Nik Coppin has one of the biggest hearts I’ve ever met. I’ve been to his shows before and he continues to be one of the liveliest and warmest performers I’ve seen take the stage.

The show’s title Loquacious, meaning ‘talkative’, suits the British comedian perfectly. Coppin is a natural conversationalist and his show involves a great deal of audience interaction and banter as well as tidbits about himself, animals and superheroes, sports teams and class systems, places and politicians – a melange of informative insights, observational comedy and personal experience.

He has bounding energy and a garrulous, anecdotal style – making jokes about feeling like an underachiever of mixed heritage, wearing his ‘Spidey’ hoodie and sharing his love for Spiderman, criticising his ‘easy to pair’ socks and the definition of ‘dictionary’ in the dictionary. There doesn’t seem to be a need to string the topics together with a certain theme, he seamlessly moves from one to another without losing the audience’s attention, and without it being awkward and disjointed.

The amount of localised content in his show is quite admirable. A frequent visitor to Australia, his knowledge of the country is vast and he professes a liking for Melbourne, a fear of Adelaide and a love for Queensland, narrating his amusing experiences in each region and chatting with punters who relate theirs.

A funny, frenetic hour with no boring moments, Nik Coppin displays an immense agreeability and exhilarating lack of cynicism, he’s as charming and endearing as he is gobby.