Shark Bait Theatre

ARRAN

“Does someone fancy filling me in on what I actually did?” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Meet Arran - Joyce - the stockroom guy. Stockroom recluse by day, wannabe DJ by night, Arran’s single braincell can be found watching reruns of dancing on ice. If there’s anyone who should be the face of a nation-wide q***r activist movement, it’s him! Oh, no, wait - we got that wrong. If there’s anyone who should be the face of a nation-wide q***r activist movement, it’s /not/ him!

We’re just over half-way done introducing our characters… keep your eyes peeled for the others! And in the meantime, why not head to the LinkTree to grab your tickets for Tartan Tat? 🎟️

linktr.ee/sharkbai

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📸: Andrew Morris Photography

KAYLEY

“Who’s ready to sell the best treasures that Scotland can buy and China can make?” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Meet Kayley - Jess Ferrier - the manager. Everyone knows that to remain professional as a manager you must never: a) lose your temper, b) insult your employees with names like ‘moron’ & ‘idiot’ or c) threaten to kick them up the arse and wear their face as a slipper!
… Kayley? …Kayley, you know that, right?

Stay tuned as we reveal the rest of Tartan Tat’s zany cast of characters! Tickets in the LinkTree as always. 🎟️

linktr.ee/sharkbai

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📸: Andrew Morris Photography

ORLA

“It’s an in-between-jobs job. Like limbo with bagpipe music” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Meet orla - Robyn Reilly - the part timer. Orla’s worked here long enough to know that there’s more to life than selling fake tartan, living with your ex-girlfriend and eating granola off the floor… not that she’s done any of those things.

Stay tuned as we reveal the rest of Tartan Tat’s zany cast of characters! Tickets in the LinkTree as always. 🎟️

linktr.ee/sharkbai

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📸: Andrew Morris Photography

26 days to go… not that we’re counting!

Here’s a reminder of the dates and times that you can catch Tartan Tat at the Edinburgh Fringe (theSpace @ Niddry Street) - make sure to pencil us in!

Can’t wait to catch you all there 🎣

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📣Hello Edinburgh creatives! We’re back with another Scratch Night fundraiser: Fish Food 2!! 📣
25/06/24 7:30pm @ Augustine United Church 🤩

Another night of brand new works from upcoming creatives! Tickets can be found in the linktree below! 🎟️

linktr.ee/sharkbai

Fish Food 2: Electric Boogaloo @ Augustines United church, 25th June @ 7:30pm!🎟️
We’re back with another scratch night and we’re looking for your submissions! We’re looking for some more wonderful scripts with a running time of less than 20 minutes AND we’d love to open the floor to other forms of performing - poetry, music etc as well as traditional theatre scripts! 🤩
The submission form can be found in the LinkTree below. Submissions are now OPEN for 2 WEEKS (deadline Wednesday 5th June) so get submitting - we can’t wait to see your work! 🫡

This night will also be used as a fundraising for our upcoming fringe run of Tartan Tat - if you have any queries please get in touch - [email protected]

linktr.ee/sharkbai

See ya there!

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WE’RE BACK BABY!

The Sharks are back with a brand new show ‘Tartan Tat’ this fringe from the 2nd-22nd August (excl. 11th) 14:10pm!

We’re heading back to this year at their Niddry Street venue and we couldn’t be more excited!🥳🥳🥳
AND tickets are LIVE!!!! head to the link in our bio to sn**ch a seat at our new show xox

‘When Tartan Treasures, a tourist trap gift shop on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, find themselves in the centre of online controversy, the staff must band together to keep both the shop and themselves above water. A new comedy from Shark Bait Theatre.

Photo creds📸!! Andrew Morris Photography

See you in August,

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tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/tartan-tat

What a month it’s been for us Sharks!

Heart of Hawick were kind enough to let us bring The Rejects to their lovely theatre and we could not have asked for a better show!
We couldn’t get enough of the Scottish Borders and headed to Duns Play Fest for round 2 of The Rejects! 🤩

We can’t say a bigger thank you to both of these venues for their hospitality and kindness over the past month! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did 🫶🏻

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Can’t wait for this!!

I’ll drink to that!

One week until we take to the stage Heart of Hawick and we cannot wait!

If you fancy catching these rejects on the stage again, there’s still time to get some tickets for our Borders performances🫡

Link in our time tree! 🎟️ : https://linktr.ee/sharkbai

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Still time to get your tickets to see us at Duns Play Fest!!!

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Another exciting announcement!

