Joe Sellman-Leava

Joe Sellman Leava's IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID! Will Embark on UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - Feb 6, 2025

Original Edinburgh Festival Fringe hit, It’s the Economy, Stupid!, is hitting the road for its second UK tour from February 2025. Learn more about the tour here!

The Pleasance Will Launch 2024 'Best of Edinburgh' Season for Their Islington Home
by Stephi Wild - Sep 26, 2024

If you didn’t manage to catch the Pleasance’s sold-out shows in the Scottish capital this Summer, you’re in for a treat! After the success of their 40th anniversary Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Pleasance Theatre Trust is bringing an exciting and diverse season of Fringe favourites with theatre, comedy, cabaret, magic and children’s shows to London this Autumn. With 50 shows, there’s something for everyone at Pleasance London, with all performances now on sale.  

Edinburgh Fringe's IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID! to Embark on UK Tour
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 25, 2024

Developed with and directed by internationally acclaimed Katharina Reinthaller, and produced by Worklight Theatre, It's the Economy Stupid! is heading out on tour after a successful Edinburgh Fringe run this August, selling out shows since the first weekend.

Theatr Clwyd Reveals Spring 2024 Season
by Stephi Wild - Oct 25, 2023

Theatr Clwyd has announced its Spring Season. With the capital re-development making great strides, shows continue to take place in Theatr Mix. Theatr Clwyd will also take shows and activities across the county and touring Wales. The venue will produce three productions in this stellar season, Kill Thy Neighbour, Constellations and Rope, led by three Welsh directors.  

FANBOY Comes to Bristol's Tobacco Factory This September
by Stephi Wild - Jul 31, 2023

Fringe First award-winner Joe Sellman-Leava (Labels; Monster) is heading to Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol with his hit Edinburgh Fringe show Fanboy.  This love-hate letter to pop culture and nostalgia explores our past and future selves through epic storytelling, razor-sharp impressions, and theatrical magic. 

The Lowry, Salford Sets Contemporary Season for Autumn 2023
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 9, 2023

From innovative digital technology to ghost stories by candlelight, an interactive on-stage performance/game show to role-playing lichen love stories, The Lowry, Salford has revealed its contemporary season for the Autumn 2023.

VAULT Festival Celebrates Record-Breaking Year as it Closes its Doors For The Last Time in its Original Home
by Stephi Wild - Mar 21, 2023

VAULT Festival marked the end of its decade-long run at its original venue, The Vaults on Sunday 19th March, bringing to a close a record-breaking year which welcomed more than 81,000 audience members throughout its eight week run.

Review: FANBOY, VAULT Festival
by Cindy Marcolina - Mar 8, 2023

Sellman-Leava’s piece was only a work-in-progress at the last pre-pandemic VAULT Festival. Since then, it’s had a run at Edinburgh last summer and a subsequent tour, growing into a surprisingly introspective and revelatory exploration of the effects of fanship.

FANBOY is Heading On Tour This Autumn
by Stephi Wild - Aug 23, 2022

Fringe First award-winner Joe Sellman-Leava (Labels; Monster) is heading on tour with his hit Edinburgh Fringe show Fanboy.  This love-hate letter to pop culture and nostalgia explores our past and future selves through epic storytelling, razor-sharp impressions and a dose of theatrical magic. 

Edinburgh 2022: Review: FANBOY, Pleasance Dome
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Aug 10, 2022

Joe has always been a nerd. In his teens, he hid it. In his 20s, he owned it. Now, in his 30s, he's started to sense something: a great disturbance in the fandom... And when Joe finds himself alone, sorting through his old things, he finds an old video tape... and something incredible starts to happen!

EDINBURGH 2022: Pick of the Programme- Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Jun 10, 2022

BWW reviewer Natalie O’Donoghue has selected her top ten theatres picks across the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme to highlight the shows you really don’t want to miss this year!

Sir Keir Starmer, Jeremy Corbyn, and Nadine Dorries Will Appear at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
by Stephi Wild - May 3, 2022

Following the incredible 23 shows announced as part of the Pleasance Futures season, the third and largest official on-sale brings a host of incredible acts to the Pleasance this summer.  With returning Edinburgh Comedy award-winners, international companies, exciting new companies and debut comics, music, cabaret, live podcasts and children's work. 

SHEDINBURGH Fringe Festival And Fundraiser Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 4, 2020

Celebrating and sustaining the best of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in sheds!

BWW Review: MONSTER, VAULT Festival
by Cindy Marcolina - Feb 9, 2020

As Joe is asked to prepare for a play about domestic assault based on Shakespeare's toxic males, his own relationships start to change. The second offering by Joe Sellman-Leava and Worklight Theatre for VAULT Festival is a defining and masterful performance. Monster is a journey through noxious masculinity, the performative aspect of it, and the glorification of violence.

BWW Review: LABELS, VAULT Festival
by Cindy Marcolina - Feb 9, 2020

We all attach labels to people. Some - like friend, father, brother - are kinder than others. Joe Spellman-Leava explores the magnitude of sticking attributes to individuals in his extraordinarily intelligent solo show Labels. With Katharina Reinthaller's stunning direction, he analyses the breadth of racist abuse his family and then he experienced.

LABELS and MONSTER Come To The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol
by Stephi Wild - Nov 19, 2019

Winner of more than five international awards, including a Fringe First, Joe Sellman-Leava comes to Bristol in early 2020 with two staggering one-man productions. Monster interrogates entrenched associations between violence and masculinity, asking why some men become monsters. Also coming to The Wardrobe Theatre, Labels examines how language can dehumanise people and tries to answer a complex question: a?oewhere are you from?a??.

Photo Flash: First Look at Mathew Horne and Ed Speleers in the UK Tour of RAIN MAN
by Julie Musbach - Aug 30, 2018

Get a first look below at Rain Man, the inaugural production of Bill Kenwright's Classic Screen to Stage Theatre Company. The production stars Gavin and Stacey's Mathew Horne (Raymond) and Downtown Abbey's Ed Speleers (Charlie) as well as Mairi Barclay (Pippin), Hannah Barker, Elizabeth Carter (Dreamboats and Petticoats), Adam Lilley (The 39 Steps), Neil Roberts (Mamma Mia!) and Joe Sellman Leava (Monster).

Full Casting Announced For RAIN MAN Starring Mathew Horne And Ed Speleers
by Stephi Wild - Aug 3, 2018

Full casting has been announced for Rain Man, the inaugural production of Bill Kenwright's Classic Screen to Stage Theatre Company. Joining the previously announced Gavin and Stacey's Mathew Horne (Raymond) and Downtown Abbey's Ed Speleers (Charlie) is: Mairi Barclay (Pippin), Hannah Barker, Elizabeth Carter (Dreamboats and Petticoats), Adam Lilley (The 39 Steps), Neil Roberts (Mamma Mia!) and Joe Sellman Leava (Monster).

Worklight Theatre presents MONSTER UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - Dec 1, 2017

Following a highly successful run at Edinburgh Fringe 2017, Joe Sellman-Leava's highly- acclaimed one man show Monster embarks on an exciting UK tour in 2018. Monster is a dark but humorous exploration of gender and masculinity - with intimate storytelling at its heart, Monster looks at a young man's struggle to make sense of love and anger.

Theatre Royal Stratford East Announces New Season At Gerry's Studio
by BWW News Desk - Sep 7, 2017

Theatre Royal Stratford East today announces the first full season of work to be showcased in their studio space, Gerry's Studio, running from October to December 2017.