I'm proper excited to announce that my Seven Inch show is making its live premiere in Manchester.
I'll perform Seven Inch on 20 January 2021 for Turn On Fest, the annual LGBTQIA+ arts festival run in collaboration with the amazing Hope Mill Theatre and Manchester Pride's Superbia.
This is the Edinburgh Fringe adaptation of my record shop show originally commissioned by The Lowry theatre. For this new version, which ran for two weeks in August 2019, I sliced out much of the spoken word and converted it into a comedy show designed for a small box space: more funnies, more sillies, more intimate, fewer wasps in the classical music section.
"But Fat Roland," I hear you say, "how can you do a show during the apocalypse? Are you some kind of idiot or what?"
Yes, I am an idiot, but that's besides the point. This is a real-life show in a real space with actual people and everything. Hope Mill Theatre are committed to a virus-careful event, with distancing and screens in place. And I'll be distanced from you, so you can relax and enjoy the show.
This is how we do it. Book your tickets to see me LIVE, i.e. IRL, i.e. distanced face-to-face. And then if the prime minister Blobby Johnson puts higher tier restrictions in place, or we consider the event wouldn't be safe just yet, we'll bump it to a later date.
The best thing is, you keep your ticket. So get those tickets booked! This is a one-off, so don't miss out.
Alternatively, if you're not yet up for IRL events, then there's an option to watch online. Live AND broadcast at the same time, just like the football or something. I dunno. Are they still doing football these days? Gooooaaal!
Here's some blurb, but presented as if Shirley Bassey was singing it:
FAT ROLAND: SEVEN INCH — Set in the last record shop still standiiiiiing, Manchester comic Fat Roland re-examines his life through not-so-teenage kicks, surrounded by forgettable (and unforgettable) pop musiiiiiiic. *dress glitters in the lights* Amid the cobwebbed racks and fading seven-inch siiiiiiingles, he faces his 45th birthday alone – when a new opportunity comes knockiiiiing, will Roland pack up his gramophoooo-oooooone? *cut to James Bond title sequence* Originally a five-staaaaar, one-idiot commission for The Lowryyyyyyyyy, *big arm raise* this special adaption for the Edinburgh Friiiiinge is making its Manchester premieeeeeeeere. *Propellerheads do a remix* *annoys all the rock bores by doing Glastonbury*
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