With the Edinburgh Fringe a couple of weeks away now I have caught up with Truly Siskind to talk about the show she is taking to the Fringe.

What’s your show called for Edinburgh Fringe 2025?

The Strongest Girl in the World.

How long have you been doing the Edinburgh Fringe?

I brought an earlier version of The Strongest Girl in the World to the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe.
Since then we’ve expended the play and updated the set and we’re so excited to share this new
and improved play with this year’s Fringe audience.

How do you cope with the overwhelming chaos that the Fringe brings?

Truthfully, I don’t think I coped that well last time. I was so fixated on making sure that I saw as
many shows as humanly possible, that I didn’t focus on recovery, or healthy eating etc. I left last
summer feeling pretty drained and unwell. This year, I’m still really excited to see and support
other shows, but I’m also permitting myself to take time to head back to our accommodation and make a healthy dinner and decompress for a moment. We’ve been
working all year to prepare for The Fringe, stressing over fundraising and logistics. I think we owe it to ourselves to enjoy the experience and make the most of it.

What sort of shows will see if you have time?

I will be supporting other one woman shows and women led teams. I love coming of age stories,
and theatre about teen and tween girls. I’m also excited to see other plays with music and musical theatre. We have shows on our list to go see, but we’re also excited to see what flyering pitches and posters catch our eye while we’re there.

Have you performed at any other Fringe’s? If so which has been your favourite so far?

I haven’t performed at any other Fringes, but our show will be having a short run at 59E59 as
part of their East to Edinburgh Festival.

Any advice to newbies about flyering?

Quality is better than quantity. Audience are getting tons of flyers a day, so just handing then out
with no connection or conversation isn’t likely to draw them in. We found the most success with
flyering when we looked for people who felt like they were in our target audience, and had a real
conversation with them about the show.

What are your plans for the show after the Edinburgh Fringe?

We would love to bring the show back to New York for a longer run. We’re an international team,
and I am from New York City. I would love to make a longer-lasting connection with a theatr and audiences there. We would also love to work with a theatre that is interested in having a producing role on the show—we’ve worked so hard to bring this show to life with our 3 person
team, and we’re really proud of the work we’ve done. It would be amazing to see what the show
could be with some institutional support.

It’s also a dream of ours to go to the Adelaide Fringe!

Tell us a bit about your show:

The Strongest Girl in the World, is a poignant and funny one-woman show about childhood loss.
When I was 10 years old, my father passed away from cancer. Now, as an adult, I often feel as
though I don’t really remember him. Instead, I rely on the stories of others to construct my own
relationship with him. Throughout the show, I embark on a journey to learn more about my father and discover more about my childhood self along the way. The play tells a tale of fear and bravery that thoughtfully examines how we remember those we’ve lost. It’s a love letter to my father, and my sassy and brave childhood self who was, in my eyes, The Strongest Girl in
the World.

The Strongest Girl in the World is at Gilded Balloon Patterhouse in The Snug from July 30th-August 25th (not Aug 12, 19) at 14:20.

https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/the-strongest-girl-in-the-world

https://edinburghfestival.datathistle.com/event/2669366-the-strongest-girl-in-the-world/