After a sold-out run at VAULT Festival and an immediate transfer to King's Head Theatre, WONDER DRUG: A Comedy about Cystic Fibrosis is going to the Pleasance Courtyard at the Edinburgh Fringe - and we're delighted to be one of Broadway World's Top 10 Theatre picks out of the 3,000 shows there! Information about Crowd-Funder below!
1 hr. | 12+ | NB People with cystic fibrosis are advised not to attend in person due to the risk of cross-infection (please see here for more information). The show will be streamed online 6-10 September for anyone who can't attend for reasons of access, geography or health.
Charlie has cystic fibrosis, a condition that causes a build-up of mucus. Lovely. But with a new girlfriend and a Wonder Drug called Kaftrio on the horizon, what can stop him now?
“How about an E. coli infection?” says the universe. “Oh, and a pandemic brought about by a virus you’re vulnerable to.” “Balls”, says Charlie.
Join Charlie Merriman for a rollicking course of intravenous antibiotics set to 80s bangers in his debut one-man show! Come meet the bugs he’s had and the drugs that treat them as he takes a fresh look at the relationship between physical and mental health.
Will the government follow their own lockdown guidelines? Spoiler: no. Will Charlie resist the thrill of daytime TV? Spoiler: no. And will the dashing new Wonder Drug save the day? No spoilers.
2-28 August, 12:30pm, Pleasance Courtyard (Upstairs) at the Edinburgh Fringe
Unit M405
Tooting Works
SW17 9SH
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