‘I’m here to make connections, not break connections,’ announces Eddie Izzard agreeably near the end of a greatest-hits show that reworks classic routines. Attired in a spangly dress, Izzard is happy to be known by any pronouns, so those addressing him/her ‘can’t make a mistake’. This is a farewell of sorts, since Izzard is standing for Labour in the next election, with cited justifications for getting into politics in the form of Boris Johnson and Donald Trump.

Izzard’s good-guy/gal persona can get a little lost when playing huge venues, but this scaled-down tour provides a chance to play to the converted, with a vague evolutionary theme providing structure for fabled routines about Noah’s Ark, dinosaurs, insects and creepie crawlies in general, and the sneaky hornet that apparently stole his family’s car on holiday. 

If some of Izzard’s reference points are dated (The Generation Game! Bernie The Bolt!!), and others give away the ageing process (blood-pressure monitors: what are they like?), the comic makes light of the passage of time: ‘They didn’t have social media when I wrote this sketch,’ Izzard demurs.

But it’s hard to beat classic routines such as Death Star Canteen. Even here, Izzard is prepared to improve on perfection, as Jeff Vader explains his Jedi mind trick: ‘I added the hand gesture because otherwise people didn’t know it was me that was doing it.’ Comedy’s loss may offer political gain. Even with a remix, Eddie Izzard is still the best man/woman for the job of generating laughs.

Eddie Izzard: The Remix Tour runs until Tuesday 5 December; reviewed at Theatre Royal, Glasgow.