Striding onto the stage in his ludicrous, frilly and painfully colourful costume, Jazz Emu immediately sets out his stall: to ensure his audience is ‘gruntled’. To achieve this, he treats us to a series of upbeat musical numbers embellished with entertaining video accompaniment, the highlight of which is an extremely quick-cut video diary of his daily routine.

Emu takes his inspiration from diverse subjects, and tonight that includes Maslow's hierarchy of needs, followed by an initially sincere call for body acceptance that quickly descends into unbridled gynophobia. When he takes the form of an alien trying out stand-up comedy, his freaky mask and vocoder voice walk a deliberately fine line between hilarity and terror, causing the front row some concern. Tonight, he’s working through some tech issues, including a fault that spoils his big ending, but he gamely battles on and leaves the audience very much gruntled.

Jazz Emu: The Pleasure Is All Yours, Pleasance Dome, until 24 August, 9.50pm; main picture: Matt Stronge.