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The Listies scoop Primary Times award!
The winners of the seventh Primary Times Edinburgh Fringe Children’s Choice Award are Australian madcap duo The Listies!
The Listies - Richard Higgins and Matt Kelly – clinched the award for their show Ickypedia after being awarded five stars by this magazine’s adult and children reviewers. Our young reviewer said: “So funny, I want to come back every day.”
Richard and Matt said: “We are honoured by this award, and are thankful to Primary Times for taking our silliness so seriously. It is important that work for children is recognised as a legitimate sector of the festival, there are so many great family and children shows at the Fringe.”
The pair headed back to Australia after their Fringe run ended to appear at the Melbourne Fringe Festival and to work on their new YouTube series The Listies Work for Peanuts! Find out more at thelisties.com.
Runner-up was Islander: A New Musical, for 8+. Set on a small Scottish island on the brink of a big decision, with a contemporary Scottish folk-inspired score, the story follows a young girl, Eilidh, and what happens when the tide washes in a mysterious stranger. Our young reviewer called it “incredible.”
After sell-out Fringe performances, the show is due to open at Southwark Playhouse in London on October 2 for a three and a half week run, and organisers hope to tour both nationally and internationally.