Perhaps optimistically described as ‘eagerly anticipated’ in her show description, Katie Green has nonetheless arrived at the Fringe with a degree of cachet thanks to a few stints on Comedy Central and her place as a runner-up in 2020’s Funny Women competition. She’s clearly on the rise; armed with anecdotes about growing up and the eccentricities of her past relationships, there’s no mistaking that this is an act sticking their flag in the ground. Green’s version of these well-trodden stories has a tangible charm, one helped by her excitable delivery and insights into her life that can feel partly like a solid set and a little like a cultural exchange. 

Exploring her British and Salvadoran roots, Green manages to suffuse dating and break-up stories with a sense of freshness about cultural differences, usually buoyed by an entertaining interchange between Latina and estuary English accents. A trek through her past also opens up some excitably delivered material on her time as a social outcast in school, which at once manages to be relatable and particular to her. She may be explicitly chasing success, but there’s a grounded sensibility here that sparkles with mainstream potential. 

Katie Green: ¡Ay Mija! Pleasance Courtyard, until 25 August, 9.35pm; main picture: Rebecca Need-Menear.