One woman plays are a dime a dozen at the Edinburgh Fringe, but Tania Katan’s autobiographical tale is really quite special indeed. Following her sexual exploits as a Jewish lesbian, trying to find a hot date with her gay friend is brilliantly fun and very funny. Helped along by her lovely personality that beams throughout. When the audience begin to relax and assume this will be a light tale about love the rug is soon pulled out from under them, when the story slowly darkness as Katan learns on two separate occasions has her breasts removed from breast cancer.
The best comedians are able to find humour in tragedy and Katan despite some horrendous events has the audience in stitches throughout relying on her wacky sense of humour to carry the show.
Though thoroughly funny there are some incredible poignant moments- the comparisons between her, shutting her self away from the world after the ordeal and her H.I.V positive gay friend who plans to party till his final day is heartbreaking.
But despite these moments this is uplifting and full of hope, when Katan decides to run a marathon topless in the name of breast cancer it’s wonderful, funny and joyous and she should be commended for re-enacting this to the audience by stripping off revealing her scarred body to us all, surely she is the bravest woman at the Fringe.
4/5 
Martin Miller
