Uma Dobia is… Intolerant at Camden Fringe Festival

Lifelong allergy sufferer, Uma Dobia, knows a thing or two about navigating the world while looking for danger in every crumb.

Hot on the heels of performances at Adelaide Fringe Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, San Diego Fringe Festival and Hollywood Fringe Festival comes her debut at Camden Fringe Festival with her playful cabaret, Intolerant. Uma uses her genre-hopping vocal, storytelling and comedic skills to confront her obsessions with chocolate and popcorn, the difficulties of explaining your allergies at dinner parties, and how to date without having an allergic reaction to semen (yes, really) — until Crohn’s disease comes along to crash the party.

With a soundtrack that includes original songs, parodies of operatic arias, highlights from previous performances in
Pirates of Penzance, as well as her favourite Wiggles songs, the music of Intolerant showcases Uma’s versatility across multiple musical and performance styles and puts her comedic talents in the spotlight.

BIO
Soprano, Cabaret Performer
Uma Dobia is a soprano who refuses to be put in a box. With warm and eclectic storytelling, Uma takes her audience on a journey through operatic, cabaret and musical theatre repertoire, as well as her own original songs. Uma is a graduate of University of Melbourne’s MMus (Opera Performance), a Resident Emerging Artist with Australian Contemporary Opera Company and a former scholar with Opera Scholars Australia.
Uma is thrilled to bring the joys of Intolerant and Popera to audiences, and to be working with such a stellar team to bring the shows to life. She will tour her original cabaret Intolerant alongside Popera at San Diego Fringe Festival (US. Intolerant only) in May, followed by Hollywood Fringe Festival (US) in June and Camden Fringe Festival (UK) in August.
Uma is excited to bring her experience of what it’s really like to live with allergies and Crohn’s through Intolerant, and to be presenting Intolerant at Camden Fringe Festival. Following this she will tour the show across the 2025 festival season.

Praise for the artist:
“…Uma Dobia adds many a highlight as Queen of the Fairies with her jewelled singing…” — Arts Review
“…Dobia really sealed the deal for me…daringly [bringing] ‘Johanna’ a whole new dynamic, making her really a standout.” — Stage Whispers

INTOLERANT
Dates: 14th August – 18th August, 2024
Time: 7.00 pm
Venue: Etcetera Theatre, 265 Camden High Street, NW1 7BU
Tickets: £12 full - £10 concession
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