Jigsaw – Jiggle It

If there was a prize for the fastest show on the Fringe then quick-fire sketch group Jigsaw would be leading contenders.

The trio—featuring Fringe regular Dan Antopolski alongside Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema—maintain a dizzying pace throughout this fun hour of fairly traditional revue silliness. The feel of the performace is something akin to The Fast Show, but stripped of Whitehouse and company's taste for pathos. There are more hits than misses, while the less successful ideas are never around for long enough to irritate.

Each troupe member brings their own particular skillset to the table. Antopolski is very much the alpha male, while Craine is the classic fall guy (with a surprisingly good singing voice). Luurtsema is the lynchpin who gamely throws herself into multiple roles, even when risking life and limb as she’s clumsily wheeled on and off stage to play some particularly suspect children.

There’s a rudimentary plot arc involving a prank gone wrong and a certain controversial payday lender whose name rhymes with ‘Tonga’. A few sketchy strands are woven throughout the hour to add further shape.

But the choicest cuts are often the briefest and most throwaway of sketches; a Scottish version of Masterchef, Usain Bolt’s rejected victory celebrations and a hamster moving into a new cage are a few of the subjects successfully given the Jigsaw treatment.

It’s certainly not the most groundbreaking show you’re likely to see this August, but there’s no denying that the old-fashioned sketch aesthetic makes this jigsaw a charming diversion.