Welcome to the party, pal! Poet and performer Richard Marsh is, not unreasonably, obsessed with the movie Die Hard, a lightning-in-a bottle 80s thriller than nailed the notion of an everyman hero who fights to survive and defend his family against seemingly impossible odds. Marsh retells the film’s entire story in this one-man show, but he also explains how it brought him together with his partner, how that relationship was tested and then recovered. The parallels are clear enough.

With a John Hegley-esque delivery, Marsh clearly enjoys refreshing us on Alan Rickman’s Germanic RADA accent, and his appraisal of the film is consistently witty, even down to his remarkably accurate John McClane voice. Stripped to his increasingly filthy vest for authenticity, Marsh draws wolf-whistles from the crowd, and quips that as a poet he’s ‘not used to being objectified’.

Still, he may have to get used to such audience appreciation as Yippee Ki Yay is a welcome entry in the growing pile of appreciation for an upbeat cinematic classic which takes ‘Ode To Joy’ as a theme and has inspired many (like Marsh) to adopt the film’s positive message and fight for their own die-hard family values. 

Gilded Balloon Teviot, until 29 August, 2.45pm.