2015 Edinburgh Fringe

Mel Moon - Sick Girl

  • Comedy (stand-up / storytelling)
  • 12:05pm (60 mins)
  • 8-30 Aug 2015
  • The Counting House
  • Free
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170: The Counting House

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Sick Girl is a true story. My story. I had a baby in 2010, nothing unusual there but it left me with an incurable disease that could kill me; any minute, any where, any day! (Let's hope we get to the end of the show first though eh?) I don't know why it happened to me but I do know that at one point the suffering my family and I felt was considered by me to be too great and so I contacted a leading Euthanasia organisation to help me die. At 35 with two small children I was deemed selfish, irresponsible and weak and maybe I was all three but in this show I'll be as honest as I can be in explaining what a person like me must have faced to want to check out early. Thankfully though, I didn't die! (Unless I did in which case the afterlife is a bit of a let down!) I was offered a lifetime and I took it! And I still wake each day so grateful i was and did and very rarely think about how long I have because that question can never be answered can it? But the one question that can be is; if it got too bad, if you couldn't stand it anymore, would you opt out or wait until nature takes its course? Maybe this show will see you question that answer, maybe it won't! But it will make you laugh. Why? Because comedy and tragedy are the best of friends - oh and I'm a comedian, so that helps! Anyway, come see me! Mel x

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Press articles

Why I am named in the Daily Star today

Fame is strange and not necessarily welcome.

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 11th August 2015

Mel Moon answers 10 Edinburgh Fringe Questions

Mel Moon talks about hoping to change social attitudes - and the law - in her new show, Sick Girl.

British Comedy Guide, 7th August 2015

Fringe preview: Seriously Funny

Amid all the knockabout fun of the Fringe, some comedians are tackling bigger, more serious subjects.

Kirstyn Smith, The List, 30th July 2015

Fringe 10x10 - 5. Sick humour

Ten Edinburgh shows about health or disability.

Chortle, 24th July 2015

Mel Moon - Sick Girl dicing with death away from Fringe

Comic Mel Moon is being admitted to hospital this afternoon and she is having her throat cut in the operating theatre at 9.30am tomorrow morning.

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 14th June 2015

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Upon deciding to end her own suffering after being diagnosed with a rare endocrine disease, mum of two and comedian Mel Moon (35), began to write her journey using the best medicine she had access to, comedy.

Soon after she became the youngest member of the Euthanasia organisation Exit and began fine tuning the details required in order to reach a peaceful end.

But Mel didn't die (if she did the afterlife is a bit of a disappointment) and instead began turning those pages into a one woman stand-up show called Sick Girl.

Initially the show was to be a collaboration between Mel and Dr. Philip Nitschke, founder of Exit International however, creative differences meant that Mel found herself solo once more and having stripped back the material to give you an honest account of why such a young woman with two small children would make a decision like this; the show is now ready to share with you.

At a time when the debate as to whether Assisted Suicide should be legalised here in the UK a show has never had more relevance. Mel shares her experience of the world that is Euthanasia and how keeping it in the dark actually costs more lives than it saves. This is also the only show where the voice is that of the patient itself. It is a great story of human interest, warmth and how against all the odds, this young lady is still in with a chance of her happy ending.

Mel recently had her story in the Independent, The Guardian with TV appearances on London Tonight on ITV, London Live's entertainment show, and Sky News Sunrise. Mel has also done Radio for BBC Radio Essex, Sussex & Kent.

Performances

Date Time Venue
8th Aug 2015 12:05 The Counting House
9th Aug 2015 12:05 The Counting House
10th Aug 2015 12:05 The Counting House
11th Aug 2015 12:05 The Counting House
12th Aug 2015 12:05 The Counting House
13th Aug 2015 12:05 The Counting House
14th Aug 2015 12:05 The Counting House
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