Aim

Help me to raise funds to pay for venue and amazing creative team!

After being tired of 'waiting for the call', I decided to write and perform my own solo show. At the moment, every piece of art has to be a political statement. We've forgotten how to have fun and laugh, so say hello to The best ideas happen in the toilet! And they really do. 

Turning up late, drunk, and uninvited at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe is a brand new show from actor-writer and Fourth Monkey graduate Cláudia Saavedra. This debut solo show explores love, loss, London and finding yourself when all you really want to do is stay in bed and have wine for breakfast.

Frankie wants to be an actor. Frankie wants to be in love. Frankie wants to conform. Frankie also wants to drink wine for breakfast. Having watched all the rom-coms and scrutinising every self-help book in Waterstones, she now believes she can make it as an actress by doing jack shit. In her abrupt move to London, what could go wrong? A frank, funny, irreverent story about the struggles of trying to live your dream in a world of dodgy landlords, dodgy auditions, and even dodgier boyfriends.

Cláudia Saavedra's debut play arrives at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe following hit premiere performances at London's Etcetera Theatre.  Speaking about the show, playwright and performer Cláudia Saavedra says: “This is a show that invites its audience to stop worrying. It’s a tragi-comedy, exploring the struggles we all face but don’t discuss and giving voice to the challenges of making it in acting and making it in love and life. The Best Ideas Happen In The Toilet is thought-provoking and funny, but is here at the Fringe to provide comic relief, dick jokes, and some very relatable content.”

Would love the money to pay the creative team, venue and marketing. Anyone who donates can get a free ticket to the performance!  

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This project closed unsuccessfully on 20th May 2022