Part of DISRUPT 2026

Liv Ello is a real bad boy (a work-in-progress). Liv Ello is a bad-boy-in-progress.

Join award-winning writer-performer and ‘anarchist clown’ (New York Times) Liv Ello for this gloriously chaotic new hour in development, fresh from Fringe hits SWARM and BODY SHOW.

In this silly, swaggering work-in-progress, Liv straps on the sunglasses of toxic masculinity and asks: is he a REAL bad boy… or just bad at being a boy?

Through physical comedy, lip-sync, audio-visual mash-up and fever-dream cabaret, Liv builds (and busts) a hyper-masculine alter ego – part James Dean, part dodgem-car Lothario, part 13-year-old at a rural Essex fairground trying on knock-off leather jackets of identity.

Blending absurdism with sharp satire, the show wrestles with the sticky collisions between misogyny and trans masculinity, shame and bravado, desire and domination. It’s about punching the glass and realising it’s your own reflection hitting back.

Expect big character comedy, tender chaos and some stupid gags with some tangy aftertaste.

“This is a work-in-progress from a Fringe favourite known for “comic genius” (★★★★★ The Guardian)
“fiercely poignant and daringly funny” (★★★★★ The List)
“clever and confidently chaotic” (★★★★ The Scotsman)

£10 • £7.50 Troop members

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