Tidemark Edinburgh Fringe Experience 2004
Monday 9 August 2004 Delicates and Smoke had its first Fringe Review today in the Scotsman. Apart from one or two points, it was a very favourable review. The gist of it goes: "This solid, thoughtful and uncomfortable double bill of monologues comes from a writer to watch." Excellent! So far so good. BBC commission here I come! It continues
"Scot Rosemary Goodman has a morbid fascination with buried obsessions and psychoses." Hang on, did he say "Scot Rosemary Goodman"? Rosemary Goodman directed Delicates for Tidemark but the reviewer has misread his programme and gives the credit for writing and performing the monologue to Rose and not to me! Great! Just what every aspiring writer/performer needs, the credit for their hard work being given to another. But every cloud has a silver lining. He did, after all call Rose (me) a Scot, which clearly means that my accent was pretty good since I am Brummie born and bred. So thats a compliment then isnt it - that my accent was good enough to convince him that I was actually Scottish? There were some more compliments to be had as well. "She (me) has a deft touch and her pieces weave themselves into tight conclusions, which roll uncomfortably into double meaning
"Delicates in which Goodman (Russell) also stars, whirls along like a danse macabre on a Glasgow scheme." Naturally we got straight onto the Scotsman to correct their error and they have promised to correct it on their website, but its a bit of a shame, isnt it?
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