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BELLRINGERS
Producer Ellie Keel founded The Women’s
Prize for Playwriting to showcase vivid,
expansive and exquisitely crafted new plays by
female and non-binary writers in the UK and
Ireland. In 2023 there were 1,001 submissions
and BELLRINGERS was one of the final five
plays shortlisted for the prize. And now
multi-award-winning Ellie Keel Productions
(The Stage Producer of the Year 2024) and
Atticist are back at the Fringe in a co-
production with Hampstead Theatre to
present this piece at the Roundabout, the first
play by Royal Court-backed writer, Daisy
Hall.
Described by Daisy as a work “about the
persistence of love in an imploding world”
BELLRINGERS is a stunning debut play
about love, community, and being young atthe end of the world. The mushrooms are
encroaching, fish are falling from the sky,
and in a belltower Clement and Aspinall are
waiting for lightning to strike. Superstition
says that the ringing of church bells can
dispel a storm. When it feels like the
apocalypse is here, surely anything is worth
a shot.
Director Jessica Lazar explained to us:
“BELLRINGERS is the extraordinary debut of
a writer who is going to become a leading
voice in British theatre. It sings with tragic
inevitability swaddled in irrational,
irrepressible hope – a hope that just might be
triumphant after all. It is a play that, with the
world as it is, in so many ways, I think we
need to see.”Tickets available from edfringe.comPleasance asks just how far will one Queen go
for a round of applause – and, as you would
expect it is filled to the brim with stunning
looks and cunning stunts.
It’s safe to say Ginger likes being silly and
isn’t that what we all sometimes need. In this
amazing new show, Britain’s ditsiest daredevil
will take a death-defying leap of faith, taking
on her biggest challenge yet, in what promises
to be an unmissable Edinburgh highlight.
She’s swapping her crown for a crash helmet –
oh my gosh, why does she need a crash helmet!
Not content with snatching the crown,
Ginger intends to use her year-long reign to
break new ground in drag performance.
Audiences can expect Ginger’s signature big
hair, big heart and big laughs as our Queen
swaps her stilettos for safety goggles and the
runway for the real world. Written, directed,
and performed by Ginger Johnson, with
additional material and original songs by
cabaret legends Bourgeois and
Maurice, Ginger Johnson Blows Off! will
showcase 80’s power ballads, death defying
illusions and jaw-dropping glamour.
Chatting about the show the Powerhouse
herself said: “Competing on Drag Race was
the biggest challenge of my life to date, so it
only feels right to follow it up with something
even more ridiculous.
“Ginger Johnson Blows Off! tells the story
of what it feels like to have a dream come true
and the joy that comes with chasing a new
one. It’s about taking risks, pushing limits,
living up to expectations... and not taking
yourself too seriously in the process.Top
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