{"id":2447,"date":"2023-06-05T15:41:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T14:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cool-banzai.185-132-38-6.plesk.page\/?p=2447"},"modified":"2023-06-05T15:41:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T14:41:26","slug":"stay-big-go-get-em-maggies-ups-and-downs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cool-banzai.185-132-38-6.plesk.page\/?p=2447","title":{"rendered":"Stay Big &#038; Go Get \u2018Em\u00a0\u2013 Maggie\u2019s ups and downs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Honest, funny and very naughty \u2013 US comedian Maggie Widdoes will be taking Fringe audiences on a rollercoaster ride through all her life\u2019s ups and downs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The international premiere<em>&nbsp;<\/em>of&nbsp;<em>Stay Big &amp; Go Get &#8216;Em&nbsp;<\/em>marks the Edinburgh Fringe debut of a comedian and actor direct from the Los Angeles and New York improv scenes who has a growing fanbase from her comedy podcast appearances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Self-described as a\u00a0<em>\u201cdiagnosed, dead ass too-many-feelings-having human\u201d<\/em>\u00a0the show is a comic deep dive of life\u2019s realities. That includes physical and mental ill health the absurd workings of grief, fear, and lifelong horniness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She says:&nbsp;<em>\u201cI\u2019m taking all the harder shit that goes on life and moving it into lightness, joy and humour through a public exercise of personal alchemy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based in Los Angeles but originally from Brooklyn, Maggie has been performing comedy for a decade. She\u2019s was a house performer at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in both the NYC and LA and now hosts\/performs in several improv and stand-up shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maggie co-hosts the podcast&nbsp;<em>Stinkers<\/em>&nbsp;with James Dwyer and Caroline Cotter and previously co-hosted the improvised podcast&nbsp;<em>Dead Meet<\/em>&nbsp;with Jaime Lutz. She\u2019s guested on several improvised and comedy based podcasts (<em>With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>You Know What I Would Do<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Crazy; In Bed<\/em>, and more).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>-Ends-&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Notes for editors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Listings Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Venue: Just The Tonic at The Mash House, The Snifter Room (Venue 288)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Time: 21:55<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dates: Previews 3&amp;4 August. 5-27 August<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duration: 60 minutes\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ticket prices: Pay what you want. Suggested \u00a35 previews, \u00a37 main run&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advisory: Age 18+<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Warnings: Graphic sexual content and swearing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tickets:<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.edfringe.com\/\">https:\/\/tickets.edfringe.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cast and creatives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Performer:&nbsp;<\/strong>Maggie Widdoes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Instagram:<\/strong>&nbsp;@mwids<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Website:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maggiewiddoes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.maggiewiddoes.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For media information contact Matthew Shelley at SFPR&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">on 07786 704299 or at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Matthew@ScottishfestivalsPR.org\">Matthew@ScottishfestivalsPR.org<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honest, funny and very naughty \u2013 US comedian Maggie Widdoes will be taking Fringe audiences on a rollercoaster ride through all her life\u2019s ups and downs. The international premiere&nbsp;of&nbsp;Stay Big &amp; Go Get &#8216;Em&nbsp;marks the Edinburgh Fringe debut of a comedian and actor direct from the Los Angeles and New York improv scenes who has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cool-banzai.185-132-38-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cool-banzai.185-132-38-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cool-banzai.185-132-38-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cool-banzai.185-132-38-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cool-banzai.185-132-38-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cool-banzai.185-132-38-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449,"href":"https:\/\/cool-banzai.185-132-38-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447\/revisions\/2449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cool-banzai.185-132-38-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cool-banzai.185-132-38-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cool-banzai.185-132-38-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cool-banzai.185-132-38-6.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}