Meat Show in Space
a comedy play written and performed by Alice Gillette
with live music from Bryan Richard Martin
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.
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2025 showtimes :
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)
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