In March I was accepted to perform at a competitive scratch night at Morley College, and I was honoured to claim the top prize which was rehearsal space and a preview show for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Unfortunately I am unable to take the show to Edinburgh this year, though I do plan to head up for a few days and roam the streets in my egg suit, in preparation for performances next year.
Egg is the story of one yolk’s quest to find herself in a human world. At once powerful & powerless, comedic & majestic; Egg stands alone. Hatching with fresh eyes and an insatiable curiousity, Egg overcomes many obstacles, struggling to fulfil her potential and claim a slice of this life for her own. But Alas! She is an egg and her fate is sealed. With no one and nothing to save her, her end is certain: she will be fried, yes, fried in a pan...
‘Delightful and disorientating, a dizzying chain of events played out with obvious joy… It can laugh at itself without diminishing its intelligent points’ - Plays To See
Surprising, fantastical & bold: a coming-of-age journey that tackles age-old questions like ‘What came first?’
One yolk's quest to make it in a human world. A dynamic voyage with feminist undertones: the egg is at once powerful and powerless, comedic and majestic. The yolk emerges from the shell, at first timid and wary, before becoming glorious, and ultimately angry at its fate: fried in a pan. Born androgynous, she is quickly gendered by the world she has hatched into.
Surprising, fantastical and bold, a coming of age journey that tackles age-old questions like ‘What came first?’
'Delightful and disorientating... a dizzying chain of events, played out with obvious joy' - Plays To See
Egg is a show that hatched from an egg costume. While working for the Royal Society for the Pursuit of Lovebirds (RSPLB: amateur birdwatching society and expert dating agency) I mentioned I'd always wanted to be an egg on legs. They contacted artist Tim Spooner, and my dream became a reality. After developing into a cabaret act I was convinced of the potential for a full length show.
Egg has been to: Camden People's Theatre as part of their SPRINT festival 2016 and then again in 2017; Winner of the Morley College Edinburgh prize 2016; Impfest at Hornsey Town Hall Arts Centre 2016 and a full run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as part of PBH's Free Fringe.
Egg as a cabaret act has performed at: Duckie at Royal Vauxhall Tavern, FLESH Hull, CUNTemporary at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club; for Rueben Kaye at the Cockpit Theatre; Lewisham People’s Day, Theatre Mono at The Coach & Horses; Shoreditch House; the Salon Collective; Cossall Arts Cabaret; Properganda, The Breakfast Club, as well as Glastonbury, Wilderness and Bestival festivals.