What's The Story, Ashley Storrie?

And in the final chapter of her story, Ashley's mum is dying, and she's not doing it nearly as gracefully as Susan Sarandon has led us to believe it should be done. In trying to make sense of it all, Ashley explains how death was dealt with during her unconventional upbringing - featuring funeral karaoke and family feuds - getting side-tracked by grave robbers, 80s ghosts - and Forrest Gump.

Poignant and personal, this might also be the episode to convince Ashley that exploring your trauma in a fringe show isn't a suitable substitute for actual therapy -

With Rosco McClelland

Cringe-worthy confessions, and a robust study of love and lust from a unique perspective.

Ashley's atypical account of amore includes cringeworthy crushes and hugging machines, while her appraisal of death gets side-tracked by grave robbers, 80s ghosts and Forrest Gump.

After a childhood full of failed attempts, Ashley spent years obsessing over how to solve the problem of making friends in the only way she knows how - using strategies and methodical research within her peer group.

Now she shares her findings, as well as the epiphany she reached at the end of her study.

And with a Scottish working-class female comic for a mother, she was destined to grow up ‘funny'. Being put to work selling her mum's show every year during the Edinburgh Fringe resulted in some challenging conversations with members of the public, and surprising encounters with famous faces. If only she'd known the difference between the two at the time.

A juicy peek behind the scenes, from the perspective of a child with autism, forced to share her mum – and her bunk bed – with the world of comedy.

With Rosco McClelland

Ashley charts the ups and downs of friendship while being an undiagnosed autist.

Ashley documents the ups and downs of trying to make friends while being ‘weird', and shares the funny story of how she went from being raised around gangsters to comedians.

As a self-identifying 'save the marriage' baby, Ashley grew up in a pub in the Calton area of Glasgow, performing songs and putting on shows for the drinkers on a Saturday afternoon. Her love for the spotlight often interrupted fights, and eventually led to her first job in showbiz; dramatic overacting will get you anywhere.

With Rosco McClelland

Ashley's parents meet and marry out of spite, and a family feud shapes her destiny. Growing up in a pub and performing for patrons eventually leads to her first job in showbiz.

Ashley's obsession for films and musicals then serve her well as she enters the workforce, leading thousands of children in song and blonde wigs. Her own diagnosis is welcomed and, understanding her place on the spectrum opens up new horizons. Just to top things off, her other dad gets in touch for the first time.

With Rosco McClelland

Forced to flee and start a secret new life, Ashley finds solace in space. Unlocking a diagnosis for dad proves to be the key to understanding herself. Then Captain Kirk shows up...

AKA How Dad Met Mother

AKA The Big Sleep

The family have moved home, and Ashley is sworn to secrecy to avoid any repercussions, 'the cat is fine, thank you' is the party line. She and her parents are starting all over again on the other side of the city, where Ashley diagnoses her father's problems and inherits a surrogate father, the Captain of the SS Enterprise.

AKA Ashley Nae Pals

Ashley documents the ups and downs of trying to make friends while being ‘weird' - or an undiagnosed autist.

Relating more to wizards, aliens and ghosts since childhood, Ashley has developed her own unique ways of seemingly 'fitting in', despite the confusing world of human relationships.

After a childhood full of failed attempts, Ashley spent years obsessing over how to solve the problem of making friends in the only way she knows how - using strategies and methodical research within her peer group.

Now she shares her findings, as well as the epiphany she reached at the end of her study.

Expect niche cultural references, streams of consciousness and a healthy dose of Harry Potter references.

With Rosco McClelland

Ashley charts the ups and downs of friendship while being weird, or an undiagnosed autist.

Just to top things off, her other father gets in touch for the first time.

AKA Love And Lust

Ashley shares her atypical account of amore - cringeworthy childhood crushes, hugging machines, and why love actually is a load of mince!

Like her unique approach to making friends in the first episode - this guide to love and lust is packed with embarrassing personal stories and surprising scientific facts, which might just make you rethink you've everything you've ever been taught about why you go weak at the knees and invest in a hugging machine instead. It's a thing!

Oh, and if you think your childhood crush was weird - wait until you hear how Ashley's first taste of love took devotion to the next level, and led to what was probably the most confusing and inappropriate children's party entertainment ever.

Featuring the usual evisceration of popular culture and societal norms from a neuro divergent perspective.

Cringe-worthy confessions, and a robust study of love and lust from a unique perspective.

Ashley's approach to love and lust has swung from scientific over-analysis to unconventional hyper-fixation, resulting in one of the strangest teen birthday parties of all time.

