Jessica Fosteskew: Moving

Review by Jennifer McKiernan | 28 Aug 2013

Jessica Fostekew mixes a solid self-assuredness with a strong line in self-deprecation, creating a smart and hilarious show.

Moving is a journey through her peripatetic life so far and the various sofas and shared flats she's inhabited. She raids old diaries for the pretentious entries of her late teens and pokes fun at the lifestyle she and her friends shared through their early 20s. A brief and uncomfortable stay with relatives is the sort of hellish invasion of privacy everyone can relate to, before she finally meets the man of her dreams and moves in with him.

Unfortunately, he collects torches. Also cables and boxes. In fact, he's a compulsive hoarder and she's moved in with his collections too.This is at the bottom of her list of worries, though, compared to moving with her spiral staircase, in the hands of a removals company claiming to be the 'friendliest in London'. Her impression of the Cockney removals man is one of several to hit the spot.

Once she's in and negotiations over the hoard have concluded, Jessica discovers her own obsession with the neighbours. The passive-aggressive war of who has the most perfect lifestyle begins and continues until ribs are aching. Well worth seeing. 

Jessica Fostekew: Moving, Cabaret Voltaire, 5.05pm, Edinburgh Free Fringe 2013