Xhloe and Natasha's Bigfoot Show Hits Edinburgh Fringe
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- Xhloe and Natasha deliver a high-energy two-hander at Summerhall, Edinburgh, set to 90s chart hits and built around minimal props including a detachable Bigfoot mask, furry mitts, and clawed shoes used to schlocky effect.
- The show "Bigfoot Ripped My Dog in Half I Saw It" is co-directed by Tom Costello and runs until 30 August at Summerhall before transferring to Soho Theatre, London, from 7–26 September.
- The duo play multiple characters across an Appalachian town, with the plot following two teenagers in trouble until Bigfoot is saddled by townspeople with assorted crimes in a daisy chain of lies.
- The reviewer reads the show as a state-of-the-union address, flagging themes of misinformation, flagrant cover-ups, environmental neglect, encouraged division, and "meaninglessly empty" official statements, with a stop sign prop calling for a "complete reset for the US."
- The production extends the duo's previous works "And Then the Rodeo Burned Down," "What If They Ate the Baby?," and "A Letter to Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First," which the reviewer says occupied more familiar terrain.
- The reviewer finds the new show sometimes "slightly too on the nose" and misses the emotional hit of the duo's LBJ story, but praises their "light touch in handling heavy subject matter" amid floor-trembling thuds.
Why it matters: The positive review positions Xhloe and Natasha's politically charged Appalachian satire as a breakout Fringe hit, justifying a London transfer to Soho Theatre in September; it's a notable escalation in scale for the duo, who previously performed more contained character studies.
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