Anil Desai promises to deliver 52 impressions in 52 minutes and does just that. In a one man show, he asks the audience to suggest situations for the list of celebrities he is going to impersonate – thus improvising their dialogue too.

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Barbershopera II is simply that: another Opera (they produced a show last year) performed in Barbershop Quartet style by three guys and a girl. It may seem a bizarre concept, but it works beautifully.

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The Penny Dreadfuls are a trio of formerly Edinburgh based actors and comedians, who have previously wowed us with their Victorian based comedy sketch shows featuring Aeneas Faversham.

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Tao’s drumming is truly a spectacle to behold. From the offset the performers beat rhythms both in solo performance and in group formation with pauses honed to the millisecond.

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Frisky and Mannish’s show is undoubtedly going to be one of the hits of Fringe. We are welcomed into the (packed out) room by Frisky (her) and Mannish (him) the singing and piano playing duo that perform their “education” of pop music to the people with more panache than Liberace

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Barry and Stuart present us with a show rife with comedy, magic, hypnotism and gross-out tricks. They are two faintly shambling magicians who seem constantly amused with the crowd and one another throughout the show.

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Pete Firman has been doing quite well for himself over the past few years and his sold out (or thereabouts) house reflects this.

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Airealism’s show is a selection of sketches strung together based upon the theme of the title, performed on various equipment (the trapeze, aerial hoop and rope) or using physical acrobatics.

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Flamenco is traditionally a dance of passion that can often be quite serious, so it is with great delight that Malaje turns out to be a passion-filled riot instead.

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Translating the plot twists and character conventions of Film Noir into a non-verbal Aerial performance piece is never going to be an easy task.

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