The Not So Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo

Synopsis

A frozen body found in a woodshed wreaks havoc in the local community, forcing them to confront questions of science, faith and immortality. Inspired by an incredible true story, multi-award winning company Vox Motus present a pitch dark comedy, featuring a host of eccentric characters, original live music and stunning design.

Our Review:

Scott Purvis - 23 September 2010

A story of small town America and d.i.y. cryogenics, Vox Mutus’s Fringe hit, The-Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo has come to chill in Glasgow’s Tron Theatre.

In the shadowy woods of Reliance Falls, an economically-troubled backwater any-town in the United States, transcendentalist Norwegian immigrant Fridtijof Fredo hides a family secret in his freezer. Amidst the frozen herring lies the cryogenically preserved head of his grandfather, patiently awaiting the medical Utopia which will raise the dead and defrost the frosty.

As the officious officials determined to defrost the cadaver and melt a potential media storm, Imogen Toner and Harry Ward are comedy gold, the sweet, cunning villains of a colourful cartoon. Toner’s Mayor Conquest is the all-American villain, a wonderfully expressive Sarah Palin parody with Ward’s bureaucratic Keystone Cop at her side. As Fredo, Ewan Donald is a cute Scandinavian Willy Wonka and, like [Simo...

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