It’s 1925, and all that jazz, as brothers Josh and Tom Burton roll back the years and swing into town with this supremely silly (and slightly surreal) hour. A whizzbang hybrid of a show it features a vaudeville-tinged cocktail of sketch and physical comedy with a dash of improv and some gentle audience interaction for good measure. Stepping back a century is a neat concept, working both as a framework to contain all the madness of this piece but also to reflect how much (or little) the world has changed. It’s a finely tuned beast, too, having already picked up a Best Comedy Award nomination at last year’s Melbourne Fringe.

The Australian siblings conjure up a pair of army recruiters who give new meaning to the term ‘manly pursuits’, a rollercoaster-loving preacher’s wife dishing out questionable relationship advice, and a cosy dinner for two as Dracula and Frankenstein engage in feuding one-upmanship over the trajectory of their respective careers. Both brothers are no slouches in the physical comedy stakes, but elder sibling Josh takes it to another level, shapeshifting his body every which way in a hall of mirrors sketch which is all kinds of bonkers.

Throw some sweet harmonising into the mix, the best otter-inspired joke you’re likely to hear all Fringe, and a supremely daft tiddlywinks denouement that is darker than a clown’s pocket, and you’ve got yourself a heady comic brew. With The Burton Brothers on this kind of form, there’ll be no Great Depression in these parts for some time to come. 

The Burton Brothers: 1925, Assembly George Square, until Sunday 24 August, 4.20pm.