New queer romcom THE FIT PRINCE… announced by Awkward Productions
Following the sold-out, award-winning shows Gwyneth Goes Skiing and Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story, Awkward Productions will return to the Edinburgh Fringe this summer and then to London’s King’s Head Theatre over the Christmas period with brand new show, The Fit Prince (Who Gets Switched On The Square In The Frosty Castle The Night Before (Insert Public Holiday Here)).
Panic! In Swedonia. The King is dead and the prince in line to the throne is unmarried – if he doesn’t find someone soon, he must forfeit the crown!
In New York City, baker Aaron Butcher is butchering his career as a family baker. His puppet colleague, the optimistic Jenny Puppetson, submits his name for a mysterious royal commission in the faraway land of Swedonia: he’s been selected to bake the wedding cake for the Prince himself. Extremely reluctantly, and mostly to spite his ex, Aaron accepts. Maybe a commission in the non-location-specific country of Swedonia will fix his problems…
Audiences are invited to Swedonia – a suspiciously familiar, completely fictional country (possibly inspired by writer-performer Linus Karp’s native Sweden…), and the perfect setting for the ultimate queer parody of all those Netflix and Hallmark movies you love to cringe at; this is the chaotic queer cousin to all of them.
THE FIT PRINCE (WHO GETS SWITCHED ON THE SQUARE IN THE FROSTY CASTLE THE NIGHT BEFORE (INSERT PUBLIC HOLIDAY HERE)) flicks through the net of traditional holiday movies, bringing all their Hallmarks together in the signature awkwardprods way - queer, interactive, comedic and heartfelt.
Written by, and starring Linus Karp and Joseph Martin, with original music by Leland (Golden Globe-nominated songwriter and producer for Troye Sivan, Kylie Minogue, RuPaul’s Drag Race and more) and multiple surprise cameos, this highly anticipated show is a joyous subversion of heteronormative romcoms and a love letter to Karp’s native Sweden.
Linus and Joseph are a real-life couple of 10 years (getting married just after Fringe 25!) and this is the first time they’ll be playing romantic leads opposite one another on stage. Audiences are invited to join them for a show embracing queer joy, wild silliness and camp theatrical brilliance from start to finish.
