Adam Rozenbachs is here to make you laugh. He’s not concerned with a comedy festival ‘theme’ show, just an A-Grade quality stand-up. Singledumb, a word describing the state of being single and not knowing why, is the bare bones constructed for Rozenbachs to riff around.

Opening his show with some timely and well-observed topical jokes from the day’s headlines, Rozenbachs spends the following ten minutes showing off his improvisational comedy chops by chatting to the audience. He is an outstanding ad-libber, rapidly retorting with jokes for the various professions of crowd members. I must commend the professions of carpenter and electrician for being great sports and always sitting in the front rows at comedy gigs. Rozenbachs is cunning and quick in his banter, which in return provided some of the biggest laughs of the night.

Moving into the scripted section, Rozenbachs covered the usual topics: phone surveys, relationships, breaking up and so on, with much aplomb. His line on judging a friend by their opinion of Two and a Half Men is a new favourite of mine. Back onto the theme, reasons why he is single, Rozenbachs’ material was never groundbreaking, but damn funny all the same. Adroit and quick with a quip, Rozenbachs is a perfect example of an archetypal stand-up comedian. An uncomplicated show with guaranteed laughs, Singledumb is a lot smarter than Rozenbachs pretends to be.

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