Remember when I got cancer and had a breakdown in Tesco’s?
Then literally went mental and posted some songs on Twitter?
When anxiety was at FULL CAPACITY LEVEL, my mom bought me a ukulele and it has saved my life.
I wrote some songs and randomly posted them online.
SHIT. GOT. REAL! and before I knew it there were 70,000K hits and the views kept rising.
Jody Comer, Sharon Rooney, Zoe Ball and Susan Wokoma
all retweeted my songs, and before I knew it over a million people had seen my face across the globe...
Paul Taylor-Mills
presents the premiere of
#HonestAmy A Ukulele Comedy
written and performed by
Amy Booth-Steel
(Heathers)
Directed by Kathy Burke
People even started saying that I was a “new Victoria Wood” (WTF!) so I was like SHIT I better learn some new chords, and up my game to at least 5!!!
This is a common story, about common people, and the things that people might commonly face. Anxiety, illness, fatigue, depression, and how the hell you try and date when your body and mind are both fuuuuuuucked!
Honest Amy is just me being me, exploring everyday issues through the medium of UKULELE! Expect a 45-minute exploration of what it’s like to live with a manic mind, with an open and honest insight into some unspoken home truths!
I have a story to tell, and I’m gonna tell it through song, so get me my uke, and a stage, and maybe a 3-legged stool, NOW! There will be a bunch of new songs, as well as the current Twitter classics, plus some extra one-woman surprises using a shaky egg and more...
“This is brilliant, PTSD after a serious illness is no joke”
Susan Wokoma
“WOW”
Sharon Rooney
“This Dame!”
Zoe Ball
Pleasance Dome (10 Dome)
1 Bristo Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9AL
12 noon (45mins)
Wed 31 Aug – Mon 26 Aug (no show Mon 12 Aug)
AMY BOOTH-STEEL
Amy is best known for her TV appearances as Mel in Wannabe, the BBC Three sitcom about a singer aiming to return to the limelight, Nicola Sturgeon in The Windsors and is in Matt Berry’s upcoming series Year of the Rabbit on C4.
She trained at Birmingham School of Acting. Her theatre credits include Mrs Fleming in Heathers (West End) Audrey in As You Like It (Regent’s Park) Prime Minister in The Assassination of Katie Hopkins (Theatr Clwyd) Jean in A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer (National Theatre) Dierdre/Mrs Ormerod in Anita & Me (Theatre Royal Stratford East & Birmingham Rep) Doreen Slater/Miss Elf in Adrian Mole 13 3/4 (Leicester Curve) Joyce Chilvers in Betty Blue Eyes (UK Tour) Piper in The Light Princess (National Theatre) Dolly in One Man Two Guvnors (UK & International Tour) Mrs Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie (Watermill Theatre) Pimple in She Stoops to Conquer (National Theatre) Peggy in Swallows & Amazons (Bristol Old Vic) La Rosa in Sister Act (London Palladium original cast) Fraulein Schweiger in The Sound of Music (London Palladium)
KATHY BURKE (Director)
Kathy Burke has worked extensively as director, actor and writer enjoying considerable success in each of the disciplines.
She won Best Actress at Cannes (1997) and a BIFFA Award for Nil By Mouth; a British Comedy Award (2002) for Gimme Gimme Gimme and an RTS Award for Mr Wroe’s Virgins (1994).
Kathy is well known for her TV work which includes: Walking and Talking which she wrote and acted in as ‘Angry Nun’, Ab Fab, Gimme Gimme Gimme and several series of Harry Enfield and Chums and the spin-off film Kevin and Perry Go Large. Her theatre directing includes: Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windemere’s Fan (West End), The Retreat by Sam Bain (Park Theatre), Once a Catholic by Mary O’Malley (Kiln Theatre), Smaller by Carmel Morgan (Lyric Theatre, London), The God of Hell by Sam Shepard (Donmar Warehouse), Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall Sheffield Crucible and tour, Love Me Tonight by Nick Stafford (Hampstead Theatre), The Quare Fellow by Brendan Behan (Oxford Stage Company), Born Bad by Debbie Tucker Green (Hampstead Theatre), Kosher Harry by Nick Grosso (Royal Court Theatre), Betty by Karen McLachlan (West End), Out in the Open by Jonathan Harvey (Hampstead Theatre) Boom Bang A Bang by Jonathan Harvey (Bush Theatre) and Mr Thomas for the Old Red Lion, which Kathy also wrote. Recent film work includes: Absolutely Fabulous the Movie, Pan, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Writing credits include the award winning stage play Mr Thomas which was later televised and a Little Cracker for Sky called Better Than Christmas which led to a spin off four part series called Walking and Talking.
Wanting to try new things, Kathy has presented a documentary for channel 4 about how brilliant women are which will air in 2019.
LISTINGS INFO
#HonestAmy A Ukulele Comedy
written and performed
by Amy Booth- Steel
Directed by Kathy Burke
Produced by Paul Taylor-Mills
Pleasance Dome
(10 Dome)
1 Bristo Square,
Edinburgh
EH8 9AL
12noon (45 mins)
Wednesday 31 July -
Monday 26 August, 2019
(except Mon 12 August)
Tickets: £7 - £12
Age Guideline: TBC
Bookings:
Tel 0131 556 6550
Sales also available via
tickets.edfringe.com
or calling 0131 226 0000
Twitter:
@AmyBoothSteel
@KathyBurke
@PaulTaylorMills
