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A man wakes up in a psychiatric hospital and tells us the story of how he ended up there.

But is he telling us what really happened? Or is he inventing the whole thing just to cope with what’s happening to him?

Following 26 performances at the Edinburgh Fringe, I’m delighted to be bringing Diary of a Mad Man to London!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Real Chrisparkle
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Corr Blimey
Recommended by The Times

A darkly comic, thought-provoking Irish reimagining of Gogol’s classic, written by Derek Masterson.

📍 Old Red Lion Theatre, Islington, London
📅 24–28 November
🎟️ Early bird tickets £15 until 31 October

Tickets via link in bio!

#DiaryOfAMadMan #LondonTheatre #OffWestEnd #IrishTheatre #OldRedLionTheatre

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BEST PRODUCTION. 🏆🍭🌕

This one feels HUGE. To have our peers recognise the production in this way means the absolute world. If you were at the Fringe Awards and heard the celebrations coming from our team, you would have heard just how much love went into this show.

Every single person in the GRETEL team put a bit of themselves into it.

@machadebec built our fairytale estate from wood, paint, fabric and sheer belief. The tiny details she put into that set still make me smile.
@clare_mcloughlin1 made the world move through light and somehow knew exactly when to catch every character I was throwing at them.
@nadia_mohamed_costume made me and Jowy look like superstars while telling a whole other story through the clothes.
@virginiaferri04 composed four original songs, engineered the sound and somehow made the whole thing work with a DJ and a poet. Bruv.
@___jwy___ said yes to a random text from someone she had met for five minutes and ended up becoming the heartbeat Beatkeeper of the show. And her theatre debut. 🥹
@fionacmurrayy held us. Honestly. The glue, the care, the check-ins, the things she quietly picked up that I didn’t even know needed doing.
And @harriett_og , who took all the madness inside my head and helped me turn it into a piece of theatre. She gave us permission to play, while holding the vision so beautifully.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time, shared their skills, brought ideas, made things, fixed things, carried things and believed in this show.

Thank you to @dublinfringefest for believing in GRETEL when it was just a script, and for backing us through the Break New Ground Bursary. And @fishamble for giving this show Big Ambitions.

Thank you to everyone who reached out after seeing the show. Every message, conversation and bit of encouragement has meant more than you know. Because this story really matters.

This was our little self-produced, low-budget, big-dream show. And BEST PRODUCTION! Ghagged!

I’m so fucking proud of us.

We want to keep sharing this story. If you’re a producer, programmer or theatre and want to help us remount GRETEL, please get in touch.
There’s more in this story yet. 🍭🪙

📸 @simon_lazewski

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DIARY OF A MAD MAN IS TRANSFERRING TO LONDON!

Delighted to finally announce that following our successful run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Diary of a Mad Man is transferring to London this November for six performances at the Old Red Lion Theatre @weareoldred .

When Derek and myself started out on this journey with Diary of a Mad Man, one of our dreams was to bring it to London. And now we’re super excited to bring the show to one of London’s established Off-West End theatres, a venue with a long history of championing ambitious new work and launching productions that have gone on to the West End and beyond.

After 26 performances and four very intense weeks in Edinburgh, I can’t wait to get back into the show and bring it to a London audience. Edinburgh gave us an incredible platform to develop and refine the production in front of live audiences. I’m very excited about where the show is now and about taking this next step. London baby!

Recommended by The Times (UK)

★★★★★ The Real Chrisparkle
“A riveting performance by Mark McAuley; unsettling, quirky, humorous and disturbing – not to be missed.”

★★★★ Corr Blimey
“An ambitious piece of multimedia theatre with a political edge.”

“A wonderfully offbeat performance that leaves you with a lot to think about!”
- Official EdFringe Audience Review

CREATIVE TEAM

Performed & Directed by Mark McAuley
Written by Derek Masterson @masterson_dm
Lighting, AV & Sound Design by Iris Liange @irisliange
Costume Design by Mado Chadebec @machadebec

Old Red Lion Theatre, London
24–28 November 2026
Six performances only
60 mins, no interval

Early Bird £15 until 31 October
General Admission £20 / Concession £17
(prices include booking fee)

Tickets on sale now - link in bio.
Photo by @alastairmorephotography
#DiaryOfAMadMan #OldRedLion #OffWestEnd #LondonTheatre #IrishTheatre

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A few stills from our story GRETEL🍭

Wow.

