A bit about yourselves, what you do, why you do it etc... We met at school when we were 16 and started doing comedy together when we ran out of things to talk about (approx ten years into our friendship). We went from doing two minutes on a sketch night to taking a show to … Continue reading “We kind of stumbled our way through learning to write.” | Croft and Pearce on crafting narrative through sketch for Double Take
“Promoting other people’s creativity is a lot more productive for making change.” | Edalia Day on mixing comedy, songs and video to explore life outside the box
Tell us about your show, Too Pretty to Punch. Too Pretty To Punch is a comedy spoken word show about gender, the media and not fitting any of the boxes. It combines interactive video projection, physical comedy, spoken word and a banjo to break down our ideas of what gender is and what it means … Continue reading “Promoting other people’s creativity is a lot more productive for making change.” | Edalia Day on mixing comedy, songs and video to explore life outside the box
Anna KareniNaNaNa isn’t the most accurate retelling of Tolstoy’s epic, but it has singing, spitting and snowball fights to make up for it
Leo Tolstoy’s 1878 novel Anna Karenina has been adapted into countless forms over the decades since it was first published. A tale of betrayal, faith and family in Imperial Russian society, it has been portrayed in theatre, opera, film, ballet and now an hour-long comedy musical by The Pushkinettes. While not strictly the most accurate … Continue reading Anna KareniNaNaNa isn’t the most accurate retelling of Tolstoy’s epic, but it has singing, spitting and snowball fights to make up for it
