Fringe review: GYLES BRANDRETH - CAN’T STOP TALKING, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Gyles Brandreth can't stop talking. The jumper-loving This Morning and Just A Minute star, who pops up on Pointless, QI, Would I Lie to You?, Sunday Brunch and Celebrity Gogglebox, has been babbling since he was a baby and in his hilarious new one-man show, the award-winning raconteur tries to work out why.

Brandreth has so many stories, it's easy to see why he is known for going off on a tangent. His storytelling is infectious, you could listen to him all day recounting tales from literally every situation you can imagine, and even some you can't.

From childhood stories of being sent to boarding school because his sisters gave their parents a signed petition, to theatrical history, signing checks with the Queen and holding a world record - no subject isn't interlinked with another.

This might be more suitable for an older audience, purely because the stories are so much funnier and golden if you know who Brandreth is talking about, but if you know the names and reputations of theatrical stars of yesteryear, you will appreciate it just as much.

It's a great hour of anecdotes from far and wide, you'll hear tales you never even dreamed of and if it wasn't Brandreth telling us, we're not sure we'd believe them!

Nostalgically rich and funny.

**** Four stars

Reviewed by: Rachel Louise Martin

Gyles Brandreth: Can't Stop Talking plays in the Gordan Aikman Theatre at Assembly George Square at 4pm until 27 August.