Head Set by Victoria Melody
produced by Farnham Maltings
Selected as one of the best shows to see at the Edinburgh Fringe by Time Out and The Times. Head Set is a theatre show that explores amateur stand-up comedy and how to make peace with our divergent and messy brains.
Victoria Melody, deciding to quit her career in theatre, turns to her Plan B: the thing she’s always secretly known she’d be brilliant at… stand-up comedy. She embeds herself into the amateur stand-up scene, a world with its own rules, cultures and behaviours. Problem is, stand-up is much harder than it seems and Victoria has always struggled with communication and words. In her mind she sounds like a genius but what comes out of her mouth sounds like a baby, a baby woman.
Driven by an ambition to become a better stand-up, she seeks out help from a speech and language specialists, leading to a string of diagnoses and finds out at the grand old age of 40 that she’s neurodivergent. Using wearable technology and working with a neuroscientist they make a revolutionary discovery that might be a natural cure for ADHD. Head Set is a hilarious, insightful and surreal odyssey.
Age guidance: 14+
Running time: 60 mins (no interval)
'Victoria Melody should be a national treasure'
‘A quirkiness and curiosity that is deeply appealing… and very funny’
‘A charisma that defies scientific classification’
Theatre Club
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2 for 1 tickets on selected South Street shows!
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