A Fringe Quickie (#545) with ‘Learning to Human’

Questions answered by Sims Holland.

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

Using my children as flyerers.

Q2: 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?

Yes. We’re pretty sure she’s in good hands. And who’s asking?

Q3: We all have weird pre-performance rituals. What is yours, and how confused would a normal person be if they walked in on you doing it?

I sing-shout roughly 3 songs, do an elaborate rendition of The Jabberwock with interpretive dance and guzzle a bag of cough drops. Highly confused and mortified on my behalf.

Q4: If your show suddenly developed a massive ego and became the biggest diva in the 2026 Fringe, what absurd, hyper-specific item would be mandatory on its dressing room rider?

A case of KitKat Chunky bars, we don’t get them in the States. Load me up.

About the show

Learning to Human

Date(s): 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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