Honest, funny and very naughty – US comedian Maggie Widdoes will be taking Fringe audiences on a rollercoaster ride through all her life’s ups and downs.
The international premiere of Stay Big & Go Get ‘Em marks the Edinburgh Fringe debut of a comedian and actor direct from the Los Angeles and New York improv scenes who has a growing fanbase from her comedy podcast appearances.
Self-described as a “diagnosed, dead ass too-many-feelings-having human” the show is a comic deep dive of life’s realities. That includes physical and mental ill health the absurd workings of grief, fear, and lifelong horniness.
She says: “I’m taking all the harder shit that goes on life and moving it into lightness, joy and humour through a public exercise of personal alchemy.”
Based in Los Angeles but originally from Brooklyn, Maggie has been performing comedy for a decade. She’s was a house performer at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in both the NYC and LA and now hosts/performs in several improv and stand-up shows.
Maggie co-hosts the podcast Stinkers with James Dwyer and Caroline Cotter and previously co-hosted the improvised podcast Dead Meet with Jaime Lutz. She’s guested on several improvised and comedy based podcasts (With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus, You Know What I Would Do, Crazy; In Bed, and more).
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Listings Details
- Venue: Just The Tonic at The Mash House, The Snifter Room (Venue 288)
- Time: 21:55
- Dates: Previews 3&4 August. 5-27 August
- Duration: 60 minutes
- Ticket prices: Pay what you want. Suggested £5 previews, £7 main run
- Advisory: Age 18+
- Warnings: Graphic sexual content and swearing
- Tickets: https://tickets.edfringe.com
Cast and creatives
- Performer: Maggie Widdoes
Instagram: @mwids
Website: www.maggiewiddoes.com
For media information contact Matthew Shelley at SFPR
on 07786 704299 or at [email protected].