It’s time for manly singing! The Burton Brothers return to the Fringe with a brand-new show about the best year in history: 1925. Everything was perfect. No looming Great Depression or anything bad. 1925 looks at the absurdities of its namesake year in satirical sketches and, blinded by optimism, the Burton Brothers’ characters live with a sense of everything good being just on the horizon. 

With the help of sound effects and lighting changes, the Burton Brothers seamlessly transition from one scene to another, a visual metamorphosis into each new persona. There are a host of hilarious short stories to tell, including army men falling into memories from the war mid-song, Dracula and Frankenstein’s jealousy, and couples with strained marriages trying not to end in divorce.  

The Burton Brothers are looking for some sideshow freaks to fill their seats, but in the 1925 sense of the word ‘freak’: basically, that’s anyone that isn’t a straight, white, clean shaven man in his 20s or 30s. So come see 1925 and find out for yourself just what a tiddlywink really is. Ticket up, Jimmy, or there’ll be trouble. 

1925, WEA, until 17 March (not 9 & 11 March), 9:50pm.