FlawBored present It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure Usually disabled people just want to do the right thing. But what if they don’t? What if they were out to make as much money as possible from the guilt of non-disabled, anxious people (like you)? Hot off the back of their smash-hit run at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, multi-award winning. disability-led theatre company FlawBored present It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure; ‘a smart, scathing satire’ on the monetisation of identity politics that spares no one. ‘Stunningly inventive satire’ The Times ‘A tsunami of satire’ The Stage 'Pin-sharp... overflowing with dark humour and righteous anger' Fest Magazine 'Clever, irreverent, shrewd, naughty, caring, and very very very funny' Broadway Baby 'FlawBored aren't just breaking the mould, they are smashing it into smithereens' Lyn Gardner, Stage Door The Stage Fringe Five - Edinburgh 2023 The List Three Weeks Edinburgh Untapped Award 2023. Supported by Arts Council England Project Grants, Wildcard, The Watermill, Theatre Deli and Camden People’s Theatre. FlawBored are Associate Artists of The Pleasance.
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Cast
Samuel Brewer
Tim
Sam is an access consultant, facilitator, actor & theatre maker who graduated from BA Acting CDT at Central in 2020. Since graduating he has heavily involved himself in disability related activism and was the director of The Diversity School Initiative. He is also an ambassador for the Disability Artist Network Collective. He runs workshops on access tools in the rehearsal room – skill building for practitioners on making their methodologies more accessible. These workshops are designed to be active, engaging and cheeky. Self describing the way he works as “take the works seriously, don’t take yourself seriously.”
Aarian Mehrabani
Ross
Aarian trained on the BA Acting (Collaborative and devised theatre) course at the Royal Central school of speech and drama, graduating in 2020. Before moving to London in 2017 he worked closely with The Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, appearing in shows such as Nothing (2016/2017), directed by Bryony Shanahan and BRINK, directed by Matthew Xia.
He has also worked in musical theatre with Leo&Hyde playing Aziz in their UK tour of ‘GUY: A new musical’ and 2021 R&D, alongside working with them to integrate music tech and live looping into their new musical “Galileo”.
He also writes and performs music under the name "Aarian" and his debut single "Five Yard line" was released on all streaming services in May 2022.
Chloe Palmer
Helen Richardson
Chloe is an Actor and Theatremaker who graduated from BA Acting CDT at Central in 2020. Working very physically and collaboratively, Chloe has an interest in the abstract and weird, using this as a way to tread the line between tragedy and comedy. As an actor: We Need to Talk About Grief: R&D - Sean Linnen and Sonia Jalaly (Donmar Warehouse) CONTAINS ADULT THEMES AND VIOLENCE: Martha Watson-Allpress (Upstairs at the Gatehouse)
Creative Team
FlawBored with Josh Roche
Written By
Josh Roche
Director
Beatrice Galloway
Stage Manager
Hannah Smith
Producer
Cara Evans
Designer
Alex Musgrave
Lighting Designer
Dan Light
Video Designer
Calum Perrin
Sound Designer
Abi Turner
Co Lighting Designer for VAULTS & Associate Lighting Designer for Edinburgh
Josie Ireland
Associate Video Designer
ASYLUM Arts
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