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Will the Fit Prince say "I do"? - for real?

This is probably going to be the first show at Edinburgh Fringe to include an actual gay wedding.

Gaydar

03 Jun 2025 — 3 min read

We've long been fans of Linus Karp and Joseph Martin - the duo behind Awkward Productions and the creators of camp classics such as "Gwyneth Goes Skiing" and "Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story".

The latest show that they're taking to Edinburgh Fringe is The Fit Prince.

The full title of the show is: The Fit Prince (Who Gets Switched on the Square in the Frosty Castle the Night Before [INSERT PUBLIC HOLIDAY HERE]), but we'll just call it The Fit Prince for shorthand.

Adding extra rom into this rom-com is that Linus and Joseph - who are boyfriends as well as creative partners - have announced that they going to get actually married in the middle of one of the Fringe performances of The Fit Prince.

While the show is running throughout August, the performance that will include the actual wedding is happening on 16 August. This will be a ticketed event, with guest performers, live music, and a licensed officiant to make it all legal.

What is The Fit Prince about?

Audiences are invited to Swedonia – a suspiciously familiar, completely fictional country. All is not well. The King is dead and the prince in line to the throne is unmarried – if he doesn’t find someone soon he must forfeit the crown! Meanwhile, in New York City, baker Aaron Butcher is butchering his career as a family baker. His puppet colleague, the optimistic Jenny Puppetson, submits his name for a mysterious royal commission in the faraway land of Swedonia: he’s been selected to bake the wedding cake for the Prince himself. Extremely reluctantly, and mostly to spite his ex, Aaron accepts. Maybe a commission in the non-location-specific country of Swedonia will fix his problems?

Promising an affectionate parody of the Hallmark holiday movies that have created unrealistic dating expectations for all of us, this show will feature all of the winning elements of an Awkward Productions experience - it will be interactive, queer, and camp.