By Ernest Kearney — EGG by Australian Performer Erin Fowler is one of the virtual shows imported to Hollywood Fringe ’21 from Down Under in association with Joanne Hartstone. EGG is a clever dance piece chronicling a woman’s life from birth (i.e. egg) to death (i.e. shell).
In relaying her various milestones from birth— through a range of birthdays —to her first kiss, marriage and death, Fowler employs selections of familiar and, at times, rather pat tunes.
At the outset, Fowler represents the determined little sperm struggling to reach the egg to the dulcet crooning of the Irish singer Enya’s “Orinoco Flow,” and when she experiences her first period – well, what else but Chris de Burgh’s much maligned “The Lady in Red.”
The piece enters an introspective point when Fowler’s character is of an age when faced with whether to utilize her own “eggs” or…?
Fowler’s piece was produced in South Australia’s coastal capital, Adelaide during the height of the Covid-19 health crisis. The Australian Health Ministry allowed EGG to be performed once before a live audience so that it could be filmed. This is the product.
Fowler and her piece, while a bit overlong, is a lovely performance that is – at times – delightful – at times – touching, yet always sincere.
For EGG a BRONZE MEDAL.
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Egg
is a Hollywood Fringe Festival 2021 Virtual Event
Thursday August 26 2021, 8:00 PM | 55 mins
Pacific Time (US & Canada) virtual performance
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