Potty the Plant
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Potty The Plant is a dark comedy nusical based around the character of Potty, a singing tap dancing potted plant.
History[edit]
Short film[edit]
Potty The Plant was originally released as a 10-minute long short film in 2017. The short film won The Monkey Bread Tree Film Award for Best Film Score by Baden Burns. The short film was also nominated for Best Ensemble Cast and Best Genre Piece of the Season for 2017.
Stage Musical[edit]
An hour long stage musical version, with added songs and subplots, premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2023, produced by Little Big Stack Theatre Company, and ran for a month at Gilded Balloon Patterhoose on Chambers Street, Edinburgh.[1] The show was also featured for one night at the Durham Fringe Festival with the same cast.
A cast recording is currently under production and will be released in 2024.
Cast[edit]
- Potty The Plant - Baden Jack Burns
- Miss Lacy - Sarah Oakland
- Dr Acula - Alex Singh
- Nurse Dave/ The Moon - Zach Burns
- Nurse Stephen/ The Sun - Sam Ridley
- Nurse Mel/ Little Timmy - Steph Cubello
Production team[edit]
Dialogue and Lyrics: Baden Jack Burns, Sarah Oakland, Aeddan Sussex
Music: Baden Jack Burns
Reception[edit]
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The show received a positive reception from critics at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Potty The Plant gained 4 Stars from Broadway Baby, which praised the show's "Silly Seriousness".[2] Other 4 star reviews from publications included Fringe Review,[3] Theatre, Films and Art Reviews[4] and Lost In Theatreland.[5] ThreeWeeks also gave the show 4 stars, writing "It must say something when a musical's irritating, infernally catchy tunes are still with you the day after you've seen it".[6]
Broadway World gave Potty The Plant 3 Stars, saying "Potty the Plant is the show for people who want an hour of ridiculous, musical fun - led by a slightly unsettling plant! From its beginnings as a short film to this show, Potty the Plant is sure to continue to grow."[7]
References[edit]
- ^ Hall, Margaret. "11 Edinburgh Fringe Shows to See at Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (That's a Venue)". Playbill.
- ^ "Potty the Plant: 4 star review by Katerina Partolina Schwartz". broadwaybaby.com. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ Stein, Tamara (August 17, 2023). "Potty The Plant - A New Dark Comedy Musical. Review". FringeReview.
- ^ Outthere1971 (2023-08-12). "Potty the Plant". Theatre, Films and Art reviews. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Catherall, Ella (2023-08-14). "POTTY THE PLANT - REVIEW - EDINBURGH FRINGE". lostintheatreland.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ "Potty The Plant (Little Big Stack) | ThreeWeeks Edinburgh". Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ Smith, Helen. "EDINBURGH 2023: Review: POTTY THE PLANT, Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose - Doonstairs". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2023-09-09.