Hi friends, family and theatre lovers!

I’m Jaimee Doyle, a queer theatre-maker and the writer-performer behind Fruitcake. a bold, funny, and new coming of age mystery one-woman show. After two runs in Melbourne Australia we decided to have premiere the show at Brighton fringe in early may! after some amazing reviews and encouragement, Fruitcake is heading to Camden Fringe in London and we are hoping to go to the iconic Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer!

To get there though, we will need some help!

What is Fruitcake?

This one-woman-show follows Fruitcake, a first year university student who slowly becomes involved with an alluring, off-putting class mate with whom she shares a penchant for awkward situations and films with unnecessarily long titles.

But the more Fruitcake is invited into the world of her classmate turned maybe-something-more-I-mean-who-could-possibly-say; the more she realises there’s more than meets the eye to this girl, as well as something in Fruitcake’s own past she has to face if she has any hope of stepping forward into the future.

This coming of age mystery will keep you guessing until the very end, unsure what to believe and who to trust. 

Why we need your support!

Taking a show to two major festivals is an incredible opportunity but it comes with significant costs. Your donations will help cover:

Every pound/dollar makes a real difference. Whether you can give £5 or £50, your support helps bring queer and feminist stories to the stage and supports independent artists in getting their work seen!

Every donation makes a difference and comes with a token of our appreciation:

£10 - A social media shoutout and a digital thank you hug from the team.

£25 - All of the above, plus a recorded version of the show.

£50 - All of the above, plus your name printed in our program and on our website under “Supporters.”

£100 - All of the above, plus a handwritten thank you card from me and a cheeky Fruitcake-inspired surprise in the post.

£250+ - All of the above, plus two free tickets to the Camden or Edinburgh run and a special thank you in the curtain speech.

If you’d like to donate a different amount or arrange an in-kind contribution, please reach out. Every little bit helps, and I’m so grateful.

Other ways to help:

If you cannot donate, you can still support us by:

Fruitcake is a deeply personal project, and bringing it to Camden and Edinburgh means the world to me. Thank you so much for your support in helping this queer little show make big moves.

Jaimee