Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review Princess Pumpalot 3 Stars

3-STAR Review of the 2014 Princess Pumpalot show by The Edinburgh Guide.

If there are any children who don’t love a good fart joke, I certainly haven’t met them. Princess Pumpalot, her royal parents, and her loyal servant Guffy know the many ins-and-outs of a good fart, so to speak.

Who knew that a fart was a powerful defense against a low-flying gnome invasion? Or that it was a right-of-passage for 16-year-old princesses? These and other charming discoveries carry the audience along on this fast-paced romp through one royal family’s strange traditions.

Audience participation comes in the panto tradition, along with call-and-response and quasi-fart-making en masse.

Princess Pumpalot is a likeable, spunky character but while the story avoids some fairytale tropes, it doesn’t quite resist the damsel-in-distress and happily-every-after via a handsome dance partner ending.

A solid, colourful production.