Shatter Resistant – Greenside @ George Street
The audience enters the dimly lit basement. It’s a humid day and I’m pleased to get a front row seat near the portable air-conditioning unit. A fellow audience member tells me this is her first ever Edinburgh Fringe show. She’s flown in this morning from Dublin to see her sister perform in ‘Shatter Resistant’.
This is an impressive writing and acting debut from Isabelle Blanche. She has written a captivating, poignant and often funny show which she performs with gusto. She treats the audience as her best friends as she takes us with her on her emotional rollercoaster.
Cassie, a recent University graduate, has been working temporarily for a marketing company. She has high hopes that her experience of advertising ‘shatter resistant’ mobile phone screen covers will lead to her being...