Bisexuelle

2024-present

Johnny is a hard-boiled detective from New York City, California, and he’s got just one more case to crack before he retires from the CSI Miami. See, somebody did a very bad thing, and he'll be damned if they get away with it. But there’s one thing Johnny didn’t expect. The clues all start to point towards the mysterious dame he met this morning...

Bisexuelle is a fraudster and a phony and a top-class liar. Bisexuelle is a smokin' hot broad with a gun. But most of all, Bisexuelle is a madcap, laugh-a-minute exploration of marginalised identity.

And hot damn, was she something to write home about.

Featuring original music, dance, questionable puppetry and side-splitting laughs, Bisexuelle is the hotly anticipated second show from Brighton Fringe double award winner Selena Mersey.

Directed by Annie North.

Praise for Selena Mersey:

WINNER Brighton Fringe 2023: Lamb Queer Comedy Award for 'Selena Mersey: Madonna/Whore'

WINNER Brighton Fringe 2023: Brighton Seagull 'Best Concept' for 'Selena Mersey: Madonna/Whore'

“Heartfelt and hilarious [...] Mersey is a star of the Fringe” ★★★★★ (The Reviews Hub)

“She will dazzle and charm you” ★★★★ (Broadway Baby)

"A welcome jolt" (Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke)


Musical Comedy Awards finalist 2023

Burlesque Idol semi-finalist 2022

3 million views on TikTok

Smokin' hot.

Bisexuelle is currently in development.

The story so far…

Bisexuelle was performed as a work-in-progress at FemFest 2024, then as part of Lamb Comedy’s Big Queer Weekender at Brighton Fringe 2024, both times in The Actors.

Press

The Phoenix Remix interview

PR

  • Bisexuelle has not had any reviews yet as it is a work-in-progress. This page will be updated when it does.

  • Runner up: Brighton Seagull Award for "Best Audience Interaction" (Brighton Fringe 2024)

  • Audience reactions have not yet been gathered since Bisexuelle is in development. This page will be updated when they have been.

Meet the Team

  • Selena, a white woman with long wavy brown hair, smiling at the camera.

    Selena Mersey

    WRITER, PERFORMER, AND PRODUCER

    Selena Mersey is a Brighton-based musical comedian, burlesque artist, and theatre maker originally from Liverpool. A rising star on the UK's cabaret scene, she has performed in the finals of the Musical Comedy Awards, graced the stage of Europe’s most prestigious burlesque competition ‘Burlesque Idol’, been featured on the UK’s premier comedy streaming platform NextUp, and made a splash on TikTok with over 3 million views. Madonna/Whore is Selena’s multi-award-winning debut production as a solo writer-performer, and Biesxuelle is the hotly anticipated follow-up show. She is also a member of award-winning queer feminist theatre collective Clap Back Club and has featured as a recurring guest in musical satire sketch outfit The Treason Show.

  • Annie, a white woman with medium-length straight ginger-blonde hair, turning her head to look at the camera.

    Annie North

    DIRECTOR

    Annie North is a Brighton-based theatre maker who believes in the radical power of collaboration. She started with Clap Back Club, a feminist theatre collective made up of multidisciplinary artists whose loud and proud politically engaged comedy-come-musical shows have earned them a cult following on the fringe scene. With Clap Back Club, she has won two Audience Choice awards (2018 & 2019) and the FUSE International Comedy Award for Retrain, Reduce, Recycle in 2022. Annie’s other directing work includes TrueStory Theatre Company and A Trans Fairytale, Brighton Fringe 2022. Annie is also a producer of FemFest, Brighton's only fringe festival that platforms and showcases the work of women, trans and NB artists.

    Website
  • Dan, a white person with curly brown hair and a moustache, smiling widely at the camera.

    Daniel Wakeling

    STAGE MANAGER, SOUND TECHNICIAN, AND ASSISTANT WRITER

    Daniel Wakeling is a non-binary Brighton-based comedian, satirical writer, and theatre crew professional. They perform on the local Brighton circuit and work as a Writer and Assistant Stage Manager with Brighton’s longest running political sketch show, The Treason Show. They also contribute material to award-winning queer feminist theatre collective Clap Back Club. Daniel was a semi-finalist in the 2022 run of prestigious Edinburgh Fringe competition So You Think You're Funny and their material has been performed at the 2023 conference of the UK’s Green Party.

  • Abbie, a white woman with short brown hair, smiling at the camera. She is holding a large bass guitar in her lap.

    Abbie Bryans

    ARRANGER

    Abbie Bryans is a composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist from South East London. As well as playing every woodwind instrument ever known, they are a keen MT actress and perform regularly in AmDram productions. She studied Music at the University of Sussex and spends most of her time teaching kids to resist the temptation of the DJ button.

  • Special thanks

    With special thanks to Lucy Andrina for choreographic mentoring.

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