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2023 Edinburgh Fringe

Portable Dorothy Parker

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Venue

53: theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall
Room: Grand Theatre

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The year is 1943: Dorothy Parker, famed wit, writer, and critic, is on the warpath. Viking Press is about to publish a collection of Dorothy's poems and short stories, and Dorothy must make the selections. Now. As Dorothy sorts through her works, she reminisces about her life: her famous friends (Lillian Hellman, F Scott Fitzgerald, and, especially, Ernest Hemingway), the wits of the Round Table, the founding of The New Yorker, and her many loves and heartbreaks. Has it all been worth it? Has she made her mark as a writer, or is she merely clever?

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Strong language/swearing.

Reviews

Press articles

Annie Lux: The Portable Dorothy Parker

The Portable Dorothy Parker is a play by Annie Lux that shares its name with a 1940s anthology of stories and poems written by Parker, and is set as the writer, satirist and founding member of the Algonquin Round Table gets to work compiling the book.

Caro Moses, ThreeWeeks, 31st July 2023

80 picks in theatre at Edinburgh Fringe 2023, part 2

If you are in Scotland in August, please consider supporting some of these shows (or any Fringe show!) by buying a ticket or spreading the word.

Louise Penn, LouReviews, 26th July 2023

Fringe in 5 - Margot Avery

We chat to Margot Avery about all things Edinburgh Fringe as she prepares to take her show The Portable Dorothy Parker up North!

Amy Rye, Lost in Theatreland, 7th July 2023

Performances

Date Time Venue
4th Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
5th Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
6th Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
7th Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
8th Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
9th Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
10th Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
11th Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
12th Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
14th Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
15th Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
16th Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
17th Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
18th Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
19th Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
20th Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
21st Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
22nd Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
23rd Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
24th Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
25th Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)
26th Aug 2023 15:15 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Grand Theatre)

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