“Some of the show might not be funny, it might instead be introspective.” | Kayla MacQuarrie talks wrestling with comedy for Crossface at Vault Festival

Tell us about the show you’re bringing to the Vault Festival. Kayla MacQuarrie: Crossface is a character comedy performance drama wrestling with masks, identity and being fashioned by context. When I was younger I was a fan of wrestling, then I wasn’t. Then I tried to be a writer, I didn’t. I got a film … Continue reading “Some of the show might not be funny, it might instead be introspective.” | Kayla MacQuarrie talks wrestling with comedy for Crossface at Vault Festival

“After a big daft silly show I wanted to do something a bit more personal.” | Edy Hurst on finding depth with a loop pedal at Vault Festival

CW: Mention of suicide. Tell us about the show you’re bringing to the Vault Festival, Hurst Schmurst. Hurst Schmurst is my debut full length show, which means that it’s about an hour long. It’s filled with my finest songs, loop pedal nonsense and a puppet that is the physical embodiment of my self-doubt, so there’s … Continue reading “After a big daft silly show I wanted to do something a bit more personal.” | Edy Hurst on finding depth with a loop pedal at Vault Festival

“It’s kind of a trashy, camp comedy fever dream.” | Jack Mosedale and Laura Curnick on bringing Mother to Vault Festival

Tell us about the show you’re bringing to the Vault Festival. J: We’re bringing our sketch show to VAULT this year. It’s an hour of sketches and characters that we wrote and developed and then took to Edinburgh in 2019. It’s kind of a trashy, camp comedy fever dream that came out of locking Laura … Continue reading “It’s kind of a trashy, camp comedy fever dream.” | Jack Mosedale and Laura Curnick on bringing Mother to Vault Festival