M.E.H – (Mass Epidemic Hysteria)

Underbelly at Cowgate, Edinburgh

About the Show

1518, France. A woman walks into the street and starts to dance. She is joined by over 200 people all unable to stop. Many of these people dance themselves to death. The exact cause is still unknown. 2018, England. A girl walks onto the beach and starts to dance. Mass Epidemic Hysteria: 1. Spontaneous, en masse development of physical and/or emotional symptoms among a group of people; 2. A socially contagious frenzy of behaviour in a group as a reaction to an event.

Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Venue 61, Iron Belly