Edinburgh
ODDS ARE
A Solo Show by Smita Russell
Dramaturg: 2025
Ever feel like the universe has it in for you? Acclaimed storyteller Smita Russell unpacks a real-life mystery full of misfortune and truths stranger than fiction. Blending myth, medicine, math and memory, she explores what happens when science fails us, and we're left to take control of our own story. It's autobiographical, but never predictable: a sharp, genre-defying solo show that finds humour in heartbreak and meaning in chaos. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll shout, 'Oh hell no! What did you do?!' And you'll learn that, sometimes, what nearly breaks us becomes the story that saves us.
Alexis Gay:
Unprofessional
Director: 2024
"Hey… do you have a minute?” Bad from your boyfriend but worse from your boss. From New York-based standup and viral video comedian—and former tech employee—Alexis Gay, "Unprofessional" is a comedy debut about working (or, uh, not working) in tech, and one very specific 4pm meeting on the second floor of a company we'll call… Redacted. Following a successful 4-star run at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and on the heels of its U.S. tour, this show explores making work your entire personality, going nowhere on the hedonic treadmill, and worrying so much about your LinkedIn profile that it lands you at the hair doctor.
Lane Kwederis:
S*x Job
Director: 2023
After a sold-out run in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and receiving rave reviews (5 stars from Entertainment Now & Mumble Comedy, 4 stars from The Scotsman & Broadway Baby). Lane Kwederis is back with Sex Job the Musical: A musical comedy show about her real day job as a financial dominatrix. Get an inside look into the life of a financial dominatrix. How does it work? What even is financial domination!? Learn the ins and outs of what it’s like to be a sex worker: the good, the bad, and the shockingly hilarious!
Parallel
Duo Show from Danielle Deluty / Salma Hindy
Director: 2023
Comedians and friends Salma and Danielle explore their parallel upbringings in their respective religious Muslim and Jewish households, and how their path of self-righteousness brought them together today.
Happy Birthday,
Mr. President!
A Cabaret from Ellie MacPherson
Director: 2022
Happy Birthday, Mr. President! is a journey through the lives of the men (ugh, yes, all men) who have held the highest US office. Join Ellie and her band The Secret Service as she chronicles the weird, human sides of Commanders-in-Chief. Featuring a variety of music from Whitney Houston to Radiohead, old-school rap to classic country. In her Fringe debut, this “genuinely hilarious stellar songstress” (TheaterPizzazz.com) from New York creates a fun and funny cabaret classroom about the dudes who've led America.
ELLIE MACPHERSON, 2022
UNDERBELLY COWGATE