Fake It 'til You Make It

Age guidance: 14 years +
Running time: 60 mins (approx)

Edinburgh sell out and award winning artist Bryony Kimmings heart-breaking and life affirming new show about clinical depression and men.

Bryony is an outrageous, hilarious and fearless performance artist from London.

Tim is an outrageous, hilarious and fearless account manager from a top advertising agency.

Bryony and Tim are a couple. Bryony spends most of her life on tour, trying her best to change the world. Tim spends most of his life at a desk trying his best to sell the world.

Six months into their relationship, Bryony found out that Tim suffers from severe clinical depression. He had kept it a secret for a very long time. Fake It ’Til You Make It is Bryony Kimmings’ new work about clinical depression and men made in collaboration with Tim.

A wickedly warming, brutally honest and heart-breaking show about the wonders and pitfalls of the human brain, being in love and what it takes to be a ‘real man’.

‘Deeply affecting’ Evening Standard

‘Warm and illuminating…it could even save lives’ Telegraph

‘Kimmings is as vivacious and immediate as ever’ Independent

‘This is a life-and-death love story, done with a lot of imagination and self-deprecating charm’ The Times

Please note that this production contains strong language and adult themes.

www.bryonyandtim.com
Twitter: @bryonykimmings
Twitter: @TimGrayburn

This show was commissioned by The Southbank Centre and Theatre Works, Melbourne and supported by DanceXchange, Arts Council England, Peggy Ramsey Foundation and donations made by brilliant people on Kickstarter.