Pendulum's Bargain Emporium @ Pleasance Dome, until 24 Aug

Maison Foo re-tell The Elves and the Shoemaker fable in this inventive and surreal show, which satirises our materialistic age – consumerism, the perils of credit and debt cards, and the hidden repercussions. But don't be put off. This is a fun and energetic show: although a bleak message emerges, we are let in gently, with humourous songs, physical theatre, puppets, and props, including trolleys, cardboard boxes and a manikin head. But Pendulum's Bargain Emporium soon accelerates to become increasingly bizarre, hilarious and dark.

The show opens with a 'retail experience' involving audience participation and cleverly observed sales talk, with some slick routines and ensemble songs. We then switch to the shoemaker of the fairy tale, a mournful character who plays us the story on a cassette player, and accompanies the show on his accordion – his out-of-date soundsystem and traditional instrument reflecting his outmoded craft of hand-stitched shoes that's been swept aside by the onslaught of mass produced tat, which brings riches and, as the play progresses, morally questionable repercussions. The staging is imaginative, with manic and cleverly choreographed scene switches throughout – a pregnant woman giving birth to slave-labour was the highlight for me, that and baby-shoe puppets crying. Who says puppets can't be used in shows for grown-ups?