FRANCESCA FORRISTAL
WRITER-PERFORMER
& DRAG KING
ABOUT FRANCESCA
Francesca Forristal "uses humour as a feminist weapon" (The Sunday Times) as a musical theatre writer, writer-performer, improviser, and drag artist based in London. She's queer. She's hairy. And she's the co-founder of multi-award-winning drag duo DRAGPROV, as well as co-writer of FORRISTAL AND CLARKE MUSICALS.
Her latest musical was shortlisted for the Pleasance Theatre's 'Charlie Hartill Reserve Fund' Award, and her latest show 'Oddball' was nominated for an OFF WEST END award 2019. She's a Musical Comedy Awards 2019 Finalist, Bechdel Theatre #FeministFave 2018, and won the Phoenix's Improv Act of the Year Award.
She has appeared on the BBC radio, produced shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, The Underbelly Southbank, The Royal Festival Hall, and the Southwark Playhouse. Francesca is excited by projects which combine music, sound-design, and theatre with a twist of dark comedy, to create original and thought-provoking work.
For more info about Forristal and Clarke Musicals, (co-run with Jordan Clarke) check out their website here.
UPCOMING SHOWS...
FEBRUARY
10th - 'PUBLIC DOMAIN' at SIGNAL 9 - 19:30
14th-16th - ODDBALL AT VAULT FESTIVAL - 19:00
15th-16th - ODDBALL AT VAULT FESTIVAL - 15:00
14th & 21st - DRAGPROV AT VAULT FESTIVAL - 22:00
23rd - DRAGPROV @ JERICHO TAVERN, OXFORD - 20:00
28th - BRISTOL IMPROV THEATRE - 20:00
MARCH
6th - 'P.S.' Musical Workshop Performance (invite only, get in touch if you would like to attend)
7th - DRAGPROV'S VELVET CURTAIN CLUB @ LONDON IMPROV THEATRE - 19:30
ODDBALL @ VAULT FESTIVAL 2020
14TH-16TH FEBRUARY
Think Fleabag meets Crazy Ex Girlfriend, but queer.
Writer-Performer: Francesca Forristal
Director and Dramaturg: Micha Mirto
Sound Designer and Dramaturg: Jordan Clarke
Original Music: Forristal and Clarke
Putting the 'logical' in ‘pathological,’ this one woman show invites audiences into the brain of a person with an eating disorder, as she prepares for a date. Sound-design, sentient Fit-Bits, and zero respect for the 4th wall. Now all Oddball has to do is deconstruct every toxic preconception society has on eating disorders, in 60 mins. Piece of cake...
Off West End Award nominated
Evening Standard’s Top 6 shows at the Camden Fringe
Culture Calling’s Best of the Camden Fringe
A Younger Theatre's pick of the Vault Festival
★★★★★ “A MARVEL. Character work second to none.” The 730 Review | ★★★★★ “A MUST SEE” The Upcoming | ★★★★ “COMPELLING...A COMEDIC FORCE” Dress Circle Reviews | ★★★★★ “Full of polli-incorrect nuggets“ LGBTQ Arts Reviews | ★★★★ 'LAUGH OUT LOUD, BALLSY, BONKERS SHOW" North West End Reviews
DRAGPROV AT VAULT FESTIVAL 2020
For just two nights, multi-award winning Drag King & Queen duo Christian Adore and Eaton Messe will improvise serenades, freestyle raps, and a new, iconic, musical rom-com. Think Love Actually meets Mamma Mia, but improvised, so probably neither. Camp, romantic, and utterly unique.
If you can’t love yourself… Love Dragprov instead.
As seen on the BBC, in The Sunday Times, & Guilty Feminist Deborah Francis White’s ‘The Power of Humanity.’ One of The Evening Standard’s Top Ten LGBTQ+ Shows to see in London.
★★★★★ ‘BRILLIANTLY FUNNY’ London Theatre 1 | ★★★★★ ‘FLAWLESS’ The 730 Review | ★★★★ ‘RADIO-READY SONGS’ LGBTQ Arts Reviews | ★★★★★ ‘INIMITABLE’ Pink Times | ★★★★★ ‘IMMENSE TALENT’ Phoenix Remix | ★★★★ ‘SHARP AS A BOBBY PIN’ Musical Theatre Review
THE VELVET CURTAIN CLUB
Dragprov have featured on the BBC radio, The Sunday Times, and in The Evening Standard's Top Ten LGBTQ+ Shows to see in London. The show also won the Phoenix Remix's 'Improv Act of the Year' Award 2018. They have headlined at Rachel Parris' (award-winning musical comedian and star of BBC2's The Mash Report) Musical Comedy Club, The Southbank Centre, Underbelly Fest, The Glory, and the Brighton Fringe.
★★★★★ ‘BRILLIANTLY FUNNY’ London Theatre 1 | ★★★★★ ‘FLAWLESS’ The 730 Review | ★★★★ ‘RADIO-READY SONGS’ LGBTQ Arts Reviews | ★★★★★ ‘INIMITABLE’ Pink Times | ★★★★★ ‘IMMENSE TALENT’ Phoenix Remix | ★★★★ ‘SHARP AS A BOBBY PIN’ Musical Theatre Review
PRESS
BBC Feature Video - Life as a London Drag King
THE METRO - I'm a Drag King by F. Forristal
EVENING STANDARD - Top Ten LGBTQ Shows to see in London
QX Magazine - Drag Kings and Body Dysmorphia by F. Forristal
BACKSTAGE - Gender Bending Artform Taking London by Storm
FORRISTAL & CLARKE
MUSICAL THEATRE WRITERS
A new theatre company based in London, dedicated to writing new contemporary musicals.
In Production:
P.S. I'm A Terrible Person (Pint of Wine Theatre)
PUBLIC DOMAIN (Edinburgh 2020)
CONTACT
07788663166