I’m back now from performing my award-winning eco-show Buzzing! at the Edinburgh Fringe 2010. What an experience – with 6 consecutive shows and a live interview (and poetry performance) on BBC radio!
I was performing, with my musician John Rayson, at venue no. 28, the Patrick Geddes Room at the gorgeous Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
How did our run go? Well, I’ll let our audiences tell you:
‘As soon as the show finished, I turned to mummy and said “I wish it could have gone on all day!”‘ Alex, age 11
‘My daughter (age 6) loves minibeast hunts and she loved this show. Great sounds, great visuals – what’s not to like?’ Deborah Curd, edfringe.com
‘I thought she was amazing, mad, creative and John’s music was mind-blasting!’ Nina, age 10
‘Fascinating – gripping from start to finish.’ Bill (retired)
‘Really interesting and exciting. The poems and songs were amazing and the pictures were absolutely stunning. The whole show was wonderful.’ Gemma, age 11
‘Learnt so much in such a short space of time about my garden friends and enemies.’ Pamela (retired)
‘The best show we’ve seen at the Fringe!’ Klara (9) and Julian (12)
And we had this review from Primary Times:
‘For all eco enthusiasts, minibeast fans and nature lovers, this is an absolute must. But even if you are not one of the above, this is a terrific show with poetry, songs, music and incredible projected photography. Anneliese Emmans Dean is not only passionate about her subject, she is also a gifted performer and can’t fail to enthuse her audience. My children, ages 10, 8 and 5 years, were gripped throughout the show. They particularly enjoyed the ‘guess the photo’ as images changed to the accompaniment of the viola player. They were fascinated by the poetry, and how different styles of delivery created the identity of each insect. One girl in the audience amazed us all with her incredible knowledge of entomology, but there was chance for everyone to be involved. Whilst the show itself was very educational, the style was great fun, and stimulated many questions for after the show. All the children (and most adults!) were awash with questions for Anneliese, and whilst she brilliantly answered them all, she also encouraged us to seek out more for ourselves. She has definitely re-ignited our interest, and given us some more great ideas to fill the remainder of the summer holidays.’
So, all in all, job well done!
Many thanks to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh for hosting us – especially to Amy for her impeccable and extremely friendly organisation, and to Sheena and all her staff, and Giles and Anna. To Yvonne and her family (especially Lewis) for all their marketing work on our behalf. To Nina for her warm welcome. And to my husband Mike for being front of house staff, flyer-giver-outer, chauffeur, roadie and general factotum.
And a huge thank you to all our audiences – a very international bunch, from Scotland, England, Singapore, Venezuela, Ireland, Spain, USA … and no doubt other countries I didn’t find out about. Thank you for coming along, and for being so enthusiastic about our show. I wish you all happy bug hunting, wherever you are!
Fancy putting on a Buzzing! show where you are? Then contact me, Anneliese, on info@theBigBuzz.biz
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