| The Fiascoholics present... | ||
4's a Crowd(Or What Not to Do When Stuck in a Bunker During the Apocalypse) |
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| The Fiascoholics | ||
| Max Burton | Tomi Fry | Todd Bell |
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| Samuel Smithson | ||
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Todd Bell as Henry |
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Barnaby Evans as Phil |
| Poster design by Alfie Burton | ||
| Instagram - @a.studio.co | ||
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Get in touch! |
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| fiascotc@gmail.com | ||
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About Us
We're the Fiascoholics! A brand new theatre company formed by Max Burton, Tomi Fry and Todd Bell. After meeting in school and quickly bonding over our shared love of silly comedy, absurdism and ridiculous sketches, we soon realised we love nothing more than making audience (and each other) laugh. Our aim is to revive the beat-driven, silly style of comedy of shows like Accidental Death of an Anarchist and The League of Gentlemen, where madness goes hand in hand with dramatic tension! We are so excited to see where this journey takes us, and thank you for being a part of its beginning. We hope you enjoy the show!!!
Cast
Lotte Pearl
Rach
Lucie Cooper
Rachel
Max Burton
Gareth
Barnaby Evans
Phil
Todd Bell
Henry
Creative Team
Sam Smithson
Director
Amy Fraser
Stage Manager
Sas Hughes
Sound/Light Technician
Tomi Fry
Co-writer
Meet the Company
Lotte Pearl
Rach
Lotte trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre school and graduated in July 2025, credits whilst training include Sally Poppy in The Wekin and Nanny in The Watsons. She is also the creator of The Emu War: A New Musical, which had an award nominated run in 2024. Since graduating Lotte has wrapped on a few TV credits - to be released in 2026.
Lucie Cooper
Rachel
Lucie has recently graduated from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire where she studied acting. Her drama school credits include Emma Jenkins in Lucy Kirkwood’s ‘The Welkin’ and Maggie in Brian Friel’s ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’. She is an actor-singer and actor-musician and is very excited to be working on this project!
Max Burton
Gareth
Max studied filmmaking at London Film Academy, specialising in comedy writing. He enjoys using his film skills to collaborate with other actors and comedians, and is a recent Prince William BAFTA Bursary recipient. His work has reached the top 1% of BBC Open Call and he is currently being considered for their Voices Programme. In his spare time, he performs stand up comedy, and was recently a semi-finalist in the “So You Think You’re Funny?”Competition.
Barnaby Evans
Phil
Barnaby started acting at university, joining the Footlights in his final year and performed in Spring Revue: No More Funny Business. Since leaving university, Barnaby has performed with the comedy troupe Spruce Moose in two five star shows at the Edinburgh Fringe: Pirates: You Wouldn’t Steal a Boat, and Knightclub. Barnaby is also one half of the sketch show 99 Red Balloons in a Trenchcoat.
Todd Bell
Henry
Todd is one of the co-writers of the play, having been working on it alongside Max and Tomi since 2023. He recently graduated from the University of East Anglia with a first-class degree in Drama and Creative Writing.
Sam Smithson
Director
Sam Smithson is an award nominated theatre director and playwright. He studied MA Performance Practice as Research at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. His previous directing credits include: ATTEMPTS ON HER LIFE (Hen & Chickens Theatre), Clown Funeral Collective: Summer Nights (Drayton Arms Theatre), Taking a Love Pill at the End of the World (The Hope Theatre), Act Two: Springboard Festival (The Arts Centre Hounslow), A Good Time was had by All (Hope Theatre). He is also a co-producer at Not Quite Ready Productions.
Amy Fraser
Stage Manager
Amy is a freshly graduated Drama student from the University of East Anglia. This is her professional debut as a stage manager and she is so excited and grateful for the opportunity.
Her credits while training include: Company Management- The Good Person of Szechwan & Top Girls- University of East Anglia Drama Production,
Stage Manager- Tonight at 8:30- UEA DMTS Society,
Co-Director- Minotaur’s Cabaret: A Waltz through Time.
Sas Hughes
Sound/Light Technician
Sas is a london based theatre technician with experience as a venue tech and LX designer across various fringe festivals, live events and productions.
Tomi Fry
Co-writer
Tomi is an actor, writer and director currently in his third year studying acting at the Oxford School of Drama. After a varied career as a child actor, Tomi collaborated with his two best friends Max and Todd, taking on the role of co-writer and director for the Edinburgh Fringe run of 4’s a Crowd. He is very excited to hand the reigns over to Sam and looks forward to seeing the cast shine!
Photos
The Fiascoholics (who can only afford one suit between them)
The power consumes Henry (Edinburgh production)
Henry almost gets kicked out (Edinburgh production)
Gareth scans the keycards (Edinburgh production)
Tug of war (Rehearsals)
The stakes rise (Rehearsals)
The Fight (Rehearsals)
The Fiascoholics at the So You Think You're Funny? Party 2025
