About this episode

The episode features an interview with the Gilbert Twins discussing their journey from online comedy to musical theatre and the personal experiences that inspired their work.

In this episode, we’re joined by  Carine and Frances Gilbert - The Gilbert Twins  - identical twins, comedians, writers and content creators who have built an online audience of more than three million followers. After creating hundreds of viral comedy sketches, the twins are returning to their musical theatre roots with  Under the Influence , their original musical comedy co-written with Shona Maule. Following a critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the show has now transferred to London’s  King’s Head Theatre .  And the inspiration behind it?  They really did go to couples therapy together. We chat to Carine and Frances about what led two sisters into couples therapy, turning that very personal experience into comedy, and the strange reality of building a career around the relationship you’re simultaneously trying to understand. They open up about co-dependency, sisterhood and finding an individual identity when the world has always viewed them as a pair. We also explore the pressures of having millions of people watching online, the leap from 60-second sketches to telling a story on stage, writing about each other without…

People in this episode

Hosts: Natalie Maher, Darren Murphy

Guests: Carine Gilbert, Frances Gilbert

Topics covered

• comedy
• musical theatre
• sisterhood
• couples therapy
• online audience
• identity

Keywords

• Gilbert Twins
• comedians
• musical comedy
• couples therapy
• Edinburgh Festival Fringe
• King’s Head Theatre
• sisterhood
• identity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Places: London, King’s Head Theatre

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