponda and myself.

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+3 Interview: Twonkey’s Ten Year Twitch

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“I’ve been doing this for ten years which is giving me the shakes, baby.”

WHO: Paul Vickers: Performer 

WHAT: “Twonkey’s 10th show is about grotesque cake decorating shop in the Dordogne that has been secretly making fake weather since 1982. Mr Twonkey says, ‘Last week I knocked on the door licking my lips in anticipation. The shopkeeper opened the door, a tiny woman who was all baggy eyes with a hard miserable face and fast little legs. I had made a horrible mistake?’ ‘He creates wonderlands of weird’ **** (Scotsman). ‘Mind-bending fables’ **** (Times). ‘An operatic imagination’ **** (BeyondTheJoke.co.uk). ‘A one-man cornucopia of the bizarre’ **** (FringeGuru.co.uk). Winner: Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality.”

WHERE: Just the Tonic at The Caves – Just the Wee One (Venue 88) 

WHEN: 16:10 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

No I’m ten years in, the new show is called Twonkey’s Ten Year Twitch meaning I’ve been doing this for ten years which is giving me the shakes, baby.

What’s the biggest thing to have happened to you since Festivals ’18?

I won the Malcolm Hardee award for Comic Originality in 2016, which was nice. I was also nominated for the Time Out and Soho Theatre award TO&ST in 2013, which helped a lot at the time. However I’m waiting for next big wind the willows to blast onto new horizons. The thing I have enjoyed the most down the years was performing as part of the cast of my own play in 2016 Jennifer’s Robot Arm. The play was a matchbox melodrama about a girl whose delusions, while consorting with a demonic friend and a circular saw cost her an arm. It was a lot more fun then it sounds. It felt great been part of a gang making a really amazing piece of work it was a lot less lonely then working on a solo show, I do need to do it again but it costs an arm and leg to do.

Tell us about your show.

I write the show myself but various musicians help me out with the songs. My latest show follows on from early discoveries such as finding the right framework to hang my balls off. What I find works best for me is to start fast and silly with lots of short power punch’s then I cut to seaside whirlpool inner core meaning as if by magic I pop up somewhere else as someone else and then tell the main story. Sadly explaining it only makes sense to me but its fun trying. So far it’s been to Brighton, Buxton, London, Prague and Leicester and next outer space.

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

Johannes Dullin Plays the Devil looks fun to me, He was amazing last year. It’s on at 19:20 Heroes at Dragonfly. He’s a German/Swiss character-sincere-existentialist stand up comic….what’s not to like?

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+3 Interview: pool (no water)

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“I love that you can start seeing shows at 10am and not end up getting home until 6am the following day.”

WHO: Abbye Eva, Director

WHAT: “‘The line of the machine. The purple of the bruise. It appeals. It tempts.’ A group of bohemian artists. They have a friend who was plucked from obscurity and is now renowned, respected and rich. She has a pool in LA now – did you hear? It’s fantastic, fantastic, fantastic. Until one booze-fuelled skinny-dip leads to a terrible accident. Mark Ravenhill’s dark, witty comedy explores how jealousy can tear apart relationships and cause old friends to do the unthinkable.”

WHERE: The Royal Scots Club – The Hepburn Suite (Venue 241) 

WHEN: 21:00 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

I’ve lived in Edinburgh for nearly five years now, so I’ve experienced the Fringe both as a tourist and as a resident. I love that you can start seeing shows at 10am and not end up getting home until 6am the following day. I love all the creative new ways people come up with to try and get you to take their flyer. I love getting all the recommendations and the general buzz around the city. I love living off of wine and chicken nuggets for a month. It’s magic!

This is my first time directing at the Fringe, so I’m excited to be sharing a little part of me with the festival.

What’s the biggest thing to have happened to you since Festivals ’18?

I finally got a chance to see Sleep No More in New York – it was scary, beautiful, exhausting and just amazing! You turn up at what appears to be an abandoned hotel, you’re given a mask and you have three hours to see as much of Punchdrunk’s MacBeth-y masterpiece as possible. You can wonder up and down floors, explore pitch black rooms and even have exclusive interactive experiences with actors.

