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Today Elaine chats with writer/performer Isabelle Farah about her new show, looking back at history, retelling stories, standing against all forms of right-wing terrorism and much more.

Isabelle Farah: Nebuchadnezzar- Assembly George Square Studios

Dates: 31st JULY - 25th AUGUST (not 12, 19, 20 August)

@ 3.10 pm

Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/isabelle-farah-nebuchadnezzar

Isabelle Farah: Nebuchadnezzar

My new (third! THIRD?!) hour. A comedy storytelling hour set in ancient Babylon. About Nebuchadnezzar (Nobu) and Amytis, how they meet, fall in love, how they eventually fall in love despite their differences. There will be silly wigs, silly voices, silly references, irreverences, a eunuch called Jeff, and a happy ending. There might be a song at some point.

It's Blackadder meets Aladdin, Monty Python meets Bab al Harra.

31st JULY - 25th AUGUST (not 12, 19, 20 August)

Isabel Farah

Isabelle is a British Lebanese actor, comedian, and writer. Following an undergraduate degree in French and Film Studies, she trained as a classical actress. She started doing comedy in 2016 and has since gigged across the UK and internationally. She has taken two shows to the Edinburgh Fringe, Ellipsis (2021) and irresponsible (2022). She is in demand as a voice artist, and in addition to commercial work and audiobooks, has narrated two critically acclaimed documentaries for TV

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Today Elaine chats the performers of Singin I’m No a Billie She’s A Tim - Dionne Frati, Jade McDonald and Rachel Ogilvy. We chat taking a show that was origiinaly written for male actors and transforming it and updating it for women and for 2024. We talk the importance of the language we use and how we need to actively challenge outdated language in older plays and why it’s important and much more.

Singin I’m No A Billie She’s A Tim - Pleasance EICC - Lomond

Dates: 12-14, 18, 20-21 of August

@ 6.00 pm

Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/singin-i-m-no-a-billie-she-s-a-tim

Singin I’m No A Billie She’s A Tim

The Billy and Tim brand is one of the most successful touring Scottish theatre shows of the modern era and now they're back with a brand-new re-write of the original show, but this time it’s with an all-female cast! Because let’s face it… It’s not just the boys that are fanatical about their football teams. Singin I’m No a Billy She’s a Tim will have you laughing and crying so hard, you’ll be begging for full time. Join Billie and Timmy on their journey of discovery. Are you singing their tune?

Dionne Frati

Dionne Frati is an actor and tutor based in Glasgow. She has gained a first class honours degree from New college Lanarkshire where she now works as a production assistant part time. Dionne has worked in the industry in various areas including new Scottish writing, short films, voiceover, touring productions and panto.

Jade McDonald

Jade McDonald is based in Glasgow, Scotland. She is 2020 BA Acting for Stage and Screen graduate from Queen Margaret and Edinburgh Napier Universities.

Jade has experience in working in short films, theatre, music videos and voice overs.

Rachel Ogilvy

Rachel is an actress, writer, theatre maker and voiceover artist.

Her lengthy and varied career has stretched across theatre, TV and radio both in the Uk and abroad.

Rachel is a founder and director of Paribus Productions.

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Today Elaine chats with Stephanie Katie Hunter, theatre maker and Artistic Director of Scissor Kick about one of the 3 shows they are producing at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Catafalque, which is written and performed by Amy Conway is on at Summerhall until the 11th August before going out on tour across Scotland. We talk the creation of the show, The premise of the show - how do we Eulogise someone who has committed awful acts and how we deal with that and much more.

Catafalque - Summerhall

Dates: 1st-11th August

@ 12:25 pm

Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/catafalque

Tour Dates : https://www.scissorkick.co.uk/tour

Catafalque

Fern doesn't get invited to dinner parties anymore. They used to love her tales of the macabre. But now? The mask is slipping. Written by Amy Conway and directed by Beth Morton, Catafalque is a one woman eulogy to death through the lens of a civil celebrant. How do we grieve the ungrievable? How do you speak of death when no-one wants to look? A show about love, loss and a lifetime of secrets. Join Fern as she navigates the complexities of a grieving family and learns to tell the truth when it repels the bravest of us.

