Meet Gerry, the self-proclaimed Pete Townsend of cabaret – singer, song writer, guitarist, and one very funny young lady. If an early night in the season is any indication, her approach to the cabaret genre is pleasantly casual and chatty, and some of the best moments in her latest show, Bad Ambassador, spring from witty ad-libs with her audience, her techie and some personal digressions. Although a number of her songs have a similar sound, the lyrics are both clever and creative, and the rhymes so fun that the audience is often already laughing in delighted anticipation of the punchlines.

I had some issues with sound and diction in this show, which could well be nothing more than early glitches: there was distortion with volume changes (in a musical style which so obviously lends itself to the acoustic) that made key lyrics difficult to hear, and the opening pre-record was fairly unintelligible – I’m still not quite sure of the significance of the show’s title.

However, these are minor gripes over a performance that is engaging, easy-paced and full of hilarious anecdotes about life as a struggling cabaret star. Though her encore piece wasn’t the best choice for her audience on the night, Gerry’s comic delivery moves so smoothly between deadpan, expressively satirical and downright charming, and her material is so accessible, that I still left the show grinning. A really enjoyable performance all round.