Tell us about your show.

pool (no water) is written by Mark Ravenhill. When you pick up the script there are no character descriptions, no stage directions and lines aren’t split up or assigned. Essentially we build the characters from the text, which is pretty exciting. It’s about a group of artists who struggle to get by while their one successful friend lives it up in L.A. They go out and visit her but there’s a hideous skinny-dipping accident and they end up doing some morally questionable things. It’s very human, sad and weirdly funny.

The Grads have been bringing shows to the Fringe for years. The company was founded by a group of Edinburgh University alumni in 1954 who were former members of the Drama Society. Since then, they’ve provided a great base for people to come together, create shows and have a blast doing it. I’ve been working with them for a couple of years now.

The show will just be on for the first week of the Fringe – so catch it while you can!

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

Ooooh, first up – Are we not drawn onward to new erA by Ontroerend Goed. I saw their show LIES a couple of years ago and it was truly wonderful – I got super into it. I’m really excited to see their latest work.

Another show I’d recommend is Bull by Arbery Productions. It’s a fab play and they are a really innovative company.

Finally, for something truly different and a little scary, Coma by Darkfield. I saw both Seance and Flight and both were amazing immersive experiences.

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+3 Interview: Backbone

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“I love the city and the atmosphere and can’t wait to be back.”

WHO: Lachlan Binns: Acrobat

WHAT: “A high-octane spree of physical virtuosity, Backbone tests the limits of strength: physical, emotional, individual and collective. Staged with a deceptively DIY aesthetic and dispensing of trickery and distraction, this is circus that goes straight for the jugular and leaves no viewer unmoved. Backbone is the culmination of all that’s gone before: a celebration of human connectedness and the meaning of strength, its athletic appeal is run through with a conceptual brilliance that elevates it to a new level. Sexy, sincere, raw yet disciplined, Backbone is proof you can’t do the impossible without spending a little sweat.”

WHERE: Underbelly, Bristo Square – McEwan Hall (Venue 302) 

WHEN: 17:00 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

This is the first time Backbone will be performed at Edinburgh but I have performed in our last show A Simple Space in Edinburgh 3 times before. Audiences have loved our past performances and we have been waiting for a few years to bring our new show BACKBONE to the festival. It is such a great way for so many people to see our work and it is always one of the highlights of our year. My experience with the city and festival have always been incredibly fun. I love the city and the atmosphere and can’t wait to be back.

What’s the biggest thing to have happened to you since Festivals ’18?

Our company Gravity & Other Myths has created yet another show! We now have a huge group of acrobats and musicians that we work with. This means training with new artists, creating bigger and better skills and performing in even more places around the world.

Tell us about your show.

Backbone is produced by Gravity & Other Myths (GOM), it was directed by Darcy grant and devised by the whole ensemble of acrobats and musicians. In GOM one person doesn’t really write the show. We create the whole thing together with everyone contributing in different ways, through overall direction, composing and performing music or choreographing physical scenes. This means that the show is a reflection of every creative involved. It is a collection of images and stories that we have woven together to make the whole work.

Backbone is about strength. It is about the strength of an Individual or the strength of a group. It is about vulnerability and caring for each other. It is about carrying weight or supporting each other. It is about the strength of responsibility and trust. There is no narrative but a collection of powerful images and scenes that audiences can respond and relate to in their own way. It is spectacular acrobatics mixed with humour and joy.

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

There is so much amazing Australian Circus at this year’s festival. We may be biased but we really believe there is something special happening in the companies back home. For something small and sweet see You & I by Casus. If you want something bigger Humans by Circa is great. Bromance by BMT opened in 2013 at the first Fringe festival I attended, their show is clever, and they are incredible acrobats. Come along to Backbone and say hi after the show. We will be happy to chat and tell you all our favourites. The best thing to do is listen to the word on the street and make sure you see as much as possible. Time flies in this crazy month.

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+3 Interview: Said and Done

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“We also love coming up to Edinburgh as punters because we blooming love theatre!”

WHO: Lily London: Co-director & performer

WHAT: “Two women sit at a wedding. The Prosecco is free-flowing, emotions are running high and everything is dangerously overspilling in this sharply observed comedy about love, hate and all that lies in between. Throughout the night the women explore friendship, family relations, maternal ties, sibling rivalries and ex-boyfriends. Opening up old wounds and creating new scars in this ode to a quarter-life crisis! Both hilarious and harrowing, featuring original music, funky dance moves and just the right amount of cheesy pop Said and Done is a snapshot into the lives of two women who are too close.”

