
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.
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.
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. Directed by Ben Target.
Praise for Winning’s previous work:
“Informative, urgent and amusingly provocative” British Theatre Guide
“Everything a Fringe show should be: hilarious, personal, inventive, and something that will stay with you for some time to come” ★★★★★ Edinburgh Festivals
“Winning’s sharp wit and intelligence allows him to educate as he entertains in this excellent stand-up seminar” ★★★★1/2 The Sunday Post
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 UCL academic 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
Rob Auton
Hello people of Bristol, Rob Auton here. I am taking my debut hour long story to the Edinburgh Festival and I am doing as many work-in-progress shows as possible to get it into shape. I will be reading from bits of paper and crossing things out.
Having written eleven shows on specific themes, I am now keen on telling you a story I have written about a man I made up called CAN. At one point in his life CAN was the world’s number one motivational speaker… and then something happened.
“A genuine original.”
Guardian
Matt Winning
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).
“Everything a Fringe show should be: hilarious, personal, inventive, and something that will stay with you for some time to come.”
Edinburgh Festivals Magazine