Launch Festival 2022 presents some bold, innovative, daring theatre emerging from this award-winning creative hub.

CT graduating actors stage a variety of selected work from musicals to silence expression, one-woman to ensemble, to present a unique line-up for an exciting festival.  
Past work coming out of this course have received the ‘Edinburgh Comedy Award’, ‘Scotsman Fringe First’, ‘Best New Musical’ and ‘The Stage Award for Acting Excellence’.

Desensitised

The Internet demands a show, and one man has no choice.

From YouTube to 4Chan, Pornhub to Bitcoin, Q Anon to A.I. This one man sketch show falls down every rabbit hole the internet has to offer.

“Before ‘It’ came, there was nothing. Nothing! Just endless blackness stretching on past the infinite horizon”
The Internet has finally branched out from our screens and found its way to the stage, and we couldn’t be happier! All of your favourite things are here; violence, xenophobia, porn and more! It’s as if you are still on your laptop at 3 a.m. with burnt out retinas wondering where your passport is! And isn’t that wonderful?
Meet Andrew, The Internet has asked him to make a show for you about everyone’s favourite topic…The Internet! And he’s dying to show it to you.

This volatile one-man sketch show uses films, projection and comedy to delve into the deepest recesses of the Internet in search of anything remotely human in our world of wires and code. 

The benefits of disabled sex

 
Walking is hard, puberty is harder.  
 
In 2012, boy lost the use of his legs but that’s the least of his worries. His school crush doesn’t know his name, his mum won’t stop shouting and he still can’t afford a prostitute. 
 
Combining Theatre and Stand up, “The Benefits of Disabled Sex” is a semi autobiographical one man show exploring disability, youth, crotches and crutches. 

Beneath A cups

 
Marriage Guidance Counsellor Stacy embarks on a journey of sexual awakening after office hunk, Jim, offers her his spicy chicken taco – which co-worker Mary claims is undeniably a sign of love. Watch as Stacy scrambles and bluffs her way into a man’s apartment. But what is a twenty-four-year-old virgin meant to do next? ‘Beneath A-Cups’ answers some of humanities most profound questions: How do you pick up an Italian man? Is Shakespeare a turn on?  And, are small boobs a turn off? Sexiness is in the eye of the beholder in this multi-rolled, fast-paced comedy. When your reality is clouded by anime backing tracks, cheesy fantasies, low self-esteem, and a world which worships the male gaze; how feasible is it to love yourself without the ultimate cure for loneliness: male validation?