This show is the funniest, the slickest and the happiest I have seen on the Fringe for five years. I have been a Rosie Wilkinson fan for a few years following her solo comedy shows on the London circuit but these did not prepare me for the brilliance of the Alice Lunt Picnic. The first thing that stands out in this show is the sheer boldness of approach. The rich chaos of childhood stories observed through the rather complex prism of adult life provides a delightful and rather wistful landscape through which the colourful characters run amok. Wilkinson, every inch a fully-formed comic voice now, has all the confidence of the true star and never seeks to dominate the gumbo. If anything the stand-out presence in this show is the writer, Rupert Kingfisher, who demonstrates an eerie virtuosity in combining high and low stylistic pastiche with a ceaselessly inventive lexicon of the bizarre. The flawless cast race exuberantly through the material, pausing only occasionally to savour a particularly delightful comic noisette. I have rarely left a theatre so inspired. Go and see this show - it will improve your life.

Kieron Barry, August 2004