Rachel Rose Reid is a professional story teller and she blew away the competition last year with a late night gem of a show that was one of the highlights of the Festival. This year she is back, at the much more suitable afternoon slot, and she is better than ever, delivering a much more structured performance.
As last year, she takes the theme of the princess and shares with the crowd fairy tales from all over the world. It works as a show because the simple tales, molded into Reid’s own vision, are told with such beauty. Her face and hands helping to convey her world. This year it is a much more personal show combining the life and obsessions of Han’s Christian Anderson with her own experiences of searching for love.
Watching her perform is a joy to behold. When she talks she has the audience enchanted from start to finish, delivered in a rapid-fire delivery that constantly ebbs and flows in speed and style further enhanced by her ability to make the world around her seem like a magical place but all grounded in reality with her witty, dry delivery.
She is a stunning story teller but really needs pause for breath to let some of the more beautiful turns of phrases sink into the crowds minds. As some beautiful moments come dangerously close to washing over the crowd, but no matter as its a lovely experience getting lost in her world.
I’m Hans Christian Anderson? I am urging you to get a ticket more like.
5/5 
Martin Miller
(3 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)
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