29/11/2025
Saturday 29th Nov. 11am – 12noon
What the Brontes Did at the Fringe presented by Pauline Vallance
Admission £5, tea/coffee available for donation.
The world famous Bronte Sisters, authors of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights come to Fringe! What shows would they go to? Would they hit the nightlife? A one woman show with original songs and a kicking bonnet!
The show has been presented at the Edinburgh Fringe and Morecambe Fringe, at Spital Arts and at the Haworth Festival (in the very hall where Charlotte had her wedding reception!). It imagines Charlotte Bronte visiting Edinburgh at 3 separate moments in her life – with her sisters before they become famous, alone after her sisters have died, but when she has become famous and on a romantic trip with her new husband. It includes a trip to a nightclub, an interview as part of the Book Festival, with discussion on the actors set to play Rochester and a death scene, including Charlotte's actual last words.
The story is interspersed with 6 original songs, 3 of which feature on Pauline’s album 'The World's a Gift', which has been called “A gift that keeps on giving” Folking.com The show has been described as “a warm, gently comic show....as refreshing and genteel as high tea” (Morecambe Fringe) Audience comments have included “managed to tell the story in a sweet, funny and sad way” and "this show has heart as well as laughs".
