Matt Winning: Solastalgia (Work in Progress)

“Solastalgia”- noun. [sol-a-stal-gi-a] the emotional, physical or existential distress caused by environmental change to your home. A portmanteau of the words ‘solace’ and ‘nostalgia’.

Dr Matt Winning brings a new theatrical comedy show about change to Machynlleth. The best place. Matt is a climate change comedian and academic who hosted ‘Net Zero: A Very British Problem’ (BBC Radio 4), is author of the comedy book “Hot Mess: What On Earth Can We Do About Climate Change”, and has performed several sell-out Edinburgh Fringe shows, as well as a show at COP28 for BAFTA. He is a Lecturer at University College London with recent work cited by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Tickets £10

Join Matt Winning and Glenn Moore as they present a double bill of previews ahead of the Edinburgh Fringe! Two of Britain’s finest jokesmiths have spent months working up brand new material, and now are ready to share it with the Brighton Fringe. Some lines will be instant classics, others… less so. But that’s the joy of it – watch two of the most dynamic comedians around hone their craft live on stage.

Glenn Moore delivers “classy gag-driven comedy at it’s funniest” – Chortle

Matt Winning “fizzes with energy” and “rages like a fire” – Fest Magazine

All in all, not something to miss.

Matt is back at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his first new show and full run since 2019

16:35 at Assembly George Square Studios – Studio 5

30th July to 24th August

Matt Winning: Solastalgia

Solastalgia: noun (sol-a-stal-gi-a) the emotional, physical or existential distress caused by environmental change to your home. A portmanteau of the words solace and nostalgia. A new storytelling climate comedy lecture about saving ourselves in time and protecting what you love by Dr Matt Winning. Host of Net Zero: A Very British Problem (BBC Radio 4). Several previous sell-out Edinburgh Fringe shows, as well as at COP28 for BAFTA. ‘Everything a Fringe show should be: hilarious, personal, inventive, and something that will stay with you for some time to come’ ***** (EdFestMag.com). Directed by Ben Target.

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