4

	Laughing Horse @ City Cafe (venue website) Comedy 16 - 29 Aug (not 16), 11:30pm (12:30am) Reviewed by Craig Thomson

Peter Campbell-Wells is a mentalist.  As he says, that word used to only have one meaning... so understand that he is a performer capable of astonishing feats of mental acuity and seeming clairvoyance, that will leave you dumbfounded and scratching your head.

5

	Gilded Balloon Teviot (venue website) Comedy 5-29 Aug (not 16), 10:30pm (11:30pm) Reviewed by Craig Thomson

This Fringe has seen something of a resurgence of recently-maligned performing arts: look at the vast number of magicians doing well this year.  Indeed, on these very (web-)pages, we recently awarded five stars to a juggler.  For my part, I can honestly say that I had not expected at the start of this month to be giving the top honour to what is, essentially, a mime act.

4.5

	Assembly @ Vittoria Restaurant (venue website) Theatre 20 - 29 Aug (not 23, 24, 25, 26), 1:30pm (3:45pm); 18 - 30 Aug (not 23), 8:30pm (10:45pm) Reviewed by Livi Watson

It’s not every day that you enter a twenty-first century Italian restaurant and find yourself in an eighteenth century Florentine inn. This is just what Wonderland’s production of La Locandiera delivers, however, in an innovative and highly entertaining evening of revelry – fine wine, great food, and interesting, if unconventional, company.

5

	Just The Tonic at the Caves (venue website) Comedy Until 29 Aug (not 22, 23), 7:40pm (8:50pm) Reviewed by Mathilda Gregory

Last year Josie Long missed the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time in a decade.  She says that she didn't know what to do with herself.  In a way, I think the Fringe didn't know what to do without her, either; the Fringe isn't really complete without a Josie Long show.