By Ernest Kearney — Alex McSherry takes his clue from Historian John Keegan’s classic work The Face of Battle, in his rousing narration of the battles of William Wallace (Braveheart) as told from a common foot soldier’s viewpoint. McSherry manages to weave the comic with the repulsive from start to finish.
It is remarkable to watch McSherry, as the old tanner some twenty years after the ending of the First War of Scottish Independence, resurrect the warrior raging with bloodlust from the memories he recounts.
And the brutal history he relates is certainly an antidote for those tainted by Mel Gibson’s chest pounding fairy tale Braveheart.
A GOLD MEDAL
The Tanner
is playing during Hollywood Fringe Festival 2022
Where: The Broadwater Black Box
6322 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90038
PERFORMANCE DATES:
Friday, June 10, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 12, 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 15, 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 18, 11:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 22, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, June 24, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 25, 10:30 p.m.
Running Time: 60 minutes – Ages 16+
TICKETS: $15.00
www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/7529
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