Review: Fangirl Fundamentals – Georgie Potter At The Motley Bauhaus

Review by Michelle Drinnan

Cards on the table: I am already a huge fan of Georgie Potter. She's a chaotic gremlin of fun, and knowing her cabaret show was self-written compelled me to get myself into that room as fast as humanly possible.

If you've ever sent fan mail, sobbed at a concert, or done something slightly unhinged in the name of a celebrity obsession, Georgie Potter is your people. And I mean that in the best possible way.

Georgie arrives on stage like someone who has been waiting her whole life to tell you these stories, and thank goodness she finally has. Fangirl Fundamentals is a comedy cabaret debut that announces a serious talent: a performer with warmth, wit, and an almost supernatural ability to make a room full of strangers feel like they're her best friends by the end of the first song.

The show traces Georgie's twenty-year journey as a fangirl, from earnest childhood fan mail through local band obsessions, backstage chaos, and viral moments with rock royalty. What could easily be a series of name-dropping anecdotes is instead something much more satisfying. The storytelling is sharp and structured, each chapter building on the last with real craft. By the time the most jaw-dropping stories arrive, you're not just entertained, you're completely invested. You want her to win every single time.

What makes it all work is Georgie herself. Her stage presence is magnetic. She commands the room with ease, swinging between high-energy hilarity and genuinely tender moments without ever losing her audience. The humour lands consistently and smartly, never punching cheap, and the fangirl theme hits differently once you realise how universal that particular flavour of passion, obsession, and sheer dedication really is. Most of us have been there. Georgie just had the audacity to follow through further than anyone else, and to write a show about it.

Funny, warm, chaotic in all the right ways, and beautifully told. Fangirl Fundamentals is a debut that didn't need to be this good, but it absolutely is. Georgie Potter is one to watch, and I for one cannot wait to see what she does next.

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