When Women Wee is certainly illuminating. Set in the women’s bathroom throughout one night at a club, this exposure of hidden intimacy is perhaps the most raw performance at this year’s Fringe. It refuses to gloss over the reality of a toilet, and in so doing both undoes the ridiculous myth of pretty women being incapable of being human, but also tackles the actual thoughts of people.

The Dog-Eared Collective demonstrates how sensational the surreal is. This loud and fast paced sketch show raises constant laughter with their consistent, yet diverse material. As Snooker: The Musical highlights, Dog-Eared purports a brand of comedy that while being brazen with its silliness, avoids the puerile.

Martin’s sell out show dodged depravity and spoke of happy lives. Through extensive anecdotes, laced with self-deprecation, he reasoned how being alone makes you tool, and so one needs company. His stories are hilarious in part because they reflect what we all experience:

Doctor Brown never spoke a word for the first forty minutes, and yet he shook the audience into hysterics more than any other. The strength of silent comedy was thus confirmed. Brown’s control of the audience was established when he managed to remove an audience member’s pants and attempt fellatio – himself only in a silk dressing gown.