At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a Fife theatrical company pays tribute to the celebrated young actress Helen Shapiro.

The narrative of Helen Shapiro encapsulates a great deal about the pop industry, which is characterized by the fact that stardom can be transient, but the memories will remain for decades to come.
She scored two number one singles when she was just 14 years old, and was awarded the best female singer in the United Kingdom before she reached 16 years old. As her teenage years came to a close, the attention had already passed to the subsequent generation of female vocalists.

The new production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe that is being performed by the Kingdom Theatre Company is called Shapiro: A Pop Star Musical. It recounts those heady days.

Over the course of its five-night run, which will come to an end on Saturday before the company gives its attention to its revival of Sinatra: The Musical, it has been well received by audiences, as seen by the fact that the packed, hot, little theater at Greenside in George Street has been completely sold out.Lily Martin and Amelie Christi bring a great deal of enthusiasm to their roles as schoolfriends and backing singers, while Theo Hart has two roles: he plays the songwriter John Schroieder, and he also makes a cameo appearance as John Lennon, who wrote a song for Shapiro that was rejected even before she had the opportunity to hear it. Stuart McLean is the producer of her music at Abbey Road.

The presentation is a chronological run through of Shapiro’s tale, and it culminates with a video synopsis of her life after she became famous. This brings the story full circle, and it concludes with a photo of her with the cast members who were not alive when she first made the charts. Some musical recollections are preserved.