Edinburgh Fringe Chats (#107): Xhloe and Natasha’s Triple Bill

As anticipation builds for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025, we’re catching up with a range of exciting creatives preparing to bring their work to the world’s largest arts festival this August. In this series, we delve into the stories behind the shows, the inspiration driving the artists, and what audiences can expect.  Today, we’re joined by Xhloe and Natasha to find out more about their Triple Bill.

1. Can you begin by telling us about your show and what inspired it?

We have three different plays coming to the fringe this year (yay!)! And Then The Rodeo Burned Down, What If They Ate The Baby?, and A Letter To Lyndon B. Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First. Our next show we write is gonna be a one word title, the inspiration being the word count™  we can’t escape. However, our three shows this time around all in some way take inspiration from Americana-based themes and archetypes as well as our own experiences growing up in America. Our work is ambiguous leaning absurdism with a foundation in clown and physical theatre (it's very fun we swear!)

2. What made you want to bring this work to the Fringe this year?

For the past three fringes, we have managed to premiere a brand new piece each time and though it was incredibly fun and fulfilling, we really wanted to celebrate the pieces that got their start at the fringe and the ways they have grown and developed since (they have a lot!). We get a ton of feedback from audiences who, after seeing just one of our shows, want the opportunity to complete the Xhloe and Natasha fringe trilogy and so this year we are making that possible for the whole month.

3.How would you describe your show in three words?

Fast-paced, off-kilter, loud

4. What do you hope audiences take away from watching your performance?

So much of the fringe audiences are populated by other artists and creatives so we hope for them (and everyone else for that matter) they can leave with maybe a nugget of inspiration to create in some way. One of the most exciting things people will say to us after a show is that they didn’t realize theatre could look like that, like there is a pre-existing set of rules artists should be following. We want audiences to connect with our work in a way that helps them really feel like theatre (or art in general) can and should be whatever the hell they want.   

5. What’s your top tip for surviving the Fringe?

Top tip would be to take your vitamins everyday because fringe flu is something straight out of hell and to also bring a raincoat. We spent many a days damp. Many.

6. Where and when can people see your show?

All three of our shows run at The SpaceUK in Niddry Upper at various times August 2 - 23! See you then! 

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