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 'GRIM' is written, performed and co-directed by Ellen Grimshaw. It’s not stand up... it’s theatre, meets performance art, meets sketch comedy, meets physical comedy, meets a GRIM narrative. 

Ellen Grimshaw & The 2023 MICF present: ‘GRIM’

With an award winning team of collaborators:

WRITTEN & PERFORMED by Ellen Grimshaw

VOICEOVER by Guy Pearce

DIRECTED by Kimberley Twiner & Ellen Grimshaw

DRAMATURGY by Vidya Rajan

AV/SOUND/LIGHTING DESIGN by James Collopy 

DATES: 10-22 April (no shows 17, 18, 19)

TIMES: 8:30pm 10-16 April, 5:30pm 20-22 April

VENUE: The Motley Bauhaus, Carlton

TICKETS: $14.50-$27.50 

INFO & BOOKINGS: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2023/shows/grim 

GRIM is a brutal, stupid new play that uses satire and absurdity to explore self abandonment, people pleasing, and the ever changing minds of those in control.

GRIM is an alien who gets pushed off their Mum’s spaceship on their way to Data Collection Headquarters in Hollywood, landing prematurely in a Pepsi ad audition in Carlton. GRIM is catapulted through a blender of ad auditions not knowing what’s going on, until receiving communication from Mum in Hollywood to be likeable and do whatever the humans say until the emergency recovery spaceship arrives...but GRIM’s Mum accidentally catches alcoholism in Hollywood, and forgets about GRIM in Carlton.

Ellen has been performing across theatre, film and television for 13 years since graduating from the prestigious Fine Arts Acting degree (QUT). Most recently they were awarded Best Supporting Actor (MUFF) for Bad Behaviour, won 5 international awards for their lead role in the film From Sent Ash to Dancing Ground and were nominated as part of a collaboration for Best Theatre (Fringe 2020) for a reading of the script from Contagion.

Ellen has a Masters in Writing for Performance (VCA). They have written for Red Stitch Actors Theatre, TheatreWorks, Melbourne University and several Melbourne Fringe Festivals. Ellen's most recent plays were Just Us Girls (What’s A Girl?) which Ellen also performed in (Melb Fringe 2019) and We’re Probably Really Really Happy Right Now (Theatreworks season 2020).

'Refreshing, disarming, and frequently hilarious' - RMITV

'American Psycho, if Cyndi Lauper had played Patrick Bateman' -  Robert Reid

'Leaves you laughing and tapping your feet. It’s absurd because the world is absurd’ - Keith Gow

'Ellen is a stand out performer; a spiky, stalky, sexy powerhouse who chews up scenery and owns the stage. There’s no one to match her' - Stage Whispers

'Real genius in the writing' - What Did She Think

‘Edgy, absurd sketch comedy, and Ellen Grimshaw (and ‘X’) handle it with effortless comic skill’ - Cameron Woodhead, The AGE

'Ellen commands the stage, everything about her is sharp, defined and coursing with energy' - Witness Performance

'Ellen has a style that is going to make her a strong Australian writing voice' - Time Out

'A pristine script' - Be Melbourne

'Ellen offered such a vibrant performance but also brought a truly soulful, honest, and complex character to our show. A very exciting actor to work one on one with, I'd welcome the opportunity with Ellen again in a heartbeat’ - Guy Pearce

For media enquiries, contact:

Caitie Murphy, Co-Producer

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