Martha Pailing

Chat Sh*t, Get Hit

I’ve been working with sardonic Northern wunderkind, poetic and hilarious performance artist Martha Pailing, on her second solo show - about female rage. She’s just smashed Edinburgh Fringe 2026, scooped some prizes, completed a mini tour and ended up selling out a mini run at Soho Theatre as part of Soho Rising.

★★★★ ‘Funny, razor-sharp and precisely judged’ - The Scotsman

★★★★ ‘A tour de force of female rage & vulnerability’ - A Young(ish) Perspective

★★★★ ‘Dynamic and unpredictable…a warmly rousing interrogation of female rage’ - Fest

★★★★★ ‘Totally glorious, completely justified and undeniably necessary’ - Corr Blimey

’A powerhouse performance. I’ve never wanted to bark so badly in my entire life. A stunning piece of theatre’ - What The Fringe
What The Fringe - Best Spoken Word & Storytelling Show - AWARD WINNER

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‘What if your anger just simmers underneath? If it never quite reaches boiling point,
but it’s present, burning your insides’

Combining spoken word, football chants, live art and theatre, Chat Shit, Get Hit dives into women's anger:
how it fuels, how it festers and how it is swallowed. A funny and uncompromising show about recovery,
solidarity and the suppression of women's rage.

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Written & performed by Martha Pailing
Direction by Ursula Martinez
Dramaturgy by Annie Siddons
Technical Design by Lily Woodford-Lewis
Costume Design by Moa Johansson