The first show of the Fringe! What a pleasure to spend it with Sharon Wanjohi, one of my favourite up-and-comers, having seen her at Party and booked her at OPPO. In The House is ostensibly actually a sales pitch for Sharon’s self-help book, which is a lovely conceptual device in that it is both a framework for her to deliver some overtly written pieces (one of my favourite things in stand-up) and to open up more thematically about the show’s subtext, without ever being weighing too heavy that she can’t just do stand-up for most of the hour. Clearly the last few months have been a lot for her, and it’s impressive how this is handled emotionally but without turning into the typical 45 minute turn, instead being well threaded throughout. Sharon herself is a powder keg, bursting at the seams with ideas and unstoppable in trying to get them all out. It’s wonderful stuff and a really strong debut.