The Aussies make the best children’s entertainers: fact. And it’s plain to see why, with the likes of Richard Higgins and Matthew Kelly, a double-act who take the art of being silly very seriously. There are no elaborate metaphors or set-ups, deeper meanings or agendas. The Listies ROFL is just rollicking fun; silly for the sake of a smile, the one thing most audiences could do with right now. 

A simple set-up: it’s time for bed but Matthew wants to do everything but sleep, including watering the plants, some tidying and even a mini-panto adventure of Jack And The Beanstalk, complete with (very) low-budget pantomime cow. 

Turning bedtime, every parent’s least favourite time of day, into what could be their highlight of the week, there’s a lot of rambunctious humour. The Listies ROFL embraces the scatological, the ridiculous and enough puns to fill a Christmas-cracker factory thrice over. 

The Listies: ROFL, Assembly George Square Studios, until 18 August, 11.50am; main picture: Teresa Harrison.