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SUMMARY:"Very" Trilogy @ Edinburgh Fringe
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DESCRIPTION:10th-15th August, Big at theSpaceTriplex, Edinburgh
A stage duo of performers created by Patrycja Kowańska and Dominika
Knapik. On a daily basis working as directors, choreographers, and
dramaturgs, in the “Very” trilogy they place themselves at the center
of events. They play with theatrical conventions, high art, and the
everyday life of freelancers. Using humor, and self-irony, they explore
themes of corporeality, transience, and the economics of art, among others.
Their trilogy includes the following performances:
VERY_FUNNY, where they embody Shakespearean fools, confronting their bodies
and professional roles with the figure of the artist-genius. They expose
stereotypes, speaking about their own ambitions, insecurities, and creative
work.
Playing at Edinburgh Fringe 10-13 August 2026: Tickets:  Very Funny |
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
VERY_SAD, an auto-ironic performance focused on aging bodies and
psychophysical exhaustion. A form of “sit-up” (stand-up already hurts).
A musical trifle about illness, shame, and transience. Very sad, and
therefore very funny.
Playing at Edinburgh Fringe 11-14 August 2026: Tickets:  Very Sad |
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
VERY_CHEAP, a cabaret-philosophical story about capitalism and the
(valuation) of art. Fat and Dumb compare making art to sex work, examining
what authenticity and desire are within a system that turns everything into
a commodity.
Playing at Edinburgh Fringe 12-15 August 2026: Tickets: Very Cheap |
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
About Fat and Dumb and the "Very" Trilogy
A duo formed by Patrycja Kowańska (FAT) and Dominika Knapik (DUMB).
Patrycja Kowańska, is a dramaturg, writer, and performer. Her portfolio
includes original theatrical works as well as numerous collaborations with
artists across disciplines. Dominika Knapik is a highly acclaimed
choreographer, director, and performer. She graduated from the Acting
Department of the same Academy and was nominated for the POLITYKA Passport
Award in 2015 for her choreography in dramatic theatre. The artists
established a close collaboration several years ago, creating performances
both for institutional theatres and the independent scene. As a duo, they
took their collaboration a step further by appearing together on stage. For
the trilogy developed since 2023—Very Funny, Very Sad, and Very
Cheap—they coined the term “performative epigram", a short-form hybrid
performance concept combining elements of stand-up comedy, living tableaux,
rap and sung fragments, unconventional choreography, and the live sharing
of their laptop screens documenting the creative process. Their stage
presence draws inspiration from Shakespearean fools -  reimagined as female
jests. They explore the body, engage in dialogues with cultural texts, and
reflect on the absurdities of institutional theatre life. They also perform
their own privacy, which in their work is always political.
In the Very Trilogy, Fat and Dumb construct a tragicomic, bold, and
taboo-free narrative about the friendship of two freelance artists
navigating the precarious theatre market. As independent freelancers, they
operate in a constant pursuit of grants and subsidies, approaching the
search for success with irony. Their stage presence draws inspiration from
Shakespearean fools—reimagined here as female fools. Through this figure,
the artists perform their own privacy, which in their work is always
political. They explore the body, engage in non-obvious dialogues with
cultural texts, and reflect on the absurdities of institutional theatre
life.
They are also deeply engaged with socially oriented work. As Fat and Dumb,
they created Penthesilea. Reconstruction of the Body of the Amazons (2023),
inviting onto the stage women with lived experience of breast cancer. Fat
and Dumb received several awards, including the Grand Prize and
Journalists' Prize of the Shakespeare OFF Competition at the 27th Gdańsk
and II Award at the OFF Actor’s Song Review in Wrocław. Their
productions Very Funny, Very Sad, and Very Cheap were presented at leading
Polish festivals, including Boska Komedia, Warsaw Theatre Meetings, the
Retroperspectives Festival in Łódź, QueerFest, and Open’er Festival in
Gdynia. In 2024, the duo was nominated for the POLITYKA Passports.
Committed to Fat and Dumb's independent artistic practice, Kowańska and
Knapik jointly established the Kreatura Foundation and launched the podcast
“Fat and Dumb ON AIR”, available on Spotify and YouTube.  
Read more about Fat and Dumb here: www.grubaiglupia.com
Youtube Account
https://www.youtube.com/@Gruba_i_G%C5%82upia
Podcast TEASER 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b8cO10xDGU
PODCAST ON SPOTIFY
https://open.spotify.com/show/19C2rxAFv9b3pee51mddyZ?si=ab60d0bbbf35450e
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