Eleanor Morton: Allotted Mucking Around Time

There's a delightful array of ideas and turns offered by Eleanor Morton, leaving us with an overall feeling of satisfaction. Morton arrives in character, as welcoming Northern coal museum tour guide, Stanley. Mixing satire with the surreal, Stanley blends the political with the absurd, taking wide tangents through a back story and fabricated histories. Then it's into the main show proper.

Enchanting flights of fancy follow Morton's move from her beloved Edinburgh to the darkly contrasting London, as she paints a picture of trying to make friends and establish a life as an adult in a strange land. Morton interrupts her narrative with messages from "Beyond" and bits of audience interaction that keep the pace going nicely. Topic changes are abrupt but not jarring. Her punchlines are gentle but effective, with the odd well-considered political undercurrent thrown in – one such linking magical worlds to immigration ingeniously.

There's a heart-warming and also surreal closing to this show which shouldn't be spoilt. Suffice to say Morton finds an upside in unusual places, ending with a refreshing optimism.