I think I’m only just getting around to processing what happened last week.
We made this genre clashing, playful, gritty little fairytale world, brought it to @dublinfringefest , and got to share an important story with a hella lot of people.

Mad.

“I don’t know if stories change the world, all I know is silence never has.” - GRETEL by Tanya Bridgeman

This one is for ALL the people who saw themselves in GRETEL. Who saw their friends. Their families. Their communities.
There were a lot of us in that room over those five performances. And I think that matters. Because it means none of us are alone in these stories.

There is so much I want to say about this show, the people who made it, and what it felt like to finally put GRETEL in front of an audience. But I’m going to let myself take my time with it.

I really, really hope we get to keep sharing this story. It matters that GRETEL keeps finding the people who recognise something of themselves in it.

So, for now, here are the first production images. How frickin beautiful are they?! All the team are incredibly proud. That’s a magical feeling for sure.

More breadcrumbs coming soon. 🍬

GRETEL
Storyteller / Writer / Producer — @inkandhorizen  Beatkeeper / DJ — @___jwy___  Director — @harriett_og  Lighting Designer — @clare_mcloughlin1  Set Designer — @machadebec  Costume Designer — @nadia_mohamed_costume  Sound Engineer & Original Songs — @virginiaferri04  Stage Manager & Assistant Producer — @fionacmurrayy
Dramaturg - @roisinndaly

Supported by @dublinfringefest Break New Ground and @fishamble Big Ambitions.
📸 @simon_lazewski

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Nous sommes dans la liste @telerama des podcasts les plus attendus de l'automne 2026 ! Merci !

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FIRST LOOK at PLEASE BREAK MY HEART captured by the fabulous @carolcumminsphoto

The show was launched into the world last night to magical sold out preview!! It was camp, it was tender and charged with glorious madness!

Thursday and Friday night’s shows are now sold out but don’t worry there are tickets left for tonight’s performance at 9:15pm and Saturday at 3:45pm & 6:45pm so get them while you can!! Tickets in bio!

It is such a joy to finally have an audience in front of this wacky explosion of a show so thank you all for coming and for @smockalleytheatre @dublinfringefest

I’m so proud of our incredible team for getting it all together, here’s to the next five shows!!

Created and performed by @noranianluainfay
Producer @fionacmurrayy
Set and costume @machadebec
Lighting design @clare_mcloughlin1
Sound design @tttien.le

Supported by @uillinnwestcorkarts @stjohnstheatrelistowel @mermaidartscentre @shawbrookresidential @irishartscenter

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TICKET UPDATE!!

PSA GET THEM NOW BEFORE THEY’RE ALL GONE!! (in bio)

Photo @carolcumminsphoto

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Introducing the fabulous ‘Please Break my Heart,’ team…..

@noranianluainfay creator & performer
Balloon boy / Darcy performer
@fionacmurrayy producer
@tttien.le sound designer
@machadebec set & costume design
@clare_mcloughlin1 lighting designer

You’ll finally get to see all their incredible magical work in action this season as we open in @dublinfringefest we’re so lucky to have them!!

Tuesday - Saturday in @smockalleytheatre
Tickets in bio!!

Supported by @uillinnwestcorkarts @mermaidartscentre @shawbrookresidential @stjohnstheatrelistowel @irishartscenter

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So what started ‘Please Break my Heart,’ and who is it for…..???

Catch this mad wacky rom com next week @dublinfringefest in @smockalley from the 15-19th of September, tickets in bio!!

Created and performed by @noranianluainfay
Producer @fionacmurrayy
Set & Costume @machadebec
Lighting design @clare_mcloughlin1
Sound design @tttien.le

Supported by @uillinnwestcorkarts @mermaidartscentre @stjohnstheatrelistowel @shawbrookresidential @irishartscenter

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