JEEZUS! rises to Edinburgh Fringe
A surreal, Queer, Latinx musical
JEEZUS! follows Jesús, a young Peruvian boy preparing for his first communion while falling in love with the son of God
Winner of the 2025 Edinburgh Untapped Award
Project
JEEZUS! rises to Edinburgh Fringe
JEEZUS! is a bold, irreverent queer musical about faith, shame, and first love.
Set in a surreal Catholic universe, it follows Jesús, a young Peruvian altar boy preparing for his first communion. But instead of becoming a soldier of God, he falls in love—with JEEZUS! himself.
Blending Latin American rhythms, dark humour, and unholy amounts of camp, the show is a divine interrogation of sin, love, and the queer body.
Created by real-life couple Sergio and Guido, and our long term collaborator Laura, JEEZUS! has been in development for three years. After winning the 2025 Untapped Award, it will premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe this summer
This show is for everyone who has ever felt caught between who they are and what they were told to believe. It is for queer people raised in religion. It is for Latinx migrants trying to feel seen. It is for anyone whose desire was ever labeled a sin.
In this moment of rising right-wing rhetoric and cultural erasure, JEEZUS! offers something vital. It is loud. It is sexy. It is defiant. It is healing. Stories like this build empathy. Voices like ours must be heard now, not later.
We are proud to be winners of the Untapped Award 2025, which secures our place at the Edinburgh Fringe this summer with Underbelly, Cowgate. What we need now is one final push. Your support will help us close our budget, meet this moment, and arrive in Edinburgh with everything we need to deliver the full power of the show.
As migrant artists, opportunities like this are rare. Supporting JEEZUS! means more than backing a single production. It means helping to propel our careers, to make space for underrepresented stories, and to build lasting networks of solidarity with other migrant-led shows at the Fringe and beyond.
JEEZUS! is created and performed by Sergio Antonio Maggiolo, with music and lyrics by Sergio and real life and scene partner Guido Garcia Lueches and directed and co-created by Laura Killeen.
We are a creative team of queer, Latinx, migrant and multidisciplinary artists based in London
Costume & Prop Designer: Carolina Rieckhof
Choreographer: Vivian Gabel
Musical Supervisor & Orchestrator: Tom Cagnoni
Dramaturg: Alejandro Clavier
Coms Manager: Edwin Salcedo
Graphic & Web Design: Alexandro Valcarcel
Poster Design & Illustration: Madison Coby
Photographer: Hector Manchego
Producer: Guido García Lueches
JEEZUS has been supported by The Untapped Award, New Diorama Theatre, Underbelly, Concord Theatricals, The Rosemary Branch, Brixton House, Arts Council England, The Pleasance, Camden People’s, Theatre Peckham and Southwark Council.
This is our biggest project yet and our most personal.
Our production costs are partly covered by the Untapped Award but your support helps us cover what Fringe budgets often forget:
- Paying the team fairly (producing hours, rehearsals, performance, prep)
- New costume duplicates for daily Fringe shows
- New choreography for our new song!
- Documenting the show for future touring
Every pound raised helps us take this show to the next level with pride, not burnout.
Joining the JEEZUS! cult means more than just supporting a show. It means receiving blessings, relics, and holy artefacts in return. Here’s what you’ll unlock when you claim your tier:
🙏 We’ll Pray for You
We’ll actually say your name in a real queer prayer. No refunds. No judgment. Full Heart.
📜 Certified Sinner™ Digital Certificate
An official certificate confirming your beautifully damned status. Frame it. Post it. Brag about it.
📖 Your Name in The Book of Miracles
Be immortalised in our digital programme. The sacred archive of all who made JEEZUS! rise again.
🎧 Digital EP: Sounds of Salvation
A digital download of the JEEZUS! EP: sweaty, sinful, and full of holy bangers to bless your ears and corrupt your soul.
🎨 Sacred Art Collector
Receive a special hand made Peruvian Medallion designed exclusively for the JEEZUS! Hang it. Worship it. Or simply stare into its queer holiness.
Whether you give £5 or £500, you become part of the JEEZUS! cult.
You help queer artists be loud. You help Latinx stories be seen. You help us take the stage with fire, glitter, and zero apologies.
If you cannot give right now, you can still be part of the miracle.
Share this campaign. Tell your friends. Send a love message. Follow us online. Be part of the community we are building around this show.
We are going to the Edinburgh Fringe. And we want you with us.
Thank you for being here. Truly. Every bit of support matters.