DRINKING WITH
GRANDMA
AN OUTRAGEOUS
TRUE STORY
A NEW SOLO SHOW
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
DRINKING WITH GRANDMA
6 NIGHTS ONLY
DATES: AUG 18-23
VENUE: Greenside @ Mint Sudio
SHOW TIME: 22:10
TICKETS: £12.50
Runtime: 50 minutes
ABOUT THE SHOW
When nobody shows up to grandma's funeral, Anthony reads from her “Book of Secrets” and discovers everything he thought he knew about her is a lie. What follows is a hilarious and heartbreaking attempt to untangle fact from fiction about the plague-resistant, slot psychic who once murdered a microwave and taught him how to drink at nine.
This is the outrageous true story of a grandma like no other that takes family dysfunction from Vegas funeral parlors and desert double-wides to the Star Trek writers’ room and back again.
DRINKING WITH GRANDMA is a true story about the fake stories we tell ourselves to survive.
“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).