Best of Edinburgh Fringe Comedy

Best of Edinburgh Fringe Comedy comes to the Barbican Theatre on Friday 18 September, part of a post-festival tour that takes a selection of Fringe acts to venues across the country. It's a showcase format rather than a single name, so you get a line-up of several comedians in one night instead of one person doing a full hour. The bill is made up of acts specially selected from the Edinburgh Fringe, with a mix of established names and up-and-coming comics.

That's the core of the show: it's a curated slice of the Fringe brought down to Plymouth after the festival has wrapped up in Scotland. The tour has run for a number of sell-out seasons, so it's a well-trodden format. Because it's a showcase, you'll see a few different styles of comedy on the same bill rather than just one comic's particular approach. It's a good way to catch several acts in one go, especially if you're not sure whose work you're into.

The reviews from previous runs give you a fair idea of what to expect. Fringefeed called it "a solid comedy show well worth the ticket price" and "the best thigh-slapping, cackling laugh of a time I've ever had", while GreatScott.media described it as "a comedy smorgasbord". Both point to a night that's more about the laughs than anything else.

It runs from 20:00 to 22:00 at the Barbican Theatre on Castle Street, PL1 2NJ, and tickets are £18. The line-up for this particular date hasn't been announced yet, so you'll be going in without knowing exactly who's on the bill.