Stephanie Katie Hunter

Stephanie Katie Hunter is a producer and theatre maker based in Glasgow, Scotland. Working across art forms and contexts since 2013, highlights of Stephanie’s career include working at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland as the Associate (formally Creative) Producer for six years, and independently producing the national and international tour of ‘Drone’, the Fringe First winning ‘LipSync’ for Cumbernauld Theatre Company and delivering ‘Playing with Tales’ for The Royal Lyceum Theatre in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Amy Conway

Amy Conway is a Playwright, Theatre Maker, Actor and Community Artist. She works solo and alongside other artists with text, physicality, clown, cabaret, site specific and street theatre to make bold, confronting and inclusive performance. Her award-winning interactive solo show, Super Awesome World [Summerhall/Riotbox], exploring her own experience of depression through the world of 90s video games, has toured theatres and festivals across the UK (and NYC). As a playwright, The Warhol Assassin was awarded Fire Exit’s Pyromania bursary for experimental playwriting and Mountain was longlisted for The Women’s Prize for Playwriting. As a community artist she was Associate Director and Artist for Loop Theatre who make inclusive physical theatre with Learning Disabled Performers and delivers therapeutic drama for those in addiction recovery with Creative Change Collective.

Recently she was writer, performer/devisor on Shrill [Scissor Kick/Surge], a radical cabaret of the female and femme voice, premiering at a Glasgow nightclub, and co-creator of Blood Moon [Magnetic North/Manipulate], an outdoor physical theatre response to the spectrum of menstrual experience performed with a community cast

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Today Elaine chats with Scottish based artist Katie Slater and Rona Johnston about their new show Mary: A GIG Theatre Show. They talk about finding other creatives you click with, their passion for music and theatre and their joy at discovering the marrying of the two in Gig Theatre. We also talk the inspiration for the show and there is a little unmixed snippet at the end of the episode of one of their original songs.

Mary: A Gig Theatre Show - theSpace - Symposium Hall - Annex

Dates: 12th-17th August

@ 10:25 pm

Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/mary-a-gig-theatre-show

MARY: A Gig Theatre Show

Blending rich spoken word with haunting original music, Mary: A Gig Theatre Show retells the story of Mary Queen of Scots. Performed by a live band of actor-musicians, the show searingly questions the treatment and portrayal of women historically and today.

Writer/lead performer Rona Johnston and director Katie Slater began creating Mary in 2022, before developing it for Gateway Festival in November 2023, and now Bedfest! The 5 actor-musicians of Mary devised the band arrangements in rehearsal, so are also integral to the making of the show. All are Edinburgh-based emerging theatre makers with musical backgrounds. They are Hester Irving (Fiddle/Bass), Laura Coull (Drums/Bass), Alli von Hirschberg (Guitar), Izzie Atkinson (Singer) and Jodie Kirkwood (Singer).

Katie Slater Katie is an early-career director and musician (drummer) from Dalkeith, with a BA Hons Drama degree from QMU. She is passionate about making theatre where music is central to the storytelling, Her recent assistant directing projects include The Girls of Slender Means (Royal Lyceum Theatre), Pushin' Thirty (A Play, A Pie and a Pint) and The Winter's Tale (Theatre in the Garden). Her recent directing projects include Mary: A Gig Theatre Show (Knot Tied Theatre),Bohemia (Edinburgh Footlights) and Pilgrimage (Veto Theatre). She is also a member of the 2024/25 Wonder Fools Youth Board. Alongside working on theEdinburgh Fringe run of Mary: A Gig Theatre Show she is assistant director on The Events at Cumbernauld Theatre, supported by an FST bursary.

Rona Johnston

Rona is an Edinburgh-based singer/songwriter with an interest in female and queer led stories and productions. Recent credits as an actor: Pilgrimage (Veto Theatre with Paradok), Bohemia (Footlights Show Choir), Oliver (Captivate Theatre) Recent gigs as a musician: Solo sets at Sneaky Pete’s, The Caves, Three Sisters. Rona often plays at local open-mics and fundraising events, you can find out what she’s up to on her music Instagram page @ronarobertsmusic

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Today Elaine and Louise chat with Comedian, poet, public speaker and actor ALOK. We talk about their recent short film ALOK which premiered at Sundance and was directed by Alex Hedison and produced by Jodie Foster. We also chat about Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda on Netflix. Being soft with ourselves and each other, their new show Hairy SITUATION, the joy of creating art and remembering that nothing is ever created individually but is created with others in multiple different.

