Edinburgh Festival Fringe Series 2024 - Ep 227: Abrasion

Persistent and Nasty

In this episode Elaine chats with actor, writer Meg Rose Dixon about her new show Abrasion. We chat the inspiration of the show, graduating at the height of the pandemic and bond over being endo sisters. Abrasion - Gilded Balloon Patter House - Bothie Dates: 1st-26th August @ 9.20pm Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/abrasion ABRASION A one-woman show (written and starring Meg-Rose Dixon) following a diagnosis journey set at the anniversary of her surgery. A dark comedy filled with turbulent embarrassing moments flipped in a comical way, verbatim anecdotes highlighting the importance of patient care, terrible doctors, and a few genuine heroes. This is a darkly funny show that laughs in the face of pain while shedding light on a condition that affects 1.5 million people, but has an average diagnosis wait time of 7.5 years. Meg Rose Dixon Meg trained is a graduate from Arts Ed and East 15, has worked on multiple short films, music videos, online projects and a range of street theatre and off west and theatre performances. She is currently working on a one woman show she has written which will is on at Edinburgh Fringe 2024, Gilded Balloon Patter House at 21:20 until the 26th of August. HIPA GUIDES: HIPA GUIDES OUR WEBSITE - www.persistentandnasty.co.uk Persistent Pal & Nasty Hero - Pals and Hero Membership Email – [e-mail] Instagram - @persistentandnasty Twitter - @PersistentNasty Coffee Morning Eventbrite - Coffee Morning Tickets LINKTREE - LINKTR.EE Resources Samaritans - Rape Crisis Scotland - Rape Crisis UK ArtsMinds - BAPAM Freelancers Make Theatre Work Stonewall UK - Trevor Project - Mermaids UK Switchboard LGBT+ - GATE PLANNED PARENTHOOD DONATE - DONATE ABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK UK - ASN.COM- DONATE