The Rejects is heading to Duns Play Fest! We’re so excited to be taking our wee play to the Scottish Borders not once but twice in April! ⭐️

Yet another chance for you to catch these 5 rejects in action if you missed us at the fringe.

The ticket link is here:

https://buytickets.at/dunsplayfest/1183929

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📣 It's the Actor's turn📣

We're casting 2 new roles for people to originate in our new play at EdFringe24, 'Tartan Tat'!

When Tartan Treasures, a tourist trap gift shop on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, finds itself in the centre of online controversy, the staff must band together to keep both the shop and themselves above water.

We can't wait to work with some fresh faces this fringe! The information you'll need can be found in the AUDITION PACK, please SUBMIT your audition using the AUDITION FORM - All information can be found in the linktree below⭐️

linktr.ee/sharkbai

(please note this is a profit share production)

Any queries about this process, please email us at:

[email protected]

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📣 Calling all Directors 📣

We're very pleased to announce Shark Bait is coming back for more at EdFringe24 and we need YOU for our upcoming project 'Tartan Tat'!

When Tartan Treasures, a tourist trap gift shop on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, finds itself in the centre of online controversy, the staff must band together to keep both the shop and themselves above water.

If you're interested in directing this wee beauty please apply for the director callout using the linktree:

https://linktr.ee/sharkbai

(please note this is a profit share project!)

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to email us at: [email protected]

Can't wait to get started!

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New cast announcement!!!📣

We couldn’t be more excited to be welcoming Clare Wootton as Candidate No.5 for this performance of The Rejects ⭐️

If you want to catch this performance of The Rejects ft Clare, head to the link in our bio!

More to come…

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A happy (belated) new year from Shark Bait Theatre!

We’re thrilled to announce we’ll be kicking off our year with a performance of our award winning edfringe sell-out show ‘The Rejects’, at the Heart of Hawick on April 13th @ 7:30pm , Live Borders Heart of Hawick

We can’t wait to bring this show back to the stage, so to catch us in action in the beautiful scottish borders, grab your tickets through the link 🎣

https://www.liveborders.org.uk/book/whats-on/the-rejects-theatre-heart-of-hawick/

Stay tuned for more announcements…

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And with that, our Shark Bait 2023 season is over!

Thank you so much to everyone who indulged in our silly little ideas this year and made our wee dreams realities! We couldn’t be more grateful for the people we’ve worked with, those who supported us and the year that we’ve had.

Thank you again, happy new year! Keep an eye out for our 2024 season…somethings comin’

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Look! That’s us! Tonight 7:30!!

And last but not least..5/5

‘ Surprise Surprise’ by Jess Ferrier, directed by Lex Joyce

Mel hates cliches. Jodi’s as predictable as they come. And now they’re dead - trapped in a liminal space with nothing but time, each other, and unfathomable amounts of stubbornness.

‘Surprise surprise’ is a play about trust, platonic soulmates, and the pain of losing a friend.

Almost a week to go! Get those tickets in your basket! We’re so excited to bring these 5 wonderful pieces to the stage ⭐️

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Number 4 by our very own lex!

‘You & Me & The Infinite Universe’ by Lex Joyce, directed by Heath Virgoe

Sam and Connell promised each other forever. But when Sam cuts forever short, the two traverse the multiverse trying to find each other… again and again. A genre-bending love story about what ifs, second chances, and the Sugababes.

No one can resist a bit of the Sugababes can they? Get your tickets to see this funky wee scene from oor lex!

Tickets below 🎣

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https://SharkBaitFishFood.eventbrite.co.uk

Numero 3!!

‘27’ by Douglas Yannaghas, directed by Ben Standish

In a cramped Glasgow Artist flatshare, Jam announces to his flatmates Morgan and Hank that he plans to kill himself before his 28th birthday and join the 27 club; believing that doing so will get them all famous.

27 is a play about the arts, but more importantly, the idiots trying to get into them.

Tickets are selling fast now! Be sure to get them from the link in our bio🫡

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Number 2/5 up next…

‘Untitled Toilet Project’ by Alexander Tait, Directed by Craig Waters.

Inside the toilet cubicle of a nightclub, Kev Campbell makes startling discoveries which will forever change his view on life. And Toilets.

“Untitled Toilet Project” is a larger play written and performed by Alexander Tait.

This project made it off Alex’s toilet seat! Come and see him do his thing ⭐️

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fish-food-a-shark-bait-scratch-night-fundraiser-tickets-755471053257

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