Fringe veteran Olaf Falafel is many things: author, illustrator, dad, football team coach, comedian and complete idiot, to name but a few. Thankfully that’s the perfect skill set for a family show that’s been packing the bairns in for years (it’s lovely watching show returners get excited when their favourite bits are announced).  

The format is nice and simple: a screen keeps us all on track as we hurtle between rounds of pass the parcel, funny videos made funnier (a highlight) and audience participation, all with their own jingles and interspersed with pun-tastic dad jokes that get the kids giggling and the grown-ups groaning. Some of the wordplay might just skim the heads of the very youngest, but it doesn’t matter: the next bit is never too far away and it’s all so silly that attention never wanes. 

Draw Something Stupid sees the whole room coming together to draw a poo on a pogo stick: so yeah, kids do still have attention spans. It’s hard to over-emphasise just how appealing Falafel’s ramshackle charms are to the young team, evidenced by a sold-out crowd; even the Free Fringe is subject to market forces so if missing out would break your ankle-biter’s wee heart, then definitely book ahead. 

Olaf Falafel’s Stupidest Super Stupid Show: New Improved Recipe, Laughing Horse Counting House, until 24 August, 11.30am.