Making change one absurd play at a time

Marissa Landy is a writer, composer, director and actor who writes to make change. She started her writing career at Queen Mary University and after completing her Masters at Mountview she went on to develop Baloney Theatre Company. Every year she looks to explore what boundaries Baloney can push and will continue to make and seek work that does just that. Credits include: 'Same Old, Same Oldies' (director and writer), 'The Cat's the Thing' (performer and writer), 'Manic Monologues' (composer), 'A NON-EMERGENCY' (performer and writer), 'The Room Upstairs' (composer and director) and 'Woodrow Auditions Live' (writer and performer) 'BUZZFEST' (writer and director).
BUZZFEST
16th-21st September 2025
The Wanstead Curtain
18+
Written and Directed by Marissa Landy
Assistant director: Adam Pardy
Cast: Alistair Rowley, Tafadzwa Phillip Madubeko, Georgia Dye, Marnie Yule, Joshua Dowden.

Can booze,
out-of-date viagra,
sweaty tent flirtations
and booming music solve all your problems?
Absolutely not but let's try anyway!
BuzzFest is the unique multi-media play about 7 young people escaping to a weekend they will never forget.
Partnered with Samaritans Festival Branch, The Loop and The FLAPS Project.
The best demonstration of humanity that I have seen at the Fringe this year. True, raw, realistic, poetic, beautiful theatre.
Edinburgh Fringe Audience Review
Best show we have seen. Please go. Original. Heart warming and real. Needs to go on nationwide tour as needs to be seen.
Edinburgh Fringe Audience Review
I'm a paramedic and have been for 7 years and nothing ever gets to me, I'm never emotional over a job. BUT, the story with Nina had me crying out of nowhere! I think it reminded me strongly of a job I've been to, but never thought about since, and seeing it from an outsiders perspective brought all kinds of emotions I didn't know I was bottling up. Thank you.
Wanstead Fringe Audience ReviewParamedic