In sweltering conditions so severe that British-born Chris Turner declared his imminent combustion, the Family Friendly Stand-Up Show made its Fringe 2024 debut. For those who were brave enough to venture out in Saturday’s 40 degree heat, a most marvellous and magnificent experience was shared. Chris Turner has over 400,000 YouTube followers and it was quickly apparent why. Turner’s immediate rapport and jocularity with audience members uncovered the names and professions of several in attendance. Lulled into a sense that this was the ordinary sort of intro that most comedians engage in to warm up the crowd (unnecessary on Saturday!), Turner quickly demonstrated the wit and talent that has seen him perform with Cirque Du Soleil. While not performing physical acrobatics, Turner has some mighty impressive mental acrobatics going on. Taking the pieces of information he’d gleaned from the crowd, he belted out a rap, accompanied by Dylan on keyboards, fitting in all the information, kept the rhyming strong and never missed a beat. While this reviewer thought his talents here must be a one off, Turner performed similar tricks throughout his set with random objects held up by audience members and a selection of topics also picked by the audience. With next to no preparation, Turner took the suggestions of Renaldo, Fortnight the game, Spiderman and Banksy and dropped the lot into another rap. More than just impressive raps, Turner regaled with funny stories about pets, including the 57 guinea pigs tale, daycare in New York city, and how it’s just awesome to be an 80s kid. The real beauty of this show was that his energy and engagement were of the type adults would expect from a regular stand-up gig, his stories were hilarious and it was completely appropriate for all in attendance. My expert dates – Amelia 11, Emily 11, Saxon 8 – loved it. Their thoughts were that he was hugely talented with his raps, was fun and energetic and they liked that he has a child as it made him more relatable than some performers who don’t have kids and try to relate to kids but are just ‘icky’. The eight-year-old praised his story about poo. As an adult viewer, I was hugely entertained to the extent I’d quite like to see his show for adults – Chris Turner Childish. Highly recommended for families with kids from about eight years.