one4review | On 12, Aug 2026

At the start, it feels like we might just be trapped in purgatory.

There’s a clock counting down. Conk starts singing, he’s warm funny expressive – earnest even.

Still, I do not look forward to the next hour. I’m not a fan of this song.

Is this really just one man singing the same song over and over again for an hour?

Yes. It. is.

There’s a rule in comedy called the Rule of 37: if you do something once and it isn’t funny, do it 37 more times and eventually it becomes funny.

Is that what this is? Not exactly but a little. Because Conk is a really funny clown consistently funny throughout this performance

Conk gifted with an extraordinarily expressive face, bright eyes and an infectious commitment to the song. He clearly loves it, and desperately wants us to come with him, the entire suffice is pulled in.

The performance is full of tiny flourishes that build like waves of comedy. Little movements become callbacks. Shoulder movements develop meaning. Vocal tics return.

The stamina required to hold this all together while consistently making us laugh is extraordinary.

I’m suffering. We’re all suffering together, but Conk is suffering considerably more than we are. Because he’s suffering more, we become bonded together.

Essentially, this show is a trauma bond.

It is not for the faint of heart.

I expected there would be variations on the song, and there are, but I don’t want to give too much away. All you need to know is that there is a song.

Some of the lyrics contain “na-na-na-na-na”. Beyond that, you should experience it yourself.

Because the genuine euphoria I felt at the end was extraordinary. Where Conk eventually takes the room is on another level from where we began I never saw it coming.

This is everything the Fringe should be: something that absolutely shouldn’t work, but does.

Something that binds a room full of strangers together without you really being able to explain why.

Something that lifts you up and makes you laugh in a way nobody else ever has done.

Everyone who comes to the Fringe has to experience this show.

Otherwise, why come at all?

★★★★½
Reviewed by Stephen “Sharpie” Sharp
Summerhall
Until 31st August (not 17 or 24)
19.45 (1 hour)