It's Hogmanay 2010, and Daisy turns 17 tomorrow. Tonight she wants to go and welcome in her big day at a party, in the glamourous surroundings of the Fraserburgh Liesure Centre. And if she's not being allowed to go, can an unexpected discovery in the wardrobe do anything to help?
Want to hear Whitney Houston lyrics sung in Doric? Experience time travel? See the dead come back to life? As Daisy tells us, anything can happen in the theatre, and here it does. There's nods to Judy Garland and Charles Dickens and other elements of popular culture. Written by Katie Barnett and James Siggens, Barnett herself plays Daisy, and all the other parts, with Siggens and Gavin Whitworth providing musical and vocal accompaniment. It's not always easy to catch all the lyrics, but Barnett has a good singing voice and is an engaging and energetic performer. The script is witty, moves along at a strong pace, and the songs are kept short and snappy. There's even a bit of a moral in the ending.
Funny, frothy, sentimental, a bit of a tearjerker, and always entertaining, My Doric Diary brings out the smiles and if there's little of real substance to the piece, that's entirely forgivable in a performance that's so much fun. A worthy ending to this season of A Play, a Pie and a Pint.
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