We’re told that people have described Cerys Bradley as mean, rude and abrasive, adjectives that seem to stick during a dishevelled, chaotic entrance in which they perform a (deliberately) awkward striptease while throwing around sweets and berating a small but game audience. Bradley has autism and they use a ‘mean-ometer’ to help us rate the way they’ve responded to a variety of personal situations. It quickly becomes clear that the really big issue to resolve is their parents’ divorce and father’s subsequent (and abhorred) relationship with ‘Sue from work’.

Not Overthinking Things 2019 is a ramshackle therapy session that flaps about all over the place. At one point, after losing their train of thought, Bradley thinks aloud, ‘where were we in the show?’ before quickly reasoning, ‘it doesn’t really matter.’ And when a divorcee in the crowd casually drops an absolutely jaw-dropping confessional, it’s a great shame that Bradley chooses not to take it on but instead keeps well clear. 

Cerys Bradley: Not Overthinking Things 2019, Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, until 27 August, 3.30pm.