A Fringe Quickie (#84) with ‘Cruising’

Questions answered by Katrina Bennett.

Q1: Aside from this Quickie, what is the most desperate marketing tactic you plan on using to get bums in seats this August? 280 chars

Catfishing, probably. We’ll create fake dating profiles for the play’s characters, organise dates for 12:50 in Pleasance’s Bunker Three, and make sure our dates are paying. If they’re lucky, maybe they can buy us a drink after the show.

Q2: If your show walked into a cocktail bar, what would it order?

A margarita. Best enjoyed cold on a hot, sweaty day. A salty rim that we love to lick, followed by sharp content and wit. Guaranteed to make you messy, flirty and fun.

Q3: Cancel culture has finally come for your show. What sins has it committed?

If the Daily Mail described Cruising, it would say: The wokerate trash on traditional family values in this perverse, so-called romantic comedy where the queers pretend that you can shag whoever you want. While also promoting criminal damage and whining about a long, hot summer.

Q4: How will the audience remember you the morning after?

If eco-anxiety was hang-xiety, Cruising is like waking up with a rough hangover but knowing exactly what you need to fix you up. Like after having a big coffee and a hash brown and egg bap, you know everything will be okay. You know how to make the hangover your bitch.

About the show

Cruising

Date(s): Previews week (Fri 31st July to Thurs 6th Aug) • Week 1 (Fri 7th to Thurs 13th Aug) • Week 2 (Fri 14th to Thur 20th Aug) • Final week(s) (Fri 21st to Mon 31st Aug)

Time(s): Afternoon (Between 12-noon and 6pm)

Ticket type: Paid

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