Joanna Neary breaks with character comedy tradition and surprisingly opens her show by briefly appearing as herself, sharing the pitfalls of living as an eccentric freelance artiste in the vanilla confines of Eastbourne. Elsewhere, however, all the usual wonderful Neary hallmarks are in place. 

Twittish romantic Celia Johnson hosts a whole gang of larger-than-life characters plucked from Neary’s own experience or very loosely inspired by famous folk. There’s Cornish school friend Morwenna, a version of Kate Bush who is obsessed with the drawer in everyone’s kitchen where the junk lives, and Björk singing about whatever it is Björk sings about. They move through the hour entertaining us with interpretive dances and a cavalcade of dodgy wigs while the titular wasp climbs up the charity totaliser cardigan, feeding on the applause. 

Neary’s universe is eclectic and other-worldly; you can’t help but wonder whether it was the Cornish upbringing that put the quirk in her bones. But over that she lays an almost instinctive turn of phrase, squeezing humour out of tall tales of the WI, Cornish friendships and bizarre celebrity impressions; you don’t get much more ‘Fringe’ than this.For those already on board, you should go, for this is typical Neary brilliance. For the uninitiated, where have you been? 

The Stand 2, until 28 August, noon.