Luke Rollason makes a regal entrance as King Midas, ‘cursed’ so that everything he touches turns to comedy gold. It’s a great ruse to warm up the crowd and sets the kooky tone nicely. The contortive comedian prowls around his mediaeval kingdom: a sparse stage decorated with occasional toilet paper clouds and impressively engineered loo-roll ramparts and crenellations.

In fact, toilet rolls play a significant part in Rollason’s series of loosely connected fairytales. As he vaguely adapts The Ugly Duckling, Jack And The Beanstalk, Hansel And Gretel and many more classic stories, he adroitly uses the perforated paper to great effect, most notably in a recurring gag as Rapunzel, whose improbably flowing locks are swapped for the notoriously fragile loo roll to great effect. Throughout the chaos, Rollason is an engaging presence, and he uses his wildly expressive face to terrific effect.

His crowd work is also sublime: he gleefully incorporates his peasants at key junctures and, while he stops just short of humiliation, he nevertheless evokes a nice sense of trepidation to keep everyone on their toes. Together with his inventive use of props and playful imagination, he heightens the comedy with those wonderfully big eyes, and the result draws a great response from a game crowd. This is a glorious hour from an infectiously mischievous performer, mucking about on stage and loving it. 

Luke Rollason: Luke Rollason, Luke Rollason, Let Down Your Hair, Pleasance Dome, until 25 August, 7.10pm.