Amanda Knox's show, Cartwheel, discusses motherhood and how she will explain what happened in Perugia to her daughter
Amanda Knox's debut Edinburgh Fringe show has opened to mixed reactions, with critics describing it as "sincere" and "painfully unfunny".
The show, titled Cartwheel, arrived at the festival as one of this year's most talkedâabout productions, attracting criticism from Meredith Kercher's sister ahead of its first performance.
Knox, from the US, was convicted and later acquitted of murdering British student Kercher in Italy in 2007.
Early reviews suggest the show, which Kercher told the BBC focuses on "how the world is unsafe and unfair towards women," is more of a personal, oneâwoman piece than conventional standâup.
The Guardian awarded it four stars, external, praising its "spirit of defiance", while The Times only gave it two stars, external, calling the show "sincere" but "stilted".
The Daily Telegraph also only gave it two stars, stating Knox's performance was "so very far from great stand-up"., external
That particular opinion was echoed across several reviews, which argued that Knox is less a standâup comedian and more of a storyteller.
And the story she tells is extraordinary.
Meredith Kercher was an exchange student in Italy when she was murdered in her home
Knox, from Seattle, was 21 when she was arrested in Italy over the murder of her flatmate, Meredith Kercher, a student from Surrey, who was the same age.
Kercher was found dead in the house they shared while studying abroad in Perugia.
Knox's thenâboyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, was also arrested.
The pair spent almost four years in prison before they were acquitted on appeal in 2011.
A retrial briefly reinstated their convictions in 2014, but Italy's top court overturned them again in 2015.
