A Retrospection - WINNER Top of the Fringe 2023

the biennale · Ages 18+ · United States of America

Content Warning includes nudity one person show world premiere
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Review by DAVE VIEIRA

June 17, 2023 certified reviewer

What I liked

Great ability to cry on command. Great use of grapes.

What I didn't like

Eat the lemon? Maybe don’t actually

My overall impression

Hilarious, powerful, and at times scary, Claire Woollner’s A RETROSPECTION destroyed me. Her command of the stage and audience was effortless; I could sense she had the entire room wrapped around her finger. Her ability to switch from mood to mood and switch the tone of the show so nimbly is something to behold. It is very weird, it pushes boundaries, and will make you cry laughing. I could tell everything came from a very real place and that Claire put her entire heart into this, and it paid off.

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