Tuesday, 19 August 2025

Shaparak Khorsandi, Pleasance : Scatterbrain, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Khorsandi talking about life since her ADHD diagnosis.  It's still chaotic, but at least she understands why now.

She admits it's unstructured, and it certainly feeels random at times, but there is more cohernece to it all than she suggests.  Even if she does lose her way a few times.  She's got a lot of interest to say on how she copes with her condition, how it affects her choildren, and just how mental health aware the latter are, in a way that would have been impossible for her generation.  She now understand s her younger self a lot better though.

If this sounds a bit like a rambling form of self therapy that wouldn't be far from the truth.  But redeemed by being very funny at times, with some brilliant punchlines, and rolling along at breakneck speed.  There's a lot to think about too, so it's very far from being a bad show.  Just be prepared to accept confusion....  

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