Theatre review: Intolerable Side Effects, ZOO Southside, Edinburgh
Intolerable Side Effects, ZOO Southside, Edinburgh * * *
Diane has decided that she isn’t ready for a bunny in the oven and is assured that as long as she uses vegetation separation, the leporine dating scene is hers for the taking. All she has to do is munch on celery, forever.
Parry is a lithe and precise mime, bounding around the stage with infectious glee, before the tremors and impediments set in. She has a furry bumbag for a tail, a tiny rabbit cuddly toy for a self-absorbed smoothie of a boyfriend and an elastic repertoire of expressions to convey Diane’s changing moods, from cautious optimism to tired frustration to comedy outrage as she vents to a rabbit agony aunt.
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Hide AdParry’s purpose in tackling this subject matter from such an unexpected tangent is never entirely clear but the results are endearing and certainly in the exploratory spirit of the Fringe.
Until 26 August