Erin Farrington – Think Better: Manifesting Money, Real Estate And Hot People Review

Erin Farrington – Think Better: Manifesting Money, Real Estate And Hot People Review

7th-13th & 15th-25th August 2024

Think Better Manifesting Money, Real Estate and Hot People is my surprise package at the Edinburgh Festival this summer.  Playing in Bunker Two at the Pleasance Courtyard, we’re ushered into this intimate space and sat on three sides where we observe a simple stage set with incense sticks and tarot cards on a small table and framed by a large rug hanging from the ceiling and spilling down onto the stage floor.   

With a big “Let’s hear it for….” announcement from her technician and co-performer, Erin Farrington enters the space armed with a hand held microphone and takes her place centre stage as our spiritual guru for the session.  She is dorky, incompetent and uses her quirky, squeaky voice to wonderful comic affect.  We don’t quite know what to expect but she’s already making us chuckle.

“This is a very amusing show and a clear jibe at the many self-appointed spiritual gurus of this world who tap in the growing self-help market”

Farrington introduces herself and explains how she’ll be helping us to manifest our own dreams and desires.  She gently patronises and criticises us for our gullibility, eagerly pointing out that not a single person in the audience thought to run a Google search to check her credentials.  She tells us of her own aspiration, a musical moment…with an audience, and we get a strong sense that we’ll help her to realise this today. 

We are informed of the importance of cleansing the room and creating the right environment and she attempts to establish a receptive ambience with incense sticks.  All appears to be going well until the incense stick fails to light.  She tries repeatedly, asking us to talk amongst ourselves but her grand plan is flawed when the stick eventually lights but immediately goes out.  She has us in stitches.  

We’re subjected to group meditation where Farrington’s soothing words take us away to a tranquil setting onboard a boat but this soon descends into a chaotic and traumatic experience as someone falls in and drowns.  We comply obediently with our eyes closed but there are giggles and smirks throughout.   

Farrington is funny in her style and presentation but really comes into her own when she begins to target audience members, offering to furnish them with their very own manifestation.  Her razor-sharp wit and playful banter is deployed to rip to shreds any response no matter how straightforward it might be.  

Tarot cards are the next trick up her sleeve and yet more audience members are subjected to special treatment and given a spiritual insight into their future. 

This is a very amusing show and a clear jibe at the many self-appointed spiritual gurus of this world who tap in the growing self-help market.  A refreshing, comical entertainment which will have you laughing from start to finish. 

Stephen Cambridge