Old Fat F**k Up is a show about seeing your naked body in the mirror and crying, discovering your career’s uncontrollably disintegrating, and realising that suddenly everything costs a bomb. Oh, and now you’ve got kids too, so there’s that. Hilarious, right?
Following last year's ★★★★★ hilarious and terrifying hit, F**king Legend (Pleasance, Edinburgh; Riverside Studios, London), Olly (and his fairly punchable face) returns with a show that rips into the absurdity of modern life, peels back the layers of middle-aged denial and the pain of parenthood, then exposes the wreckage men leave behind when they’re just trying not to break things.
*but may not be. In fact, let’s be honest, it probably won’t be.
‘Olly Hawes is a magnificent writer’ WhatsOnStage
‘An entirely innovative and distinctive voice in contemporary theatre’ Adventures in Theatreland
‘A magnificent storyteller’ British Theatre Guide
See F**king Legend alongside Olly’s new show Old Fat F**k Up and get 20% off full-price tickets when booked together in the same transaction. (Offer applies to full-price tickets only; performances do not need to be on the same day.)
Olly makes shows that explore the tension between the desires of individuals and the stability of collectives. He is co-artistic director of take stock exchange - their latest series of podcasts, Machloket, made with the Royal Court, is available now. He’s worked with some of the country’s most prestigious and exciting venues, including the National Theatre, The Young Vic and The Barbican.
P Burton-Morgan has been Artistic Director of Metta Theatre since 2005 for which they have written/directed over 30 productions including Sherlock Holmes and the PoisonWood (Watermill) and the WGGB award-winning In the Willows (UK tour). Their debut novel Muddying is currently out on submission with United Agents and they're also a Ledbury Festival slam-winning poet.
Praise for F**king Legend
TOP 10 SHOW Ed Fringe 2024 ‘Extraordinary. I can’t recommend it enough’ Fergus Morgan, The Crush Bar
★★★★ ‘Terrifically smart and discomforting… exhilarating’ The Scotsman
★★★★★ ‘A Marvel to Behold’ All That Dazzles
★★★★ ‘Perfectly eccentric, complex, emotional,’ Adventures in Theatreland
★★★★ ‘Completely and utterly gripping’ What’s Good To Do
ONLY £60!: 6 free cinema tickets, 10% off all tickets at Riverside, 10% off our various bars & bakery, free popcorn every cinema visit, no booking fees, AND MUCH MORE
