Alexis Sakellaris
A Stan is Born!
Nominee Best New Show Award 2025 Brighton Fringe
Born in New York City, Alexis is forced to follow his family to... rural Germany. Ugh. Trapped in a conservative culture clash, discovering pop divas online is his only salvation: Céline, Whitney, Mariah, Beyoncé, Aretha... you name 'em, he got 'em. They are his mothers and he is obsessed.
With 10 original songs, sung and played live on keyboard, Alexis vigorously shares the queer joy in becoming a stan (a super-duper-uber-fan). But stanning has its limits. Somehow being obsessed with women makes you... g-gAy?! News to me... Does Alexis have what it takes to stan himself, conquer the German bullies and find the diva within?
A campy, queer, heartfelt hour of musical comedy. Bo Burnham but gay!
★★★★ The Stage (UK)
Edinburgh Fringe & Soho Theatre sell-out
Support for Matt Rogers (Las Culturistas) and Emma Holland
Alexis Sakellaris is a queer international artist born in New York City but has Greek/Austrian/Italian roots but was raised in Germany, so that makes them what? Gay! After training in Musical Theatre at London's Mountview Academy, they've been doing musical comedy since their first gig in 2023 as tour support for Matt Rogers (Las Culturistas) in his show Have You Heard Of Christmas? Since then, Alexis has done Edinburgh Fringe twice, Brighton Fringe once and an international mini-tour of their debut show A STAN IS BORN! Past projects include the first German translation of Fleabag, and they're currently working on a queer musical adaptation of the Greek hero Achilles. Their work is often genre-bending and takes inspiration from Cat Cohen, Rachel Bloom and Bo Burnham to bridge the gap between theatre, comedy and music.
Suitable for audiences All Ages
Language – occasional coarse language
Nominee Best New Show Award 2025 Brighton Fringe
Born in New York City, Alexis is forced to follow his family to... rural Germany. Ugh. Trapped in a conservative culture clash, discovering pop divas online is his only salvation: Céline, Whitney, Mariah, Beyoncé, Aretha... you name 'em, he got 'em. They are his mothers and he is obsessed.
With 10 original songs, sung and played live on keyboard, Alexis vigorously shares the queer joy in becoming a stan (a super-duper-uber-fan). But stanning has its limits. Somehow being obsessed with women makes you... g-gAy?! News to me... Does Alexis have what it takes to stan himself, conquer the German bullies and find the diva within?
A campy, queer, heartfelt hour of musical comedy. Bo Burnham but gay!
★★★★ The Stage (UK)
Edinburgh Fringe & Soho Theatre sell-out
Support for Matt Rogers (Las Culturistas) and Emma Holland
Alexis Sakellaris is a queer international artist born in New York City but has Greek/Austrian/Italian roots but was raised in Germany, so that makes them what? Gay! After training in Musical Theatre at London's Mountview Academy, they've been doing musical comedy since their first gig in 2023 as tour support for Matt Rogers (Las Culturistas) in his show Have You Heard Of Christmas? Since then, Alexis has done Edinburgh Fringe twice, Brighton Fringe once and an international mini-tour of their debut show A STAN IS BORN! Past projects include the first German translation of Fleabag, and they're currently working on a queer musical adaptation of the Greek hero Achilles. Their work is often genre-bending and takes inspiration from Cat Cohen, Rachel Bloom and Bo Burnham to bridge the gap between theatre, comedy and music.
Suitable for audiences All Ages
Language – occasional coarse language
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