There’s irony in Lou Wall’s not entirely original observations on the similarities between (male) stand-ups and serial killers. While no-one’s accusing the gleefully renegade comic of going quite that far, the Australian’s shows have a villainous skew. Displaying wonderful tech mastery and manipulation of internet content, they meld storytelling, innumerous sight gags and even beat poetry at a rate faster than the human brain can often fully process, rapid-fire humour rhythms that reinforce and comment upon each another in an irresistible manner. And, as with so much that’s posted online, Wall’s motives are opaque, probing some morally dubious grey areas, eliciting big laughs but also gasps and oohs for their audacity, transgression and mischief.

Testing the sanctified credo that stand-ups should at least affect to be telling the truth, Wall is upfront about their intentions from the first; and yet devilishly sly, sucking you into the yarn of their Facebook Marketplace viral clip. Evoking a spectrum of embellishment, Wall leaves the audience to decide just where their story sits between those of say, Richard Gadd, Hasan Minhaj or Breaking The Fifth Wall’s director Zoë Coombs Marr, while inviting open-ended questions about their mental wellbeing. Honestly, this is a boundary-pushing show. But dishonestly it is as well. 

Lou Wall: Breaking The Fifth Wall, Monkey Barrel, until Sunday 24 August, 10pm; main picture: Monica Pronk.