We
meet the old Charlie in the early hours of what will be his last day
on earth. We spend time with him and his alter ego Charlie Chaplin.
They both take us through a potted history of their lives.
Pip
Uton appears as Charlie at 88 years old who just wants to be left alone,
as he starts to talk to us Chaplin, the silent clown, the little
tramp, starts to interject until Charlie puts on the full makeup.
We
get a history from both points of view then see a short silent film
which cleverly includes live action as well as the film. At the end
we imaging the death of Charlie and see Chaplin waddling off into
the sunset as we do at the end of all of his films.
Very
cleverly written and beautifully directed with close attention to
detail. As usual if you go to see Pip Utton perform you know you are
in for some high quality theatre. This gentleman is one of the best
examples of the one-man show to regularly perform at the Edinburgh
Fringe Festival.
His
other show this year is Adolph at the Assembly Universal Arts
Freemason’s Hall.
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