Let’s Talk About Sex

Comedian Rosie Jones and theatre-maker Robert Softley Gale come together with performer Johnny McKnight for a raucous and heartfelt conversation about queerness, disability, sex, bodies and more.

Reflecting on the show they created together last year, alongside their wider creative work and personal experiences, they will explore representation, identity and the importance of telling stories that challenge expectations.

Robert Softley Gale is the Artistic Director of Birds of Paradise Theatre Company, Scotland’s touring company that promotes the work of disabled artists and stages excellent and engaging stories of disabled people. His first production for the company – Wendy Hoose – is a critically acclaimed sex comedy. Robert is an award-winning and recognised writer, director and actor and is an established figure in the Scottish arts scene, with over twenty years of experience. Robert’s artistic practice includes writing and directing My Left / Right Foot alongside the National Theatre of Scotland which won a Fringe First and Herald Angel at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe and toured to Japan. His award-winning writing debut and solo performance – If These Spasms Could Speak – was a hit of the 2013 Fringe and toured internationally to countries including Brazil and India. For BBC America he performed in CripTales, receiving two BAFTA nominations.

Rosie Jones is a household name in British comedy, and she’s striving for national treasure status. Alongside her award-winning stand-up, Rosie is a familiar face on UK television – she’s fronted her own Comedy Central series Out of Order, starred in Channel 4’s hard- hitting documentary Am I A R*tard, and led two travel series, Mission: Accessible and the BAFTA-nominated Trip Hazard. Rosie’s cheeky, joyful, brazen stand up has won her multiple awards at home and abroad, including the 2025 DIVA Queer Comedian of the Year Award. Her debut tour Triple Threat was nominated for Most Outstanding Show at the 2023 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, followed by a sold-out UK and Ireland run and a filmed special at Brighton’s Theatre Royal. Rosie is co-founder and chair of the Rosie Jones Foundation; a charity whose mission is to empower lives and change minds and make sure no person with cerebral palsy feels alone or unheard.

Johnny McKnight is an award-winning Scottish writer, director, performer and educator. His work spans theatre, television, film and opera, with recent credits including the award-winning She’s Behind You, The High Life, 101 Dalmatians and the final episode of BBC’s River City. A celebrated figure in Scottish theatre, Johnny has received numerous accolades, including the 2026 UK Pantomime Award for Achievement in Innovation, a Scotsman Fringe First and Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland award for Best Performance. He also holds the position of Reader on the MLitt Playwriting and Screenwriting course at University of St Andrews.