Well lovelies, I nearly dropped my entire postbag when I clocked this one! Word on the cobbled courier path is that Emmy-winning powerhouse Olivia Ormond is packing up her fierce solo show Call Me Crazy and heading to the Edinburgh Fringe with it! After causing quite the stir Stateside at the Hollywood Fringe, she’s bringing her razor-sharp wit, raw emotion, and a whole lot of inner fire to our side of the pond for a 9-date run. Expect a brave, blistering dive into pain, womanhood, and what happens when you’ve had just about enough of being politely ignored. Pop your kettle on and brace yourselves – this one’s coming in hot!
Call Me Crazy is an unflinching and complex look at a woman from the inside out as she risks it all deciding what is better: to disappear, be tossed aside or give in and completely explode. After the medical system fails to find the cause of a woman’s pain let alone acknowledge that the pain exists, she is driven to extremes to finally be heard, leaving her questioning the world around her.
Said writer and star Olivia Ormond, “writing this show was not something I intended to do, but whenever I started writing something else it all seemed unimportant compared to this.” And the story is hitting home. She says, “I don’t go a day without meeting another woman who also shares this same experience.”
Call Me Crazy is Ormond’s true story of her lived experience of being told by medical professionals for years that the pain she was experiencing all day, every day, was not real. Says Olivia Ormond, “a lot can happen in 6 years, and living in pain for that long can make you crazy.” This show is the story of Olivia fighting to get her life back after consistent gaslighting from those who took an oath to help.
The gender health gap and medical gaslighting can be described as real and only getting worse. Women are not listened to and their pain is not taken seriously. Call Me Crazy is for anyone wondering how many times people can call you crazy before you lose your f*cking mind and Ormond hopes that women come away from the piece feeling empowered, seen and heard. With her previous work creating original content for networks and studios, this play is the next evolution of her storytelling ethos: truthful, urgent, and impossible to ignore.
Book Your Tickers Here: www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/call-me-crazy
Run Time: 50 min
Dates/ Times: August 1-9 at 13:45
Venue: Clover Studio at Greenside @ Riddles Court
322 Lawnmarket EH1 2PG