Lindsey Santoro is one of those storytellers who becomes almost possessed when getting to the most exciting part of the story.

 

So she takes us on a girls’ hen trip to Blackpool – introduces us to some cut price male strippers – then recreates a dangerous riot among the crowd.

 

A trip to a climbing wall ends up in a ludicrous accident – which Santoro re-enacts, playing all the parts – from the climbing attendant Kevin to her thinner fitter friend.

 

We don’t discover Santoro’s husband’s name – but she introduces us to some ridiculous details of their sex life – with an absurdly inventive approach to foreplay.

 

Even a trip to a doctor for a smear test ends up with Santoro getting involved in a dangerous tussle with a doctor and a speculum.

 

All Santoro’s stories begin with perfectly plausible scenarios but end up as farcical exaggerated and often life-threatening dramas.

 

She’s a pink-haired Brummie, with an excitable delivery, a smutty vocabulary and an apparently reckless attitude to life, relationships and factual accuracy.

 

She’s made the stage seem homely, decorating it with a random collection of pink and sparkly tat. But her anarchic energy is evident from the start – as she tampers with the fan in the Pleasance Attic and creates a mini stand-off with the venue staff.

 

Santoro hurls herself around the stage as she re enacts her stories. Her voice rises with indignation as each improbable scenario plays out.

 

It’s great to hear a working-class voice – particularly one which is so outrageously and unashamedly eccentric.

 

Her broad accent is a challenge for the first few minutes but you quickly tune in. And there’s a lot of artistry and skill behind the apparently scattergun style.

 

While this is a show with the air of a lot of club sets stitched together, it’s a pleasure to listen to Santoro for an hour.

 

Santoro has tremendous confidence on stage and the knack of talking to an audience as if she is sharing intimacies with a friend.

 

It’s real life but not as we know it and it is a lot of fun.