DRINKING WITH GRANDMA
6 NIGHTS ONLY
DATES: AUG 18-23
VENUE: Greenside @ Mint Sudio
SHOW TIME: 22:10
TICKETS: £12.50
Runtime: 50 minutes
LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE
Written and Performed by Anthony Maranville
a writer of Star Trek: Discovery,
Monk and Frank Miller’s Pandora
Directed and Dramaturged by
Tracey Erin Smith
Produced by
Shana Stein
World Premiere at the
Edinburgh Fringe August 18-23
ABOUT THE SHOW
I normally write TV (Star Trek: Discovery, Monk), but I needed to tell this story… and only the Fringe could handle it.
When I was fourteen, I found out my grandma was in a porno. I saw pictures in her “Book of Secrets” (that’s what she called it). It was shocking but nothing compared to what I discovered when I found her book again after she died.
DRINKING WITH GRANDMA is a darkly comic solo show about what I learned going through her book. Set during a fake cowboy themed funeral, I take people on an investigative journey through Grandma’s secrets to untangle fact from fiction—and it’s harder than you’d think.
She claimed she was struck by lightning, could hear slot machines talk, and once out swam a dolphin who wanted to have sex with her. Obvious lies, right? The thing is, sometimes her most outrageous claims turn out to be true.
It's a show that asks what happens when the stories you’re told about yourself turn out to be lies, and how we make meaning out of the chaos of family.
Directed by Tracey Erin Smith (Creator of Drag Heals) and produced by Shana Stein (director of The Boys, Jack Ryan, The Testaments).
You can have the full grandma experience at Greenside @ Mint Studio Dates: Aug 18-23, 2025 | Time: 22:10 Tickets: £12.50 | Runtime: 50 minutes | Book via EdFringe.com |
“One of the funniest funerals of the festival.”-Facts
“Grandma had a complicated relationship with the truth. I never knew what was real or not… growing up with her was like living in a trailer park version of Big Fish.”
ABOUT THE TEAM
Writer/Performer Anthony Maranville is a screenwriter with credits that include STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, MONK, and BRAIN CHILD (Netflix/Pharrell Williams). He co-writes the graphic novel fantasy series PANDORA with comic book legend Frank Miller. DRINKING WITH GRANDMA marks his Edinburgh debut.
Director/Dramaturg Tracey Erin Smith is an award-winning teacher, solo performer, theatre director and founder of SOULO Theatre in Toronto. Tracey’s work has been seen Off-Broadway and on several stages the world over where she has been awarded Best of the Fringe (Toronto and NYC), Broadway World Award (NYC), and the Audience Choice Award (NYC). She is the host and creator of the critically acclaimed documentary series DRAG HEALS (Amazon Prime, Apple TV).
Producer Shana Stein is a veteran producer and director. Indiewire named the episode of THE BOYS she directed “One of the Best 19 Episodes of 2024.” She currently serves as producing director of THE HANDMAID’S TALE spinoff, THE TESTAMENTS (Hulu) and recently directed multiple episodes of THE LINCOLN LAWYER (Netflix) and JACK RYAN (Amazon).
DRINKING WITH
GRANDMA
