2014 Edinburgh Fringe

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Thomas Pocket, all round personality and idiot, invites you to the character comedy show his friend Oscar is doing for him - writing all the characters, and probably presenting it.

Thomas Pocket presents: Me (Oscar Jenkyn-Jones) is the debut solo show from exciting young absurdist Oscar Jenkyn-Jones. An hour-long sashay through moments of unlikely surrealism, impressions of inanimate objects, and silent thinking. This is a whirlwindof acute non-sequiturs; a show-within-a-show.

The sheep-headed hour opens with our introduction to Thomas Pocket, Jenkyn-Jones' adorable Blytonesque-dope. Pocket shares with us his perspectives on life, losing trains of thought behind scraps of paper, cartons of juice, and pieces of orange peel.

With a touch of the socially-reclusive intellectual about him, it's difficult to ascertain precisely where Jenkyn-Jones ends and Pocket begins. With each momentarily disappearing behind the furrowed brow of the other, it's clear Pocket has carried out a notable land-grab inside the brain of Jenkyn-Jones.

At its heart, this is a show about a man's relationship with his own alter-ego, as the two present various characters, set-pieces, and theatrical scenes.

Oscar Jenkyn-Jones started out as a member of student sketch group The Bristol Revunions. He made his Fringe debut at the Pleasance Courtyard as a part of their 2010 show - a cast that may well go down in British comedy history, featuring Charlotte Ritchie (C4's Fresh Meat), Jamie Demetriou (C4's Comedy Blaps), upcoming stand-up Mat Ewins, exciting character-prospect Ellie White, new writing talent Joe Hampson, and produced by the BBC's Charlie Perkins.