Fringe review: EVERYTHING THAT’S ME IS FALLING APART, David Callaghan - Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Comedian David Callaghan's multimedia comedy play is packed full of heartfelt, bittersweet, hilarious stories of love and loss. Imagine what life could be like if we just took that chance?

Callaghan's delivery is accompanied by the set up of a toy train, with video equipment, a large screen and multiple boxes housing miniature sets. As the train makes its way around the track, it pauses at each set, the image appearing on the screen for the audience to see and multimedia figures and animation appear. This is setting the scene for each story.

Each tale is told with compassion, 'what if'‘s' and 'if only’s'. There are so many of these moments in our lives that perhaps we can only remember the ones we denote to be important. The ones that have changed our lives for the better or have left us with a pain or regret that we simply have to live with.

It's an engaging, intriguing and thought provoking piece. The question we have to ask though is, is it better to have taken that chance or is better to live not knowing what that chance may have resulted in?

A unique look at chance and consequence.

**** Four stars

Reviewed by: Rachel Louise Martin