Laura’s new Edinburgh show ‘The Owl of Steven’ has been picked by Dominic Maxwell in The Times as one of the 13 shows you need to book for at this years Edinburgh Festival.
“Five years ago Solon came from nowhere to be the last-ever winner of the Perrier Award. Her belated follow-up last year, Rabbit Faced Story Soup, showed that this was no fluke: Solon is simply one of the most accurate and original character comics of the past decade. Few writers can mint such crafty one-liners; few performers can sell them so well, with so little spurious flash. And if the story itself was largely just an excuse to let her cast of neurotic grotesques do their thing, if the theatricality could be taken even farther, well hey, that’s why we’re looking forward so keenly to her third one-woman show.”
Steven is an island. Perrier Award winner Laura Solon returns with a brilliant new character comedy story about it. Contains owl.
Here come the quotes: ‘An adventurous and hilarious masterclass’ **** (Sunday Times); ‘Brilliantly written, blindingly original’ **** (Guardian); ‘Another masterclass in character comedy’ **** Number 1 Top 5 Stand-Ups of the Decade (Times); **** (Sunday Times); **** (Telegraph); **** (Guardian); **** (Mail on Sunday); **** (Evening Standard); **** (Independent); **** (Independent on Sunday); **** (Metro); **** (Chortle.co.uk); **** (Edinburgh Evening News).
To book tickets for Laura’s brand new show at the Edinburgh Festival log on to www.edfringe.com
If you missed Laura on BBC One’s Have I Got News For You, you can catch-up now on BBC iPlayer at www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer.
Laura is going to be previewing her new show ‘Owl of Steven’ at the Leicester Square theatre on Sunday 23rd and 30th May. To book tickets log on to www.leicestersquaretheatre.com.
Laura has been named as one of the 10 best female comedians by The Observer. To read the article in full log on to www.guardian.co.uk
