From emerging Scottish theatre maker, Ellie Higgins, comes a disorientating step-by-step guide to finding your stride. Or strut. Or stroll. But it’s not really about walking at all.

Kat thought they were too young for menopause; biology thought differently. Join them for anxiety, insomnia and self-conscious jogging as they learn to navigate the first chaotic year. Fearless, irreverent and intimate, Dry Season is a spoken word show about questioning assumptions and learning to rewrite your story.

Join us at the official FemFest scratch night set up for artists to come and explore new ideas in a supportive space.

You’ll be speaking of this night for years to come, where you’ll be able to say to your friends, “Oh yeah, I saw them when they first started at the legendary FemFest Scratch Night in 2023.”

Scratch nights are all about creating a joyful and encouraging environment that allows performers to take risks. From clowning to cabaret, character comedy to contemplative monologues, we welcome anyone and everyone to come and see art in its formative stages and give it the opportunity to grow.

Ever wondered if you have one lip sync, one silly character, one drag act in you? Specifically inclusive to non-performers, this supportive workshop will see you creating your own short act around the theme of queer self-acceptance and sharing it with the group. Don’t be shy! You might just surprise yourself… 

Amelia Hills is pregnant with the Antichrist, and they’re not sure what to do next. An hour of high camp body horror parody navigating fears of pregnancy as a trans person. Equal parts silly and horrifying, ANTICHRIST is a queer celebration of the parts of ourselves deemed most monstrous.

2023. Shady billionaires make plans to colonise and mine the solar system behind all our backs, and one rocky satellite is dangerously close to the edge. One last investigation could figure out where it all went wrong and how we can course-correct before it’s too late.

The year is 3027. When Nicola discovers a phone that can communicate through time, she can’t stop herself from secretly using Barry as a subject in her own historical research. But as Barry denies the changes in the world around him, Nicola sees her own life start to unravel.

“Who will believe thee, Isabel?” A stripped down version of Shakespeare’s problem play. With #MeToo themes, this adaptation dramatically highlights the consequences of political and personal abuse. Adapted by Sam Chittenden. With Catie Ridewood, Mickey Knighton and Harry W Freeman. Must See Show, Fringe Review; A dramatic tour-de-force, Latest, 4.5 *

Several years into the future, gender has been outlawed. Only registered performers are allowed to deviate from neutrality, like licensed drag artists Mike Drop and Dragona Budjet (pronounced “bou-jzay”) of removals company Drag ‘n’ Drop. Combining drag, music, comedy, spoken word, ‘Drag ‘n’ Drop’ peeks behind the universe’s rhinestoned curtains.

Carolann stumbles out of her super woman bubble to discover a world of shifting desires, menopause, and music direct from her soul. Hypnotic melodies, searing honesty and humour will take you on a journey of discovery with Carolann.

Musical comedian and professional overthinker Selena Mersey is in a loving, long-term relationship. Unfortunately, she’s also been reading about Freud. Can Selena’s romance survive the weight of anxiety, progressive politics, and an incredibly impactful psychology A Level? A filthy, Freudian, feminist odyssey, featuring songs, stand-up, burlesque, and a live birth.

Conceived and led by artist & tutor Jade Hylton, Drawversity is a life model class that focuses on introducing more black models and people of colour to the world of life modelling. During the sessions, a new model will pose for the group, choosing their own pose lengths, guided and supported by Jade. These sessions are clothed, giving artists the opportunity to draw the clothed figure, or portrait, with the option of the model posing unclothed if they prefer. The session is open to all abilities & levels of experience and Jade will be on hand to offer any help you need.