Kahlil Ashanti
If you only want to go to one show at the Edinburgh Fringe, I thoroughly recommend you should go to see Kahlil Ashanti’s “Basic Training”.
Kahlil does a knockout one-man show where he plays a host of characters, all of whom are completely different and instantly recognisable. I’ve never seen so much energy rolled up into a single person. Watching him is like being on a rollercoaster, as the audience is thrown from side to side, from drama to comedy to pathos. The show is a wonderful autobiographical tale of how Kahlil got to be in the USAF’s entertainment troupe, Tops in Blue.
He was so good, I’m going back to see him for a second time.
UPDATE: I saw him a second time, and he was even better! He got a standing ovation. And it looks like I’m not the only one - here’s a review in the Edinburgh Evening News.
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August 4th, 2007 20:27
Loved the clip, i would definitely go and see this guy.
August 5th, 2007 13:15
Claire, I can definitely recommend it. Kahlil’s appeared at the Fringe before, so if you manage to get up to Edinburgh for another festival, you may be lucky and see him then.