Brendan Scannell: The Abyss

Brendan Scannell, Emmy nominated for his starring role in Netflix’s dark comedy series Bonding, makes his highly anticipated Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his new stand-up show The Abyss, a love letter to families everywhere who might be grappling with mental illness.In The Abyss, Scannell descends deep into the darkest depths of his brain — where his Irish mother is a life coach who is obsessed with death, his bipolar brother is in psychic communication with Gwyneth Paltrow, and his inner child turns out to be a total asshole.

As he dives deeper, the question becomes: will Brendan withstand the pressure, or collapse like a substandard submersible.