Man to Man, is an electrifying solo show about a woman who steals the identity and clothes of her dead husband in order to survive. Man to Man is based on the true story of an extraordinary young woman who, by means of disguise and other forms of artifice, attempts to hold on to her late husband’s job during the Great Depression. As she attempts to forge a new life from the ashes of a life past, a newspaper article threatens to reveal all. Read more …
Directed by John‐Paul McGroarty introducing Samantha Dodds; Produced by Leith on the Fringe.
The body of this feels more like Sunday supplement true-life tittle-tattle. Dodds begins to explore the script's questions of identity but doesn’t take them anywhere. And finally the whole piece falls away in a long, tedious ending that adds nothing.
Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh from Wednesday August 3, 2011, until Sunday August 28, 2011. No Mon performances. More info: www.leithonthefringe.com