This year sees a welcome return for America’s ‘Dragapella Beautyshop Quartet’ with a tour-de-force of a show that’s a veritable blend of below-the-belt humour and astute political satire. If that wasn’t enough, of course it’s all set to pitch-perfect harmonies. We are transported back to elementary school for this alternative storytime, though thankfully we’re not required to sit on those tiny chairs. They are, of course, all real ladies, not men in dresses: that wouldn’t be allowed. They’re also under strict instruction not to use the ‘gay’ word. Happily they fail.

The US quartet’s show has never been more timely, thanks to their country’s current state of affairs, with curbs on trans and women’s rights, and the ongoing Trump debacle. Here, the Christian Right gets more of a skewering than meat at a barbecue, and in a standout number, the disgraced former president is pleasingly and innovatively rebooted as a Disney villain. Elsewhere, unexpected parallels are drawn between Jesus and Kim Kardashian.

They are, as ever, a sight for Fringe-weary eyes, too. All retro styling, beehives and bouffants, winged glasses and twinsets. Like the Spice Girls, they have their own distinctive dynamic: there’s the none-too-bright Trampolina, the gold-digging Marilyn Monroe-esque Trixie, Winnie the competent organiser, and the muscular Angel, the one you’d be wise to pick to escort you home on a dark night. Top Fringe stuff. 

The Kinsey Sicks: Drag Queen Storytime Gone Wild!, Gilded Balloon At The Museum, until 27 August, 7.20pm.