2026 Audience Reviews

Company: Rainsview Creative
Show: Ready Player, Too
Venue: Open Eye Theatre

Best Solo Show Ive seen at Fringe.. ever

Ready Player Too is an absolute gem. At its heart, this is a show about play; soccer, video games, competition. but it becomes something much bigger. It’s about what happens when someone who has spent her life feeling the tension of competition begins to understand how debilitating a world built around scarcity can be, a 'Thunderdome'. And then she discovers another way to play. Instead of needing to win, she learns how to light someone else’s candle. To pick people up. To be the wingwoman. To recognize what someone else needs and help them get there. I honestly think we need more of that in the world. We need more people with the self-awareness to understand themselves and the generosity to use that understanding to help guide people who haven’t gotten there yet. And somehow, while exploring all of this, she’s also really damn funny. The show is heartfelt, hilarious, vulnerable, and paced beautifully. There isn’t a moment that feels wasted. You’re watching an unbelievably talented human tell a deeply personal story, but it never feels self-indulgent. it feels like she’s inviting you to play alongside her. And this is her FIRST FRINGE?! That needs to be called out. Because if Ready Player Too is what she does the first time out, I desperately want to see what she does next. Go see this show. And then somebody please make sure she keeps making more.