Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story heads on a
homecoming tour after conquering the world!
Awkward Productions’royal hit is back on a UK tour by popular demand, following its world tour this spring. The show, that sees Linus Karp as the People’s Princess, is heading to Manchester, London, Brighton, Bristol, Newcastle and the Edinburgh Fringe. This is the first time the show will tour the UK with special multimedia appearances from both Jeanna de Waal (Diana: The Musical) and Rob Madge (My Son’s a Queer), the latter voicing Mother Teresa.
Awkward Productions’ multiple award-winning, Edinburgh Fringe 2023 sell-out show Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story became an immediate cult hit with UK audiences for its unique audience participation and staggeringly camp portrayal of the royals. The show has won an OffFest Award for Best Play and the prestigious LAURA Award and has enjoyed two UK Tours, multi-week runs in London and, as of this year, a World Tour across four continents.
Through a comedic and unhinged lens, the show highlights Diana’s ground-breaking stances on social and queer issues and allows her to finally speak her (un)truth and break free from the monarchy. Told by Diana from heaven, Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story is “so much more than just a show. It’s an experience. It’s a lifestyle. It is the moment” (The Reviews Hub – ★★★★★)
Awkward Productions was created by Linus Karp and Joseph Martin to bring ridiculous genremixing comedy, niche pop culture references, audience participation and queer joy to the stage.
Their holy trinity of shows include Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story, Gwyneth Goes Skiing, and how to live a jellicle life: life lessons from the 2019 hit movie musical ‘Cats’. These shows have all achieved sold-out runs, toured the UK extensively, received international media coverage and won awards. An Awkward Prods shows isn’t performed for you, it’s performed with you – making each one unique. Their new show The Fit Prince (who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle the night before (insert public holiday here)) is set to premiere at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe and run at King’s Head Theatre this December.
Linus Karp, the show’s writer, director and Diana comments “Having had the most ridiculous time taking this show around the world, we knew we had to bring this latest version back home to the UK. It’s going to be diconic.”
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Praise for Awkward Productions’ work:
AwkwardProds mines all the laughs – Graham Norton
An unhinged, gay fantasia – Playbill
What a hoot! – Canberra City News
★★★★★★ An endless amount of non-stop laughter – Jack The Lad
★★★★★ The most unhinged piece of theatre in existence – Broadway Baby
★★★★★ Perfectly imagined and brought to life on stage with vision and heaps of silliness – The National
★★★★ Gloriously ridiculous – The Stage