Veteran actor returns to the Fringe to mark VE Day anniversary
Eight times Edinburgh Fringe veteran, Alison Skilbeck, brings her critically acclaimed solo show, Mrs Roosevelt Flies to London back to the Edinburgh Fringe for a third time this August.
The 80-year-old actor, born in the same week as VE Day in 1945, will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII with her tribute to the life and achievements of Eleanor Roosevelt.
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