AUNTIE EMPIRE

Auntie is a sweet old dear. All she wants is to regale us with tales of dear old Blighty, but her body is falling to bloody bits. Oh dear. Someone ought to clean that up.

Having conquered the screen in the short film co-directed by Niamh McKeown (BBC/Hulu’s DINOSAUR). The hotly anticipated and hilarious dark comedy, AUNTIE EMPIRE, premiered at Summerhall Arts in February 2026, as part of Manipulate Festival to sold out audiences and rave reviews.

Auntie Empire is an outrageous contemporary satire on Britannia and the grotesque absurdity of her imperial self-regard s currently booking touring in the UK and Internationally.

☆☆☆☆ ”a ferociously vivid female Bouffon figure for the 21st century”. Scotsman

☆☆☆☆☆ “grotesque humour does real analytical work”, North West End UK

☆☆☆☆ “a brilliantly sustained, satirical tour de force” Plays International

☆☆☆☆☆ “an impressive cohesion of bonkers physical comedy, visual fancy, and whip-smart satire” Binge Fringe

☆☆☆☆ “Taudevin’s performance is utterly spellbinding” A Young(ish) Perspective

☆☆☆☆☆ “Punk agitprop theatre at its delirious finest” Mix Up Theatre

☆☆☆☆ “messy, visceral, and unapologetically political” Corr Blimey