When the lights go off….
September 9, 2010
Well the lights went off two weeks ago, and my reflections on the whole Edinburgh Fringe Festival experience are that overall of course it was an amazing experience, it was worthwhile doing and it took a hell of a lot of hard work and a great team of friends and professional colleagues around me to pull it off – so THANK YOU!
The Critics said:
5 STARS in BROADWAY BABY:
“a tremendous show, a profound and insightful gem…. Hunt’s performance is compelling, imbued with a rare empathy and compassion…Here, by slow degrees, Hunt allows us to think once more the thoughts of those we regard as heroes, who in their own minds thought common thoughts, but in ours performed unthinkable deeds” Roy Haywood 23/08/10
“ an affecting and effective performance”
4 STARS
“Ava Hunt gives an inspiring, thought-provoking performance in this one woman show……..This play is both a celebration and an education, stirring and sincere, and a piece I’m sure both of its subject would be proud of.”
Deborah Klayman 12/08/10
The Audience said:
Hello
It is with great pleasure that I have watched your performance in the festival. I have spent two weeks in Edinburgh, watched many perfomances but the one I retain on top is yours. Being Tunisian, I am particularly sensitive to the Palestinian tragedy and it is so moving to see that other human beings are not indifferent to injustice.
I cried all the show long, tears of sadness at so much suffering and of joy that some people still retain enough intelligence and humanity to speak about silenced matters. The exceptionality of the show is not only its subject matter but the artistry with which you found the right tone and the perfect balance to create the mirroring effect between the two stories. Thank you so much, you are also an ordinary person doing an extraordianry thing for people you don’t even know.
All the best
Hajer
