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What we’re doing

We’re taking two new shows about love, sex and the internet by award-winning playwright Jonathan Brittain to the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

We will be performing the shows at The Pleasance Courtyard, one of the best venues in Edinburgh. We’ve also got some excellent actors involved, and we believe in putting them up and paying them a decent wage.

Phillipa and Will are Now in a Relationship is an age-old boy-meets-girl love story with a twist: it’s told entirely through a couple’s Facebook wall-to-wall. WARNING: Contains excessive poking. “Perfect.” - Brighton Argus.

The Sexual Awakening of Peter Mayo is a new comedy about the secret side of internet dating. Join Peter, the man who found about the birds and the bees from an episode of Thunderbirds, as he learns about no strings attached sex, and all the strings that come with it.

What we’re after

Both shows are scheduled to run at The Pleasance Courtyard (Phillipa and Will in the Attic and Peter Mayo in the Beside) for the whole of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. We are looking for donors to contribute £2000 toward actors’ fees and accommodation. You’ll find a list of rewards for each pledge on the right hand side. Anything you can spare is a great help to us, and we'd like to say thank you in advance.

Who we are

Misshapen Theatre was founded in 2010 by playwright Jonathan Brittain, producer Lucy Jackson and publicist Jack Swain, following the successful run of Brittain’s Edinburgh debut The Wake (check it out on our website).

If you'd like to see how rehearsals are going, follow us on Twitter - @misshapen_arts. To read about our shows check out our website, www.misshapentheatre.com, or feel free to get in touch with us at misshapentheatre@gmail.com for any other info.

Why we’re doing it

Apart from the fact that we love the Fringe, we reckon our shows are that rare commodity: intelligent and entertaining. In fact, that’s our entire approach to theatre. Of course we want you the audience to have a good time, but we also want to give you some food for thought about a particular issue – in this case, how has love and sex been affected by the online revolution?

Chances are you’re linked to at least one social networking site, and the way you conduct your personal relationships has probably changed as a result. Are you the same person online as you are offline? Do the same rules of etiquette apply to both worlds? Is someone a pervert because they look for sex online? We want to explore all these questions as truthfully as possible, and provide lots of laughs along the way.

Why you should care

Unless you’ve been hiding away in a dark hole, you know about the arts cuts. Gaining funding for new theatre has never been harder, which is why it falls on you, lovely reader, to lend a helping hand. If you value the arts as much as we do, if you think theatre is important not just for a fun night out, but as a reflection of the issues affecting people in the world today, now is the time to act.

We’re all Fringe veterans, and we’ve honestly never been as excited about a project there as we are about this one. We’ve been writing, researching and workshopping both shows extensively for the last six months, and we’re incredibly proud of the results. We'd be honoured if you chose to donate.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Jon, Jack and Lucy
Misshapen Theatre

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£2078 Wefunded
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41 Wefunders
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  1. Pledge £10 or more

    You're a star!
    Thank you so much, every little helps.
    For your generosity we will thank you in our programme and on our website.

  2. Pledge £25 or more

    You're a legend!
    Thank you kindly, in return we'd like to offer you 1 free ticket to each show (either in Edinburgh or for a London previews) as well as a thank you in our programme and on our website.

  3. Pledge £50 or more

    You're a gentleman/woman and a scholar!
    This is a big help and we'd love to pay you back by giving you two free tickets to both shows (either in Edinburgh or for a London preview)
    Plus, you'll get a special thank you in our programme and on our website.

  4. Pledge £100 or more

    You're a Captain of Awesomeness!
    For your generosity, we'll give you all of the above, as well as signed copies of the script and posters, plus we'd love to take you for a post-show drink (on us!) to express our gratitude.

  5. Pledge £250 or more

    You are a Superhero!
    You sir/lady, are too kind. Not only do you receive all of the above, you also get 10 free tickets to our shows and a complimentary dinner with the cast and crew - it's the least we can do...

  6. Pledge £500 or more

    My goodness, are you a Saint?
    You really have gone beyond the call of duty here, and as well as all the other juicy incentives, we will immortalisee you by naming a character in one of our plays in your honour. Who knows, it could be a hit...

  7. Pledge £1000 or more

    What can we say? We're humbled. You've singlehandedly saved our company. You are a Patron.
    You will receive every juicy incentive listed above, you will be offerred the oppurtunity to be listed as a Patron of our company and, as a special gift, Jonathan will write a play or short story, about whatever you want, just for you.

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