QFWFQ
You are reading about QFWFQ, winner of Best Solo Show at the 2025 Hollywood Fringe. Sold-out Edinburgh Fringe. “The best of the Fringe,” says Arifa Akbar from The Guardian.
A surrealist labyrinth that stretches time and space. Inspired by Italo Calvino's If On a Winter's Night a Traveller, this razor-sharp, absurdly funny and deeply personal show breaks all genres and has no fourth wall. Join trans artist Gregory Nussen as they rummage through the power and peril of storytelling, growing up Jewish and queer, grappling with geopolitics, and art that saves your life. QFWFQ neither begins, nor ends. How does it come together? I can't explain, but it does.
Directed by Hannah Pilkes (HBO’s Hacks, Netflix’s Leanne, Dropout TV).
Performance History
March 2025: Lyric Hyperion (LA)
June 2025: Los Angeles LGBT Center, Hollywood Fringe.
Winner: Best Solo Show, Sydney Fringe Exchange.
Nominee: Top of Fringe; BroadwayWorld LA: Best Solo Production.
August 2026: Summerhall Arts, Edinburgh Fringe, United Kingdom (Sold-out run).
Produced by Suzanna Rosenthal Productions, Daniel Segura & KJ Johantgen
“Strange, funny, thought provoking and utterly captivating… you'll be enthralled by the journey." - Theatre Weekly ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Exhiliarting, word-drunk, surreal and wildly ambitious... it’s a show that demans you keep up.” - The Stage ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“With the actor's charm, wit and storytelling chops, a playful one-person show.” - The Guardian ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“This show just might cement Nussen as a new Fringe favourite.” - The Skinny ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Sublime… a virtuoso monologue.” - The Scotsman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Clearly assured direction from Hannah Pilkes… genuinely clever and genuinely challenging too.” The Arts Desk ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
September 2026: QTopia Sydney, Sydney Fringe, NSW, Australia
October 2026: Trades Hall, Melbourne Fringe, VIC, Australia