Step into the club. It’s hot, it’s dirty, it’s sweaty. You feel his hands creeping up your body. You feel sexy; desired; on edge.
PUMP drops you in the middle of a nightclub dance floor in a desperate search for validation, intimacy and identity.
“This part-play part-cabaret one-woman performance covers a post high-school coming of age through the lens of club culture.” (Clothesline, 2025)
After its debut at Melbourne Fringe Festival (The Motley Bauhaus, 2024), PUMP toured to Adelaide Fringe (HYMN Bar, 2025) where it was picked up for Summerhall Arts’ 2025 Edinburgh Fringe season.
★★★★ - Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
★★★★ - Clothesline
“A hidden late-night gem.” - Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
“Absorbing” - The Stage
“Isabella Gilbert is a real triple threat” - Clothesline
“Vulnerable and honest” - The Connect Press
credits
EDINBURGH
WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY: ISABELLA GILBERT
PRODUCED BY: DOUBLE GARAGE PRODUCTIONS
CREATIVE CONSULTANT: ELIZABETH WALLEY
STAGE MANAGEMENT: MATHILDA WALLEY
LIGHTING CONSULTANT: HARRIE HOGAN
TECH: JOSH CAKE
ADELAIDE
STAGE MANAGEMENT: ELIZABETH WALLEY
TECH: JOSH CAKE
MELBOURNE
STAGE MANAGEMENT: DYLAN MCBURNEY
PRESS