ANTI-WINEHOUSE

EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL 2008 REVIEW

 ANTI-WINEHOUSE

World Premiere

Zoo Southside

Reviewed by Jacqueline Sharp

Rio and Georgina had a sell out show! 

The audience loved them, I couldn’t help wonder what they did as newbies at the Fringe to get sold out on a first performance.

Shows struggle to get bums on seats, probably because the flyer was poor, or promoting the show didn’t grab the crowd, but these two teenagers pulled it off.  Audiences were drawn to them as they lay on the ground on the Royal Mile High Street, promoting their show surrounded by empty wine bottles.

I really liked Rio and Georgina, they are gutsy, sensible, very talented and approachable and friendly young women. Their show is informal and a great joy to listen to, I liked the fact that it was in a small venue.  It was like being in a large comfy living room,.  It was easy to hear the music clearly and wonderful that the music filled the whole room.

Rio and Georgina, on stage are very talented eighteen-year olds, They had the audience in the palm of their hands. They're extremely talented songwriters and musicians, who also sing well together, and it is fantastic that each one can also sing individually. 

Both of them have experience in the music industry as they were half of the indie-rock-band Orange Room. They split from the band in October 2007  to form their own duo and write and perform their own songs.  Check out www.myspace.com/orangeroom

Their style is Brechtian punk cabaret, unplugged.  They sing their own original songs, apart from Rehab of course, which is their own extremely funny cover. They perform: Love Affair, Memorandum, Hyde Park, Last Attractive Guy, You Might Be An Ocean, Drive Tonight, Hang On, Vivien Leith, Nostalgia, Rehab, Million and One.  Check out www.myspace.com/rioandgeorgina for more information.

I really liked their performance. This talented duo will be hugely successful as singers and songwriters.  Their material is also very funny with its gimmicks and observations on the media and Amy Winehouse. 

This duo will be become very famous. Justt remember who told you so!  I am sure that when they finish with their tour of Anti-Winehouse, they will be so successful that their next tour will simply be Rio and Georgina. I am certain that several record companies will be knocking on their doors very soon to offer these girls a record deal.  They would be wise to let these girls retain their right to create their own works and style.