2017 Edinburgh Fringe
Lewis Schaffer: Unopened Letters From My Mother
Lewis Schaffer is reading previously unopened letters from his late mother. Be prepared for any emotion, from anger, to guilt, to floods of tears. As each show is led by a different letter it's hard to predict how it will go on any particular day, but it's worth finding out. If you took away the humour it could be a Tate Gallery art installation, but there's plenty of laughter to mask the pain...
Each day the London-based New York comic will read an unopened letter from his mother, sent before she died alone in New York. 'Stands at the edge of metaphorical precipice' (R Stamp, FringeGuru.com). ***** (Scotsman). 'Compelling, unique and most of all unpredictable' (Bruce Dessau, London Evening Standard).
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The comedy critic, the comic & the sado-masochism.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 17th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 15
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John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 17th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 13
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John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 15th August 2017Edinburgh Fringe day 12
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Chortle, 18th July 2017Lewis Schaffer and the unopened letters from his mother
The penultimate time I saw London-based American comedian Lewis Schaffer, he was touting a show in a venue "near Leicester Square" in which the audience had to turn up at a corner of the square and be led to a highly secret venue.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 8th July 2017Performances
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| 4th Aug 2017 | 20:30 | The Counting House |
| 5th Aug 2017 | 20:30 | The Counting House |
| 6th Aug 2017 | 20:30 | The Counting House |
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| 22nd Aug 2017 | 20:30 | The Counting House |
| 23rd Aug 2017 | 20:30 | The Counting House |
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| 26th Aug 2017 | 20:30 | The Counting House |
| 27th Aug 2017 | 20:30 | The Counting House |