EDINBURGH 2017: BWW Q&A- DollyWould
By: Natalie O'Donoghue Jul. 06, 2017
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Tell us a bit about DollyWould.
DollyWould is our B-side prog rock concept album. It's about Dolly, cloning, prosperity and death.
Need I ask, why Dolly Parton?
Our shows have usually always come from a place of anger - anger about the housing crisis, anger about the benefit system etc. Things are now so crap that we wanted to make a show from a place of love. We love Dolly. Who doesn't love Dolly? (She's also a massive lesbian - we love that)
I visited Dollywood in 2015 and have difficulty describing quite how magical it is- how has this show managed to convey that?
We literally bombard the audience with images of Dollywood. The show is about many things but our trip to Tennessee - and of course Dollywood - is a big part of it. The main thing we found about Dollywood was how it defied expectations and how surprising it was - we hope the show conveys that.
What sets it apart from other shows at the Fringe?
You can go and see one of the subjects (stars) of the show every day whilst in Edinburgh. She 'lives' at the Museum of Scotland. She works from 10 til 5. (To be clear, we are talking about Dolly the sheep here... We believe other Dolly is in Tennessee...)
Who would you recommend comes to see you?
Dolly Parton. Dolly fans. People who hate Dolly. Genetic scientists. Queers. Sheep (please).
Timings and ticket information for DollyWould are available on the edfringe website.
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