An anti-love story about the perils of modern dating.
Written and directed by Eliana Ostro
Anything With a Pulse had a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, transferred to the Park Theatre as their Pick of the Fringe in 2019, and then returned to the Park for a second run in 2022.
A man and a woman meet in a club.
Spotting each other from across the dance floor, they hit it off. Their story should be simple enough. But in a world where we hide behind games and personas, it doesn’t always play out like that.
He tries to fit in with his macho group of friends – ‘some of the biggest dickheads to grace this planet’. And she is torn between feeling comfortable with the unexciting ‘nice guy’, or facing the games and pretences of modern dating.
‘A witty hang-on-to-your-hormones tour of modern dating’
★★★★ The Times
REVIEWS
‘It is great credit to Ostro’s writing and the sensitive performances of Love and Davison that beneath the comedic breakneck pace a steady swell of melancholy gathers…’
‘A witty hang-on-to-your-hormones tour of modern dating’
‘Punchy and warm. As endearing as any Richard Curtis rom-com’
THE STAGE, 2022 review
‘A joy to behold… Fresh and smile-inducing’
THE STAGE, 2019 review
‘Cutting and delivered with on-point timing’
‘A his ‘n’ hers Fleabag’
‘A berocca-fuelled play, fizzing with attitude from start to finish’
‘Playful, lively and wonderfully funny’
‘Energetic and dynamic’
Eliana Ostro 