THE 2016 SHOWS
5 GUYS CHILLIN’ VIP
Discovered at: Brighton Fringe
Award-winning graphic, gripping, funny and frank verbatim drama exposing the gay chemsex chill-out scene. From surgeons to students, couples to kink; guys that love it and lost guys longing to be loved. Made from interviews with guys found on Grindr, 5 Guys Chillin’ is an original look into a drug-fuelled, hedonistic, highly secret world of chemsex, Grindr and the search for intimacy and instant gratification. (“Chemsex” is defined as men using specific drugs to have sex with other men.)
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Discovered at: Edinburgh Fringe
Eric Maria Remarque’s classic vision of the First World War from the German viewpoint receives a first rate production and performance from Incognito Theatre
CHIPANDGUS
Discovered at: New York Fringe
The Coldharts present this dark musical comedy inspired by the childhood and short stories of Edgar Allan Poe. 'Edgar Allan' follows 11-year-old Poe in his first year at Manor House School, as he seeks to gain academic ascendancy over the student body. All goes according to plan until another boy named Edgar Allan arrives in class, which complicates his schemes of dominance. 'Edgar Allan' is a darkly comedic and musical riff on the obsessions, mania, and insanity that haunted the life and work of America's first professional writer.
DEMENTIA AMERICANA
Discovered at: New York Fringe
Sex! Murder! Insanity! John Philip Sousa! All this and more in a darkly comic and appallingly relevant play that explores the upsetting and true events surrounding Evelyn Nesbit, Harry K Thaw, and the 1906 murder of famed architect Stanford White.
FLIGHT
Discovered at: New York Fringe
Acrobatically brilliant sequel to The Little Prince. Note: This is the only show in the Fringe Encore Series being performed at a different theater, Barrow Street Theater.
HOMO SAPIENS INTERRUPTUS
Discovered at: New York Fringe
Carlos Dengler he talks about heavy metal, human origins, and his road from pizza delivery to rockstardom with the band Interpol.
MOTHER EMANUEL
Discovered at: New York Fringe
A celebration of the lives of the nine gunned down at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Carolina on June 17, 2015.
OPERA MOUSE
Discovered at: Edinburgh Fringe
Tilly Mouse lives under an opera house, and she just loves to sing! Her dream is to perform on stage. But whenever anybody sees her, they scream and run away. With determination, imagination, and help from her friends, Tilly proves that even a mouse can be a star! Featuring songs and arias from several operas, including Gianni Schicchi, Carmen and The Magic Flute.
PIAF AND BREL
Discovered at: Edinburgh Fringe
Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel: Two French musical icons. They sang songs of romance, heartbreak, hope and love. They lived lives of drama and passion. This impossible concert, featuring internationally acclaimed vocalist Melanie Gall, relives the adventure and inspiration of their lives and music. With Amsterdam, Milord, La Vie en Rose and other French classics.
PUCKER UP AND BLOW
Discovered at: New York Fringe
David, a young actor with only children’s theatre credits, is making his Broadway debut in a play by New York’s “most inflammatory” playwright—but it means nudity and performing a lewd sex act. What’s more important? Dignity or career?
RENT CONTROL
Discovered at: New York Fringe
Evan Zes portrays 30 characters, including himself, a struggling actor turns an NYC rent-controlled apartment into a lucrative AIRBNB scheme in this wild-but-TRUE one-man show
THE BOX SHOW
Discovered at: New York Fringe
One woman. 25 characters. All inside a cupboard! The doors open to reveal: a drunken couple in Vegas, a lonely Giantess, the entire Greek Army inside the Trojan Horse, & more!
THE CLEANING GUY
Discovered at: New York Fringe
One man’s dealings with the dirty secrets of apt dwellers in NYC. A wild ride with original musical numbers that give you a voyeuristic view of what lies behind their doors.
THE EXTRAORDINARY FALL OF THE FOUR LEGGED WOMAN
Discovered at: New York Fringe
Glimpse underneath the Big Top with our a capella musical circus sideshow! In the dusty desert, Myrtle Corbin, the Four-Legged curiosity, meets her match. Can this veteran performer make a life outside the tent?
THE FALL
Discovered at: New York Fringe
Ten years have gone by since 9/11, but life without Dad has not gotten any easier. In this memory play-meets-docudrama, six young women search for identity, understanding, and redemption in the wake of a national—and very personal—tragedy.
THE RADICALIZATION OF ROLFE
Discovered at: New York Fringe
A look at The Sound of Music from the point of view of Rolfe (“I am 17 going on 18”), a Nazi who is also gay.
THE SECRET LIFE OF YOUR THIRD GRADE TEACHER
Discovered at: New York Fringe
When you teach third grade, you can’t tell your students everything. A two-time Moth GrandSLAM champion comes clean about classroom disasters, falling in love and forging letters from an imaginary Queen.
WE LIVE BY THE SEA
Discovered at: Edinburgh Fringe
When Ryan moves from the city to Katie’s coastal town, they make a connection that will shake their worlds forever. Playful visual storytelling with a live electronic score about autism, friendship and a very big wave.
YOKES NIGHT
Discovered at: Edinburgh Fringe
Dublin, 11th March 2015. A slip-up loophole in the law declares all drugs legal for 24 hours. On this night of rebellion, Harry finds himself under the influence of Saoirse. Bound by the ecstasy of their union, secrets are shared, and the stench of bloodshed is looming. Stay Up Late and Bear Trap Theatre fuse cut-throat dialect with stylized movement, forging a fresh, progressive theatre experience.
ZAMBONI
Discovered at: New York Fringe
Jamie has resurfaced the ice rink for decades – frozen in isolation, unnoticed by the world around him. On the brink of his mother’s death, he begins a high-stakes journey of self-discovery through darkly funny and morally risky encounters.