MY MARLENE
My Marlene was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at Assembly Checkpoint in August of 2025. My Marlene was a one-woman cabaret style show with audience participation about the life of Marlene Dietrich.
Written and Performed: Tjaša Ferme
Direction: Ana Margineanu
Assistant Direction: Jack Cavanaugh-Gialloreto
Choreography: Rasvan Stoian
Costume Design: Karen Boyer
Music Direction: Nate Shaffer
Lighting & Sound Design: Nicole E. Lang
Photos: Alastair More
"The setting, with its cabaret tables and low lighting, promises sensual intimacy. Tjaša Ferme flirts with her audience, conscripting us into Dietrich’s world as ‘soldiers’ performing for us as wartime entertainment."
-THE SCOTSMAN
"Ferme inhabits Dietrich with charm, wit, and presence, drawing us straight into her world of smoky Berlin bars, Hollywood lights, and battlefield cabarets. Initially we are in a cabaret bar, later we become the soldiers of 1944, awaiting our evening’s entertainment in a makeshift army tent. Ferme’s Dietrich tells her story through sharp monologue, well-timed anecdotes, and humour – punctuated by power cuts, bombs, and the occasional cheeky audience challenge."
-FRINGE REVIEW, KATE SAFFIN
"My Marlene stands as a testament to the recreation of the human spirit. It is glamorous and otherworldly. It is celebratory and real. It is funny and downright wonderful. It is neck-turning."
-BURNHAM DRAMATURGY, KENNETH BURNHAM
