Low Down
A sneaky look into life behind a bar.
Review
Cute, endearing and very funny. Larah Bross is perhaps the only foreign performer brave enough to attempt a Scottish accent at the Edinburgh festival.
A one women show, Breaking the Seal portrays a range of regular bar flys who share their always hilarious, often misguided views on sex, music and a whole lot of booze.
Bross plays 6 different characters to great comic effect, through a range of commendable accents (the locals may disagree with me there!). The characters may be stereotypes but she milks them for laughs with a clear sense of what will please a crowd. However at times I would have liked her to engage with the audience more.
The piece is visually and aurally pleasing with good use of a projector and music. It sometimes felt a bit fragmented as the character pieces became shorter, but the audience was kept entertained with clever parodies on anti drinking campaigns.
A must see for binge drinkers everywhere.
Reviewed by CC 08/08/2007
