Aim

Get 'An Ode to the Casting Director' back to Edinburgh Fringe!

The 2026 OffFEST nominee returns to Edinburgh with none other than Assembly after a smash-hit debut with five-star sell-out shows, winning a Fringe Theatre Award in 2025. Impressively accoladed solo show written and performed by screen actress Sophie Fisher (The Scotsman's Rising Stars of Edinburgh Fringe 2025) following her gawky yet determined autobiographical self battling through a minefield of film industry dickheads, gender-role-obsessed boyfriends and insane actors, one audition at a time. 

'Ready for the West End' ★★★★★ (FringeSider.com)

'Hilarious, heartfelt and completely captivating' ★★★★★ (CorrBlimey.uk) 

'Electric performance, tour-de-force' ★★★★½ (One4Review.co.uk)

'On-stage camera work is a masterstroke' ★★★★ (TheatreAndTonic.co.uk)

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WHY DO WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT?

We are excited to be returning to Edinburgh with an absolute dream slot at Assembly after an incredible debut in 2025. Without the incredible support from last year, we wouldn't have been able to get to Edinburgh and the same goes for this year. Taking a show to Edinburgh is no easy feat and that is where we need your support. Every penny helps - the cost of taking a show can reach up to £15000. I am keen, even at this early stage in my career, to take care of my team and properly reimburse them for their hard work and talent. Fringe is expensive but we need to take care of our Artists. Your support would help to cover some of the following costs:

Registration Fee: £393.60

Rehearsal Space: £250

Operator Fees: £2500

Travel / Accommodation for the team: £4000

Marketing: £1500

Set / Props / Costumes: £200

We are looking to raise £5000. As unfunded, self producing Artists your support goes a really long way. As much as I would love to sink all of my own money into my work, my partner tells me I need to be a financially responsible adult and ask for help. 

MEET THE TEAM

Sophie Fisher - Writer / Performer 

Sophie is a critically acclaimed actor with 13 years experience as a high fashion model, having walked for Chanel, Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton and named one of Vogue’s ‘Top 20 to watch’. She brings 11 years experience in Film and TV, most recently ‘Project Rabbit’ (Netflix), and has acted alongside Emily Carey, Sharon Small, Laura Aikman and Amit Shah. Sophie’s Edinburgh Fringe debut, ‘An Ode to the Casting Director’, was a 2026 OffFEST nominee and won a Fringe Theatre Award in 2025. Sophie was named one of The Scotsman’s Rising Stars of 2025. She returns this year with Assembly. 

Sophie has also worked as an Assistant Director in Film/TV, credits including ‘Slow Horses’ for Apple TV, ‘Wuthering Heights’ with Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ and ‘Rings of Power’. 

Linda Ludwig - Director

Linda Ludwig is part of Director duo Linda Ludwig & James Curle. A German/English writing and directing duo based in the UK – and Sony Future Filmmakers 2025. Garnering Awards and Official Selections in OSCAR, BAFTA and BIFA-qualifying festivals internationally, their films have distributed to territories worldwide on leading SVOD platforms, including Disney+ and Amazon Prime.

‘Man of the Hour’ (Longlisted Best Short Film 2019 BAFTAs) starring Charlotte Ritchie (‘You’) was reviewed as “among the best short films ever” by MovieViral and is distributed on Disney+ and Amazon Prime. True-story crime drama ‘Under the Blue’ with Nicola Walker (‘Unforgotten’) racked up 13 wins of Jury Prizes and Audience Awards alike. Variety covered its Jury Prize win during the Cannes Film Festival, American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase 2024, a category that has previously brought forward writer-directors such as Ryan Coogler (‘Black Panther’) and Jeff Nichols (‘Mud’). 

Blai Escayola Bosch - Sound Designer

Joseph O’Brien - Composer 

Jennie Robson - Camera Operator

Jessica McIntosh - Technical Operator/Stage Manager

Cast of Voices:

Charlotte Anne-Tilley 

Maddy Banks 

AJ Bentley 

Arthur Boan 

David Boan 

Zoë Carey-Williams 

Marcus Houden 

Vincent Rosec 

Yuna Shin 

Diana Toft 

Shekhar Varma 

WHAT YOU’LL GET IN RETURN

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Thank you so much for reading (if you've made it this far), your interest and support means the world to us.

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 1st August 2026 at 12:00pm