Illustration by Dean Liebau

a comedy play written and performed by Alice Gillette

with live music from Bryan Richard Martin

Meat Show in Space

Red star in the Meat Show galaxy.
A round orange paper plate with a smiley face drawn on it, wrapped by a teal plastic strap that resembles a planet's ring orbiting in the Meat Show galaxy.
Golden glittery stars scattered across the Meat Show galaxy.

Illustrator: Dean Liebau

NASA trained his brain. BABE trained his heart. A tiny crack in his space helmet threatens it all.

With his oxygen running low, Meat Show must decide: complete the mission or die for love?

Meat Show in Space premiered at the 2025 Denver Fringe Festival.

↑ Here’s an interview with Alice Gillette about her show, Meat Show in Space ↑

(Selected out of 350 artists, Alice Gillette was chosen by FringeArts in 2025 for a cross-promotion with Live Nation. This video provides a look into her show, Meat Show in Space, alongside commentary inspired by David Byrne’s 2025 tour.)

🥩 SYNOPSIS 🪐

Meat Show is a “man” (derogatory) who’s cracked his space helmet on his first day at work on the Trash Belt. What a butterfingers! Now with his oxygen running low, Meat Show doesn’t call for rescue. Instead, he begs the audience (our stars) for one last wish: more wishes, please!

As he float dying (sic), this clown must face the highbrow despair of existing both poorly and temporarily (while being soundtracked live [and too beautifully] by musician Bryan Richard Martin [Cotton Jones, Page France.])

 It’s a DIY, messy, 30 minute public reckoning about fatalism, the aesthetic of a re-wired brain and how the patriarchy will still find a way to suck the life out of you, even when you’re out of oxygen.

🥩🪐

2025:

  • June 5-8: Denver, CO - The Denver Fringe Festival

  • September 7: Denver, CO - The Skylark Lounge

  • September 17-20: Philadelphia, PA - Pig Iron Theatre

  • November 28: Los Angeles, CA - The Lyric Hyperion

  • December 22: Los Angeles, CA - The Elysian Theater (Skunk Room)

2026:

  • March 1-7: Denver, CO - Freaky Weeky Festival (Buntport Theater)

Showtimes :

Tickets

Meat Show in Space is a show based in Denver, Colorado but it fits in a carry-on suitcase and can be performed anywhere.

Contact Alice to book Meat Show in Space.

There are two versions:

  • Meat Show in Space: The TV Edit (Runtime: 30 minutes)

  • Meat Show in Space: Classic (Runtime: 50 minutes)

*Meat Show in Space is a fun show with a message. It’s also not for kids.

Content warnings: It contains strong adult content, adult themes, fake sex, fake dying, swear words, fake sea sickness, loud ass music, mommy and daddy issues, featuring:

  • critiques on capitalism

  • thoughts on male loneliness

  • and the threat of real cigarettes (unsmoked and often stolen by audiences after the show)

*Meat Show in Space is performed by a woman in drag. A Christian bible is thrown on the ground at one point and kicked briefly. If any of these images would offend your audience, take care of them by not booking Meat Show in Space (and also how did you find this website [rhetorical question]).

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Colorful star-shaped decorations scattered across the Meat Show galaxy.

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Alice Gillette performing Meat Show in Space at The Pig Iron Theatre in Philadelphia, PA as part of Sarah Knittel's Dumb Hub, part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, or Philly Fringe Festival.
Alice Gillette, an alt-comedy star in Denver, dressed as Meat Show during her sold out run of her solo show Meat Show in Space.
Alice Gillette performing Meat Show in Space at The Pig Iron Theatre in Philadelphia, PA as part of Sarah Knittel's Dumb Hub. Alice Gillette was on tour most of 2025 performing clown and alt comedy all over the United States.
Alice Gillette performing Meat Show in Space at The Pig Iron Theatre in Philadelphia, PA as part of Sarah Knittel's Dumb Hub. Alice Gillette was on tour most of 2025 performing clown and alt comedy all over the United States.
Alice Gillette performing Meat Show in Space at The Elysian Theater in Los Angeles, a theater where notable clowns like Natalie Palamides, Chad Damiani, Zach Zucker and Bill O'Neill perform.
Person dressed as NASA astronaut with a red beard wig, wearing a white space suit, black NASA hat, and tan gloves, standing in front of a screen displaying space imagery.
Alice Gillette performing Meat Show in Space at The Elysian Theater in Los Angeles. Alice Gillette is a graduate of clown school at the Idiot Workshop in Los Angeles.
Alice Gillette performing Meat Show in Space at The Elysian Theater in Los Angeles, a theater where notable clowns like Natalie Palamides, Chad Damiani, Zach Zucker and Bill O'Neill perform.
Alice Gillette performing Meat Show in Space at The Elysian Theater in Los Angeles, a theater where notable clowns like Natalie Palamides, Chad Damiani, Zach Zucker and Bill O'Neill perform.
Alice Gillette performing Meat Show in Space at The Elysian Theater in Los Angeles, a theater where notable clowns like Natalie Palamides, Chad Damiani, Zach Zucker and Bill O'Neill perform.
Alice Gillette, Emily Maverick (LA-based clown from Twin Flames) and Aubrey Aronson (Denver illustrator and clown) at the Denver Fringe Festival.
Alice Gillette performing at The Elysian Theater in Los Angeles, a theater where notable clowns like Courtney Pauroso, Dr. Brown (Phil Burgers), Christina Catherine Martinez, Natasha Mercado, Jackie Skinner, Emily Maverick, John Gilkey perform
Alice Gillette performing at The Skylark Lounge. Notable clowns and alt-comedians in Denver include Alice Gillette, Madly Regular, Kii Clark.
Alice Gillette performing at Denver's Fringe Festival as a clown and alt-comedian.
Alice Gillette performing at Denver's Fringe Festival as a clown and alt-comedian.
Alice Gillette performing at Denver's Fringe Festival as a clown and alt-comedian.
Alice Gillette performing at Denver's Fringe Festival as a clown and alt-comedian during her sold out solo show Meat Show in Space.
Alice Gillette performing at Denver's Fringe Festival as a clown and alt-comedian during her critically acclaimed solo show Meat Show in Space.
Alice Gillette performing at Denver's Fringe Festival as a clown and alt-comedian during her sold out solo show Meat Show in Space.
Alice Gillette performing at Denver's Fringe Festival as a clown and alt-comedian during her sold out solo show Meat Show in Space.
Alice Gillette performing at Denver's Fringe Festival as a clown and alt-comedian during her sold out solo show Meat Show in Space.
Alice Gillette with Denver clown Josie Nixon (Juice the Clown) of Exposed Storytelling at Denver's Fringe Festival.
Alice Gillette performing at Denver's Fringe Festival as a clown and alt-comedian during her sold out solo show Meat Show in Space.
Alice Gillette performing at Pig Iron in Philly, a famous clown school for Sarah Knittel's Dumb Hub, a leading indie clown alt-comedy festival in the United States.
Alice Gillette at The Elysian Theater performing at Ron Lynch's Tomorrow Show.