Edinburgh Festival Fringe Series 2024 - Ep 221: Selena Mersey Madonna/Whore

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Today Elaine chats to musical comedian Selena Mersey new show Madonna/Whore. We chat the inspiration for the show, how we face a new situation and how that challenges us, how society pts roles on us and how we fight against it and much more. Selena Mersey: Madonna/Whore - Underbelly Cowgate Dates: 13th - 25th August @ 6.40 pm Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/selena-mersey-madonna-whore Madonna/Whore Award-winning musical comedian and professional overthinker Selena Mersey is in a long-term relationship for the first time in her life. Unfortunately, she’s also been reading about Freud. Can Selena’s straight-passing romance survive the weight of anxiety, progressive politics, and an incredibly impactful psychology A Level? Presenting Madonna/Whore: a filthy, Freudian, feminist odyssey into the desire to be both and neither a mother and a slut. After a sellout run at Brighton Fringe, Mersey presents a souped-up redux of the psychodynamic sensation, featuring songs, stand-up, burlesque, and a live birth. Let this shambolic chanteuse enchant you out of your Freudian slip and show you what relationship counselling really looks like. Selena Mersey Selena Mersey is a musical comedy powerhouse, bisexual burlesque babe, and a force of nature theatre maker. A rising star on the UK's cabaret scene, she has performed in the finals of the Musical Comedy Awards, graced the stage of Europe’s most prestigious burlesque competition ‘Burlesque Idol’, been featured on the UK’s premier comedy streaming platform NextUp, and made a splash on TikTok with over 3.5 million views. The shambolic songstress presented her hour-long debut Madonna/Whore at Brighton Fringe to great acclaim, winning 3 festival awards and being awarded funding to debut at Edinburgh Fringe. HIPA GUIDES: HIPA GUIDES OUR WEBSITE - www.persistentandnasty.co.uk Persistent Pal & Nasty Hero - Pals and Hero Membership Email – [e-mail] Instagram - @persistentandnasty Twitter - @PersistentNasty Coffee Morning Eventbrite - Coffee Morning Tickets LINKTREE - LINKTR.EE Resources Samaritans - Rape Crisis Scotland - Rape Crisis UK ArtsMinds - BAPAM Freelancers Make Theatre Work Stonewall UK - Trevor Project - Mermaids UK Switchboard LGBT+ - GATE PLANNED PARENTHOOD DONATE - DONATE ABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK UK - ASN.COM- DONATE