“For me what is so exciting and fun about the fringe is sitting in the Summerhall courtyard and chatting to people. I have made many close friends in that place!”
WHO: Nick Cassenbaum
WHAT: “Nick Cassenbaum’s two-hander comedy heist, directed by Emma Jude Harris, romps through 2018 Jewish Essex. Through madcap comedy and biting satire, this explosive tale blows the roof off what it means to be Jewish in the UK. Twins Dan and Lauren meet ex-gangster Malcolm Spivak at their grandfather’s funeral. Malcolm, who’s ‘had enough’, enlists the siblings in a ragtag Yiddishe plot to kidnap then-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. REVENGE: After the Levoyah examines antisemitism in the diaspora, the dangers of collective hysteria, and how far one nonagenarian can throw a jar of chraine from a moving vehicle.”
WHERE: Summerhall – Anatomy Lecture Theatre (Venue 26)
WHEN: 15:00 (60 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
This is by no means my first rodeo! When I was at uni I came up as a technician for pleasance. Then after I graduated I bought an outdoor show to the royal mile. I was a chef claiming to eat a cucumber whole…I still recall the disgust on audiences faces.
I then bought my first solo show Bubble Schmeisis in 2015 which was about going to the Jewish steam baths in East London. So I have been a few times! For me what is so exciting and fun about the fringe is sitting in the Summerhall courtyard and chatting to people. I have made many close friends in that place!
What are the big things you’ve learned since 2023 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?
What have I leaned from 2023…Jesus. The world is on fire? Everything is awful? We are sleep walking into a far right global North and no one seems to be doing anything about it?
Tell us about your show.
So REVENGE: After the Levoyah, is a two hander comedy heist. It is about twins whose grandfather passes away and at his funeral they meet ex-gangster Malcolm Spivak. He enlists them to help kidnap the then Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. This show is really funny with loads of multi rolling and looks to ask the question, ‘what happens when a marginalised community is pushed to breaking point?’
Written by me, Nick Cassenbaum, directed and dramaturged by Emma Jude Harris, produced by Becky Plotnek. The fantastic cast are Gemma Barnett and Dylan Corbett- Bader. We ae previewing at Soho theatre and the hope is to tour it after the Fringe.
What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?
Josh Glanc he’s hilarious. He was the vilian in the Jewish panto I wrote. Sh!t Theatre, my old pals. can you really go to the fringe without seeing them? I don’t think so. Their show this year looks very special. Louise Orwin, she makes such interesting work and to see her in the main space at Summerhall! Not to be missed. And of course my old friend and colleague Olly Hawes has his show at the pleasance ‘F**king Legend’. Olly’s work is not for the feint hearted and this show promises to include all the charm and all the horror of his other works. Olly is one of the engaging performers around. Ask him, he’ll tell you. I have worked with him for many years and will still go and see this show. That tells you something! But yeh defo recommend.
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