Welcome to the Vile Blog Fringe Report. Anyone who wants to catch my proper reviews ought to head over the The List. This blog will be full of gossip and nonsense, and pretentious meditations on my star rating strategies.
I am feeling lonely: the rest of The Justice League of Criticism (Lorna Irvine, Elliot Roberts and even cheeky Eric off The Skinny) are still in Glasgow, while I make an early start to prove that I still got the stamina. I popped in to The Traverse, Zoo, Assembly, Underbelly... wearing my hat so that they'll remember me.
I also have heat stroke. The Sawbones said I ought to wear less black and let my bald patch feel the breeze.
The first day is going to spent checking out which comedian has the most smackable face on his poster. It's the most hard fought competition in the Fringe: it is easy to get five stars, as each show is judged on its merit. But the comedians are all in the running for this one, and divide into three approaches: the unbearably smug, the macho arrogant and the pleading wimp. It might be worth dividing this into categories and having a public vote.
Gotta go, gotta show. In the meantime, enjoy today's pick of the Press Releases. I giggled for twenty minutes at this one, until I was asked to leave the office...
HARD TRAVELIN’ WITH WOODY, the critically acclaimed multimedia solo show with the music and
HARD TRAVELIN’ WITH WOODY began its international tour soon
after its critical and box office success at its premiere at FringeNYC. Randy
Noojin channels folk singer, activist Woody
Guthrie, as he plays for a union meeting of striking mine workers. The show is packed with Woody’s wit and
humor, over a dozen of his greatest songs, and projections of his astonishing
and rarely seen artworks.
Reviews:
“By equating
the conditions of Depression-era America with those of today, writer-performer
Randy Noojin invests…his one man show about Woody Guthrie, with topicality and
urgency, rescuing it from mere homage and transforming it into a call for
united action against greed…Blows the dust off such Guthrie standards as ‘Bound
for Glory’ and ‘This Land is Your Land,’ restoring their intended sting and
deepening their soulfulness.” BACKSTAGE.COM
“Noojin
delivers one of the delights of the fest…captures the spirit of Woody…solid,
entertaining work that should travel far and wide in these hard times, just
like Guthrie himself.” HUFFINGTON POST
“A constant
delight…jokes and verbal plays make the spoken sections a pleasure to listen to
but what is more of a pleasure is getting to hear Woody’s songs. This is a great show for Guthrie fans and for
those hearing these songs and stories for the first time.” NYTHEATRE.COM
Links to reviews: FOLKWORKS: http://folkworks.org/reviews/
KCMETROPOLIS.COM: http://kcmetropolis.org/issue/
Hard and woody in the same title. Genius.
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