Realm of Love or Folding Laundry’s Karyn Trau’s 11 answers

hairline — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 14:21:54 +0000

1. Describe your show in 11 words:
Gentle, thought-provoking, quiet moments seeping into deep places in the heart.

2. Describe your company/performer in 11 words:
Adventurous – we rehearsed on skype – first time on earth — tender, strong

3. How did the idea of the show come about – 11 words:
A dream Karyn actually dreamed led to the script then Edinburgh

4. 11 essential items you packed to bring to the fringe:
Eyemask, screwdriver, lipgloss, table, chair, membership card to SM Whiskey Society

5. Describe an ideal day for you at the fringe in 11 words:
Americano at Black Medicine coffee shop, audience finding us: beautiful show

6. First 11 words spoken in our show:
At first I thought it was a large geographical space filled…

7. Describe the ideal audience member for your show in 11 words
Open, thoughtful, ageless, ready for a change of tone from High

8. Can you describe your show as a:

FOOD: Artichoke
DRINK: Jasmine Green Tea
SMELL: Lavendar
COLOUR: Rainbow
ANIMAL: Otter
SCHOOL SUBJECT: Philosophy
SOUND: Live Symphony
FORM OF CLOTHING: Kimono
PIECE OF STATIONERY: Hand made paper personal letter size
HOLLYWOOD FILM: My Dinner with André or Until Sunrise

9. Tell us in 11 words, the best anecdote from last year’s fringe or what you are most looking forward from this year’s run:
Best audience comment so far: “This play makes me think about how I want to live my life.”

10. Hairline is 11 this year. describe the last 11 years of your life — in 11 words!
Many leaps of faith leading to our first time in Edinburgh.

11. Finally, you got 30 words to plug your show now… Go!
Rehearsed on skype (LA or Alaska – Chapel Hill, North Carolina) the actors are performing live together; The land of Neither Here nor There is being left behind.

Last chance to catch Karyn Traut’s Realm of Love or Folding Laundry Sunday 14 of August at Sweet Grassmarket

The Pantry Shelf

Martin Miller — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:15:06 +0000

The Pantry Shelf is a bright, fun production that gets lots of comedic mileage out of its unique premise: Deep within the pantry on the impulse buy shelf lives talking food products such as wasabi peas, velvet chocolate and Mexican chips who are all desperate to be eaten by their owner, Mandy. They have been with her for a long time so they all know her food fads and where they each stand in the popularity stakes, till a new quinea, date and bark bar finds itself the number one choice when Mandy is having a snack attack.
Written by Mark Pebble and Marion Shortt who have created an amusing world that on the surface is a simple love story between a health bar and dull but reliable porridge but slowly reveals its true satirical colours. Hidden behind the good humour are some fascinating insights into consumerism, the lure of bright new packing, media manipulation and barbed observations about the food industry.
It also has just as much to say about peoples’ shopping habits as the audience in between giggling will be slowly recognising their caffeine addiction, keeping out of date bottles hidden at the back of the shelf and diet fads.
While technically underwhelming, using minimal lighting and a simple static painted set, the show is reliant on the actors in their big and bright costumes to bring the show alive. At this they succeed, bringing infectious enthusiasm and good humour, even if they do rattle through their lines with little regard for comedy timing or consistent accents. They are very watchable, their under polished slap-dash style just adding to the fun.
This is a thoroughly enjoyable, thought provoking play that won’t leave a bad taste in the mouth.

4/5

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Realm of Love or Folding Laundry’s Karyn Trau’s 11 answers

The Pantry Shelf