Everything in Nothing @ Augustine's

Paul Denegri's Everything in Nothing is an almost Faustian tale set in 1960s London. It premieres at St Augustine's featuring the "youngest cast at the Fringe," aged 8-11.

Jack Tyler is disliked by everyone, he didn't mind when he was on top of the pile, but now that his label, Slippery Banana Records, is having financial problems he is given pause to reconsider the merit of his devious and unforgiving ways. Ironically his "Good Conscience" only offers him self-seeking motivations for being altruistic such as being generally liked and having friends. Maybe there's only one language that get's through to some people.

He borrows money to push his new act, Simone and Garfunky, who have a hilarious summer of love anthem "Hug a tree this Christmas." Unsurprisingly though, it flops, leaving Jack to be taken to the cleaners by loan shark Hilda the Hair.

The script is highlighted by piquant humour, Garfunky refusing to chop her hair on the grounds that it's "a living entity and cutting it would amount to murder," and Hilda the Hair's ditzy assistant who has the audience giggling merrily.

The backing vocals are the charm of the score, including the harmonies of giggly pop group, The Ideals, and often embracing the whole ensemble in songs like the synth-bass driven "I'm the Boss."