Relating more to wizards, aliens and ghosts since childhood, Ashley has developed her own unique ways of seemingly 'fitting in', despite the confusing world of human relationships.

After a childhood full of failed attempts, Ashley spent years obsessing over how to solve the problem of making friends in the only way she knows how - using strategies and methodical research within her peer group.

Now she shares her findings, as well as the epiphany she reached at the end of her study.

Expect niche cultural references, streams of consciousness and a healthy dose of Harry Potter references.

With Rosco McClelland

Ashley charts the ups and downs of friendship while being weird, or an undiagnosed autist.

With a Scottish working-class female comic for a mother, she was put to work selling her show every year during the Edinburgh Fringe. This resulted in some challenging conversations with members of the public, and surprising encounters with famous faces. If only she'd known the difference between the two at the time.

A juicy peek behind the scenes, from the perspective of a child with autism, forced to share her mum – and her bunk bed – with the world of comedy.

With Rosco McClelland

Ashley gives us a peak into her uncomfortable upbringing among stand-up comedians.

Ashley gives us a peek into her uncomfortable upbringing among stand-up comedians.

Like her unique approach to making friends in the first episode, this guide to love and lust is packed with embarrassing personal stories and surprising scientific facts, which might just make you rethink everything you've ever been taught about why you go weak at the knees, and invest in a hugging machine instead. It's a thing!

Oh, and if you think your childhood crush was weird, wait until you hear how Ashley's first taste of love took devotion to the next level, and led to what was probably the most confusing and inappropriate children's party entertainment ever.

Featuring the usual evisceration of popular culture and societal norms from a neuro divergent perspective.

Cringeworthy confessions, and a robust study of love and lust from a unique perspective.

Ashley's approach to love and lust has swung from scientific over-analysis to unconventional hyper-fixation, resulting in one of the strangest teen birthday parties of all time.

In trying to make sense of it all, Ashley explains how death was dealt with during her unconventional upbringing - featuring funeral karaoke and family feuds - getting side-tracked by grave robbers, 80s ghosts - and Forrest Gump.

Poignant and personal, this might also be the episode to convince Ashley that exploring your trauma in a fringe show isn't a suitable substitute for actual therapy -

Ashley faces her mum's mortality, explains funeral karaoke, and ruins another film.

The only guaranteed thing in life is death. Ashley's upbeat anecdotes include the loss of her grandparents, ghosts from the 80s, her mother's terminal diagnosis, and karaoke.

Despite a complex childhood, and with her teenage years spent guiding the career of her controversial comedian mother Janey Godley whilst caring for her depressed autistic father, Ashley has just had the most surreal, dramatic, tragic - and successful year of her life.

Her dream job was always in the magical world of TV with all its escapism, justice and happy endings. But the universe has a twisted sense of humour, and just as Ashley finally gets her big break, Janey is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Yay.

In this episode, we jump inside the brilliant and unhinged autistic brain of our “adult perma-child ? protagonist and attempt to unspool this tragicomedy with some hilarious digressions en route.

A peek into Ashley's kaleidoscopic, autistic mind as her life is forever changed.

As comedian and writer Ashley's dreams come true, her world is blown apart. Hear the story unfold from within her unhinged, autistic mind, with all its chaos, charm and characters.

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Despite growing up with undiagnosed autism, in a family of gangsters where police raids uncovering guns under the floorboards was normal, and with her teenage years spent guiding the career of her controversial comedian mother, Janey Godley, whilst caring for her depressed autistic father - Ashley has just had the most surreal, dramatic, tragic - and successful year of her life.

With a gift for comedy and performance since early childhood when she would entertain the patrons of her parent's pub with musical parodies and hilarious impressions, plus a passion for writing scripts and stories, Ashley's dream job was always in the magical world of TV with all its escapism, justice and happy endings.

Despite making a name for herself in the world of comedy as an acclaimed stand-up in her own right, she'd spent most of her life until now by her mum's side - supporting her on tour, livestreams, podcasts and everything she did, personally and professionally.

But the universe has a twisted sense of humour, and just as Ashley finally gets her big break, Janey is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

In this episode, we get a peek inside the brilliant but unhinged autistic brain of our self-identifying “adult perma-child ? protagonist and, with the help of some of the other characters that live inside her mind, hear the unbelievable story of how this profound, tragicomedy began.

A peek into Ashley's kaleidoscopic, autistic mind as her life is forever changed.

As comedian and writer Ashley's dreams come true, her world is blown apart. Hear the story unfold from within her unhinged, autistic mind, with all its chaos, charm and characters.

