[Fringe Review] James Dowdeswell - Wine
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There is something rather fitting in the choice of venue for James Dowdeswell’s comedic exploration of the world of fermented grape juice in “Wine.” The Baby Belly is built into the caves and cellars under Edinburgh’s South Bridge regularly conjour up ghostly sightings through the year, but Dowdeswell happily takes what could be a tough venue and manages to evoke the idea of sitting in a Wine Cellar - not only comforting and siding with the audience, but setting the atmosphere perfectly.
The show is a gently formed trip through Dowdeswell’s discovery of wine in the last two or three years, which happily digresses away from trips with his Father to French vineyards, snap appearances as a top wine journalist at the largest Wine Fair in London, to take in anything and everything that he cares to handle. Both a strong story and a sense of off-the-cuff ‘ooh that happened as well’ randomness kept me entertained and engaged.
And what would a show about wine be without some of the liquid to sample yourself?
Edfringe.com Link: James Dowdeswell - Wine.
