West Coast Premiere of LAST CHRISTMAS Comes to the Hollywood Fringe Festival

Fringe Management and Combined Artform present LAST CHRISTMAS at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Tom is having a crap day. It's Christmas Eve and he's going to miss the train home. Clingy girlfriend Nat is following him into the bathroom. He can't remember where he put the gifts she persuaded him into wrapping back in the summer . . . So begins this West Coast premiere of LAST CHRISTMAS by leading Welsh playwright, Matthew Bulgo. Opens June 2 in Studio C - 6448 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90038.

In the story, Tom as he is confronted by the ghosts of his past when he returns home for Christmas. Forced to face his demons, he attempts to rescue his family and his future. Will Tom be able to save it all in time?

A hit at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Last Christmas, which won Best Production in English at the 2015 Welsh Theatre Awards, also received a three-week run at the prestigious Soho Theatre in London.

Starring: Evan McNamara

Directed by: John Coppola

TICKET $15.00 http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/5205?tab=tickets

Michael Blaha (Producer) is an entertainment attorney, law professor, arbitrator and stage and film producer. Mike has also produced several shows at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, including "Richard Parker" (Best International Production), "Nigerian Spam Scam Scam" (Encore Award) and "Pick of the Fringe" (Best Cabaret and Variety Nominee). Internationally, Mike has produced over 40 shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as partners with Nigel Miles-Thomas in Fringe Management. Mike was one of the founding producers of Sci-Fest LA, the Festival of One Act Science Fiction Plays, which was presented from 2014-2016. Mike is the President of the Board of Directors of New Musicals, Inc., and on the Board of Directors of Filmmakers' Alliance.

Matthew Quinn, (Producer) (Combined Artform/Theatre Asylum) has been involved in theater production and venue management for over 20 years in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He created Combined Artform, as a Production Company in 1998 with Producer Bertha Rodriguez and has produced, co-produced, presented, booked and promoted hundreds of shows. He has been involved with over 20 shows in the Hollywood Fringe including "Pick of the Fringe" (w/Fringe Management). Also, in 2010, Matthew started the Encore Awards, for "best of" Hollywood Fringe and in 2016 Beyond Encores.

Matthew Bulgo (writer) trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and works as an actor, playwright and director. Matthew has directed and curated a large number of writing events for Dirty Protest and number of short plays for various events for Sherman Cymru. He is a member of the artistic directorate of the West Glamorgan Youth Theatre, directing many of their recent productions and he has taught acting, theatre studies and directed a broad range of theatre projects at a number of educational institutions across South Wales. Matthew is a core member of Welsh new writing collective Dirty Protest and is co-artistic director of True/Fiction Theatre.

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