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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Mark Fisher

Giraffe review – sparkling one-woman show stands out from the crowd

Abigail Weinstock crouches on a stage prop holding a children's book
Touching … Abigail Weinstock in Giraffe. Photograph: Andrew Perry

It takes a brave writer/performer to make her character a sociopath. How to keep the audience on board with someone who is callous and indifferent?

In Abigail Weinstock’s sparkling one-woman show, 30-year-old Eliana has been caught making clandestine recordings in her neighbour’s bedroom and cannot deny it. A court summons follows. Even then, her first thought is how to game the system.

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