Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible is Going to Happen
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★★★★
“Fast, filthy and surprisingly revealing.”
The Evening Standard
“I’m 36, I’m a comedian, and I’m about to kill my boyfriend…”
A chronically single, professionally neurotic stand-up finally meets his Mr Right – only to do everything wrong. But is Mr Right quite what he seems? And how far will the comedian go to get a laugh?
Strap in for a ’fast, filthy and surprisingly revealing’ (★★★★ The Evening Standard) journey through self-awareness and self-sabotage as he decides whether love is worth the price of a killer punchline.
Marcelo Dos Santos‘ Fringe First Award-winning hit returns to London for the first time in three years, following an Australian tour and a critically acclaimed US premiere at Studio Theatre DC. Starring West End favourite Steven Webb (Shucked, The Book of Mormon, The History Boys).
A ‘compelling and troubling character study with some killer punchlines’ (★★★★ The Guardian), this darkly comic exploration of vulnerability, intimacy, ego and truth is back. From the Olivier Award-winning Producers of Fleabag and Baby Reindeer.
Fringe First Award-winning hit Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible is Going to Happen returns to London. Starring West End favourite Steven Webb, this razor-sharp dark comedy follows a stand-up comic whose perfect romance spirals into obsession, deception and killer punchlines. From the Olivier Award-winning producers of Fleabag and Baby Reindeer.
★★★★★ ‘The gag-count is ridiculously high … Catch it, then, before everyone else does.” – The Telegraph
★★★★ “Fast, filthy and surprisingly revealing.” – The Evening Standard
★★★★ “Frank, funny and occasionally filthy.” – The Independent
Main House
19 November - 10 January
Performance times:
Tue – Wed – 9.15pm
Thu & Sat – 2.00 & 7.00pm
Fri – 7.00pm
Sun – 3.00pm
Ticket prices: £20 – £45
Contains sexually explicit language; descriptions of both consensual and unwanted intercourse; depiction of simulated intercourse; descriptions of drug use
The main entrance, both our auditoriums and our bar are wheelchair accessible. We also have 2 accessible toilets. Guide dogs and hearing dogs are welcome in the auditorium. There is a Loop system and a Radio Frequency system fitted in the auditorium and there are also hearing loops available at the Box Office. Please see our Accessibility Guidance and please feel free to contact our access team access@theotherpalace.co.uk should there be anything else we can do to make your visit more comfortable.
Gallery
Video
Cast
Creative Team
Marcelo Dos Santos
Writer
Matthew Xia
Director
Kat Heath
Designer
Elliot Griggs
Lighting Designer
Max Pappenheim
Sound Designer
JBPM
Production Management
Produced by Francesca Moody Productions
Originally developed with support from ImPOSSIBLE Producing through The Island programme
This production continues to support the new writing development fund at The Other Palace. 50p from each ticket sold on all future productions in the main house, will be allocated to a ringfenced fund specifically to support the development of new writing and emerging playwrights.
Full details of the first open call and details on how to apply will be announced later this year. See for more information here.