As Edinburgh's most exciting festival season enters its third - and final - week, locals and tourists alike are keen to fit some extra shows into their Fringe schedule.
Hoping to relieve the stress of choosing the best shows to attend from some over 3,500 performances on offer this year for you, we are here to share what thrilled us the most.
Talking about thrilling experiences, our reporter Iuliia Vlasova went to see Cirque Berserk's fascinating show featuring five motorbikers and here is what she thought.
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While the circus is any kid's absolute favourite, when one grows up, it can lose its magic and fail to impress to the same extent. This is, of course, unless we are talking about Cirque Berserk.
I found their performance at the Fringe so exciting, impressive and heartstopping at times that I immediately felt transformed back to my childhood when a trip to the circus was an absolute highlight of a year.
The show is filled with some of the most thrilling circus classics - acrobatic acts, knife throwing, aerial silks act and aerial acrobatic stunts. Half of the time, I held my breath without even noticing it - a truly breathtaking experience.
However, the truly unique and glorious act that caused the audience to fidget in their seats, sight and lean forward in disbelief is the death-defying Lucius Team - five hair-raiser bikers who take on 60mph speeds in a tiny iron globe.
The Globe of Death act is not on your ordinary circus programme, and if you need a solid reason to come and see the show - other than the fact that it is simply outstanding - this is it.
Accompanied by a powerful and suspenseful selection of music - with one specific tune that Sherlock series fans would enjoy - all of the performances are the quintessence of the artform that is the circus.
The bottom line is, if you have the capacity for only one Fringe show this final week of the festival, Cirque Berserk is the one to book - it is sure to become your highlight of the summer.
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