Alex Kitson gives a rollercoaster of a performance in his new hour Now Look Here, weaving an overarching tale of the danger of focusing too much on the one dream in the form of 'the big light', tech’s contributions to the problem and the woes of a comedian without a social media following into a giddy and warm hour of good fun gags and SNL-worthy impressions. What occurs in the Big Yurt is one of those once in a lifetime Fringe performances that once seen will live rent free in our heads and will be remembered at the most inopportune moments.
Under the Sea: Interview with Eleanor Morton
Bringing mermaid-core to the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe, Eleanor Morton talks to Pepper&Salt about her new show, The Mermaid, the Mermaid-Siren paradigm as well all things water deities, russalki and selkies.
Nick Helm: No One Gets Out Alive
To use words like delightful, hilarious, immersive - despite being accurate - would be to greatly undersell Nick Helm’s No One Gets Out Alive. The best descriptor would therefore be something along the lines of ‘what if a car crash was positive?’ in the way that the show itself is indescribably forceful and chaotic as well as the fact that we just simply can’t look away from Helm’s performance.