Glenn Moore never drops out of fifth gear in this greased-lightning show. He doesn’t pause to bask in the laughs from his last gag as he hurtles on to the next harassed punchline. His breathless, intense delivery is irresistible and a lot of his material focuses on his ‘always on’, work-obsessed, insomniac style. 

Another chunk of this densely written routine takes on the big dilemmas of a thirtysomething; namely, squaring the honest reality that he truly dreads becoming a parent with the tough prospect of losing his girlfriend over it. But among the storyline about his girlfriend’s crush on her ex-boyfriend and his hearse-driving brother, Moore has jokes. Plenty of them. Old-fashioned puns, clever plays on words, masterful deadpan one-liners in the wholesome style of Eric And Ernie, crossed with the self-deprecating darkness of a posher, more English Rodney Dangerfield. 

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Moore is already a regular guest on TV shows such as Mock The Week and The Stand-Up Sketch Show, but you could easily imagine him being very comfortable doing more mainstream telly. At least there you would have the advantage of the pause and rewind buttons for some of the more breakneck sections of his fantastic fast-forward quips.

Pleasance Courtyard, until 28 August, 4.05pm.