Our next show comes with some great reviews and its promotional video looks hilarious. It’s Tit4Twat’s production of Losers at Big Belly @ Underbelly, Cowgate, at 23:20 on Tuesday 22nd. Let’s see what the blurb has to say: “Grab a voting handset, meet four dangerously desperate contestants and decide their formidable fates. It’s the most nail-biting TV game show of the decade and no one’s going down without a fight. Theatrical mischief-makers Tit4Twat bring their critically-acclaimed satire to Edinburgh for the first time. 16+ (stupidity and real violence guaranteed). ‘Tech-savvy dissection of the reality TV phenomenon… shameless’ **** (Stage). ‘As good as anything on TV – with a much darker twist’ **** (WestEndWilma.com). ‘Truly interactive and innovative – unlike anything I’ve seen before’ (AYoungerTheatre.com). ‘Unique snapshot of our judgemental age’ (ThisIsCabaret.com). #LosersUnderbelly”

This savage look at how people can degrade themselves just to be on live TV ought to be brilliantly toe-curling. I’ve got very high hopes of this one! Check back around 12:45 am to see how great (or otherwise) it was. By then the next preview blog should be available to read too.

This is a brilliantly constructed show. Apart from the fact that the audience votes on each round of the contest, so no one knows what the result will be, I think it’s a completely scripted play, but you’d never know it. Sometimes agonisingly toe curling, some scenes make the audience cry out in anguish. A really challenging look at how people can destroy their lives in the pursuit of fame. Genuinely thrilling.