You’re Needy (sounds frustrating)

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2024 at Summerhall as part of the Culture Ireland Showcase

Winner of the Hot Topic Award at Gothenburg Fringe 2024

Dublin Fringe Festival 2023

Nominated for Best Production and First Fortnight Award Dublin Fringe 2023

You’re Needy (sounds frustrating) is an unique off-site experience for one actor and one audience member set in the bathroom of a (real!) house. It centres on Carrie, a young woman, who has retreated to her bathroom in pursuit of peace, solitude and “wellness”. The piece interrogates how capitalism seeks to control women’s bodies through the “wellness” industry, touching on monotony, meditation, medication, and, of course, Gwenyth Paltrow. 

Created by tasteinyourmouth

Director: Grace Morgan

Performers: Laoise Murray and Heather O’Sullivan

Dramaturgy/Original Material: William Dunleavy

Set and Costume: Freya Gillespie

Lighting Design: Sophie Cassidy

Movement Direction: Jessie Thompson

Sound design/composition: Lara Gallagher

Production and Stage Manager: Daire Ó Múirí

Producer (Dublin Fringe): Emma Coen

Assistant Director: Lara Coady

**** - The Stage 

"the piece has power beyond

the novelty of the experience"

****- The Irish Times

‘An eerie, claustrophobic and thought-provoking show for an audience of one.’

***** - A Youngish Perspective

Achieves more in 35 minutes

than any show could dream of in

an hour" 

****- The Skinny

"One of the piece's greatest

strengths is Murray's performance"

- "a wry tragedy of self-isolation

with a grieving heart."

**** - The Wee Review

"a show for everyone with a

grim fascination about the extent

to which popular culture is

shaping (strangling) our youth"

**** - Corr Blimey

The satire and commitment to

the writing and performance

make the show excel "