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Ida Barr - Artificial Hip-hop

Fringe Programme page 33
I expected an elderly lady in a wheel chair signing old music-hall songs. Crippled with arthritis and not long having had a Hip replacement.  Instead I was faced with a go-getting old dame of the theatre whose up beat slant on life almost puts my staid self to shame.  Her anecdotes hip-hop / rap stories are fun and what she can do with a lovely bunch of coconut's is amazing.
The title is actually very clever Ida rap’s and puts a hip-hop slant to old music hall numbers, stories of her life and she also uses some of the actual words or phrases from some r’n’b songs.
I had great fun despite the intimate venue, which can only be described as cozy.
Cult followings have developed round far less deserving performances.
Venue 23 Pleasance Dome

July 31 to August 26 (not 6,20)

Start time 18-30 (6-30pm) Finish time 19-30 (7-30pm)

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