Okay, so I'm posting again today. Just got in from an amazing dinner. The restaurant was called All Bar One and the food was phenomenal. I haven't stopped eating since we got here. Truly mind boggling. But it seems to balance itself out with all the walking. Deb and I went shopping today in the Grassmarket area. Vintage shops, cute boutiques and cafes. I bought a great vintage 60's jacket. Deb bought some t-shirts and a few gifts. We walked along the Royal Mile and handed out flyers for our show. I took pictures of some of the people trying to promote their shows. We ate lunch at David Bann, the upscale vegetarian restaurant (see above picture of a yummy dosa) that we're going to for my birthday. Which is in four days by the way. Can't believe it. Thirty-seven years old. It's so strange that I'm here for my birthday. I love it but it's strange. Usually my birthday is spent hanging with friends usually at the beach or just having brunch and a nice dinner. Now I'll be wandering the streets in Edinburgh. Actually there is an afternoon tea and dance at the Spiegletent on my birthday. There is a group that gives dance lessons to 20's and 30's music and offers a tea. I love it. I want to go with Kathy's girls and dance in the afternoon. Then do the show. And then a great dinner with the whole gang. Thirty-seven. Okay I'll stop.
So we got another great review today. I mean great. It's amazing because the audiences are so quiet and reserved and then we get this glowing review. Makes no sense but hopefully we will get bigger crowds.
Show Rating: 4 stars
What an absolute pleasure to see five talented, experienced comic actresses in a polished, well-written, funny sketch show.
The audience was mainly middle aged and female, which is probably an unfortunate side-effect of the billing. Unfortunate as this is a great show, and men should not be deterred by an all-female cast doing sketches about family, relationships and sexuality.
Beneath these themes are hilarious characters portraying the worse kind of irritating mothers, wives and daughters, hitting the nail on the head with sympathetic characters we can all relate to.
I was particularly taken by Kathy Greenwood’s character, constantly trying to keep up with the other stay-at-home mums in the competitive parenting stakes. And everyone can identify with feeling trapped by a lonely parent’s needs in the sketch which has a woman desperately trying to get off the phone to both a clingy mother and granny. And without giving any more away, the sketch with three woman scattering their dead friend’s ashes was inspired.
Although the characters were quirky, funny and at times ridiculous (the French shop assistant Mona, for instance), they were portrayed with such respect and sometimes poignancy that you developed the type of empathy with them it would normally take a full-length show to feel.
Rarely have I seen this quality of sketch comedy on television here, let alone at the Fringe. So grab a chance now. Unless you can get tickets to Saturday Night Live in New York you are unlikely to see such good sketch comedy live for a while.
Reviewed by: Rosie Carnahan
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