Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story makes triumphant
London and Edinburgh Fringe return!
Awkward Prods’ royal hit is back both in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe due to diconic demand, following its sold out NYC run this year. The show, that sees Linus Karp as the People’s Princess, is heading to London’s Arcola Theatre 6-11th July, followed by its return to the Edinburgh Fringe where it plays at Underbelly George Square, for the final week of the festival 24-30th August.
Awkward Prods’ 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 four UK Tours, sell-out runs in London and New York, and a World Tour across four continents. The show features special multimedia appearances from a cast including Geri Allen (Oh Mary!), Zina Badran (Doctor Who), Jeanna de Waal (Diana: The Musical) and Rob Madge (My Son’s a Queer), the latter voicing Mother Teresa.
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 Prods was created by Linus Karp and Joseph Martin to bring ridiculous genre-mixing comedy, niche pop culture references, audience participation and queer joy to the stage.
Diana is currently enjoying a UK and Ireland tour, alongside Awkward Prods’ latest show The Fit Prince (who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle the night before (insert public holiday here)). At the Edinburgh Fringe she will also be joined by a highly anticipated new show from Awkward Prods called Linus Karp Was Hit With An Umbrella, about the real life hate crime Linus was a victim of.
Their past shows include 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.
Linus Karp, the show’s writer, director and Diana comments “I am Di-lighted that people love Diana and this show as much as I do. Looking forward to a diconic summer at Arcola and Underbelly.”
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Praise for Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story:
Outrageous Triumph – Edgar Wright
An unhinged, gay fantasia – Playbill
★★★★★★ An endless amount of non-stop laughter – Jack The Lad
★★★★★ Serving c*** – Attitude
★★★★★ A masterclass – The Skinny
★★★★★ 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