ArtHouse Jersey has announced that local writer and performer Wayne Stewart has confirmed a full run at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Wayne will perform his one-man show Chrome Yellow at the Zoo Southside venue for 22 performances.
Blending storytelling, travel journal entries, and original song, comedian and performer Wayne Stewart attempts to understand why he made a 650-mile solo walk across France in 2021, and whether it meant anything at all. Wayne re-traces his journey from Saint-Malo in Brittany to Argeles-Sur-Mer on the Mediterranean, a journey that began as just a walk, but evolved into a deeper exploration of meaning, resilience and our shared need for human connection.
Chrome Yellow is a spiritual and philosophical reflection on purpose, an obsession with the colour yellow, and what it is we’re all really searching for.
Wayne Stewart said: “I didn’t set out to write a show – I just went for a really, really long walk. Chrome Yellow came from trying to make sense of that. But the more I wrote, the more it stopped being a travel tale and started to feel like an excavation. I was trying to understand what made me do something so extreme in the first place, and what the hell it had given back. The show grew from a journal I never meant anyone to read. There’s a rawness to that honesty, the kind you stumble into rather than plan for. Chrome Yellow is about doubt, discovery, and finding something close to meaning in the chaos.”
Wayne Stewart is a Jersey-born and based writer, director, performer, and teacher, with a background in stand-up comedy, theatre, and interdisciplinary performance.
His work fuses storytelling, movement, comedy, and song to create humorous yet thought-provoking experiences that explore identity, human connection, and the search for meaning. Beginning his journey in theatre at Jersey Arts Centre’s YouTheatre, he later honed his craft in stand-up before expanding into a broader theatrical vocabulary, embracing character work, movement, and music. Over the past decade, he has written, directed, and performed original solo works, including Chrome Yellow and Indigo Moon, which blend absurdist humour with moments of poignancy. This is his first time at the Fringe.
Producer for ArtHouse Jersey, Robyn Cabaret, said: “Chrome Yellow is one of those rare shows that manages to be both deeply personal and universally resonant. It’s raw, honest, funny, and brave, and it’s a privilege to support Wayne in sharing it with the world. The opportunity to take the show to Edinburgh is not only a chance to share the strength of Jersey’s homegrown talent, but to show that our Island has stories to offer that resonate far beyond our shores. We’d love for our local community to rally behind this project and help us put Jersey on the map as a creative island with something powerful to say. This is a moment we hope others will help us celebrate and share.”
Pictured: Wayne Stewart in Chrome Yellow – Image Credit Matt Sharp
