Wrestling Fan Confesses

A Smart Wrestling Fan Confesses!!
By Phil Allely

The squared circle and its rich history get an surprise airing this August when writer/performer Liam Mullan combines wrestling and his passion for culture as part of the Edinburgh Festival.

This August Liam will host to a one-man show that many of us wrestling fans/anoraks will find not only entertaining but somewhat autobiographical.

“The show is called 'Confessions of a "Smart" Wrestling Fan’” Says Mullan.
“It will be a VERY autobiographical piece about my lifelong fascination with squared-circle theatrics that will be used as a way to touch upon events in my life up to this point, the political climate of the last twenty years and some of our deep-seated psychological tics and prejudices”.

Having spent 20 years watching the pre-determined tussling of such characters as ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin, Jushin Liger, and Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart, alongside his his interests in the films of Kieslowski, the music of Miles Davis, the novels of Richard Yates and everything in-between.
Liam in his one hour show attempts to explain the apparent dichotomy between these two passions and offers observations from a lifetime of watching wrestling - from Thatcherism to celebrity - that can actually help explain where we came from and where we stand today as a society.
Ages: 14+
Category Comedy
Genres stand-up, talk
Group Apath Productions
Venue Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club

Date 5-29 August
Time 17:15
Duration 1 hour
Suitability 14+