Georgie Grier plays to sell-out Edinburgh crowd 24 hours after tearful tweet

Georgie Grier, right, pictured with Karen Koren, the artistic director of the Gilded Balloon, where Grier’s show sold out on Friday. Photograph: Steve Ullathorne/PA

An actor who went viral online after she posted a tearful tweet about performing her one-woman show to an audience of one at the Edinburgh festival fringe has played to a sell out crowd only 24 hours later.

The actor and writer Georgie Grier received messages of support from comedians including Jason Manford and Dara Ó Briain when she posted on Twitter on Thursday afternoon: “There was one person in my audience today when I performed my one-woman play, ‘Sunsets’ at #edfringe. It’s fine, isn’t it? It’s fine …?”