Pip Utton is Charles Dickens @ the Edinburgh Fringe

The ThreeWeeks review of Pip Utton Is Charles Dickens:

Few actors seem as fresh and unscripted as Pip Utton, who has a talent for sounding like he's chatting to a mate: you could almost think he's out of character, were it not for the Dickensian beard. Charles Dickens is the focus of this show, in which he candidly recounts his own death and the previous few months. Utton uses some of the famous readings from Dickens' tours of Britain, and focuses on the author as social reformer, highlighting the social conscience underlining much of his work, and it makes for an absorbing 70 minutes. Utton is an expert at creating an intimate connection with his audience, and as he closes, one gets the sense of being in the hands of a master at work.

New Town Theatre, 5 - 29 Aug (not 17), 6.45pm , £8.00 - £10.00, fpp 279

tw rating: 4/5

The original review is here.