Solo Shows: Info and Reviews

Lema has written, performed, and produced three solo shows. She just finished a workshop run of her third solo show, Bean vs. The Robots, at Hollywood Fringe and will be bringing it to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August. Lema’s first show, Bean, was awarded Best of Hollywood Fringe and called one of the “top ten shows not to miss” at Fringe World Festival by The West Australian. See below for reviews of Bean and Bean vs. The Robots.

Reviews

For Bean vs. The Robots at Hollywood Fringe Festival:

Audience Reviews

For Bean at Hollywood Fringe Festival:

“Lema’s one woman show Bean is a very up close and personal experience; an experiment in intimacy and disclosure of those moments in life that make you who you are, or who you think you are.” - LA Theatre Review

“These kinds of shows depend almost entirely on the performer's personality and wit, and Lema has plenty enough to get her through.” - LAist

For Bean at Fringe World Festival Perth:

“Armed with little more than a cooking spatula and a kindy-class chair, the diminutive writer-actor is a lively, likable and witty performer.” - The West Australian

“Lema gives some wonderfully detailed accounts of the intimacy, intensity and inventiveness of childhood experiences.” - The West Australian

“A solo theatre show that brings you closer to the funny and touching journey of a girl in a big world, who is not quite ready to grow up.” - The Sunday Times

“Top 10 treasury shows not to miss.” – The Sunday Times

Shows

Bean

Named Best of Hollywood Fringe and a Top Ten Pick of Fringe World Festival in Perth, Australia, this weird solo show tells the story of a young adult named Bean as she searches to reconnect with the fearlessness she had as a child.

(refried) Bean

In this solo show sequel to Bean, which debuted at the Los Angeles Solo Festival, an unfortunate dating curse has been placed on Bean. If she can’t figure out how to break it, she will be doomed to go on awkward and terrible dates—forever!

Bean vs. The Robots

A brand new sci-fi solo show musical, including 9 new songs, written and performed by Midge Lema. Bean is trapped inside her spaceship. And now you’re trapped with her. Bean lost her memories and must play sad little songs on her keyboard in space. While she sings, you start to lose all sense of time. But don’t worry. In space, there’s always time. Or is there? As Bean performs her weird little show for you, she remembers why she, and perhaps you, needed to go to space in the first place. A sci-fi comedy exploration of grief through the wistful and weird eyes of a lost space traveller.