A symphony plays as the audience slide into their seats, a large book and a lone telephone adorn a simple set with uncomplicated yet effective lighting. Dramatic piano swells and there emerges the regal and stately Adore Händel, dressed in all of their finery.

This protagonist’s intense stare bores into the soul of every single audience member, their immediate engagement captivates instantaneously as they share their secrets. It isn’t often you meet a pansexual time traveller and songbird from the 18th century but standing upon the stage they lay out their escapades and scandalous encounters behind flickering eyelashes that might just start a couple of cyclones from their powerful flutter.

The costuming and makeup is truly spectacular and the performer gracing them has the right facial expressions, dramatic pauses and a resounding voice to articulate and allude to all sorts of debaucherous activity.

The timing of the sound desk was perfect but the level was honestly too loud and it detracted from the performance. While it is difficult to achieve within a short span the story could have benefitted from more character development. Absurd concepts can absolutely work and Fringe audiences are happy to roll with it but greater context and depth would have helped to evoke more of a connection and an emotional response. Having said that the audience were absolutely happily laughing along to descriptions of sensuous, witty escapades.

This performer is a great singer and people easily toe-tapped and laughed along to clever renditions, including Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”. If you are looking for an indecent scandalous story, stirred in with a time-travelling, 18th century flavour, from a talented performer this is the show for you.