The Way The City Ate The Stars
by Wil Greenway
SOLD OUT EDINBURGH FRINGE 2016
WINNER: Three Weeks Editor's Choice Award
Margaret is in hospital, counting the minutes between her contractions. I'm not far away, pushing my car as fast as it'll go. Uncle Sven is in a similar boat. His boat is a car. And his car is maybe five minutes in front of mine.
written and performed by Wil Greenway
music written and performed by Will Galloway and Kathryn Langshaw
directed by Kellie Tori
produced by Nick James Clark
“This is absolutely gorgeous storytelling with some bloody lovely songs thrown in for good measure. It’s dense and rich and fanciful and somehow still entirely grounded. I, genuinely, at the end, after laughing and thinking and feeling for an hour, had a single tear rolling down my right cheek. Not, bloody, bad.”
Daniel Kitson
“This is a real gem. Filled with warmth, wonder and poetic images that linger long in the mind’s eye, this is storytelling at its best.”
The Daily Mail (Five Picks from the Fringe)
“One of the most masterful storytellers I have ever seen… I cannot recommend seeing this show enough”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Charlotte Thomas – Ed Fringe Review
“What a curious and delightful confection this is – one of the most original productions we’ve seen at this year’s fringe. Greenway’s dazzling words and the haunting harmonies of his musical collaborators combine to create something quite extraordinary. Word of mouth about this show is spreading fast… Our advice? Grab a ticket while you still can.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Bouquets & Brickbats
“Achingly beautiful…and ridiculously funny”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Fresh Air
“Greenway elevates the art of storytelling with this lyrical, moving, funny and compassionate tale of love and tragedy...a beautiful piece of theatre”
★ ★ ★ ★ WhatsOnLondon
“This show has sold out every night so far… and rightly so”
★ ★ ★ ★ Three Weeks
“Pure, wholesome storytelling at its best… this production is a treat”
★ ★ ★ ★ Grace Calvert – Ed Fringe Review
“The packed classroom fills with warmth from the exhilarating power of this surreal love story”
★ ★ ★ ★ Fest
“Impossible not to like… envelops you like a warm hug and holds you there for hours afterwards. It’s a soulful, engrossing, nourishing hour… delivered by one of the most charming storytellers at the Fringe”
★ ★ ★ ★ The Reviews Hub
“A gripping multi-stranded adventure… storytelling at its best”
★ ★ ★ ★ Fringe Guru
“Even the most hardened of theatre-goers will be hard pressed to remain unmoved”
★ ★ ★ ★ Broadway Baby