Anna Thomson, founding member of PO PO MO CO and formidable powerhouse of queer clowning, delivers a masterpiece of modern grotesque comedy in Madame Nightshade’s Poison Garden.

Mr James Hancox - as he really, really, likes to be called - has created a show that is simultaneously everything it says on the tin and completely unexpected.

Chiptunes, sprite graphics, and all the hallmarks of late 80s video games provide the setting, but Clara Cupcakes is the meat of this show, and deliciously madcap octopus meat at that.

When Tor Snyder hits the mark, she’s hugely entertaining. In Dating Naked, healthy doses of self-deprecation and the comedy stalwart theme of an artist not being able to get their life together do actually work, albeit sporadically, to deliver laughs.

Imagine, if you will, a frantic, breathless reshaping of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, performed in a parrot costume and interwoven with an internal monologue that regularly swims to the surface.

Sometimes, reality is simultaneously all too much and not enough. Sometimes, we need to see the world in distorted segments before we can rediscover the wonder of it all.

Packed with comedic tropes, none of which are delivered in the ways we’re accustomed to, Yolav & Graham: Jovial Trauma goes well beyond a conventional stand-up performance.

Science, dick jokes, politics, pop parodies, and improvised rap. This is just the beginning when it comes to Matt Kilpa’s show.

Storytelling doesn’t have to be entirely relatable and anyone who claims they can relate to every single element of Lisa Skye’s show is probably lying. Either that, or they’re actually Skye wearing a fake moustache in an attempt to trick you.

Some stand up shows... well, they stand out as opposed to up and Struan All Over the World is one of them.