How's this for impressive news!
'The Stage' has just published figures for the 'average audience at an Edinburgh Fringe show' and it's 44 people! That's including for the big shows with big names in big venues. Many of our flyering colleagues were reporting numbers under 10 and some even had to cancel performances when no one showed up at all.
How about us??? Well we had an average of 57!! Even our quietest day was a pretty respectable 28 and we had two days in the high 80s. If we'd been in a typical 60-seat space, we'd have been a sell-out show!
Of course, the four- and five-star reviews helped, as did comments like 'Extremely compelling... Incredibly powerful.. Heart-breaking' from Broadway Baby, 'Lovely comic moments' from Edinburgh Spotlight, 'Unerring, captivating and deftly measured intensity' from EdFringe Review and 'Terrific performance' from The Scotsman.
We're also very grateful to Paul O'Grady who recommended the play as one of his four Edinburgh Fringe picks on his Radio 2 show the very night we opened. Having a little flasher on the flyers with 'Wonderful', Paul O'Grady, Radio 2 on it helped us enormously. Thanks, Paul!
What next for the play? We've got a couple of irons in the fire. Watch this space and be first to know our next move.
Meanwhile, many thanks for your support.
Cheers,
Kath
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