Sasha Ellen is already feeling the change in her life as she marches towards her mid-30s. Ellen’s already been called a MILF yet she’s still four years off the original one’s age (a 38-year-old Jennifer Coolidge in American Pie) and she’s not even a mum. Her latest Fringe show presents a snapshot of the current state of play in her life: she’s learning to manage her anxieties, has received a new medical diagnosis and has discovered the true role of the lone chair in her bedroom. Though there’s plenty of talk about her rocky mental health, she maintains an engagingly ebullient demeanour throughout.

Elsewhere there are more regular elements of a millennial’s life: talking to her therapist and the eternal renter’s tussles with letting agencies. It’s familiar material but all presented through Ellen’s engaging and warm delivery and peppered with some zinging punchlines. There’s also a pleasing dichotomy to be found in that she’s unafraid to nip below the belt for laughs (at odds with her demur ‘primary school teacher’ look) and she’s straight in there with a rude reworking of a CBeebies show: you can’t say she didn’t give fair warning. 

Sasha Ellen: My MILF-Shake Brings All The Boys To The Yard, Just the Tonic At Cabaret Voltaire, until 25 August, 6.30pm.