Following the success of How To Live A Jellicle Life, Diana: The Untold And Untrue Story and Gwyneth Goes Skiing, Awkward Productions turn their attention to cheesy festive Netflix films in this chaotic, camp show…
NYC baker Aaron Butcher has just been dumped, but the opportunity of a lifetime appears: baking a cake for the upcoming Midsummer wedding of Prince Elian of Swedonia. If there’s no marriage, the royal family will fall- and there’s only a few weeks until the deadline.
If you’re familiar with the genre of film you’re in for a treat; the queen of princess swaps Vanessa Hudgens gets a surprising (sort of) cameo, and every single romance film trope is mercilessly skewered. Speaking of cameos, fans of Drag Race, Heartstopper and Scandi pop queen Tove Lo will love the supporting cast…
Audience participation is at the heart of Awkward shows, so naturally the lucky folk handed cards as they entered got to tread the boards as everything from ‘corpse’ to priest to evil doppelganger. By far the luckiest of them were the members of Swedonian pop sensations ‘BAAB’, performing suspiciously familiar hits such as Movement King and Dios Mio!
Linus and Joseph had an extra surprise for us on the day we saw it; the couple got married in the morning on the same stage where they just performed, complete with the same level of audience participation!
The Fit Prince is a fantastic queer romp through romance film stereotypes for connoisseurs and newcomers alike.
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The Fit Prince (who gets switched who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle the night before (insert public holiday here) is at Pleasance Beyond from 18-25 Aug (not 19).