Festival diary: Beautiful thing

A bit of a curate's egg, this one. Comparisons with the film are inevitable; sadly this staging, by Dead Rabbit Productions, came off second best.

Top acting honours have to go to the actress playing Leah (there were no programmes, nor has my research on the internet yielded any information on the actors), who livened up the stage by her presence alone. Sandra, brilliantly acted in the film, was sadly wooden here and the play suffered considerably as a result.

Again I've gone to see a production early in its run, but I believe that this one will improve as its actors gain confidence and their timing improves.

Beautiful thing is on at 7pm at the Zoo (140 The Pleasance) every day until Saturday 20th August. Phone the Festival Fringe box office (0131 226 0000) for details.

(12th August 2005)

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