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While her mum may have returned in bird-form (ahem), Ashley's also being pecked at by the last argument they had before she died. She continues to try and dodge talking about it with the irritatingly persistent therapist in her head (yup, it's a thing).

There are lots of other voices in there too, including some archaeologists she's having a fight with, and some cult members that reject her – despite her superior hair-braiding skills.

And while she revisits her mum's final weeks, and their shifting dynamic, she also explains her impeccable logic behind her phobia of the sea and shares her psychologically scarring method for crying on camera. Don't try that at home kids -

Hilariously poignant and deeply personal, this is Ashley's soul in sound.

Ashley's relives her time in a cult as she's haunted by her mum and their last fight.

From the terror of the ocean to cults and grave-robbing, Ashley's autistic mind is haunted by more than just the ghost of her mum - who may have returned as a loose-bowelled seagull.

While her mum may have returned in bird-form, Ashley's also haunted by the last argument they had before she died. She continues to try and dodge talking about it with the therapist voice inside her head, which her brain has conjured up as a proxy, since she refuses to seek real help from a qualified professional.

And while she revisits her mum's final weeks, and their shifting dynamic, she also explains the logic behind her phobia of the sea, reveals some marriage stats that will shock you, and shares her deeply questionable/psychologically scarring method for crying on camera.

Hilariously poignant and deeply personal, this unique perspective on grief will resonate with anyone who has also lost a parent.

Ashley's haunted by her last clash with her mum, who's returned as a vengeful seagull.

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It's hard navigating the loss of a parent, but when your mum was a famous comedian whose parasocial relationship with her fans blurred the boundaries between personal and private, things can get truly wierrrd.

Ashley finds her grief – and outfit choice - under scrutiny, as she wins a clutch of coveted awards, just week after her mum dies. As an autistic woman who finds being all emotional “gross ? and prefers to be be funny rather than talk about how she really feels, she finds herself being glib when answering journalists demented questions, and bemused as an old Ozzie comedian calls to say he's being haunted by the ghost of her dead mum. Apparently, she really wants Ashley to read his script. Cool.

She's kept busy dodging her feelings (and the demands of bereaved fans), pondering whether she can one-up the ‘dead mum' fringe show with merch, and fantasy and reality collide as she finds herself face-to-face with the real-life hunks that inspired some of her wildly popular, but very spicy fictional works -

u2018Dead Mum' branding ideas, unhinged interactions with strangers and fantasy meets reality.

With her famous mum passing just as she wins a clutch of coveted awards, both Ashley's grief and outfit come under scrutiny, as her secret world of spicy fiction runs into reality.

It's never easy navigating the loss of a parent, but when your mother was a famous comedian whose parasocial relationship with her fans blurred the boundaries between personal and private, things can get truly bizarre.

Ashley finds her grief – and outfit choice - under scrutiny, as she wins a clutch of coveted awards, just week after her mum dies. As an autistic woman who finds being all emotional “gross ? and is inclined to be funny rather than talk about how she really feels, she finds herself being glib when answering journalists' unhinged questions, and bemused as an old Ozzie comedian calls to say he's being haunted by the ghost of her dead mum. Apparently, she really wants Ashley to read his script -

However she's kept busy dodging her feelings (and the demands of bereaved fans), pondering whether she can one-up the ‘dead mum' fringe show with other branding opportunities, and fantasy and reality collide as she finds herself face-to-face with the real-life hunks that inspired some of the action in her wildly popular, but very secret spicy fictional works.

Featuring Craig McGinlay

Ashley grapples with surreal loss, big wins, and the unhinged reactions of strangers.

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The story of Ashley's tumultuous past year concludes and with the help of all the characters she's created inside her brain to help her get through it, she tells the funny tale of her mum Janey Godley‘s unconventional multi-part send-off which, in her eyes, evoked Evita and saw the wrong people getting the punchlines.

From her pew, at her mum's funeral, she has to decode bizarre missives from her dyslexic dad, who has fled the country to avoid the whole affair. Never in a million years will you guess where he's ended up.

She also finds herself in the papers, as she's papped at the worst possible time, in the worst possible outfit - although on reflection, even she can see the funny side.

Thanks to the therapist she created inside her mind to avoid having to speak to a real person (perfectly healthy, thank you), Ashley finally finds some kind of acceptance, and has some other revelations along the way - like why acting suits her autistic brain and the potato responsible for the chip on her shoulder -

Ashley's mum's surreal send-off evokes Evita while her dad flees, on a popstar pilgrimage.

Ashley's story reaches its hilarious denouement as she's papped at her mum's funeral, her dad flees on a bizarre pilgrimage, and she solves a canine conundrum!

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