Mad Science Cabaret

Comedy, burlesque and performance art designed to make you feel like your life is not a pathetic failure!

Meet the acts -

Seaglass & Featherstone
(Stand-up, burlesque, hosts)
Gabe Featherstone is best known for writing a really catchy song about Shrek and a viral tweet about the relationship between Tinky-Winky and purple sex toys. Seaglass Beach is a Gaelic cabaret icon who has mastered the ancient art of Oomancy (magic involving eggs). Together they are Seaglass & Featherstone - An occult-themed burlesque/comedy/performance art double-act who travel the world healing people's minds and hearts with catchy songs, heartwarming mischief, and ancient eldritch sorcery that threatens the very fabric of creation! Their popular flagship show, Curse of The Black Seal, has been featured in the Glasgow Comedy Festival, Brighton Fringe and Reykjavik Fringe, and will be taking place as part of the Gothenburg Fringe in September.

"Rude and horny and messy but it's also very kind; a great strength." 
                               - Cook'd & Bomb'd

Featherstone was nominated for a Reykjavik Fringe Award in 2025

Kathleen Hughes
(Stand-up)

“So You Think You’re Funny?” 2021 and  LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year 2022 finalist – Kathleen Hughes is the fresh face on the scene. Kathleen’s insightful humour and tenacious approach has cemented her as one to watch in Scottish comedy.

Since then, she has been entertaining audiences across Scotland, including a sell-out show at Glasgow International Comedy Festival. Her writing has also been featured on BBC Radio Scotland’s Breaking the News and BBC Radio 4’s Newsjack.

Tackling subjects such as identity, gender, sexuality and mental health, Kathleen makes the most daunting topics accessible with bright, witty, and welcoming humour.

“Kathleen knows how to give a crowd what they want” - Beyond the Joke

“Relatable material from a likably open and adroit performer” - Chortle

Tootsie Malone
(Burlesque)
Tootsie Malone has been hosting, shimmying and shaking around the burlesque and cabaret scene for four years. She's known for pulling frivolous faces, making bad jokes and bringing her unbridled joy to the stage.

Hot Death Theatre 
(Comedy Double-Act)
Glasgow's premier purveyors of high quality troubling imagery, Hot Death Theatre is comprised of Lawrence Tucker and Freya Bentaux - two hot young bucks making content that makes you want to die. They implore you to sit back, relax, but above all be quiet as you "enjoy" their pitch black comedy stylings that'll make your mum say "...that was probably a bit much, to be honest."

Winner of the 2024 Reykjavik Fringe of The Fringe Award