WHERE: Sweet Novotel – Novotel 1 (Venue 188) 

WHEN: 20:45 (55 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

No, we’ve all been up to Edinburgh Fringe Festival before but with other companies. I came up with This Is Soap by Closer Each Day in 2017. Alice was here in 2016 with Spill: A Verbatim Show About Sex with Propolis Theatre. And our producer, Emma, came up with The Hours Before We Wake by Tremolo Theatre. This year we are very excited to be bringing up our very first show with our very own company, Sugarscratch Theatre. We also love coming up to Edinburgh as punters because we blooming love theatre!

What’s the biggest thing to have happened to you since Festivals ’18?

We both went to a lot of weddings and drank a lot of prosecco, believe it or not. All for research, obviously!

Tell us about your show.

Said And Done is set at a wedding party. Two twenty-something women are watching and commenting on all the rituals and conventions of a wedding. They people the stage using role play and game playing, so that we gradually learn all about the other guests, their dysfunctional families and their friends. They comment on everyone and everything with refreshing honesty and cutting humour, all the while dancing to cheesy pop and drinking copious amounts of prosecco. There is confetti too.

Alice and I went to drama school in London and when we got back to the thriving theatre scene in Bristol we both decided we’d like to set up our own company. Alice had started writing some dialogue (she had a vision of a woman dancing alone to Cher) then she showed it to me and we gathered together some other theatre makers together and devised the show over a period of time. It was a very collaborative process, that’s why no one gets the writing credit.

The producer at the moment is Emma (Tremolo Theatre) but before then we were supported by a Tobacco Factory producer called Vic Hole.

The show was previewed at The Wardrobe Theatre and then we took it to The BikeShed in Exeter (now closed) and Old Joint Stock in Birmingham.

After the festival we are hoping to do a Spring 2020 tour culminating in taking it to London. The ideal venue is Soho Theatre, so watch this space!

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

Definitely go and see Sh!t Theatre Drink Rum With Expats at Summerhall. Their theatre company is also two powerful women making amazing theatre and we love their work. We will be supporting our fellow Bristolians, The Wardrobe Ensemble, who are bringing their new show, The Last Of The Pelican Daughters, to The Pleasance Beyond. They are our friends and contemporaries who also started out with us at The Bristol Old Vic Young Company. And finally, go and see The Guilty Feminist at The Pleasance Courtyard. I was very excited to meet Deborah Frances-White at a party and she was very encouraging about our show. She was the one to suggest we take SAID AND DONE to Sweet Venues as she thought it would fit in well there.

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+3 Interview: Susan Riddell: Duvet Day

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“I’m developing a sitcom script which is a life long dream of mine.”

WHO: Susan Riddell, Comedian

WHAT: “‘A Scottish talent on the rise’ (Scotsman). Best Scottish Newcomer nominee and Funny Women runner-up Susan Riddell’s debut show champions laziness in an increasingly manic world. The rising star’s sharp observations and sparkling wit have already been highlighted as a must watch show at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival (Scotsman). ‘A brilliant comedian… A star on the rise’ (BBC Comedy Presents). ‘Emerging talent… Original comic voice’ (Funny Women). ‘Formidable, fearless… Quick with the audience. She’s sharp make no mistake’ (TheWeeReview.com).”

WHERE: Monkey Barrel Comedy – Monkey Barrel 5 (Venue 151) 

WHEN: 19:15 (55 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

This will be my first hour long show at the Fringe but my third year taking part. The first time was part of CKP Lunchtime Special – a compilation show of five up and comers including myself. Then last year I split the bill with my friend Steff Todd, so we did half an hour each.

What’s the biggest thing to have happened to you since Festivals ’18?

I got to host the stand up comedy show the Comedy Underground on BBC Scotland and filmed a six part comedy BBC series called State of It which will be up on the iPlayer later this year. I’m developing a sitcom script which is a life long dream of mine and I’m supporting Arlon O’Hanlon and Fern Brady after the fringe on the Scottish dates of their UK tours! So it’s all really exciting!

