Eurobeat – almost Eurovision Glynn Nicholas Group/No Mates Production   Lah-la-lah. La-la-lah. La-lala. - That's Ireland's entry to this interactive musical, which is just like, but even better, than the real thing. Eurobeat is Australia's answer to Eurovision, but restricted to ten countries. The competition provides endless fun in a fantastic, happy atmosphere. Each audience member gets assigned to one country and can vote for their favourite five entries via sms. Incredibly enjoyable, visually stunning, the memorable, satirical songs stick in the head and made me not only sing along but continued humming these even two days later. My face muscles were aching because of smiling so much, with unstoppable tears of laughter running down my face.

Busy Night UP & @ EM This one man show is quite enjoyable, light-hearted entertainment. Simon Goodall, a real life licensed cabbie driver, takes his detailed observations on his most extraordinary passengers and puts them into an amazingly, astounding explosion of sounds. At first, due to the rainy night, the show seems to be modelled on the Honda advert where a choir creates the car’s sounds, but slowly it develops to be so much more as his passengers share their past, their dreams, their day, their experiences and their body fluids. With the help of the sound technician, the enthusiastic Simon gives it all when creating music and atmospheric background noises to his monologues, whilst easily changing in and out of the various characters.

Adolf Guy Masterson Mankind is forever mulling over why it was possible for the Holocaust to happen. In this play, Pip Utton searches for the answer in solely exploring the personality of Adolf Hitler and his appeal to the masses. This is the tenth year the actor performs this show at The Fringe, and his award-winning performance is still hard-hitting and disturbing. The one person show consists of two parts; the first is about Adolf Hitler’s last remaining hours in the Berlin bunker in 1945, the second about everyday racism and discrimination. Despite significant historical inaccuracies, the rest of the bleak set-up, choreography, sound effects and performance are flawless; history is kept alive to warn us of its possible repetition.

Orpheus Clipa Theater (Israel) This modern interpretation of the Greek myth is strange but beautiful. The storyline conquers not only the underworld but also somehow the smoking ban. The two actors make clever use of props, costumes and puppets, therefore the cast appears to be much bigger. The story is conveyed solely by body movement and music rather than the conventional way of vocal, dance and facial expression. The performance is full of abstract symbolism and incomprehensible metaphors. Everything on stage portrays a deeper, soulful, somehow impressive but not very realistic, meaning. The music crosses over into being a sound installation rather than creating an emotional atmosphere and then changes back into providing the lead narrative.

The Penultimate Solution Heresy Project If you like predictable attacks on good taste and simple humour intending to shock, this is the show for you. Controversial discriminatory jokes, non-stop swearing and disrespectful absurd evaluations provoke constant sympathetic grins or offended disapproval from the audience. Additionally the two big mouths are keen and enthusiastic to tackle any heckling; they like to interact with the viewers and encourage participation. The self-proclaimed over-18 show is rough at the edges as these two comics set out to satirise and send up both religion and militant atheism at the same time. The slightly crazy performance is well paced, the blasphemous content well structured, thought out, entertaining and the two comics make an unforgettable effort to impress.