Theatre

  • Fringe Festival

Shitbag

A one-person dark comedy about Crohn’s Disease, mania and casual sex.

Hayley Edwards sits on an accessible toilet seat wearing a white hospital gown and holding a toilet roll with their shoulder revealed flirtatiously. The background is a purple-lavender colour.
Hayley Edwards crouches on an accessible toilet seat wearing a white hospital gown and holding a toilet roll that's spreading over the floor. The background is a purple-lavender colour.
Hayley Edwards reaches out for a toilet roll on the floor with a desperate expression. They wear a white hospital gown, the background is a purple-lavender colour and there's an accessible toilet seat in the background.
Past Event

Image Credit: Nick Mick Pics

Hayley Edwards sits on an accessible toilet seat wearing a white hospital gown and holding a toilet roll with their shoulder revealed flirtatiously. The background is a purple-lavender colour.
Hayley Edwards crouches on an accessible toilet seat wearing a white hospital gown and holding a toilet roll that's spreading over the floor. The background is a purple-lavender colour.
Hayley Edwards reaches out for a toilet roll on the floor with a desperate expression. They wear a white hospital gown, the background is a purple-lavender colour and there's an accessible toilet seat in the background.

  • Created and Performed by: Hayley Edwards

  • In Association With: Tiny Table Reads

Why is it easier to talk about bowel disease than mental illness?

'Shitbag’ is non-binary and chronically ill actor Hayley Edwards’ debut solo show.

Influenced by the Fringe tradition of autobiographical plays such as ‘Fleabag’, this work delves into Crohn’s Disease, colostomy bags, mania and casual sex.

We follow a young queer person into the world of disability diagnosis, queer sex, group sex, morality, mortality, blood, shit, laughter and tears. Darkly comedic and life-affirming, this play reveals the invisible reality of chronic mental and physical health conditions.

‘Shitbag’ was selected for a staged reading at KXT’s Storyteller’s Festival in 2023 and was short-listed for programming at Belvoir’s 25A.

Hayley is so excited to stage it for the very first time. Woooot! Hooray for Shitbag!