After a five-year hiatus, the fizzingly fierce and fiendishly femme Anna Mann returns for one last hurrah. Her creator and host body, Colin Hoult, has decided to lay his endlessly eccentric alter ego to rest in one last boisterous Fringe blowout.

In a magnificent memoir of Mann’s extraordinary life (so incredible you’d think it was made up), we’re journeyed through tales of ex-husbands and showbiz as well as various slices of utter nonsense. Hoult’s quickfire delivery keeps the audience on their toes; they’ve barely caught a breath from the last laugh before the next punchline hits them right in the face. 

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A long-term fixture on the Fringe who is perhaps more recognisable to many from Netflix’s After Life and BBC One’s This Time With Alan Partridge, Hoult’s untameable understanding for the mechanics of comedy create an expertly written character that has his audience beside themselves repeating Mann’s catchphrase of ‘fuck off, I love it!’ 

Pleasance Courtyard, until 28 August, 9.10pm.