Award-winning queer show returns from Edinburgh to the Vancouver Fringe.
Award-winning queer show returns from Edinburgh to the Vancouver Fringe.
“Enter the wacky world of sea monsters in high heels and angry mobs with tiny pitchforks”
-InDaily (Adelaide)
A comedic deep dive into gender, using puppets, live feed video projections and physical comedy.
The upcoming Vancouver Fringe show, SOMETHING IN THE WATER, created and performed by transgender star; S.E. Grummett (Grumms) returns home after representing Canada at the Edinburgh Fringe as part of Spotlight Canada. The show is a comedic deep dive into gender, using puppets, live feed video projections and physical comedy.
Earlier this year, SOMETHING IN THE WATER made a splash at the Adelaide Fringe with a sold-out season where it took home the coveted BEST THEATRE award. The queer comedy-darling, Grumms brings an all-new solo-show of monsterous proportions inspired by their experience growing up transgender:
“I never felt connected to the female roles I was cast in. The first summer of
my Fringe tour, I met my first non-binary person when I went to Toronto and
I remember thinking “that’s a thing you can be?”. Things really started
to fall into place, genderwise once I started performing a children’s
show with puppets. I got to perform every gender under the sun and I
was suddenly more free to explore what felt natural: being a girl wasn’t
right anymore.”
The show; SOMETHING IN THE WATER is a celebration of the “not normal”: queer bodies and gender expressions deemed ‘unnatural’ by our society. Audiences will be spellbound by; stunning video projections, slapstick and satire; all are stirred up together with Grummett’s glowing and playful performance. With the perfect balance of absurdist physical comedy and vulnerable self-exploration, the show weaves a touching story of acceptance that anyone can relate to.
Theatre: Revue Stage
1601 Johnston St. Granville Island
Dates: Sept 9 - 19
Tickets available at vancouverfringe.com
For media requests, interviews &
high resolution images contact:
Sam Kruger, Scantily Glad Theatre
639-525-0195 or scantilygladtheatre@gmail.com
Scantily Glad Theatre is the new and exciting voice of queer comedy in Canada. After a critically-acclaimed run at the Adelaide Fringe, SOMETHING IN THE WATER promises to be one of the most unique shows at the Vancouver Fringe - don’t miss it.
Artist bio: S.E. Grummett they/them
Performer – Theatre Maker – Puppeteer
S.E. Grummett or “Grumms” is a transgender theatre artist and performer from Saskatoon/Treaty 6 Territory (that’s the flat part of Canada). After graduating from acting school and becoming increasingly frustrated with the lack of opportunities for queer and trans folx, Grumms began Scantily Glad Theatre, an LGBTIQ+ theatre company that works to promote queer artists and stories. For the past 5 years, Grumms has created and toured original queer shows to Fringe festivals and stages across North America. They are the co-writer and performer of “Pack Animals”, “SCUM: a manifesto” and “Creepy Boys”. Outside of Fringe, they also work as a projection designer and puppeteer.
Their solo-show, SOMETHING IN THE WATER was created in 2019 and explores Grumms’ gender journey from discomfort to discovery to coming out as transgender & non-binary. This show, a queering of classic monster movies, is currently being readapted with the help of collaborators Deanna Fleysher (Butt Kapinski), and queer puppet company Mind of a Snail (Multiple Organism).
Earlier this year, Grumms returned to Canada after a year of being stuck in Australia due to the pandemic.
PRAISE FOR S.E. GRUMMETT
“Grumms embeds themselves on the stage and in each scene in such a silly and exuberant way, which cries out for your laughter.” (The Curious Writer - Adelaide)
“Grumms (S.E. Grummett), is so warm, funny and engaging that the audience
members are easily persuaded to suspend disbelief” (InDaily - Adelaide)
AWARDS
WINNER - Best Theatre - Adelaide Fringe 2021.
OFFICIALLY SELECTED – Spotlight Canada 2021
High Commission of Canada
SOLD OUT SEASON – Adelaide Fringe 2021
OFFICIALLY SELECTED – Critic’s Pick
by The Star Phoenix (Pack Animals)
WINNER – Best of Fest – Saskatoon
Fringe (Pack Animals) 2018
For media requests, interviews &
high resolution images contact:
Sam Kruger, Scantily Glad Theatre
on +1-639-525-0195 scantilygladtheatre@gmail.com
Something in the Water presented by Scantily Glad
Theatre - Vancouver Fringe 2021