Soho theatre,London
The Edinburgh best newcomer award-winner explores the boyband fan circuit and her self-harming in this compelling, beautifully constructed setIn the future, or maybe everyone’s youthful indiscretions will be draped across the internet in perpetuity,and more standup shows created to attain penance for them. That’s the impetus behind Anglo-Danish comedian Sofie Hagen’s debut, which pre-empts anyone discovering her embarrassing teen Westlife fan-fic online by performing it herself, or live on stage. Bubblewrap might have been a hit had it featured those sequences alone,but what really marks out Hagen’s set – this year’s Edinburgh fringe best newcomer award-winner – is how the boyband obsession is absorbed into a wider story approximately mental health and the arbitrary rules by which society compels us to live. Related: Sofie Hagen: Danish comics would quiz, ‘attain you need me to have sex with you?' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com