ALOK: HAIRY SITUATION - Underbelly Bristo Square

Dates: 13th-25th August

@ 4:10 pm

Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/alok

ALOK

ALOK is an internationally acclaimed poet, comedian, public speaker, and actor. ALOK’s literary works “Beyond the Gender Binary,” “Femme in Public,” and “Your Wound, My Garden,” have garnered global recognition. Their dynamic presence has captivated audiences in over 40 countries, with sold-out shows at venues including Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts, and headlining Netflix is a Joke and Just For Laughs Festivals. ALOK can currently be seen in Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda comedy special on Netflix. Their show has been described as "provocative and powerful" (CHORTLE) and a "jaw-dropping celestial event" (TO DO LIST LONDON). For their contributions to culture and entertainment, they have been honored with the ACLU of Southern California Bill of Rights Award, Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment Trailblazer Award, and were selected as the inaugural LGBTQ Scholar in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania. They are the subject of the docu-short “ALOK” executive produced by Jodie Foster and directed by Alex Hedison, which made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival in 2024. On screen, they can also be seen in Complicated Order opposite Midori Francis, The Trans List, and (forthcoming) Absolute Dominion opposite Patton Oswalt. On television, they can be seen on season 3 of the critically acclaimed HBO Max series SORT OF opposite Bilal Baig, Hulu’s Planet Sex with Cara Delevingne, ABC’s PRIDE: To Be Seen – A Soul of A Nation, Netflix’s Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness, and HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness.

Hairy Situation

Flippant and fabulous. Wicked sharp and delightfully silly. Gender non-conforming and genre non-conforming. Internationally acclaimed comedian ALOK makes a triumphant return to the Fringe with their new stand-up show after a sold-out run at the Traverse Theatre in 2022 which was described as 'provocative and powerful' (Chortle.co.uk) and a 'jaw-dropping celestial event' (ToDoList.org.uk). Fresh from their appearance on Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda comedy special on Netflix and headlining the Netflix is a Joke Festival, ALOK delivers a crash course on love, gender, and the awkward choreography of being human.

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Today Elaine chats with writer, producer Jamie Denbo about Jamie’s show Beverly Live.

We chat the inspiration for the show, writing for Grey’s Anatomy and much more.

Beverly Live! - Gilded Balloon Patter House - The Other Yin

Dates: 31st July-12th August

@ 7:30 pm

Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/jamie-denbo-beverly-live

Jamie Denbo

Jamie a successful actor and writer from the US. She is currently writing for Grey’s Anatomy and has been seen in many shows such as Kevin Can F*ck Himself, Glow to Sam and Cat. Jamie has also been a regular performer and teacher at the Upright Citizens Brigade theatre in both NYC and LA since 1998. She is one half of the very successful comedy team, "Ronna and Beverly", with Jessica Chaffin.

Beverly Live!

Jamie Denbo, writer/producer (Grey's Anatomy), presents her alter ego Beverly (meddling mother to all) as she takes audiences on a comedic rollercoaster ride through her golden years in California, exploring everything from sound baths to how not to get cancelled. She even has a system in place where a bell will ding if she says something "problematic". (No trigger warnings needed!) Join Beverly on her journey of starting over at age 70(ish), becoming an entrepreneur and STILL parenting her twin girls, Lainie and Rachelle, now 37 – one still thin, one still a little heavy. DING!

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Today Elaine chats with Musical Comedian and Tiktok star Sarah Hester Ross about her show

Sarah Hester Ross is What?

We chat the inspiration for the show, finding your passion at a young age and being able to sustain a career doing what you love, as well as being able to use your platform for to support others.

Sarah Hester Ross is What? - Just the Tonic Nucleus

Dates: 2nd - 18th August (not 5th,6th,8th,12th,13th,15th)

@ 2:30 pm

Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/sarah-hester-ross-is-what

Sarah Hester Ross is What?

Meet musical comedian Sarah Hester Ross. Following the release of her new comedy special on Apple TV and Amazon Prime, Don't Mess With a Redhead, comes her debut at the Edinburgh Fringe. Sarah Hester Ross Is What? is a hilarious musical experience that shows you a woman being TikTok famous, who doesn't want babies and is the leader of the Stop Giving Men Microphones movement. 'I guess women are funny' **** (A random guy after the show).

Sarah Hester Ross

Sarah Hester Ross is a Musical Comedian and singer/songwriter currently living and performing in Las Vegas.

Social media star, Winner of "Best Of Las Vegas" Comedian and One Women Show, featured on America's Got Talent and The Doctor

Demento Show and over 30 million streams worldwide of her music on Apple Music and Spotify.

Sarah writes original comedy music that have garnered her over 2.4 million followers on Tiktok and over 260k on Instagram. Sarah presents a formidable combination of musical and theatrical talents that has earned her an auspicious entry into the comedy performing

world with her own little twist.

Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@sarahhesterross?lang=en

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahhesterross/

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In our second episode of today. Elaine chats with theatre maker, writer and performer Ois O’Donoghue about her show HYPER. We chat the creation of the show, what inspired it and the importance of having the conversation round how Trans folks feel when it comes to the sound of their voice, the joy of relating to charcter on stage and much more.

Hyper - Summerhall, Former Women’s Locker Room

Dates: 1 - 26 August (not 12, not 19)

@ 20:15 (60 mins)

Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/hyper

Hyper

An exploration of Trans identity and the connection to the voice. Using voice modulation, HYPER discusses the prevalent link between Trans people and the hyperpop genre, and what it means to be Trans in modern Ireland.

