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Ruby Shrimpton discusses her show Unstitching
We first came across Ruby Shrimpton when she brought her show Unstitching to Camden Fringe in 2022. The show is centred around Ruby’s love of the Eurovision Song Contest, although as with all great theatre, that is just a starting point for something much more fulfilling. We said about the show at the time that it was “an incredibly enjoyable one woman play about art, the universe, self‑expression, and Eurovision!”
The show was written long before it was announced that Liverpool would be the host for the 2023 edition of Eurovision. But as Ruby tells us, coming from Liverpool, how could she not want to have the opportunity to put her Eurovision loving show on as part of the city’s celebrations around the contest. Which is exactly what is happening when she takes the show to Liverpool Arts Bar in May.
So it was a perfect time to chat with Ruby about the show, more about how she got involved with Liverpool’s celebrations and what else she might have planned, both for the show and herself, in 2023.
As well as Liverpool, the show will also be playing at Brighton Fringe Festival (22 – 24 May), London’s King’s Head Theatre (29 May & 2 June) and Edinburgh Fringe Festival (14 – 22 August).
