Rapidly becoming an idiosyncratic fringe institution, Julian Fox is back with a nocturnal cabaret that offers sanctuary from the frenzy beyond the Pleasance Attic. Last year Rebranding Mr God showcased Fox's snapshots of the life of a small man caught up in a chaotic world. This year, he retains the unselfconsciousness and exaggerated banality that make his act so spellbinding. He also adds structure, confidence and more revealing details of his imaginative world.
Goodbye Seattle Coffee Company threads together many of Fox's preoccupations. First, there are the virtues of takeaway coffee: in droll interludes, Fox itemises the strengths and weaknesses of Starbucks, Costa and their rivals. Between these, he shares the humdrum details of life: "I have a job at the Barbican Theatre," he monotones to a synthesised soundtrack. "I work there as their stage-door keeper." He shows us a book he is reading about the architect Pierre Koenig, and somehow the specificity of the reference adds to his underdog charm.
Under Jonathan Lloyd's direction, Fox has turned his act out towards his audience, implicating us in the ordinariness of his interests, the bathetic futility of his dreams. We laugh partly because we find Fox funny, and partly because we have no idea why. Mind you, the pop-video choreography is hilarious. This exercise in offbeat confessional amounts to a touching celebration of all our idiosyncrasies - our bewilderment in the face of modern life, our pedestrian anxieties and our indomitable fascination with stuff.
· Until August 26. Box office: 0131-556 6550.
