Summer Fling Fringe

A Hot New Bombshell Enters the Fringe! 🏖️💋

It’s time to slather on your suncream and put on those sunglasses because Summer Fling is about to make Edinburgh HOT! 🔥

A farmer. A Taco Bell employee. A makeup artist. A landlord/influencer. It can only be this season’s cast of Summer Fling, Channel 6’s hottest dating show! Get ready for a summer of sand, short shorts and semen, as young people with concerningly low IQs and concerningly high body counts make fools of themselves for your viewing pleasure. A satirical comedy, Summer Fling explores the humorous, absurd and somewhat exploitative aspects of dating shows and the society we exist in.

Do you love Love Island? Do you hate Love Island? Then this show is for you! Summer Fling’s quick-witted comedy, loathsome and loveable characters and poignant observations of the morally questionable side of reality TV and dating culture make it a standout Fringe piece.

Written and directed by Grace Donaldson and assistant directed by Emma Comfort, the play was first performed at a new writing festival at the University of Glasgow in February 2025. Dating back to at least 1922, Student Theatre at Glasgow is the oldest and largest student theatre society in Scotland. STAG broke out of Glasgow in 1957 with their first performance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Their most recent show, last year’s five-star reviewed ‘Lads of the Flies’, also written by Grace Donaldson, was nominated for two Scottish Theatre Awards: The Leading Light Prize and the Bright Sparks Award.

production team

GRACE DONALDSON

Grace is an Aberdonian writer and director. She recently completed her joint honours degree in English Literature and Film and Television Studies at the University of Glasgow. Throughout her studies, she wrote and directed six original plays for Student Theatre at Glasgow. Recently, she collaborated with Undercoat Theatre on ‘The M Word’, a stage production which she adapted from the novel of the same name. She was the writer and director of the award-nominated ‘Lads of the Flies’ at the 2024 Fringe, and she is hugely excited to return to the Fringe with ‘Summer Fling’.

☀️ WRITER/ DIRECTOR ☀️

EMMA COMFORT

Emma is about to start her final year of her undergraduate degree in English Literature and Film and Television Studies at the University of Glasgow. During her studies she has been involved in a number shows both on and off stage with several performing arts societies. Her directing credits include: A Streetcar Named Desire (STAG MainStage 2024); and Back to the Wild West End III (STAG New Talent Nights 2024). Outside of university societies, Emma directed Turn The Cloth with Cutty Sark Theatre for the Gateway New Writing Festival in 2024, and worked as the theatre director at a camp in America last summer. Having worked at the Fringe for many years, Emma is so excited to be doing her first Fringe production!

☀️ ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ☀️

KATIE BOWYER

Katie is an aspiring creative producer from Edinburgh. Katie is going into her final year studying English Literature and Theatre Studies at the University of Glasgow. Over the past three years she has been in multiple production roles in STAG including production manager, as well as acting and design roles. She has been on the executive board for STAG for the last two years in the roles of Welfare Officer and Vice-President. In February she was the festival director of STAG’s three night new writing festival ‘New Works’. Having previously worked at the Fringe, Katie is excited to be producing her first Fringe show.

☀️ PRODUCER ☀️

CAST

LOLA GIBBONS

Lola is an Irish actor going into her final year of her Theatre Studies degree at the University of Glasgow. Over the past three years she has acted in numerous productions with STAG, including the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe production ‘Lads of the Flies.’ She also ran STAG’s three-night STAG Nights festival 2024 as one of the Vice Presidents, and acted as Producer for this years’ MainStage ‘Hedda Gabler.’ Having been recently elected the society’s President 2025/26 Lola is incredibly excited to return to Fringe this summer as Maisie!

maisie

Erin bruff

Erin is a Glasgow based actor. During her time at university Erin participated in many student led productions such as ‘Lads of the flies’ (Student Theatre at Glasgow 2024) and ‘The Model’ (Student Theatre at Glasgow 2024). Recently Erin has worked with a Tech Based theatre company on ‘The M Word’ (Undercoat 2025). Erin is excited to return to the fringe this year with Summer Fling.

ollie

donna

SAVANNAH MERIWETHER

Savannah Meriwether is a Glasgow based actor from Virginia. She recently completed her first year of Theatre Studies and English Literature at the University of Glasgow. Recent acting work includes ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘Julius Caesar’ (Glasgow University Shakespeare Society). This is her first production with STAG, and she cannot wait to bring Donna Munroe to the Fringe!

aaron

george rogers

George just graduated from a Film and Theatre degree at the University of Glasgow, and is putting an end to his university experience with one final STAG show. The show represents an exciting moment for George as he begins to bridge the gap between an amateur and professional career. George has fulfilled a variety of roles within the student and amateur scene, and recently completed an internship with the National Theatre of Scotland. He has been working with the society for the last four years and is looking forward to bringing one final round of laughter to everyone involved.

CREW

AMY STOTT

☀️STAGE MANAGER ☀️

Amy is entering her third year of her Maths degree at the University of Glasgow. Throughout university, she has worked as a Stage Manager on a variety of productions. Most recently for Glasgow’s Opera Society for their production of Hugh the Drover. With STAG she has been Stage Manager for y=sinx (STAG Nights: Sin 2024) and is excited to continue with Summer Fling this Fringe!
Louise Heyd

☀️SOUND TECHNICIAN☀️

Louise is a Business Management & Economics student going into her second year at the University of Glasgow. Over the past year she has been involved in multiple productions within STAG from stage managing a New Talent Nights show to being Festival Technical Director for the New Works Festival and Production Manager for Summer Fling. She is now excited to operate sound for the show as well as be STAG’s new Technical Manager.
Paige Tasin

☀️LIGHT TECHNICIAN☀️

Paige is going into her third year at the University of Glasgow where she is studying English Literature and History. She has recently joined STAG this past year where she has been the lighting technician for both Fake Identity at STAG Nights 2024, and Summer Fling at New Works 2025. This is her first time working at the Fringe and she is super excited to be involved!
Sophie Gattis

☀️PHOTOGRAPHER / GRAPHIC DESIGNER ☀️

Sophie is a Glasgow-based creative from Charlotte, North Carolina. She recently completed her degree in Psychology/Digital Media & Information Studies at the University of Glasgow. She has worked with leading companies Blumenthal Arts and Urbancroft Films and has her own photography business, Soph’s Cameras, where she collaborates with local theatre groups. At the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe, she assistant directed ‘Lads of the Flies’ and oversaw the show’s marketing. She is excited to support the talented ‘Summer Fling’ cast and crew to help bring their story to new audiences!