Lorna Rose Treen debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023 with her character comedy show Skin Pigeon at the Pleasance Courtyard. The entire run sold out by the end of week 1, and her three extra shows sold out in 3 hours. Skin Pigeon gained six 5-star ✭✭✭✭✭  reviews including from the Telegraph, Evening Standard, Observer and the Independent. She won Dave's Best Joke of the Fringe 2023. Skin Pigeon was the Telegraph's no 1 show to see at fringe, included in the Guardian's 10 must-see shows, Lorna was included in the Evening Standard Top 12 Rising Stars, was a British Comedy Guide Top Tip, and included in the To Do List's 50 Top Shows.

Reviews for SKIN PIGEON:

• "Skin Pigeon is a gloriously daft hour from one of the most exciting young comics around."  ✭✭✭✭✭  Telegraph

• "Newcomer Lorna Rose Treen has created the biggest buzz so far, with rave reviews from critics, and word-of-mouth plaudits from the public....Skin Pigeon is an oddball character-based comedy like no other."  ✭✭✭✭✭ Evening Standard 

• "Quite simply the most fun a person can have in a room featuring folding chairs" ✭✭✭✭✭ Observer

• "Densely packed with offbeat characters, bizarre costumes and ridiculous gags. It’s a wild experience, yet one of the funniest at this year’s Fringe." ✭✭✭✭✭ Independent

• "With the effusive praise from her contemporaries, it was possible that ‘Skin Pigeon’ could be a victim of sky-high expectations. Happily, Lorna Rose Treen’s debut hour is every bit as special as we were led to believe. Brilliantly performed, expertly paced, and consistently surprising, it’s an early highlight." ✭✭✭✭✭ The Wee Review

• "It is inventive as hell, with much of the joy coming from the simple fact Treen had any of these ideas in the first place. But it’s also the lack of smug fourth well breaking or explaining the overriding concept or even giving us a clue who the real Lorna Rose Treen is or what she sounds like until the very end. She attacks each of these ridiculous scenarios with the intensity of somebody giving her ‘Hamlet’, and her belief pays off – a most excellent fancy." ✭✭✭✭ Time Out

• "Belongs in the pantheon of...the likes of Caroline Aherne, Morwenna Banks and Victoria Wood." ✭✭✭✭ Scotsman

• "A song for girls who identify as weird sums up the ethos of Treen’s joyous comedy - that we should celebrate the misfits as, by definition, they will never be average." ✭✭✭✭ Chortle

• "Skin Pigeon is a very funny and genuinely fascinating show, which has the audience both bemused and entranced by its oddness, and hooting with laughter. Lorna Rose Treen's characters are fantastical, but there’s method in the madness."  ✭✭✭✭ The Skinny

• "There is no limit, rhyme or reason to anyone we meet, and every character is more exciting, hilarious and bizarre than the last.[...] The roaring success of this show, and of Lorna’s comedy in general, comes from the unique creativity of her mind, and her ability to fully translate these visions into an undulating roster of batshit weirdos you can’t help but want to be around." LMAOnaise

AWARDS

• Won: Dave's Best Joke of the Fringe 2023

• Nominated: Chortle Best Sketch Show 2024

• Nominated: Best Newcomer - The Alternative Edinburgh Comedy (ISH)

• Nominated: Next Up's Biggest Award in Comedy