Paul & Laura Don’t Give a Sh*t (sorry)

The silly, sharp, and secretly sincere comedy show about trying to be cool when you’re not… 

…And learning to stop caring so much about getting it right.

Armed with half a plan and an overabundance of confidence, real-life friends and theatre-makers Paul and Laura attempt to stage the kind of show that will get them recognition for being what we all want to be — sexy, edgy, cool. 

What follows is a wild, messy attempt to impress the audience with a series of increasingly chaotic, misguided, and heartfelt offerings. From PowerPoint to guitar anthem, audience interaction to tattoos, the pair throw everything they have at it in a doomed bid to be taken seriously.

But as their performance unravels, so do the personas they’re hiding behind — revealing something more vulnerable, more truthful, and possibly more important. 

Because beneath the posturing, the leather jackets, and the pretend indifference is a show about what happens when we stop performing and start being real -even if that means being uncool.

Press

“People pleasers of the world unite! If that’s alright with everyone else. This is really the funniest and most touching, heart-warming, joyful, life affirming and inspiring show.”
- Brighton Source

“The dialogue is polished and funny and the performances are slick and carefully observed.”
- British Theatre Guide

“…face-aching laughter, surprise and delight … vulnerability and kindness, and a tear in my eye at the end. This show made me fall in love with Paul and Laura.”
- We ❤️ Brighton

Audience Love

“a brilliantly refreshing, and laugh out loud funny show. Thank you for reminding me that really good things do still exist”

“so much fun and SO cool”

“so clever and lovely it’s been reverberating with me ever since, I feel like every slightly uncool teenager should watch it!!”

“Paul and Laura should be available on prescription”

“Funny, irreverent, and cool as ice (but all while being really quite gentle and meaningful actually).”

“Uplifting, hilarious and heartwarming”

“Being at this show was an invitation into the places in our hearts which rarely get any airtime.”

"Funny, thoughtful and clever. I shed a tear, wore my fake tattoo with pride, and felt as if I had been in a room with good friends”

“Beautifully poignant yet hilarious take on the perils of being popular and finding a way to being true to yourself”

“An invitation to consider your own identities and peel off the layers of external judgment to reveal what matters underneath.”

Credits

Written and performed by Laura Mugridge and Paul Macauley

Produced by Kate Laird