Tony Law / Sofie Hagen / Liam Pickford @ Group Therapy, 22 Feb

It’s not without good reason that Tony Law’s latest show is titled Nonsense Overdrive. The slightly unhinged Canadian explodes on to the stage and bombards the crowd with his own brand of seemingly disorganised chaos, leaping from wild tangent to non-sequitur at break neck speed. For the un-initiated, it’s quite difficult to accurately articulate what Law is like as a performer. Upon first glance it may just appear to be a blur of obscure voices and surreal flights of fancy. However, while it may all seem slightly haphazard at times, Law frequently stumbles on to brilliantly structured asides and reminds you that he’s far more in control than you might think. Little observations such as ‘grammar didn’t matter before the internet’ or ‘a lot of firsts happened in the past’, land especially well when surrounded by so much daftness. He dresses these clever lines up to look like complete happy accidents of course, barely pausing for breath before whirling back on to another topic altogether.

Support came from Danish comedian Sofie Hagen, who kicked things off superbly with her warm self-depreciating set, before Liam Pickford’s strangely hypnotic man-on-the-edge turn continued the eclectic bill. As enjoyable as the first two acts were, however, there was no doubt that tonight’s sold out crowd were there to see Law. There are vague traces of structure in Law’s set, at one stage he is whizzing through time and space inventing ‘tap dancing’ and ‘the lean’ for example, but for the most part it appears as he just allows his mind to wander off wherever it pleases. Brimming with energy and enthusiasm, Law invites you in to share his obscure little world, and while tonight it could perhaps have gone on for a little bit longer, it was still unquestionably great fun while it lasted. Some say Law is an acquired taste but if you let the pure silliness wash over you then you're in for a real treat.