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Hugh Hughes in... Story of a Rabbit

HoiPolloi and The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich / Escalator East to Edinburgh

Hugh Hughes in... Story of a RabbitFollowing up Floating, last year's audio-visual talk on the breakaway voyage of the Isle of Anglesey, the eager to please Hugh Hughes is back to dispense tea and help our inner selves, with this tale of looking after a rabbit and the story of the death of his father.

"Quirky humour and sublime silliness"
He's helped this time by his friend Aled, who does all the difficult technical things. Hugh is there to operate his beloved flip chart and explain to those audience members whose view it is blocking that this simply means they are having a different but equally valid theatrical experience to those whose view is not blocked.

He also goes into the metaphysics of falling off a ladder, the geometry of ascending to heaven, he philosophises about solid wood, sawdust and potatoes. He re-enacts a train journey, becomes a rabbit, makes more tea and questions the oneness or otherwise of an audience.

He's the North Wales lifestyle guru who wants to pass on his understanding, not with the hectoring sincerity of the big names - and anyway they wouldn't have the audience singing an undertakers' round - but with the genuine eagerness of the true believer.

This wasn't quite as delightful an experience as Floating (I could have done with much more about the rabbit for a start), but it has enough moments of quirky humour and sublime silliness to be well worth a visit.

Reviewed at the Edinburgh Fringe 2007.

From August 1 2006 to August 27 2007 at Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh (part of Edinburgh Fringe). Tel: 0131 556 6550. www.pleasance.co.uk

From October 7 2010 to October 9 2010 at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh (part of Edinburgh Fringe). Tel: 0131 228 1404. www.traverse.co.uk

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