Edinburgh
IT IS ROCKET SCIENCE! was Helen's first solo Fringe show - performed daily at The Gilded Balloon, 30th July to 25th August 2008. |
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Edinburgh Reviews
FOUR STARS "Wonderful imagination... it's charming, interesting, funny and one of the most original shows on the Fringe." (Three Weeks)
FOUR STARS "Refreshingly different... skilful knowledge of visual humour." (Fest)
FOUR STARS "Packed with gags, silliness and science... a fun, fast-paced, gag-filled show" (Broadway Baby)
"Natural flair for comedy." (Edinburgh Evening News)
"Breathless enthusiasm... it is, aptly enough, a blast." (Chortle)
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BBC6
Click on the photo to hear Helen talk about the show to Nemone. (3 mins 13 secs) |
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Time Out
To read Helen's article about the show in Time Out, click on the photo for a PDF file. |
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Awards
At the Buxton Festival Fringe Awards in July 2008, IT IS ROCKET SCIENCE! received a Best Show award nomination and Helen won the Best Individual Performer Award.
Poster by Vincent Lewis.
Click on the poster image above to enlarge it.
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The Story
Helen loves space rockets. She brings their story to life with a fusion of stand-up
comedy and tinfoil in her debut solo show - a celebration of stargazing, space stamp collecting and the boundless possibilities of an infinite universe.
The epic sweep of mankind's journey up, up into space exactly and conveniently mirrors her own journey from awkward, lowly and mute daughter of a Yorkshire postman up, up into la-di-da stand-up comedian who sometimes addresses literally 19 people in pub function rooms.
Well, it kind of does...
With Space Nazis! Satanists! And Aeronautical Engineers! IT IS ROCKET SCIENCE! takes you on a whistlestop tour around the Great Brains who put monkeys, ladies, dogs and gentlemen into orbit.
MySpace
For the It Is Rocket Science! MySpace page, click
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