Tell us about your show.

Right well originally I wanted to call the show Lazy Susan but there’s a well known and very good sketch group who have this name already and they go to the Fringe every year, so I had to change it to save confusion. I settled on Duvet Day for the title and I just talk about how everything is getting in the way of me having a lie down to be honest. I love a good lie down. Nothing better. We should all lie down more.

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

My pal Steff Todd who I split the show with last year! She’s on at 2pm at Just the Tonic with her show Reality Check. She does great impressions of all the reality TV stars and she’s brilliant!

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+3 Interview: Dave Green: Guest Bed

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“My show this year is a bit of a departure from my usual stuff as it will be a personal storytelling type show.”

WHO: Dave Green, Comedian

WHAT: “Dave grew up with two beds in his bedroom and he’s trying to find out why. Join Dave as he takes you on his journey to becoming a celebrity lookalike and the resulting chance encounter which forces him to confront his past. Sometimes the only way to be yourself is to become someone else. Guest Bed is an absurd tale of shape-shifting identities and buried memories. ‘Keen eye for the absurd’ (TheWeeReview.com). ‘Fantastically original gags’ (Bruce Dessau). Time Out’s One to Watch.”

WHERE: Just the Tonic at The Mash House – Just the Attic (Venue 288) 

WHEN: 19:55 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

This will be my seventh year doing the Edinburgh Fringe. The show is called ‘Guest Bed’ and it is the follow up to my debut solo show ‘Melt’ which I performed at last years festival. Prior to that I did a lot of split bill shows and appeared on some showcases like ‘AAA’ and ‘The Lunchtime Special’.

What’s the biggest thing to have happened to you since Festivals ’18?

The biggest thing to happen to me since last years Fringe is that I have quit my day job and become a full time comedian. Partly because I am totally smashing the comedy circuit and partly because of some life events which have left me temporarily unable to work. I won’t give too much away here because this is kind of the subject of the show.

Tell us about your show.

My show this year is a bit of a departure from my usual stuff as it will be a personal storytelling type show. Previously my style of comedy has been somewhat on the surreal side and I didn’t really talk about stuff from my actual life so this year is a little different in that respect. It’s still going to be a bit bizarre and otherworldly but it will touch upon some fairly dark real-life events.

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

After they’ve seen my show they are going to need to go home and take a long nap. When they’ve awoken from their slumber they should go and watch ‘Nick Elleray: Big Nick Energy’ at The Counting House. I did a preview with him the other day and his show is just so tightly written and full of great bits. Not a word wasted. I would also recommend anything at ‘The Heroes’ venues. They tend to programme stuff that is a bit more off beat and always seem to have a great selection of shows.

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+3 Interview: The Easy Rollers: Speakeasy Jazz

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“We have grown as a band and discovered what we want to be focusing on in terms of sound and types of events…. we also have merch for the first time!!”

WHO: Dani, Vocalist & Co-founder

WHAT: “Grab your dancin’ shoes cos the 20s are here to stay! Taking you back to the golden age of jazz, The Easy Rollers is a roaring seven-piece band performing hits from the speakeasy bars of the Prohibition era. Fronted by award-winning vocalist Dani Sicari, they have had audiences jumpin’ and jivin’ on dance floors across the country! ‘They present the music of their chosen era with verve, showmanship and great technical skill’ (TheJazzMann.com).”

WHERE: The Jazz Bar – Partially Seated (Venue 57) 

WHEN: Times vary (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

This is our third time at the Edinburgh Fringe! We did a mini tour when the band first started and this included a trip to Edinburgh. We had to come back!

Our first Fringe was in 2017 and this was to celebrate our first ever EP. We had a few performances in a few different places like The Pear Tree, Stramash and some of the busking stages. Our EP/Fringe show launch was at The Jazz Bar for only one night and that was our main show. It was a success! We were so pleased that so many people came and had a good time so we decided to try and do a few more in 2018. That year we did 3 shows along with a few great nights at the A Club.

This year we are thrilled to be doing 5 consecutive afternoons at The Jazz Bar from 11t Aug-15 Aug.

What’s the biggest thing to have happened to you since Festivals ’18?

