Half of Circolombia’s profits feed back in to the circus school for Colombian street children where this afternoon’s nine performers graduated from, and there is a raw, threatening authenticity that inhabits the show.

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1996 Perrier Comedy Award winner Milton Jones hasn’t exactly become an overnight success. He has had regular series on Radio 4 since winning the prize every Fringe comedian desires, but let’s face it – who hasn’t?

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Scottish drama sometimes tends to focus either on miserable social realism or bitingly black comedy; King of Scotland attempts both and doesn’t quite manage to do justice to either.

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A halo of neon encircles a stage adorned with a pink dress which hangs from the skeleton of a tree. Enter Simon Callow in drag. He deftly makes his way centre stage in high heeled shoes and announces, “Everybody stares at me on Tuesdays.”

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If you’ve seen the Soweto Gospel Choir before, you’re hopes will be understandably high, your ears ready to be lavished with soaring vocals and wonderfully uplifting songs.

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A master of stand-up comedy, Adam Hills returns to this year’s Fringe with an unscripted show. The idea behind it, he says, is that people in the audience are actually funnier than anything he could come up with, and as such, he just wants to chat with them, and find the funny side of the everyday man.

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There comes a certain expectation with an established act like Mark Watson. After a number of years at the Fringe, including his renowned 24 hour shows, and various TV and radio appearances, Watson returns with his more manageable “Do I Know You?” and he certainly doesn’t disappoint.

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At the end of a climb into the Edinburgh skyline, there is a tiny darkened stage, where magic awaits to be discovered.

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