Giraffe review – sparkling one-woman show stands out from the crowd

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It takes a brave writer/performer to make her character a sociopath. How to keep the audience on board with someone who is callous and indifferent? In Abigail Weinstock’s sparkling one-woman show, 30-year-old Eliana has been caught making clandestine recordings in her neighbour’s bedroom and cannot deny it. A court summons follows. Even then, her first thought is how to game the system. Her attempt to do so is what gives Giraffe its structure. Eliana has a fortnight until going in front of a judge who will determine whether her temporary restraining order should be made permanent. If she can drum up three letters of support in that time, she has…

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