“I am also working with an incredible team that includes Elf Lyons as Comedy Advisor, PJ Cunningham as Assistant Producer and the CNC team as our Publicists. These are all incredible women whose work I came across at Edinburgh last year and they have each brought commitment, vibrancy, and inventiveness to the project.”
WHO: Charlotte Anne Tilley
WHAT: “Hope’s leaving her hometown up north for the bright lights of London. It’s going to be mind-blowing. Attractive Hinge dates. Mature new friends. A job at a dinosaur-themed bar. Hell. Yes. Okay, her manager’s a creep. And her housemate seems to hate her… But we don’t need to talk about that. With a hilariously naïve protagonist, ‘blisteringly funny’ (Indiependent.co.uk) Almost Adult combines quick-witted character comedy with touching vulnerability. That’s right, Charlotte Anne-Tilley (Winner of Everything Theatre’s Award for Ingenuity and 4theatre’s Best Debut Performance) is returning to Gilded Balloon for 2023. ***** (@TheatreAndOtherThingsLDN, Instagram).”
WHERE: Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose – Snug (Venue 24)
WHEN: 19:00 (60 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
This will be my third time going to the festival and it is the most beautiful, colourful, creative place to be in the month of August. I think Edinburgh Fringe’s uniqueness comes from the sheer wealth of artistic expression happening and the fact that you can see any kind of theatre at any time of the day or night. There’s nowhere else like it.
What are the big things you’ve learned since 2022 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?
Find your allies at the Fringe. This is a piece of advice I got from Francesca Moody at a workshop on Producing for the Fringe and, following my experience of Fringe last year, I think it’s the most powerful part of the festival. You meet future collaborators, friends who are passionate about the same weird sub-genres that you are passionate about and we’re going through exactly the same experience together. Reach out to creatives whose shows have similar themes to yours, it will make the month a whole lot more manageable.
Tell us about your show.
I have been working on the show for around three years as the actor, writer, and producer. It began as a 15 minute zoom play that I put together and cast during lockdown. Since then, it has been produced three times in London and once at EdFringe 2022. I was 20 when I first started working on it and I am now 24 so, as you can imagine, the production has grown and evolved as I have. This year, I am rewriting the script which is very exciting. I am also working with an incredible team that includes Elf Lyons as Comedy Advisor, PJ Cunningham as Assistant Producer and the CNC team as our Publicists. These are all incredible women whose work I came across at Edinburgh last year and they have each brought commitment, vibrancy, and inventiveness to the project.
In terms of the future of Almost Adult, I am working on a television pilot script of the show, so who knows? Maybe you’ll see it on your screens in future years.
What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?
There are so many shows that I am desperate to check out! I have been part of organising the FemiFringe Podcast, events and resources so I am particularly excited for the female and non-binary artists heading up to fringe. There are hundreds of incredible shows but here are a handful: Junk Monkey by Olivia McLeod; Waiting for the Train at the Bus Stop by Mwansa Phiri; Break Up with your Boyfriend by Scylla’s Bite; Dugsi Dayz by Side eYe Productions; This Charming Man by Sian Davies.
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