“I love, love, love the fringe for the non-stop performances, all the creativity literally everywhere you go, the new people to meet, the feverish excitement, and of course all the walking I’m forced to do and how shapely my calves will become.”
WHO: Angela Beevers
WHAT: “From a producer on Silicon Valley and Beavis and Butt-head comes an irreverent true story about belly dance, cancer, fiddling, beekeeping, and a psychotic deathbed wish. After a sold-out run at the Hollywood Fringe and an Encore Producer’s Award, this show makes its international debut promising both laughs and cries. Mostly laughs. Definitely some cries though.”
WHERE: Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose – Snug (Venue 24)
WHEN: 23:00 (60 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
This is my first time to Fringe as a performer. I came in 2019 as a tourist and also to see all the amazing shows and meet comedians for my job. In addition to doing my own comedy shows, I also work in development as an Associate Producer, so I’m so, so lucky to not only perform but also meet other amazing talented people and hopefully develop with them as well. I love, love, love the fringe for the non-stop performances, all the creativity literally everywhere you go, the new people to meet, the feverish excitement, and of course all the walking I’m forced to do and how shapely my calves will become. I also can’t wait to have my mind blown by all the incredible shows this year. I can’t stop thinking about everything I saw in 2019.
What are the big things you’ve learned since 2022 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?
Eeek. I wish I could say I’ve learned a ton, but one big change I’ve made is to try to not let fear of Covid stop me from performing. I spent a lot of 2022 indoors, feeling generally uneasy. So I guess the big thing I’ve learned is to get back out there. That, and that audience members love when you give each of them a tender kiss on the top of their head at the end. It makes them feel special, and it’s more unique than a bow.
Tell us about your show.
My show is called How to Write a Eulogy That Kills. And I’m actually producing it all by myself, and I’m in it alone, so it’s really just a lonely company of one. I do not suggest this to people, it is very difficult, however it’s one way to get yourself out there!! And learn a ton! I did premier it before Edinburgh in 2019 at the Hollywood Fringe, and after the pandemic I’m finally getting it to Edinburgh this year. I have a wonderful community of artists and performers I work with all the time in LA, including my friend Eden Sher who is also doing a one-woman show at Fringe this year, called I Was on a Sitcom. She and I have both really helped each other out, while producing our individual shows on our own. We’ve known each other for years; her husband Nick has been my writing partner since college. I love collaborating and will likely add a team to this show as I do this run. After Edinburgh, I plan to go back to LA, NY, and SF at first, and am looking at other Fringe festivals as well.
What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?
Well, I definitely want people to go see Eden Sher’s I Was on a Sitcom (it’s got masterful physical comedy, amazing hilarious and tender writing, and a really intimate and casual look at someone who most people know as a character on TV).
I absolutely adore Courtney Pauroso’s work, and everyone should see Vanessa 5000. She blows me away with her shows every time, so funny, so fearless. She’s playing a sex robot this time, and I can’t wait to see her completely embody that role and what she and her director Corey Podell have come up with this time.
Another LA clown to watch out for is Bill O’Neill, with his show The Amazing Banana Brothers. He’s going to slip on 1000 banana peels, which is also mind-blowing physical comedy (plus he’s directed by Natalie Palamides, need I say more?)
Also, Katherine Bourne Taylor’s Grown Up Orphan Annie, and Mark Vigeant’s Mark Pleases You, both just had huge audiences at the Hollywood Fringe. I love character comedy and I’m so ready to see Orphan Annie all grown up, and apparently, there will be original music and orcas? Mark Pleases You is a hilarious whirlwind, all about confronting your inner child — I’d describe more, but I really want Mark to show you himself. You simply must see all, there is no option to skip a single one of these wonderful shows or you will have bad luck for seven years. I don’t make the rules.
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