It speaks volumes that when a fire alarm goes off midway through Dane Simpson’s tale of his revenge prank on a former boss, there’s no question of anyone leaving the late-night show. We intuitively sit before him on the concrete steps outside, demanding closure on this story of him playing merciless, hilarious mind games on his flummoxed, so-called superior, whose racist slight more than earned him his comeuppance.

Immensely stoked to be making his solo debut at the Fringe, Aboriginal comic Simpson hails from small town Wagga Wagga in Australia. A giggly, likeable raconteur, he is impish with racial stereotypes even as he patiently sets out some of the cultural nuances of his indigenous group, intermittently playing and explaining the didgeridoo. Though still raw in some aspects of stand-up, Simpson takes tremendous inspiration (and some frustration) from his eccentric, Elvis Presley-loving father, who has stolen the comic’s thunder at every opportunity. 

Dane Simpson: Didgeridoozy, Assembly George Square Studios, until 13 August, 10.30pm.