Elaine Robertson’s Delulu is a fine show that doesn’t quite come together as a cohesive set. Some gags are entertaining once Robertson gets into them, but she fails to build on that momentum. Her jokes require too much context before reaching punchlines that often don’t pay-off enough to justify such lengthy set-ups.

Time and again, Robertson doesn’t capitalise on laughter from her audience. She ends with monologuing about her experience as a carer during the pandemic, but it’s a finale that doesn’t seem to fit, killing whatever energy has sputtered into being. It gives the impression of confusion over what the show is supposed to be. Despite her best efforts, there’s a sense of slightly aimless storytelling, where unfortunately the ratio between set-up and punchline is too unbalanced for her jokes to fully land. 

Elaine Robertson: Delulu, The Stand 4, until 25 August, 12.05pm.