Lizzie Roper in Peccadillo Circus

Lizzie Roper’s show is about sex, but it is not about sexual titillation. During her introductory warm up, she explains how she put the show together. She placed ads to ask people to reveal their sexual experiences and, much to her surprise, she gained quite a wide ranging response.

Her show is a distillation of the taped recordings her volunteers made. She plays these into herself using an MP3 player and headphones. She takes on the role of the various persons she is hearing. There is a whole range of sexual practice described – imagine words ending in ‘-ing’. It is fascinating learning what people get up to and the humour is of the ironic type.

It is rather a one paced show, albeit skilfully done. Stopping the tape at some point towards the end and putting in some of her own material, would have given some variety.

***

B

Fringe Programme Page No

204

Company

 Festival Highlights

Venue Name and Number

  Pleasance Dome; V 23

Dates and Times

  20 to 27 August 2007   21.35 to 22.35

Comedy 2007

Music 2007

Others 2007

Theatre 2007

Musicals 2007

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