It is festival season and that means that in the next month there is so many great comedy festivals to look forward to! This month we are looking at some of the great shows that you can see at the Edinburgh Fringe. So take note because we are going to give you all the information you need for just a handful of some of the great shows happening this year!

Falling – A Disabled Love Story

Location:   Bunker Two at Pleasance Courtyard (Venue 33)

Dates:  Jul 30th-5th, 7th – 17th, 19th-25th

Time: 15:00

Price: £12 Concessions £11

Ticket Link: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/falling-a-disabled-love-story

Hello! Tell us about yourself?

Hi! I’m Aaron and I’m a comedian and storyteller from Oakland California. I started telling stories because I wanted to understand my relationship with my disability and after getting on stage I discovered that I loved the attention. Now I’m telling stories to anyone who will listen.

My goal is not only to tell the audience my truth but also to tell stories about disabled people that people have never heard before. I think people have a lot of preconceived notions about disabled people and I’m down to change those perceptions one mischievous joke at a time!

Tell us all about your show!

So I walk with a cane and people always ask about it. I can always feel it coming, this kind of coy pause before they ask “what happened?” I got sick of answering each person individually, so I wrote a solo show about it.

The show is about trying to find love after becoming disabled and the weird dilemma of not knowing if I should put the cane in my online dating profile.

The show is actually two stories, one you’ve heard a thousand times and one I’m pretty sure you’ve never heard. It is about the underexplored world of how disabled people have sex. It is about my disability, but I think I’m telling a story that breaks out of the typical stories of “overcoming adversity”.

What other acts are you looking forward to seeing at the fringe?

I love UK comedy because I got obsessed with panel shows in high school. I wanna see Nish Kumar and Mark Watson! Oh and Tape Face, seems so weird and awesome.

Have you done the fringe before? What are the key pieces of advice you have been given or would give to new groups or people performing at the fringe.

I haven’t. But I think the best advice I’ve gotten is to focus on enjoying and savoring the rollercoaster instead of trying to get reviews and stars etc. That’s something that I can very much relate to from my own life experience.

I started telling stories because I needed to understand my own relationship to my disability, and the more stories I told the more people resonated. I just told my truth and people ended up wanting to listen and I think I’m going to stick to that gameplan for Fringe.

If this is your first time – what are you looking forward to?

I’m really looking forward to making friends with all of the other performers. Finding community with UK performers as well as all of the US performers that cross the ocean to

Talk us through your daily routine for a day at the Fringe

Wake up. Stretch. Go for a walk to warm up my legs. Fall on the cobblestone. Contemplate my life. Get up. Flyer. Perform and then cook dinner with my partner Connie.

Ok, where is your favourite place to eat at the Fringe?

Dunno, but you bet I will have a million Google Map Pins with personal ratings and reviews before the month is over.

Best thing about performing at the fringe?

I think it’ll be an endurance test, and I’m looking forward to the workout. I’ve done so much physical therapy because of my spinal cord injury, and every time the physical therapist asks me to do a hard exercise the first few times it always feels like I’m never going to get better. But like clockwork, if I do the same exercise every day for a month, by the end of the month I’m looking forward to something more challenging because of all of the progress that I made.

What is the hardest part about performing at the Fringe?

I hear that finding good vegetables to eat can be quite a challenge. I like to have green things in every meal because it’ll make me feel better in my body and keep my mind sharp for performance, so I’m ready to turn on my inner rabbit to hunt down the best veggies that Edinburgh will have to offer.

Do you bring anything special from home to make it feel more special whilst you are away?

My partner? Well, she’s also my director, I think home is where she is, and her kind criticism makes me feel cared for and her astute eye keeps me on my toes!

What are your best hacks to save money whilst at the Fringe?

Costco. I googled, there is one in Edinburgh. The place I’m staying has a kitchen and my partner (and director) love to cook. It’ll be our way to staying sane while keeping up with our favorite flavors of home!

What would be your top three items every performer must take to the fringe?

Haven’t been to the Fringe, but for me I think a good water bottle, a pair of headphones, and lozenges for all of the flyering and chatting we’ll have to do.

What’s the secret to successful flyering?

Catchy hook with sincere want to share. When I’ve been flyering elsewhere I’ve been opening with “When was the last time you thought about disabled sex?” and that has the ability to stop people in their tracks and make them a little uncomfortable which I think is a plus in staying memorable in the sea of people flyering.

If people want to find out more about you where can they follow you on social media?

They can follow me on instagram @az.pang and on X @AaronZengPang

And finally in three words – Why should people come and see the show?

Sexy Disabled Sex

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