Review: Adventures of a Singing Acupuncturist

Review: Adventures of a Singing Acupuncturist

Join Olivia in the cellar of the Argyle Bar in Edinburgh and you will help make her dream come true. This witty one-woman show is autobiographical. Olivia tells us about growing up in Los Angeles, the daughter of Korean migrants, her time in New York and Las Vegas and the struggle to find love and fame...

As she talks and sings about her life, it is rather delightful and funny and there is a sense that more could be made of the pathos in the flow of the narrative, rather than always aiming for a comedic element. Her voice has a purity of tone, most notably in ‘I will miss you, New York', that leaves you wanting to hear more of that rather than the ‘send ups' (although the audition piece of ‘The More you Rove Someone' from Avenue Q is delicious!)

The Edinburgh connection resonates and thrums through the play - on her first visit to Edinburgh and the Festival, she ‘connects' with a man called Scott. He becomes her muse, encouraging her to find and follow her dream. That dream becomes performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Go along and hear for yourself how it all works out.. A lovely hour of an afternoon, just off the Meadows...