Along with the spectacular offerings at this year’s Adelaide Festival, there are a number of small-scale, one-person shows which, in their concentration on the essence of theatre – what Eric Bentley describes as ‘A impersonates B while C looks on’ – can, perhaps, engage the audience’s imagination even more powerfully.

Foremost among these is Danny Bravermann’s touching, gently humorous, and captivating Wot? No Fish!! (★★★★★) which presents the tale of his great-uncle’s astonishing collection of lost art: dozens and dozens of sketches and cartoons, drawn on pay packets during his working life as a shoemaker in the East End. I saw this show previously at the Sydney Festival and was determined to catch it again, just to be reminded of how authenticity and (only seeming) artlessness can, through a brilliant performer, present theatre which charms, moves, and, yes, inspires.