Grab your bags, you’re going to Swedonia for the ultimate queer parody of all the cringeworthy romcoms!
Awkward Productions – the team behind Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story and Gwyneth Goes Skiing is delighted to present their new show which premieres at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer before heading to King’s Head Theatre London from 2 Dec 2025 to 3 Jan 2026.
Panic! In Swedonia. The King is dead and the prince in line to the throne is unmarried – if he doesn’t find someone soon, he must forfeit the crown!
In New York City, baker Aaron Butcher is butchering his career as a family baker. His puppet colleague, the optimistic Jenny Puppetson, submits his name for a mysterious royal commission in the faraway land of Swedonia: he’s been selected to bake the wedding cake for the Prince himself. Extremely reluctantly, and mostly to spite his ex, Aaron accepts. Maybe a commission in the non-location-specific country of Swedonia will fix his problems…
Audiences are invited to this strange land of Swedonia – a suspiciously familiar, completely fictional country (possibly inspired by writer-performer Linus Karp’s native Sweden…), and the perfect setting for the ultimate queer parody of all those Netflix and Hallmark movies you love to cringe at; this is the chaotic queer cousin to all of them. With original music by Golden Globe-nominated songwriter Leland (Troye Sivan, RuPaul's Drag Race, Kylie Minogue).
Linus Karp and Joseph Martin – a real-life couple and longtime creative collaborators – star as romantic leads for the first time, just months before their actual wedding. Audiences are invited to join them for a show embracing queer joy, wild silliness and camp theatrical brilliance from start to finish.
Listings
The Fit Prince (who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle the night before (insert public holiday here))
Edinburgh Fringe 2025: 30th Jul - 25th Aug 25 BOOK NOW
London 2nd Dec 25 – 3rd Jan 26 - King’s Head Theatre BOOK NOW