Since Festivals ’18 we have been able to get our name out there and establish ourselves as ‘The Easy Rollers’. We have grown as a band and discovered what we want to be focusing on in terms of sound and types of events…. we also have merch for the first time!! That is very exciting for us!

Tell us about your show.

We are a group of jazz musicians but our show also includes elements of dance, dialogues and interesting facts about the Prohibition/ The Jazz Age. Everyone in the band gets involved and it is very much a ‘show’ rather than just an ordinary gig. “Speakeasy Jazz” is a cabaret style performance, this means that we have chosen lots of different songs, in this case from 1920-1933, and have strung a narrative to connect each of them. Sometimes it is a musical or fun skit segue and sometimes it is a historical one.

As a band we have been performing in jazz festivals, events and gigs for the last three years but this particular ‘theatre show’ was written specifically for the Edinburgh Fringe. We wrote it together in 2016 just to see how it would go and the rest is history!

For the future, we have plans to tour the show around the UK. More specifically in 2020 when we will literally be in the 20s again and we are still looking for new venues to add to our ’20s tour. This show will be based off our previous Fringe shows but instead of a 1 hour run, it will be in two parts. Starting in the Prohibition, we will make our way through The Jazz Age, into the Swing Era and The Golden Age and well… you’ll have to come and see it.

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

There are some great shows at The Jazz Bar just before and right after ours! If you want to make a whole night out of it you could see a few different jazz gigs all in one venue. Some of the shows that are on while we are in town are Tenement Jazz Band, Ali Affleck, Colin Steele / Martin Kershaw Quintet and Acoustic Lunch Time Blues.

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+3 Interview: Suffering from Scottishness

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“The concept is that the audience are in fact a focus group who must vote on what questions make it into the first ever Scottish Citizenship Test.”

WHO: Kevin P. Gilday, Writer/performer

WHAT: “Citizen Scotland cordially invites you to take part in a focus group that will define the very future of the nation – for better or worse. An immersive theatrical experience that confronts the unique absurdity of Scottish identity. Award-winning writer and spoken word artist Kevin P Gilday (Sonnet Youth, National Theatre of Scotland, BBC) turns a hilariously caustic eye on notions of nationhood and patriotism. From history to inventions, language to neighbourly relations, the independence referendum to the toxic mire of present political debate – we gleefully dissect the still-beating dark heart of the country.”

WHERE: Assembly Roxy – Downstairs (Venue 139) 

WHEN: 17:10 (60 min)

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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?

No, I brought my first show to the free fringe in 2013 and have been performing regularly since – working my way through a series of pub basements, dungeons and karaoke booths as I did. It’s my first time working with the team at Assembly Roxy though, very much looking forward to staging the show in their fantastic space.

What’s the biggest thing to have happened to you since Festivals ’18?

Alongside developing the show I also completed a manuscript for my first full length poetry collection. It’s called Sad Songs for White Boys and will be published by Speculative Books in July. It also features some poems that appear in Suffering from Scottishness so there was a lovely crossover between the projects.

Tell us about your show.

Suffering from Scottishness is a darkly comic piece of immersive theatre. The concept is that the audience are in fact a focus group who must vote on what questions make it into the first ever Scottish Citizenship Test. This provides the backdrop for the main character Joe, and the audience, to explore the absurdity of Scottish identity and perhaps come to some personal conclusions about nationalism.

I’ve written the show as well as playing Joe, with my company Sonnet Youth producing. We’re really excited to be part of the Disruption Fest at Assembly Roxy – not only are we subtitled ‘The Best of New Theatre’ (no pressure), but we get to work with the brilliant High Tide.

There’re no immediate plans for the show post-fringe but I’m looking to bring the show to both an international audience and local Scottish communities in future.

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

They should 100% catch #Girlhood by my Sonnet Youth partner Cat Hepburn. Other shows I’m excited about seeing: Daddy Drag by Leyla Josephine, Umbrella Man by Colin Bramwell, This Script by Jenny Lindsay, Confessionals by Victoria McNulty and, of course, Colonel Mustard and the Big Bad Wolf. I’m also looking forward to catching some new stand-up from the likes of Amelia Bayler, Rosco Mcclelland and Chris Macarthur-Boyd.

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