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‘Eggs Aren’t That Easy To Make’ is a queer, Gen Z rom-com about starting a family in the modern-world. “If I end up in a lesbian monogamous relationship when I’m older, I want you to be the sperm donor” a woman says to her best male friend, while drunk at a birthday party in uni. “Okay, it’s a deal” he replies. Flash forward ten years and the two friends are making good on their promise. She is in said monogamous lesbian relationship, and he’s just got a new girlfriend.
Having your best friend be your sperm donor? What possibly could go wrong?
Audiences will experience a show that pulls from the well-versed tropes of rom-coms in a new way, using the form to subvert expectations of family, love and friendship. “Eggs” promises montages
galore, scenes in the rain, flashbacks and flash-forwards. There will be lots of pastel colours, soft furnishings, pilates balls and, of course, eggs (in various forms!).
“Eggs” is a testament to queer joy. A lighthearted, tender, optimistic play in which imperfect people are doing their best and, slowly yet surely, trying to make their dreams a reality
A CO-PRODUCTION WITH BIG SOFA THEATRE
A CO-PRODUCTION WITH BIG SOFA THEATRE
Big Sofa is a theatre company led by writer Maria Telnikoff and director Lauren Tranter based in London. Big Sofa recently brought a reading of Telnikoff’s “My Sister Life” to Royal & Derngate and “With Nail and Without Nail” to Camden People’s Theatre.
Writing credits include “My Dad Wears A Dress” (Nottingham Playhouse, Underbelly) & “All The Men Are Going To Hate Me” (Soho Theatre, 2025).
Tranter’s directing credits include “Borrowed” (Unity Theatre, Liverpool) & “Close Enough to Touch” (Theatre 503).
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'Eggs' takes Edinburgh fringe 2025!
This year Eggs Arent That Easy To Make will be going to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for a full run at Underbelly, Jersey!
Head over to the link to grab your ticket early and stay tuned for more to come including fundraising events and pre-views!
WHY THIS PLAY? WHY NOW?
WHY THIS PLAY? WHY NOW?
Firstly, we want to put on a show where queer joy is at the forefront. This is why the play uses the traditional format of the rom-com to tell this story. We also want to create a world where queer models of family are accessible and common. Children are raised imitating the social norms of mummies and daddies, they play house in the playground, they imagine what their future lives might look like from an early age. For queer people this ability to play-act is less accessible, less represented and hence more fraught.
“Eggs” is a heartfelt daydream about what the future might look like for these characters. Rom-coms, so often the domain of heteronormative relationships, present an idealised vision of a world where love is expressed freely, tensions are aired and obstacles surmounted by the end. Similarly, this play does not shy away from difficulties but presents a model world, a window into the most quiet, intimate and yet radical of things: queer joy as the foundation of both romantic relationships and platonic friendships.
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