“When I ran an alternative comedy club in London, I wanted to experiment with hosting the show using all the traits a compere shouldn’t have: low energy, a disrespect for the audience and acts alike, placing his own amusement over anyone else’s. The French persona just suited this extremely well and, being part-French, my face fitted it too.’’ James Burnside interviews Alexis Dubus, best known to Perth audiences as the inimitable Marcel Lucont.

The performers of the 'Big HOO-HAA!' are so adept and well-versed that they carry outlandish suggested themes, story threads and jokes with an almost eerie comfort. James Burnside reviews.

"You’ve got to keep repeating the message darls and then when the message gets repeated back to you – that’s when you know you’ve made it.” James Burnside interviews the 'face of Fringe', Famous Sharron.

Le Carousel Bleu is red-hot and raunchy cabaret — a stellar example of how to do a Fringe Festival staple justice. Those looking for displays of flesh are not left wanting, but it's the acrobatics, juggling and fire-twirling that truly stand out. James Burnside reviews.

The play's two sole actors Jason and Freya describe it as a ‘love story’; but one about “two people who love each other but who also hurt each other a great deal. In fact, they’ve hurt each other more than anyone else in the world."