Count Strong Arthur, Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh by Brian Logan

Gilded Balloon, EdinburghLast year, he failed to deliver a lecture on "Egyptologics". This year, it's the story of the Bible that Count Arthur Strong is finding frustratingly difficult to tell. Steve Delaney's creation is what the Count might call "head and soldiers" above the competition. This bilious showbiz has-been with a slippery grip on reality must be the most perfectly realised comic character on the fringe. …

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