Immerse yourself in stories of resilient self-discovery, from Hive’s otherworldly exploration of queer identity, TTBO’s humor-laden navigation of blindness, to the palpable grief of ‘Scent’ — all waiting for you at #EdFringe 2023.
#SNAPCHATZ is simple. I challenge all 2023 Fringe performers & creators to answer 3 questions and to sell you, dear reader, their show. Their answers are tossed into a digital hat, and published in quick-read trios. It’s a Fringe goer’s fastest and safest (no guerilla flyering!) way to find someone, or something, new.
If you like what you read, you’re intrigued, you bark a laugh or shed a tear, or you suspect some risk of lasting trauma, then click those links and buy a ticket, or 10!
Hive
Who are you/what is your show?
Hello! We are Mushmoss Collective, multi-disciplinary, queer theatremakers, and Speakerphone Productions, a women-led queer production company. We are collaborating to bring a wonderful and weird new fiction play, HIVE, to the Fringe. HIVE, a queer, magical, sci-fi adventure exploring family, shared memory and the meaning of home after loss.
What sets your show apart from the rest?
HIVE is a new queer, weird fiction play about displacement, memory and eldritch infestations. It is a sinister and uncanny adventure exploring lost homes, new storms, and friendly cryptics. HIVE is a non-traditional experimental story set in an imagined world to consider connection and new futures – it is whimsical and full of love, and you won’t want to miss it!
Your dream audience turns up to see the show, who’s watching?
We like to dream that HIVE is for everyone! Folks interested in queer stories, familial relationships, memory, and science fiction may especially enjoy it. Our ideal audience is anyone who wants to spend an hour immersed in wonderfully magical theatre and lovely lyrical storytelling.
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Take The Bins Out
Who are you/what is your show?
Mark Janicello, Playwright and Director / Take The Bins Out
What sets your show apart from the rest?
“Take The Bins Out” tells the story of Finley Whitmore, whose diagnosis of Retinitis Pigmentosa, a congenital eye disorder, is wreaking havoc on his professional and personal life. “TTBO” is a dark comedy celebrating one man’s journey to “sight,” despite his advancing blindness.
Your dream audience turns up to see the show, who’s watching?
Our dream audience are theatergoers of any age who want an emotional rollercoaster ride, that includes both dark humor and a bit of music — where they come away from our show having learned a bit about fascinating slice of humanity and perhaps recognized something about themselves.
Scent
Who are you/what is your show?
I’m Stacey Cullen and I’m a playwright and performer, making my Edinburgh Fringe Debut with my new solo show, ‘Scent’.
What sets your show apart from the rest?
Is anyone else baking bread onstage? My gut feeling is a no, but I could be wrong! Jokes aside (seriously though, there’s bread), I think the show presents grief in all its true-to-life messiness – the joy, the pain, the tears, the laughter. It’s a complex and layered experience. I hope this show honours that.
Your dream audience turns up to see the show, who’s watching?
I could certainly die happy if I saw Simon Stephens in the audience. He was the playwright, after all, that made me realize that playwriting was what I wanted to do with my life. Duncan Macmillan would be a big one, too. Nick Payne. Lynn Nottage. And of course all these lovely, fellow theatre artists that I’m meeting online in the run-up to Fringe. Each time we see one another at our respective shows is just going to feel like such a win, I feel.
