YOUR GUIDE TO EDINBURGH'S FESTIVALS
This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
ED2022 Comedy Reviews ED2022 Theatre Reviews
Elementa (Sian Eleanor Green)
By Juliette Willis | Published on Tuesday 16 August 2022
Although this environmentalist play has a unique concept, its objective to be a ‘comedy’ is never fully satisfied. Despite Sian Eleanor Green’s contagious energy and charisma, the piece is more informative than anything else. Set in a superhero convention, Elementa’s solo panel will leave you both horrified and ashamed of the indelible imprint humans are leaving on Earth. Green cleverly interlaces an antagonism against the convention’s sponsor ‘RocketFuel’, representing the contradictions of the ‘one percent’ who prioritise profits despite our collapsing climate. Highlights included Elementa’s battles against Tidal Dave and Richter Rick as well as her impressive physicality when pretending to manipulate air particles. Despite Green’s undeniable talent, ‘Elementa’ would perhaps be most effective as an educational show for teenagers.
Greenside @ Infirmary Street, until 27 Aug.
tw rating 3/5 | [Juliette Willis]
