SCOTTISH FIELD: Ailsa Bath enjoys this ‘brilliant’ performance from Miriam Margolyes. ★★★★ 13th August 2024
Knowing Miriam mainly from her salacious chat shows, Harry Potter cameo and regular appearances with Graham Norton, I wasn’t prepared for the incredible acting skills she brought to the stage in this bravura one-woman show. Despite being a solo performance, this enthralling show truly felt like we were seeing a full cast of Dickens characters. She shone a light on a variety of lesser known characters with her marvellous accents and skills, moving between well-known characters with astonishing alacrity. Seeing really was believing. The acting, however, was not the only attraction. The second portion of the show was an audience-led Q&A session, which is were the magic really happened. Miriam was brutally honest, delightfully shocking and very funny as we have all come to expect from her. It was so brilliant that I can’t help but wish for more of her conversation and less of her acting. She left us with an encouragement to be kind and truthful and memories of a fabulous show.Posted : 13th August 2024