HYPER follows best friends and bandmates Saoirse and Conall. When Saoirse’s gender identity shifts, they must confront the changing nature of their music and friendship as they prepare for their first live gigs following Saorise’s transition. This confrontation forces Saoirse to explore deeper parts of herself in the search for righteous and rioitous Trans joy.

Ois O’Donoghue

Ois O’Donoghue is an interdisciplinary theatre maker, writer, actor and producer from Dublin. Her practice focuses on the exploration of the bounds of medium and genre, delving into the things that separate us and bring us together in an increasingly divided world. Her work focuses on themes of isolation, queerness and societal progression and regression, all from an Explicitly Trans perspective.

Most notably, Ois created the new play HYPER alongside Jaxbanded Theatre. Alongside this, Ois produced The King of All Birds at the 2023 Dublin Fringe Festival, which would go on to win the George Fitzamaurice Award and be nominated for the Radical Spirit Award.

Ois was selected for Bewley’s Cafe Theatre’s prestigious playwright development scheme Percolate 2024 -2026, a programme through which she is beginning the development of her next play SUPLEX. Alongside this she is currently writing a new piece for Landmark and Octopus Theatrical’s ‘Theatre For One’ which will debut at Cork Midsummer Festival 2024.

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Today Elaine chats with writer and performer Sora Baek about her play Sell Me: I Am From North Korea the true stories of incredibly courageous North Korean women defectors. We chat the creation of the play, the importance of keeping your creativity while being a mother and much more.

Sell Me: I am From North Korea - Pleasance Courtyard - Below

31 July - 25 August (not 7, 13, 19, 20)

@12:35 (55 mins)

Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/sell-me-i-am-from-north-korea

Sell Me: I am From North Korea

SELL ME follows 15-year-old Jisun, a North Korean girl who decides to sell herself to an old Chinese man to make money for her mother’s medication. After risking her life by crossing the Tumen River into China, Jisun learns her malnourished, underdeveloped body is not wanted. She finds herself having to make her own way on the streets, struggling in a merciless foreign land where her very existence is illegal. Inspired by the journeys of many North Korean women defectors, SELL ME portrays the everyday lives and impossible choices made by those living in North Korea, too often overlooked and distorted by Western media.

Sora Baek

Sora Baek is an award winning actor, playwright, and producer from South Korea. She has been featured on the Korea Times, News 12 NJ, and Voice of America. Select acting theatre credits include: SELL ME: I am from North Korea (the US Capitol Center), The Storm, A Christmas Carol, and Sworn Virgin (NYC and International Tour) with Blessed Unrest and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Calaveras Repertory Theatre). She received a Best Actress Award at the Epidemic Film Festival in San Francisco. Sora has been working with Only Make Believe which brings interactive theatre to children with disabilities over 15 years.

*Sora’s grandparents fled the North during the Korean war with her father when he was only four years old. She grew up in a small South Korean town across the river from North Korea, looking out at the empty ghost buildings. Sora’s writing and research into the lives of North Korean defectors were born out of her family’s inability to return home, the pain caused to many innocent families by the war that divided the two countries, and the pain many have since continued to live through. She presents this performance for her father, her grandfather, and all those who cannot go home.

Website: http://sorabaek.com/top/

X: @iamsorabaek

IG: @iamsorabaek

FB: @sorabaek13

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The second date will be in person at a venue in Edinburgh. All details of which will be given closer to the time.

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Today Elaine chats with writer and performer Mirren Wilson about her new play PALS which is a Scottish female adventure comedy making it’s debut at the Edinburgh Festival 2024. We chat the creation of the play, finding th balance of surviving financially and being a creative and much more.

PALS - Gilded Balloon, Patter House - 31st July - 26th August (not 13th, 20th)

@17.00

Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/pals

PALS

PALS tells the story of four crude, chaotic yet completely normal gal pals as they embark on a camping trek in the West of Scotland. In a bid to escape their lives, have a riotous time and avoid several mental breakdowns, these “Perfectly Average Lassies of Scotland” are completely out of their depths, in more ways than one.

Mirren Wilson

Mirren Wilson is a Scottish creative from Grangemouth, who has worked in Scottish Theatre for over 5 years as an actor and writer. This is Mirren’s first time in a producing role, and this will be her first staged play. Previous writing credits: What Do We Do Now?, a poem produced by F-Bomb Theatre; Romp, Mirren’s first commissioned play for Strange Town Theatre; Feeling Like A Wall-e, a mental health monologue which formed part of NHS Lothian’s Thrive Conference.

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