Gumshoe!

I was the silliest of geese and accidently double-booked two shows. I reached out to Christian Dart to apologise for having to miss Gumshoe! I had already been to see his other show, "Bad Clowns: Long Live The King", and I was really looking forward to seeing him do a solo show. He very kindly sent me a filmed version of the show to watch, so I will be writing a review of that instead!

The show opens like a classic noir film, the titular character laying dead whilst a voice over tells us how, like any good noir story, we need to start at the beginning and come back to the end again.

Dart immediately jumps into action with his energetic charm! The audience creates what case he will solve, deciding the victim and the suspect as well. The rest is up to ole Gumshoe to solve! The audience is then brought through a wacky 1940's New York filled with shootouts, car chases, and romance.

The laughs simply don't stop in this amazing solo effort. Dart knows how to work a crowd and takes advantage of any comedic opportunity that comes his way. Even as Gumshoe becomes trigger happy or insults you right to your face, you just can't help but love him!

I'm bursting to tell you the ending of the show because it's actually quite clever, but, alas, SPOILERS!!!

I am utterly gutted that I can't make it for a live performance, but I'm so grateful to have had the opportunity to at least see a filmed version. Even in the recording, I can see how amazing this show is, and so I am over the moon to award "Gumshoe!" a Fantastic Fringe Award!

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"Gumshoe!" can be seen at Gilded Balloon Appleton Tower throughout the fringe!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone, and, most of all, I hope you have a fantastic fringe! 😁

Love,

Tony x