Celia Pacquola’s stand up at Studio 7 in the Garden of Unearthly Delights will  put Fringe-goers at ease with their existential dread. Let Me Know How It All Works Out is a gleefully hypocritical takedown of psychics, palm-readers, and wearing amethysts in your bra. The star of Offspring and Utopia is relatable and egoless about her shrug-emoji lifestyle, and after 55 minutes has me convinced that maybe psychics are okay.

This show is joyful and affirming. Pacquola gives the impression that she’s having as much fun as the audience: chatty without any forced participation. Her mattress impersonations and calls for snap judgments of her life choices engage the audience without being intimidating. Celia Pacquola feels personally likeable, someone to “get off your tits” with. Her jokes are sometimes confronting but there’s an honesty to her performance that takes the sting out. She is judgemental of herself, while letting the audience off the hook for whatever weird stuff helps them get through life.

The use of props was inventive and tied the show together thematically with some good callbacks. There were a few first-performance sound and lighting hiccups but Pacquola was able to keep up the momentum. Some jokes seemed anticlimatic, but that was fitting for a show about uncertainty. Pacquola makes light of not having all the answers, not having a simple truth to offer the audience and yet this show is a transformative experience.

Celia Pacquola’s stand up is the best I’ve seen at the Fringe for years. She is macabre, unintimidating, and has a wild command of puns. Her compassion and enthusiasm for the characters she plays is charming. You will feel awkward about how realistic and honest Pacquola is, but whatever your failings, at least you don’t have crystals in your bra.