A Fringe Quickie (#148) with ‘Spooky Dookie: Cool New Planet!!’

Questions answered by Maureen Monahan & Claire McFadden.

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

We don’t need desperate marketing tactics because we have a strong relationship with God. He has a lot of industry connections (he’s tight with Pharrell), as well as the ability to send floods to destroy our enemies.

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

Our show would order a Diet Coke served in the skull of Sam Altman. Or if they don’t have that, Diet Pepsi would be fine too.

Q3: The Fringe is horribly expensive. How are you financing this run? Did you remortgage your house, sell your granny, or start an illicit side hustle?

We are planning on selling our eggs—not for the money, but because they take up valuable space in our ovaries that could be more profitably rented out to AirBnB. An Australian family is coming to stay in Claire’s left ovary next week.

Q4: If all the shows running right now were at a massive Fringe house party, what is your show doing?

Our show is hiding in the bathroom because the neighbors called the cops and our show is high as hell and scared, so scared of getting its scholarship taken away because our show has a future. A real future. And something to lose.

About the show

Spooky Dookie: Cool New Planet!!

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): Evening (Between 6pm and 10pm)

Ticket type: Paid

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