According to Demi Adejuyigbe, nothing is cooler or more impressive than someone doing a backflip (he clearly hasn’t been to the Meadows during August). His expertly written comedy/musical/TED Talk sees his audience in stitches/tears/fits of giggles for a full hour. American writer and producer of NBC’s The Good Place, Adejuyigbe has comedic timing down to a fine art. 

In a desperate bid to win over his blue-haired crush, the performer effortlessly leads us up to his backflip finale with a series of skits, songs and crowd work. He bounces around the stage in his homemade self-promoting overalls with infectious energy. Featuring a modern-day cover of Billy Joel’s ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’, a fight with a polyamorous robot, and a five-minute-musical about a monkey breaking into an IKEA, Adejuyigbe’s performance is a near-perfect collection of hilariously stupid songs and silly observations, with a few commendable callbacks that have the room howling.

While clearly perfectly rehearsed, the show is somehow funnier when things go off script (such as a robot malfunction). The comedian is quick to stay on top of any tech hiccups and manipulate it into yet more big laughs. And of course, at the end he backflips. 

Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip, Pleasance Courtyard, until 25 August, 6.20pm; picture: Josh Goldner.