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The Elephant Woman
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The team behind last year's surprise Fringe hit The Wicker Woman repeat the formula for this novel re-interpretation of David Lynch's The Elephant Man.

Chronicling the travails of a woman fathered by an elephant and her love for a surgeon who takes her under his wing, fast-rising comedy trio Population: 3 blend bawdy humour and Shakespearean farce to create an outrageous, infantile, yet irresistibly infectious spectacle.

Unleashing a range of stock Victorian caricatures including street urchins, prostitutes and even a hilariously crude Oscar Wilde, this is burlesque comedy refracted through a post-modern prism.

Random tomfoolery or knowingly ironic parody? Either way, The Elephant Woman is a spectacularly silly jaunt which reveals itself as first-rate entertainment.

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