David Benson has not only amassed a remarkable string of stories about the fringe but also the skill to recount them as he has been performing at Edinburgh almost every year since 1983. Up for a reprise of his long-running one-man show about Kenneth Williams, the actor has also opted to give us a disarmingly humorous, behind the scenes view of some of the productions that have brought him north of the border.

His first role was as a vamp in a student musical at a school venue, where they dished out free food in an attempt to lure in the public.

Later he became involved in a string of Fringe First-winning plays by the Grassmarket Project, one of which roped real life homeless people into the cast. Benson impersonating Jimmy the druggie, ad-libbing a scene while cadging an Armani suit off his hostel manager for a job interview, is as funny as it is poignant.

When not doing Williams’ archly rendition of The French Song, Benson also shows a great natural voice a la Sinatra and he croons a few smoky numbers to punctuate the narrative. Unsurprisingly, the audience lapped it up.

Clearly on to a winner, he should make this a regular outing for every Edinburgh August.