"Don't Tell Dad About Diana" follows two Dublin teens, Connor and Hannah, trying to navigate their journey from secondary school to adulthood in 1990's Ireland.
Connor is in the closet due to his Catholic and close-minded upbringing. (A fun little juxtaposition being that the pearls he uses for his Princess Diana drag persona is actually his rosary beads worn back to front.) Hannah is his best friend who desperately wants to escape Dublin with Connor to live in London where she will design and create all his dresses for his drag career.
The show follows them as they work to enter Connor into the Alternative Miss Ireland competition. Its going to be their final triumph before London, but secrets are about to be ripped open and tragedies will happen that turn their worlds upside down.
For a show that has a gay teen in 90's Ireland, I wished we had more of a story to do with gay life and culture at that time period. Perhaps it's more to do with the time limit at fringe, but I felt the show revolved a little too much around the fear of letting Hannah down. Perhaps if there was a little bit more run time, we could have had more to say on gay irish society in the 90's.
The show was a fun time, though, and I would love to see how it grows from its fringe run. I would definitely love to come see it again if it returns next year.
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Are there any shows that you are excited to see come back? Let us know in the comments so that we can all have a fantastic fringe!
Love,
Tony x
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