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Goodbye Dandelion at Underbelly, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Dates: 8/1/2026 - 8/31/2026
📍 Theatre: Underbelly, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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Goodbye Dandelion is a new work written and performed by Maddie Rice, with music composed by Marcus Rice, and directed by Katie Pesskin. The show follows the final years of 87-year-old Darcy through the eyes of an unlikely new friend, blending storytelling and live piano to explore friendship, mortality, and what it means to truly live. The piece is told by real-life siblings Maddie on the mic and Marcus on the keys. The production is the inaugural recipient of the Underbelly Futures Fund Award, which includes grant funding, investment, and enhanced marketing support.
Cast and Creative Team for Goodbye Dandelion at Underbelly, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Cast
Maddie Rice
Ensemble
Marcus Rice
Ensemble
Katie Pesskin
Ensemble
Creative Team
Maddie Rice
Writer/Performer
Marcus Rice
Composer
Katie Pesskin
Director
News About Goodbye Dandelion at Underbelly, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
GOODBYE DANDELION To Run At Edinburgh Fringe
August 13, 2026 Told by real-life siblings Maddie Rice (on the mic) and Marcus Rice (on the keys), this poignant and sharply funny new work follows the final years of 87-year-old Darcy seen through the eyes of a new friend, bound by an extraordinary 50-year age gap. What unfolds is an unlikely friendship that is as life-affirming as it is heartbreaking.
GOODBYE DANDELION Named First Recipient of the Underbelly Futures Fund Award
July 02, 2026 Goodbye Dandelion, a humorous, moving new work by award-winning writer and performer Maddie Rice and composer Marcus Rice, has been selected as the recipient of the inaugural Underbelly Futures Fund Award.
GOODBYE DANDELION to Make World Premiere at Edinburgh Fringe as First Underbelly Futures Fund Recipient
June 15, 2026 Award-winning writer and performer Maddie Rice will return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after a seven-year absence with GOODBYE DANDELION, a new play created with her brother, composer Marcus Rice. Directed by Katie Pesskin, the production will make its world premiere at Underbelly this August.About the Theatre
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