Star of BBC Scotland's Up For It! and BBC Radio Scotland, Ashley Storrie returns to the Fringe with a raw and hysterical show about mental health and the ways she uses humour to overcome her pain.
Two strangers meet on a bridge where they have both come to commit suicide.
Cloud Study
Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, Queen Charlotte and Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger attempt to prevent the king's political enemies, led by the Prince of Wales, from usurping the throne.
A young woman raised in the US returns to her birth country in Eastern Europe after a devastating tragedy. Questioning her sanity and her sexuality, she starts believing she possesses supernatural powers.
Best friends set out to conquer Hollywood but are ambushed when one of them is diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
On a remote island off the coast of Maine, Liv, after years of silence, begins to weave a language out of Shakespeare's words. A driven neurologist, brought to the island to protect her, commits her to a psychiatric hospital. She becomes a full-blow rebel in the hospital; her increasing violence threatens to keep her locked up for life as she fights for her voice and her freedom.
A head chef balances multiple personal and professional crises at a popular restaurant in London.
A successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant, agrees to care for his teenage son from a previous marriage after his ex-wife becomes concerned about the boy's wayward behavior.
When Freddie hits rock bottom Lily offers a way out. Freddie must overcome his demons and allow Lily's love to be his source of strength, or lose the life they share forever.
A traumatic event – a sudden suicide attempt – opens a gap in the everyday life of a family of three. Their lives change fundamentally, as if they've been pulled into a war invisible to everyone else. The plot is limited to the most acute, a short period of time and a situation that boils down to the most important thing – to save a loved one. The film was based on the personal experience of the director, who also plays the leading role.
An unhinged office worker who planned to go on a shooting spree at his workplace struggles with his newfound status as a hero after he ends up stopping a shooting spree instead.
Three sailors are talked into trying LSD and marijuana--which, this film implies, are basically the same thing--and the effects of the drugs endanger the lives of their fellow sailors aboard ship.
A teenage girl is sent to a women's prison, but should she really be there?
Naureen Shah's life is turned upside down when her best friend, Yousef Ahmed, tries to die by suicide, a Cardinal sin in Islam. The fallout that ensues with their friendship, his family, and the greater community traps and alienates Yousef, when all he needs is the understanding and support of the people he loves.
Johnny, a shy teen and his imaginary opposite fighting for control of the body. As Johnny's confidence rises, so does his anger. What happens when his alter-ego takes the reigns of Johnny's life and what dangers will he unknowingly be put in...
Emma approaches adulthood, she tries to live an ordinary life and keep up to her late mothers expectations. However her anxiety weighs over her, stopping her from enjoying the last few youthful years.
Kenny and Andy are brothers. Kenny suffers from Alzheimer's and has been in Andy's care for the last couple of years. When Andy can no longer face the responsibility, a trip down memory lane seems to be the only answer to his problems.
Shane, battling social anxiety at a party, finds himself dissociating from his own body when social pressure pushes him to the brink, turning a simple gathering into a surreal escape from reality.
After the suicide of a teenage boy, his friends go through their own personal turmoil in isolation, on the Monday of his funeral.