In his debut solo show, Toulson focuses on the unsuccessful sides of his life and career – shyly omitting how he won the 2007 Hackney Empire new act of the year.

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Kane bases his show on the theory that British people are compulsively ‘emotionally retarded’; in other words the whole population is unable to present or even think of themselves as unflawed, and consequently mainly appreciates that have escaped perfection.

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Leifer is a veteran of comedy. She started at 21, was one of the writers for hit shows Seinfeld and the Larry Sanders Show, and her present act is about to be turned into a book. With such promises, the failing result is even more disappointing.

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Better known for her crime novels, Glasgow author Denise Mina decided to write her own version of MacDiarmid’s poem A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle, by revisiting the same themes of Scottish-ness and national identity.

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Moorhouse’s idea for this show is good and original: he realises he has 641 friends on Facebook, and following his gran’s advice that one can count his best friends on one hand, decides to get rid of 636 – and takes the audience along the elimination process.

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Reprising his character ‘Terry the odd job Man From Bristol’ from the BBC Upstaged competition, Jody Kamali brings the audience to a gap year in India.

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For his new show, Hunter uses the same tricks as before: reflections on what it’s like to live in the UK as a foreigner.

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Mark Watson is clearly not a newcomer at stand up comedy. This is some great, real stand up act, in which he does not hesitate to unashamedly advertise his latest novel if he so pleases to.

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Back at the Fringe for the 17th year in a row, Shakespeare for Breakfast is the perfect morning show by excellence.

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A newcomer at the Fringe, Mick Sergeant makes his plan clear from the first minutes of his show: he wants to talk about identity.

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