It's not often Ralph veers off the track from reviewing unsigned indie bands, however a recent road-trip to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to see Puddles Pity Party is as good an excuse as any to buck the trend...how often do you get the chance to see a seven foot clown that doesn't talk, has the voice of a proverbial angel, makes people laugh then cry then laugh again and likes dogs!
Now as anyone that is a regular visitor to Ralph's Life knows I don't do 10 out of 10's or so many star reviews...however...Puddles Pity Party at the Assembly Bosco tent is unequivocally a 10 out of 10 five star show.
He's as comfortable crooning as he is hammering out heavy metal classics and is the consumate entertainer with his ability to get the crowd onside and participating in the show from minute one and his cover of Lorde's Royals is an absolute triumph.
Puddles repeatedly celebrates audience members birthdays with hilarious results, he gets an audience member (yes - it was me and no - I won't show you the video) to take to the stage and sing Yesterday as he has a break to read the paper and eat a sandwich, he dresses another in the audience as a bottle of tequila before getting another to thrash out some mean air gutar.
It's entertainment Jim...but not as we know it as he shows his love for Kevin Costner with both poignancy and humor in bucketloads. Fortunately he distributes tissues for you to dry your tears of not only joy and laughter but pain and sorrow for this unrequited love.Miss this chance to see Puddles Pity Party at the Edinburgh Fringe at your peril - if you can still get a ticket!
Performance times:
Assembly George Square, Edinburgh
George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LHSat 15 Aug
Bosco
£14 (£13) / 0131 623 30302 for 1 Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.- 19:25 – 20:30
Sun 16 Aug
Bosco
£14 (£13) / 0131 623 30302 for 1 Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.- 19:25 – 20:30
Mon 17 Aug
Bosco
£13 (£12) / 0131 623 3030Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.- 19:25 – 20:30
Wed 19 Aug
Bosco
£13 (£12) / 0131 623 3030Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.- 19:25 – 20:30
Thu 20 Aug
Bosco
£13 (£12) / 0131 623 3030Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.- 19:25 – 20:30
Fri 21 Aug
Bosco
£14 (£13) / 0131 623 30302 for 1 Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.- 19:25 – 20:30
Sat 22 Aug
Bosco
£14 (£13) / 0131 623 30302 for 1 Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.- 19:25 – 20:30
Sun 23 Aug
Bosco
£14 (£13) / 0131 623 30302 for 1 Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.- 19:25 – 20:30
Mon 24 Aug
Bosco
£13 (£12) / 0131 623 3030Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.- 19:25 – 20:30
Wed 26 Aug
Bosco
£13 (£12) / 0131 623 3030Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.- 19:25 – 20:30
Thu 27 Aug
Bosco
£13 (£12) / 0131 623 3030Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.- 19:25 – 20:30
Fri 28 Aug
Bosco
£14 (£13) / 0131 623 30302 for 1 Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.- 19:25 – 20:30
Sat 29 Aug
Bosco
£14 (£13) / 0131 623 30302 for 1 Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.- 19:25 – 20:30
Sun 30 Aug
Bosco
£14 (£13) / 0131 623 30302 for 1 Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.- 19:25 – 20:30
Mon 31 Aug
Bosco
£13 (£12) / 0131 623 3030Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.- 19:25 – 20:30
