Tiger Paws Junior

Our Boy Arthur: his next step

And so cometh the day and cometh the hour…

Our boy Arthur Lanigan O’Keeffe who is a regular contributor here at TPJ is off to the European Championships.

The summit of three years preparation falls on this next competition in Paris so we want to wish him well for getting to Rio 2016.

He has already competed in London 2012 but after four more years of grueling training, this is his time to bring home a medal for Ireland. We back him fully and will be in Rio to cheer him on.

Good Luck pal from all of us at TPJ x

Day 13: Edinburgh Fringe Festival

A beautiful day off…thanks to one person. Reviews to follow obviously but I’m a bit sleepy so might go sit in a park and have breakfast instead…

Shows Attended and Reviewed:

China Doll Pleasance Dome 12 midday

(**** 4 Stars)

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot – Underbelly 16.45

(***** 5 Stars)

Pims O’Clock Craic

Splitfoot C Nova 6.15pm

(Easy ***** 5 Stars)

Foil Arms and Hog Underbelly 10pm

(***** 5 Stars)

Great craic, lovely day off and we also got a sterling review from Broadway Baby for Faulty Towers:

http://www.broadwaybaby.com/shows/faulty-towers-the-dining-experience/707103

All in all, it was my best day in Edinburgh by far. No kisses though – shame! Got close…but no cigar

Review: Booking Dance Festival EICC

Booking Dance Festival – EICC from August 12th

Tiger Paws Junior’s Stories (**** 4/5 Stars)

I’m a dance lover. I trained in Ballet for my sins and continued to love it as much as I used to do. It’s such an expressive form of creativity and storytelling. That’s why I’m seeing as much dance up here in Edinburgh as possible. It defiinitely inspires me more than straight acting and maybe even more than music….maybe

I just love visual art that tells a story without the need for words, that’s m’jam. And Booking Dance Festival have created a really beautiful, visual show which is both exciting and inspiring.

On top of that, I have to be honest…I didn’t see the show. I was allowed into the dress rehearsal.

I felt honoured and privileged and I’d like to thank the actors and Jodi Kaplan for allowing me the opportunity as I couldn’t make their performance given my time schedule. I was also permitted access to the stage which is a rarity so the photos we got were beautiful.

As a troupe and company they are super tight. They all dance hard and well together and all give each other the time and space that makes it a lovely ensemble piece.

Jodi and the dancers have created very memorable and individual pieces which interlink in a story to move the audience. From Segregation and Racism to True Love and Gang Members all the stories intertwine beautifully and the dancers get to show off their various styles and thought processes throughout.

I really loved it. It’s a four star from me (as I didn’t see the full performance) but I’m sure it would have been a fiver if I had caught any of it fully.

Such a nice, professional American company who are here in Edinburgh for their 7th time and only for five days. A wonderful show. Thanks again Jodi for your help!

Review – Matt Forde: Get The Political Party Started

Matt Forde: Get the Political Party Started – Pleasance 15.50

Tiger Paws Junior’s Stories: ***** 5 Stars

He’s a nice guy, this chap…

And funny…

And his show is political and intelligent and humourous…

Why wouldn’t I give it 5 Stars…

It was exactly what I thought it would be and more. The impressions were good, Milliband especially, the thought process was endearing and any audience member who goes to the show knows what they are coming to witness so have prepared themselves.

I think the general public of the UK and Ireland have all become more interested in politics. We see them everywhere now ranting and raving and promising us this and that…Matt takes this material and makes it funny.

From describing Blair as a rockstar, to the SNP/Scottish independence struggle, all the material content is all there presented as a parcel…on Christmas morning. He just gives it life. It’s great! He is swiftly becoming one of the UK’s finest political comedians. Just don’t start the conversation ‘which is better (or more interesting) for the working class man Sport or Politics?

Go see his show and see if you agree or disagree…any thought which is provoking is of benefit right?

Oooh PS I saw this show in it’s opening performannce where the fire alarm went off for genuinely three minutes…and I still loved it.

PPS Matt, if you are reading this, wingman?

Review – Helene Assembly Roxy

Review Helene – Assembly Roxy 22.45

Tiger Paws Junior’s Stories: 4 Stars

I entered this show unhappy. Unhappy because I had tried to get a ticket for this show all day and told the box office I was coming at 1pm but they still didn’t have a ticket ready for 10.45pm. Haha it was ridiculous.

These are also the people who publish our reviews as Tiger Prawns Junior’s Stories…how nice and so very thorough of them!

Needless to say I wasn’t in the best head space to appreciate art. I was also directly after a show myself so I was wrecked.

Helene welcomed us in, sat us down and her four backing musicians were already playing a jazz number. I immediately relaxed.

Live music is my cup of tea. The audience present and the live playing really makes it a memory that the audience and the cast share together and can never really be recreated.

Helene did this for us.

As she recounted tales of her mixed life she spoke of being homeless, liveing on the streets of London and Paris…right to getting given a free home by a high end call girl for six months and living in luxury.

She journey’s, with the medium of song and story-telling, through suicidal thoughts (The Bridge – amazing song) to glorifying the sun when one is homeless ( Sun Salutations I think the song was called).

She also has a lovely relationship with her four musicians who, speaking to them afterwards, had only known each other for a few months. This surprised me given that they appeared so close on stage.

Assembly Roxy is such a nice venue, (I just wish their press office didn’t make me pay £11.50 lol) and the show is a great piece…perhaps suited more to an older audience. Maybe 35+ find it absolutely magical.

I personally found it a nice show filled with honesty. I hope I’ve explained myself well. It’s a good show, go to see it if you can

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