The Aluminum Show

Welcome to aluminium anarchy. Here, anything goes as long as it’s soft, shiny, and you can make it dance.

Pleasance Grand’s early evening spectacle has been immensely popular in its opening week with all kinds of people uniting in enthusiasm to the call of this bizarre number, described in the official Fringe programme as a “joyous metallic fantasy.” It’s an uproarious musical extravaganza where a team of six athletic space ninjas bend their bodies to the beats of a techno symphony and obey the whims of the 100-faced aluminium. This is a world where its people worship the metal with tribal flare.

Aluminium comes in all shapes and sizes and has a wide variety of applications. Here we see it writhe across the stage in the form of giant slinkies, crowd-surf in the form of large inflated hearts, and decorate the performers in limitlessly strange permutations. You’ll be so enchanted by the multifaceted material that next time you wrap a sandwich in foil your heart will skip a beat.

In all its novelty and frivolous fun, The Aluminum Show is well and truly this year’s Fuerzabruta. And, like its sell-out predecessor, people will flock to this oddity like asteroids to Saturn, meaning that early booking is recommended. You’d also be wise to turn up in good time to assure yourself a seat in the middle where you can fully enjoy the interactive elements of it.

And, as with last year’s Fuerzabruta, the single greatest shame about this show is that, after having had your senses vigorously teased for an hour, you don’t get to stay and celebrate with a jig of your own. An electrifying spectacle at any rate.