I like my comedy...with sketches: The Penny Dreadfuls

The Fringe is awash with sketch shows, but few as unique as the mighty Penny Dreadfuls. This troupe, made of Thom Tuck, Humphrey Ker and David Reed, celebrate narrative in their shows and this year appears to be no exception. In The Never Man, we are led through the tale of a man waking up in a mysterious theme park with no memories, a conceit which will no doubt accomodate the brutal imagination shown in their other work. The critically acclaimed trio of shows Aeneas Faversham, entirely set in Victorian times, firmly established them as a Fringe favourite and led to a Radio 4 show. If you like your sketches thoughtfully bizarre, then we cordially invite you to step through the curtain to the world of the Penny Dreadfuls.