Funny Guy
Funny Guy is a new dark comedy that explores the fragile underpinnings of romance, friendship and success in two, thirty-something couples. The actors play out a spiky, contemporary drama concerning jobs, love and betrayal, while the dark side of their subconscious motivation is explored by the omniscient id, played by the neon puppet. This other-worldly, larger than life apparition bursts out of the chaos of the characters’ imaginations and stalks the stage with a commanding, damning monologue. It then proceeds to engage the audience directly, bringing a sense of immediacy to life’s larger questions. The play explores themes of identity, materialism, sexuality and greed , and invites audiences to question the foundations of their own most intimate relationships and their understanding of who they really are.
This play was originally conceived and outlined around 2010, but it wasn’t until the pandemic shutdown in 2020 that the first draft of the script was completed, and the prototype of the neon marionette was fabricated. That year, several versions of the neon were made and set up temporarily as outdoor street art around New York, at Astor Place and the Flatiron building where they immediately drew enthusiastic crowds. This year, we are bringing this quirky and off-beat show to the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival. We will be performing 19 shows in August at the Greenside George Street Venue, located at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. We are very excited to be bringing this strangely compelling show to a wider audience.
