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This project successfully funded on 1st June 2026, you can still support them with a donation.
Jealousy Play @ Edinburgh Fringe
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Aim
Help bring a raw solo show on trauma, class and ambition to Edinburgh Fringe, from a queer, working class and neurodivergent theatre company
🌟 The Show: Jealousy Play
Jealousy Play is a raw, psychologically driven solo performance exploring class, trauma, burnout and ambition through the lens of one artist’s unraveling.
It’s a story about what happens when you want something deeply while the world, your circumstances, and your own survival mechanisms keep getting in the way.
This is a piece rooted in lived experience, exploring themes of CPTSD, Neurodivergence and the Wealth Gap.
The story aims to look at the 'tortured artist' stereotype in the face and challenge where that actually comes from It asks whether we are suffering for art or are we suffering because of it?
🎭 Who We Are
Lockdown Projections is a queer, working class and neurodivergent led theatre company founded in 2020 by writer-performer Rachel Isobel Heritage. Our mission has always been simple: to make theatre more socioeconomically accessible, both for audiences and the artists creating it.
We keep ticket prices low, casting processes open, and centre stories that are often excluded from mainstream spaces - particularly those exploring class, disability and sex worker rights.
Our previous work includes Tick Tick (Edinburgh Fringe 2021), Lucky Dip (Rising Sun Arts Centre 2023) and Whiplash (The Courtyard Theatre 2024), as well as our ongoing Devise & Conquer Scratch Night Cabarets and Workshops in East London.
💥 Why This Matters
The arts are becoming increasingly inaccessible, especially spaces like the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
For working class and neurodivergent artists, the barriers are not just financial, but structural and psychological.
This show exists to:
- Reflect those experiences honestly
- Create recognition for audiences who rarely see themselves represented
- Challenge the idea of what success actually is
We believe these stories deserve to be seen on major platforms, not just the margins.
⭐ Previous Success
Rachel’s previous play Whiplash received multiple 4★ and 5★ reviews at Camden Fringe:
“Powerful and insightful” – Everything Theatre (4★)
“Nothing too difficult or ‘taboo’ to stage, with the right, intelligent approach” – Breaking the Fourth Wall (4.5★)
“Outstanding, wildly captivating, and iconically necessary” – Sleec Reviews (5★)
💸 Why We Need Your Support
The Edinburgh Fringe is one of the most exciting theatre festivals in the world...and one of the most expensive.
As a not-for-profit, we are self-funding this project, and the costs are significant.
Your support will go directly towards:
- Venue hire
- Accommodation during the festival
- Travel
- Marketing and promotion
- Insurance
- Rehearsal costs
- Cast and crew food during the run
Every contribution helps us bring this work to life sustainably and ethically.
🎯 Our Vision
We’re not just taking a show to the Fringe.
We’re proving that working-class theatre belongs there.
With your support, Jealousy Play can reach the audiences it was made for and be part of a wider shift towards a more accessible, representative arts industry.
❤️ Be Part of It
If you believe in accessible theatre, in underrepresented voices, and in stories that challenge the status quo, we’d love you to be part of this journey.
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made