This show's about emotional abuse from her step-grandfather and the title comes from an experiment where a frog when placed in a pot of boiling water will immediately jump out but when placed in cold water and it's slowly heated up it won't jump and instead will allow itself to be boiled alive. Rather graphic for a comedy show...and yet, she makes it work.
Sofie Hagen is a very open, honest and warm performer, and she handles the possibly atmosphere destroying topics with such sensitivity and honesty while injecting light-heartedness in the right points that the audience is carried along on a very personal journey with laughs and tugged heartstrings in equal measures.
What's more, the story ends with the 'baddie's' comeuppance - it's a classic story of good and evil.
It's a really enjoyable, heart-warming and intelligently written show performed with charm adn love. Definitely worth seeing.
Score: 9/10
Venue: Bedlam Theatre
Dates: 7th-28th Augus
Time: 14:00
Price: £10
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