YOU’RE SO F**KING CROYDON, inspired by David Bowie, is coming to Edinburgh next month

Inspired by and challenging David Bowie’s famous quote about how much he hated Croydon, Katie Hurley delves into the local culture to find out why it’s actually great. Featuring an AI-designed Bowie and celebrating other celebrities who were shaped by her hometown – including Kate Moss, Raye and Stormzy – Katie remembers growing up there in the nineties, her community and club culture. Blending music, dance, comedy, spoken word and audience interaction, You’re SO F**king Croydon is a tribute to a city and a time, exploring how it can shape you and aims to dispel the idea that being from a certain place. diminish someone’s worth.

“He was my nemesis, I hated Croydon with a real vengeance. He represented everything I didn’t want in my life, everything I wanted to get rid of. I think that’s the most derogatory thing I can say about someone or something: God, it’s so damn Croydon!” David Bowie.

Katie Hurley said: “I started doing YSFC during Croydon’s time as London’s cultural district. I’ve had a love/hate relationship with the area over the years, but finally seeing my hometown in the spotlight for something positive made me think about all that Croydon has given me and how living here it shaped the person I became. While the show is rooted in my personal experience, I think everyone can relate to its themes of friendship, self-discovery, love, loss and belonging, it’s nostalgic and has a blasting garage soundtrack too!”

Katie Hurley is an actress and writer from Croydon. Her web series BRONZED, which she co-wrote and stars in, made it to the final three of the Funny Women Best Comedy Web Series Awards in October 2020. As an actress, her performances include Blood Rites (VAULT Festival 2020) Binnacle (The Bunker). , 2017), The Interrogation of Sandra Bland (Bush Theatre, 2017) and Some Tiny Plays About How Fucked We All Are (Paines Plough, 2016).

You’re So F**king Croydon is at Underbelly Colgate, Belly Dancer, 1 – 25 August 2024 (not 13), 16.10 (17.10). For tickets go to https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/you-re-so-f-king-croydon

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