In this series finale of a TV show you’ve never seen, Meat Show, a “man” (derogatory), cracks his space helmet while working on the Trash Belt. What a butterfingers! Now with his oxygen running low, Meat Show doesn’t call for rescue. Instead, he begs the audience (our stars) for one last wish: more wishes, please!
Watch as this clown faces the highbrow despair of existing both poorly and temporarily while being soundtracked live by musician Bryan Richard Martin (Cotton Jones, Page France.)
TL;DR: It’s like…
… the weirdest kid in your homeroom who was obsessed with Wrestlemania and Toy Story and The Truman Show.
Artists: Alice Gillette, Bryan Richard Martin
Genre: sci-fi, grindcore clown
In this series finale in a TV you’ve never seen, Meat Show, a “man” (derogatory), cracks his space helmet while working on the Trash Belt. What a butterfingers! Now with his oxygen running low, Meat Show doesn’t call for rescue. Instead, he begs the audience (our stars) for one last wish: more wishes, please!
You can think of it as the series finale of your favorite prestige drama, only live, un-pausable, and significantly more desperate. Watch as this clown faces the highbrow despair of existing both poorly and temporarily while being soundtracked live by musician Bryan Richard Martin (Cotton Jones, Page France.)
TL;DR: It’s like…
… the weirdest kid in your homeroom who was obsessed with Wrestlemania and Toy Story and The Truman Show.
Artists: Alice Gillette, Bryan Richard Martin
Genre: sci-fi, grindcore clown, theater, comedy
Here’s an interview with Alice Gillette about her show, Meat Show in Space:
Selected out of 350 artists, Alice Gillette was chosen by FringeArts in 2025 for a cross-promotion with Live Nation for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. This video provides a look into her show, Meat Show in Space, alongside commentary inspired by David Byrne’s 2025 tour.
Doors & Seating: We open the doors and start seating 15 minutes before the show. Seating is General Admission, so show up early to grab your favorite spot.
The Standby Line: For sold-out shows or our Pay What You Can tickets, a standby line will form 30 minutes before doors open. If any seats stay empty, we’ll sell them to the folks in line.
Late Arrivals: If you’re more than 30 minutes late, we may give your seat to someone on the standby list. We don’t offer refunds.
The lineup is subject to change.
Perks: Your ticket to this show also gets you free admission to the Freaky Weeky Awards Show on Saturday, 3/7 at 8:00 PM.
Reviews
“meatshow is unstoppable. he’s endearing and lovable and dedicated to his truth ”
-BCC
“‘What the hell’ in the best way possible.”
-Andrew C.
“impressive speed! ending makes me want to be okay with the sound of people throwing up!”
-Ari W.
“A marshmallow-suited space janitor clown who makes you laugh, cringe, and strangely root for him.
Meat Show is a ridiculous and oddly lovable character—part cosmic trash collector, part cartoon hero lost in the vacuum of space. Alice Gillette commits fully to the bit, stomping around the stage in a puffy white suit that gives delightful marshmallow-man energy while moving with the physical chaos of a silent-film or Three Stooges–style clown. With pulsing music underneath, the show lives in a weird and wonderful space place.
Meat Show’s world feels almost like watching a cartoon character brought to life with real word objects and NASA Communications. His exaggerated physicality, his awkward bravado, and even his tiny, strangely phallic tongue popping in and out create a character that is both cringe-inducing and completely charming. The audience becomes ‘the stars,’ pulled into his orbit as he fumbles, celebrates, spirals, and occasionally sprints across the stage to fast paced comedic music in moments that release the tension in the funniest way.
Underneath the absurdity, there’s a strange sweetness to Meat Show. He boasts about strength and masculinity but also seems lost in his own feelings, unable to quite say what he means. The audience laughs at him, but by the end you can feel that they’re also rooting for him.
And honestly… someone should give Meat Show flowers after every show.
Audience notes: Meat Show is such a fun clown character that I’d love to see him dropped into other strange environments—space trash collector today, maybe flower shop delivery guy or zoo caretaker tomorrow. The live directing on this performance was interesting, though part of the joy of the character is watching Meat Show figure things out (or avoid figuring them out) in his own wonderfully chaotic way. NASA and the music felt like the right balance to pace and balance the show.”
-TC M.
“What I love about Alice, and Meat Show, is that they are both absolutely not afraid to explore anything.
Meat Show in Space exists as a show, but then it feels like Alice asked the question, ‘What if we fucked around a little bit more with what's already there?’ and then went and did it.
The audience was so on-board to the point where we want to protect Meat Show at all costs. Nothing bad can ever happen to him!! The only reason it's 4 stars is because NASA and the live directors were both live directing the show and it felt like sometimes they weren't gelling with each other and as someone who wants Meat Show to be happy I NEED EVERYONE TO GEL. I know that Meat Show is a big boy and can handle himself but for the love of Babe, we gotta work together, for Meat Show!!”
-V.