Five-star standup, late-night debauchery, staggering circus tricks … as the arts spectacular approaches, here are some of the shows rated by our writers
Gary McNair builds a joyful one-man show from interviews with ordinary people about what they think of shipyard welder turned national treasure Billy Connolly. Naturally, he weaves in his own tale of meeting the Big Yin, adding to the impression of a secular god who is at once charismatic and one of us. Read the review. Mark Fisher
Assembly Rooms, 13-25 August