If a friend sat next to you in the pub and unleashed the kind of personal trauma Celya AB delivers in her new show, you’d be hoping their next stop was a therapist’s office. It’s also unlikely you’d be having much fun. But two things make Of All People a smooth ride, for us at least. Firstly, AB has already spent a considerable amount of time in therapy, with more to come. Secondly, despite the content, which doesn’t shy away from terms such as ‘dissociation’ and ‘suicidal ideation’, there’s never a moment when AB looks in need of rescuing.

The Paris-born, London-based comedian is a safe pair of hands, not using wit to mask her vulnerability, but channelling it into something empowering. So, alongside a running gag about the proliferation of co-working spaces in London, and a dig at the (admittedly ridiculous) headgear worn in British courts, we find darker material that cuts to the heart of who she is. The fractured relationship with her mother, the difficulties of being an overweight adolescent, and the desire for love are all spoken about with an authenticity that evokes empathy, never sympathy. But therapy is expensive, she points out, and AB loves money. To the point where she’s calculated how much each joke in her show costs ticket-buyers. Working out at just under 17p per gag, it’s an indisputable bargain. 

Celya AB: Of All People, Pleasance Courtyard, until 25 August, 5.20pm; main picture: Rachel Sherlock.