In Bed with My Brother / Philosophy of the World
This is PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD – inspired by the best worst band of all time, The Shaggs and named after their album. PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD (1969).
Part tribute act, part feminist reclamation, part fever dream, PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD is about power, patriarchy, band t-shirts, daddy issues and three sisters, who didn’t want to be a band but it was their destiny. It’s also about who gets to decide if you’re good or shit. But it’s mainly about dads. Featuring questionable mime, high-intensity dance sequences, cheap wigs, jump scares and a well trained actor.
We’ll play the band. You play the audience. It’ll be perfect. Load up on guns, bring your friends. But please, no smoking in the auditorium. Oh, and lastly, whatever you do, please don’t tell Tom Cruise
about the show. He currently holds the rights to the Shaggs’ story. And we haven’t paid him.
(Free soda on admission.)
Winner of a Fringe First and one of The Stage’s top 5 standout works at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025.
There is no-one quite like them right now British Theatre Guide *****
a rigorous, intelligent show The Stage *****
unkept, unseemly and chaotic. And that is exactly the point. The Guardian ****
