A new, one-woman show about the lives we have lived, the lives we wanted to live and the difference between the two is to be staged at Buxton Fringe.
NoLogoProductions will present Almost Famous, written and directed by Andy Moseley. It will be his sixth play to be taken to Buxton Fringe and follows Make-Up, which was nominated for best production and best male actor in 2021. That also went to festivals in the USA, Australia and Ukraine as well as touring the UK.
Almost Famous features Emily Benton, a 70-year-old actor who has found herself back at the bottom of the pile after a career on Broadway and in Hollywood. She is back in the UK, and with her pedigree, she should be in Downton Abbey or The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Instead she’s auditioning for a role in a devised play at Buxton Fringe. Worse still, the part only became available when the actor who was meant to play her went to join the theatre in the sky. Jac Wheble plays Emily.
Moseley said, “it’s great to be back at Underground Venues and Buxton Fringe. The first show I brought here, Are You Lonesome Tonight?, went on to have three productions in America and another in Australia. The last show, Make-up, made it to Ukraine. Who knows where Almost Famous will reach?"
Almost Famous will be performed Underground at Spring Gardens, Buxton on Monday 21 July at 7PM and Tuesday 22 July at 2:30PM.