The shtick: Three erudite young chaps do sketches, and then do themselves reflecting on their own sketches.
Erudite? You don't mean ...? I'm afraid so. Sheeps are graduates of that most venerable of comedy finishing schools, Cambridge Footlights.
Mutton dressed as lamb? Not at all. They've got the chops. One-third of Sheeps, Liam Williams, was runner-up in last year's prestigious standup contest So You Think You're Funny?, while another member, Daran Johnson, is already a prizewinning playwright.
Best moment: An opening musical-theatre number based on the Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist. ("We saw a gap in the market.") Oh, and tall guy Alastair Roberts does a highly ridiculous Brazilian accent.
Recycled moment: The football cliches skit, the rapper with low self-esteem: some of the material is a little musty.
Shepherd's delight? As per their sketch in which a news reporter experiences an interminable satellite delay, the trio play their comedy with a satisfyingly straight bat. Aptly, given their name, Sheeps seldom ham it up.
You'll like it if … You enjoy postmodern sketch troupes, the relationships between whom are made as much of a joke as any given sketch.
You won't like it if … The dial on your wireless is never set to Radio 4.
File alongside: Cowards, The Hollow Men, Idiots of Ants, Fry & Laurie, Monty Python. The list goes on …
The buzz: "Smart gags … winning delivery … very intriguing prospect," says leading comedy website Chortle.
The reality: A trio with a winning combination of personalities and evident comic talent, who have yet to discover what sets them apart from their sketch-troupe peers.
How do I book? Pleasance Courtyard (0131 556 6550) until 28 August.
