Review by Steve Bennett

This is essentially a preliminary introduction to breakdancing featuring a few amusing throwaway lines and ideas, based around the notion that the dance form can solve your troubles.

Jason Bradbury's rundown of its benefits in relation to problems, such as doing the 'windmill' to combat feeling scared, or wearing funky clothes to disguise ugliness, is silly but interesting, and the show features plenty of nostalgic Eighties footage and music.

The dancing is certainly impressive, though Bradbury only demonstrates the most basic moves in front of us ­ the more complex steps are shown on video, suggesting that they are difficult for the presenter to perform faultlessly first time.

There is a predictable, innuendo-filled 'complete the sentence' quiz, plenty of audience participation as crowd members are invited to perform breakdance moves, and a riddle where we are challenged to find a BMX bike buried somewhere in Edinburgh.

We then come to the show's piéce de resistance - a video clip where the dancer lifts Gail Hipgrave (née Porter) up high in the air and twirls her around very fast.

It's all mildly diverting, and Bradbury is a likeable and entertaining performer. However, his show is more informative than funny, as if you wanted to learn more about breakdancing, and probably shouldn't have been billed under comedy.

Review date: 1 Jan 2003
Reviewed by: Steve Bennett