Pete's Journal

"Don't let a gift horse in the house"
The first fringe show we paid money to see :) Set in the luxurious historic venue of the Pleasance .. portakabin. Isabel Fey did a show of four energetic sketches:

- woman giving a course on arachnaphobia. But she's filling in for her colleague and is terrified of spiders. This was a little thin. Energetic but not all that funny.
- author does a workshop about her book, involving Charlotte Bronte and a time machine. This is where she starts to pick up with some fine character observation and a few good puns.
- "Minipops" 20 years on: former child star who married her fellow child star, 20 years on. Fantastic - she does an increasingly acrimonious duet with him over "video link".
- Finally, Miss Hull and Humberside giving a presentation on how to be a beauty queen. This was worth the price of admission alone for the indoor solo synchronised swimming!

I'm enjoying the festival already. It really defies any attempts at planning; I'm just making a list of must-sees and then going on impulse to other things :)

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