David O'Doherty at Fringe Fest Preview

David O’Doherty has come a long way since his days spent hosing the insides of shipping containers at a German supermarket distributor.

Fresh from tours of the UK and Australia, the self-proclaimed "marble fawn of tiny keyboard-based musical comedy" returns to Edinburgh with a book of made-up Panda facts and an appearance in a feature film written by his brother under his belt.

After taking last year's If.comedy award, O’Doherty has a lot to live up to. Yet his ninth consecutive Edinburgh show seems destined to be as compelling as ever, chock full of songs which varyingly see the Irishman attempt to romantically entice his entire audience or imagine all the people who have ever wronged him return to apologise during his final hours of life (forecast in the year 2070).

Expect another hour of musically driven-comedy expertly performed on Ebay-purchased plastic keyboards, don’t be surprised by digressions.