A drunken barber finds a lonely nose in his roll of bread. Moments later a government major wakes up to discover that not only has his own nose vanished; it is walking around town dressed as State Councillor! So begins a maddening charge through the streets of St Petersburg in search of the renegade organ. Fat-Git Theatre’s adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's short story reinvents those historic streets as a maze where the law has no precedent, restaurants serve empty plates and the last Russian communist has gained complete control of the theatre.

Disregarding gentility in favour of toying with the lines between story-teller, character and killer clown, The Nose is a retelling with an anarchic ensemble of satiric narrators whose unlucky protagonist remains unaware of it all, without even a nose to his name. This witty and somewhat brutal assault on the defenceless hero is one of the innovations of the new script, a piece of madcap new writing with enough wit and intelligence to work your brain as well as your funnybone. The production blends caricature with fast-paced satire, held together at the seams with live Russian music and a mission statement of transparent, unpretentious theatre.

The Nose is premiering at Birmingham Custard Factory on the 16-17 June.

Fat-Git Theatre have recently returned from an award winning run at the National Student Drama Festival. The company is focused on mashing playful, spectacular theatre with relevant subject matter and new writing. The creative team have staged various shows at Warwick Arts Centre and premiered new work When It Was May in association with the Institute of Advanced Teaching and Learning in March.

This is their first production at the Edinburgh Festival, and we only ask that you help with the final financial push to get us there.