For Aidan Sadler, the end of the world is an excuse for a party, and we’re all invited. Through a combination of shoulder pads and synth pop, Sadler’s cabaret lets us laugh at ourselves (and others), while showcasing their powerful vocals through witty musical performances. Sadler choses to get to know their audience with dynamic crowd work. For someone with such impressive stage presence, Sadler leans towards more natural, subdued conversation, a shame considering the confidence displayed in the rest of the show. Sadler pulls off strings of funny, eloquent lyrics with ease, and it would have been fun to see this mirrored in their more off-hand comedy breaks. 

Nevertheless, Sadler, a member of new wave-esque band Garrisons, pulls us in like confidantes to a show that will prove to be different every night; it’s so remarkably current that it could have been written hours earlier. Bearing an 80s aesthetic yet still an effervescent product of our time, Melody is quintessentially British, and no one likes to make fun of Britain more than its own citizens. Less a result of desensitisation towards issues such as the cost-of-living crisis, rise of AI and threat of climate change, the show is more an acceptance of just trying to get on with it: an enthralling ‘amuse-bouche’ before Armageddon strikes.

Aidan Sadler: Melody, Voodoo Rooms, until 25 August, 7.50pm.