The winner of Oslo Fringe’s Funniest Show Award 2021
NAUGHTY
by Anna Marie Simonsen
Photo by Rebecca Need-Menear
From the director of “divinely silly” London hit (★★★★To Do List) 'Forbruker’.
A man said to Anna Marie: ‘You look 15, but I like that. I like women that look young’.
Naughty is an electric, one-woman comedy exploring sexualisation of young girls and infantilisation of women. A power game between the patriarchy and a six-year-old girl in pink crocs. Pushing the boundaries of the male gaze, Naughty confronts the disturbing image of innocence and youth as sexy.
The show has been performed at VAULT Festival 2023, Nieu Scene (Oslo), Edinburgh Fringe 2022, Old Fire Station (Oxford), Camden People’s Theatre London, Oslo Fringe 2021, Brighton Fringe 2021 and The Pleasance (London).
The show in Oslo in 2023 received funding by Arts Council Norway. It was powered by the Pleasance Fringe Futures & supported by Arts Council Norway through Anna Marie’s Goverment Grant for artists in 2022.
The show is created and performed by Anna Marie Simonsen. With direction from by Frankie Thompson. Sound by Helena Almeida. Tech operators Eloina Haines and Sara Segovia
“it is packed full of laughter – much of it nervous – as it unabashedly plays the male gaze at its own game. Naughty is just that. It’s also hilarious and slightly unsettling. But its disturbance is well-placed: it reflects the male gaze back at itself.”
— Lucy, OFS reviewer Read full review here
Photo by Hanne Nygaard
What People Are Saying
“I saw an adult child take a big sip of a pint and I burst out lauging.”
— Audience member
“It is playful, yet subtly genius. It is flirtatiously disturbing”
— Lucy OFS reviewer
“This show might make you laugh, but most importantly, it will make you uncomfortable”
— Edfringe review ★★★★
“Funny, outrageous, though-provoking.”
— Audience member
Photos by Celine Fortenbacher
“For Simonsen koser seg i pausene – i øyeblikkene der publikum forventer at det skal skje noe. Der er hun også i sitt ess. Hun er best når hun stirrer oss i øya og står, og står og står i det som er smertefullt. Da treffer hun et punkt, en universell nerve, som gjør at vi ler høyt, alle sammen.”
(★★★★★ Oslo Fringe review)
Photo by Mona Ulriche Schanche