Invisibility and Beyond
Sun 17 Aug
|Whistlebinkies
Warning – contains heartache and humour. A brutally honest reflection on how going through the cancer process affected me, my family and how friends reacted.
Time & Location
17 Aug 2025, 15:00 – 16:00
Whistlebinkies, 4-6 South Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1LL, UK
About the Event
Warning – contains heartache and humour.
A brutally honest reflection on how going through the cancer process affected me, my family and how friends reacted. Leaving work as a civil servant and setting up my own comedy club; ending up in a grime video at the age of 60 and a support artist in the Oscar winning movie “Belfast”. Feedback from the audiences was they felt it was a story of hope that needed to be told.
Other reviews:
" A powerful piece. Very profound and beautiful and honest" Hilary Jones Kings College London.
“Sit back and relax as Elaine leads you through her personal story in such a masterful way that you can only watch in awe of her strength. Cleverly sprinkling comedic moments on what would ordinarily be a tough story to recount, Elaine is unapologetic in relaying her genuine and heartwarming journey through cancer. She really is…