Andi Osho: All the Single Ladies

Often overshadowed on the TV panel shows through which she is familiar to millions, Andi Osho shines when she has the stage to herself. 

Not having had a date for three years, Osho takes us through the rare highs and the many lows of internet dating and paints in intricate and hilarious detail the various stages of a relationship. She holds her audience rapt in admiration with her energetic, effervescent style and often seems to enjoy the experience as much as anyone else in the room.

As well as a number of intelligent, thoughtful observations about being in love, she can do the other end of the scale just as well. References to her vagina as the "executive box" has the audience and fits of laughter, and she even manages a Madeleine McCann joke without the gasp that attempts at such humour usualy elicit. As with her previous shows, she ends with a characteristically clever and creative performance poem—alternately hilarious and thought-provoking—about what makes a good partner, leaving her audience both satisfied and more than a little moved.

Given what she achieved with her exploration of race and national identity in her Fringe debut, Afroblighty, she has sold her self short by choosing such a well-worn topic as the theme of her show. She does a better job than most of covering this very old ground, but in doing so leaves you thinking that you might have seen so much more if only she had been as brave has she has been in the past.