I’m very very very excited to announce that I’ll be performing some kind of spoken word/alternative comedy/performance art work-in-progress show at this year’s Lambeth Fringe.
Full details and tickets here, and trailer below!
Show Blurb:
BALD PERSONALITY DISORDER is a work in progress performance of a show that straddles alternative comedy, spoken word and performance art. The poet, blogger and performer SCOTT MANLEY HADLEY takes to the stage with their self-adjacent persona, SOLID BALD, to explore and discuss class histories, gender identities, being diagnosed with a personality disorder and, most importantly, living a life after hair loss (scott has been bald since their mid-20s). With poetry, songs, costumes, quick change and an interactive quiz, BALD PERSONALITY DISORDER is raucous, cheeky and playful, yet tinged with sadness as scott manley hadley wrestles with the realisation that not being depressed isn’t the opposite of depression. BALD PERSONALITY DISORDER is a unique and original show that depicts and describes a life pursuing happiness in spite of a lifetime (to date) of never quite finding it. SCOTT MANLEY HADLEY has been Highly Commended in the Forward Prizes for Poetry, published several acclaimed books and their blog, TriumphoftheNow.com, has been quoted in print in the New Yorker.
Tickets and more details here:
https://lambethfringe.com/events/bald-personality-disorder
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scott manley hadley aka SOLID BALD live
Here’s a video of me recently performing at the prestigious (it has a Wikipedia page) comedy night, Quantum Leopard. Listen to how much fun the crowd is having. You could have that much fun, too!
Forthcoming gigs include the following – there may/will be others:
18th February 2026, 7.30pm: Laughable, Wanstead Library
26th February 2026: Mirth Control, Bexhill-on-Sea
12th March 2025: BALD PERSONALITY DISORDER 30 MIN WIP at Glasgow International Comedy Festival
26th March 2026, 7.30pm: Comedy @ Cosmic, Plymouth
May 2026: BALD PERSONALITY DISORDER FULL LENGTH WIP at the BRIGHTON FRINGE
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