Credit: Matt Crockett. Emma Frankland is photographed in a dramatic theatrical setting, gripping a red electric guitar, directing an intense expression at camera. Wearing a voluminous off-the-shoulder floral gown, marked with bold black body paint across shoulders and chest. Warm chandelier and candle light in the foreground; theatrical smoke, a diagonal light beam and deep red stage curtains behind. Visible guitar cables and stage equipment.
Photo by Matt Crockett
Photo by Matt Crockett

Out There Together present

No Apologies

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No Apologies is a radical, one woman, queer mis-remembering of Nirvana‘s iconic 1993 MTV Unplugged concert. After a critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Festival in 2025 (winning the Bragi Award for creativity and artistic excellence and a Besties Award for new writing) this brilliantly witty and emotionally powerful show embarks on a major world tour. 

Urgent and politically sharp, No Apologies is a spectacular collision between theatre and grunge, autobiography and alternate history, weaving together threads of pop culture with mythology and ritual, fuelled by the experience of coming-of-age in the nineties. 

“This is precisely the kind of fearless, formally inventive, emotionally devastating theatre the medium needs.” The Theatre Times 


This event is part of the Out There Fringe Fest’26 performance programme, supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

A freesheet with support services will be available, sourced from the artist’s website.

No Apologies is commissioned by Marlborough Productions. Supported by Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, The Old Electric, Northumbria University and Arts Council England.


All performances will be captioned.

Audio described introductory notes are available here.

Written and Performed by Emma Frankland

Director – Harry Clayton-Wright
Sound Designer & Original Music Composition – Keir Cooper
Lighting Designer – Simon Booth
Dramaturgy – David Sheppeard
Captions – Subira Joy
Costume and Curtain Design & Construction – Philip J Shaw
Set Dressing – Tamara D’Silva
Photographer (lead images) – Matt Crockett
Access Consultant – Laura Edmans
Flyer & Logo Design – Charlie Wood
Trailer Filming & Editing – Rosie Powell
Produced by Marlborough Productions and Emma Frankland

Age guidance: 16+. The performance contains haze and smoke, flashing lights, loud noises/music, distressing themes including non-graphic mentions of suicide, violence, drug addiction, transphobia and homophobia.

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Friday 2nd Oct 2026
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