Launch Festival 2022 presents some bold, innovative, daring theatre emerging from this award-winning creative hub.

CT graduating actors stage a variety of selected work from musicals to silence expression, one-woman to ensemble, to present a unique line-up for an exciting festival.  
Past work coming out of this course have received the ‘Edinburgh Comedy Award’, ‘Scotsman Fringe First’, ‘Best New Musical’ and ‘The Stage Award for Acting Excellence’.  

Desensitised

 
The Internet demands a show, and one man has no choice.

From YouTube to 4Chan, Pornhub to Bitcoin, Q Anon to A.I. This one man sketch show falls down every rabbit hole the internet has to offer.

“Before ‘It’ came, there was nothing. Nothing! Just endless blackness stretching on past the infinite horizon”
The Internet has finally branched out from our screens and found its way to the stage, and we couldn’t be happier! All of your favourite things are here; violence, xenophobia, porn and more! It’s as if you are still on your laptop at 3 a.m. with burnt out retinas wondering where your passport is! And isn’t that wonderful?
Meet Andrew, The Internet has asked him to make a show for you about everyone’s favourite topic…The Internet! And he’s dying to show it to you.
This volatile one-man sketch show uses films, projection and comedy to delve into the deepest recesses of the Internet in search of anything remotely human in our world of wires and code.

The Benefits of Disabled Sex

 
Walking is hard, puberty is harder.  
 
In 2012, boy lost the use of his legs but that’s the least of his worries. His school crush doesn’t know his name, his mum won’t stop shouting and he still can’t afford a prostitute. 
 
Combining Theatre and Stand up, “The Benefits of Disabled Sex” is a semi autobiographical one man show exploring disability, youth, crotches and crutches. 

On Track To Becoming A Loser

 
How many gap years does it take before you stop calling them gap-years and start calling them year-years?
 
On track to becoming a loser is a funny and heartfelt invitation into Laura's life, friends and missteps. Laura is a first-class planner and considers herself to always be on track, but her current position feels far away from the engagement ring Hannah keeps flashing at the group at Sunday brunch. 

Stuck between longing for stability and wanting to marry Chuck Bass, an unexpected turn of events flips the lining of Laura's life plan inside out. As she finds herself in need of someone to talk to more than ever, her problems seem out of place with her friends amid babytalk, mortgage loans, and Hannah's boyfriend Charlie in his stupid Nike sweatshirt.

Laura can’t help but wonder if she took a left when everyone else took a right, missed a turn or somehow read the map wrong?