The Man

The Man. Who is he and what does he have to say?

He's a mystery man who sounds like Stewie from Family Guy and looks like Uncle Fester with a thing for latex. Once you get over the initial shock of the appearance of The Man in his dark glasses waving a smiley-faced sceptre around and talking in mini riddles, he actually starts to make a lot of sense.

Big belly laughs are not a feature. But a constant grin and the satisfaction of knowing that we're witnessing something quite different pretty much makes up for it. The unusual attire is, of course, just a gimmick. The content is hardly groundbreaking – it's been covered before by plenty of comics. What The Man has done is wrap it all up in a package that we're very happy to sign for.

The permanent smile on his face as he talks about the darker aspects of our consumer culture serves as a reminder of the fake world we have built. His well-rehearsed and economically-worded rhetoric on the weapons of war almost defies us to laugh. How can we laugh at something so horrific? Yet here we are, chuckling away at it nonetheless; enjoying hearing about the inadequacies of the status quo as is.

One of the fastest hours at the Fringe, the time disappears and we find ourselves agreeing with everything he has to say. Sharp satirical comedy with a dark sinister edge is imaginatively presented by strange man in rubber suit: The Man.