Dave Gorman's Powerpoint Presentation

Dave Gorman has a reputation for being a bit obsessive. This is a guy, after all, who has travelled the world in search of people who shared his name; crossed the length and breadth of the country trying to beat strangers at parlour games and journeyed across America stopping only at independent stores and hotels.

And with each project, Gorman can always be trusted to turn it into an illustrative slideshow, chronicling the minute details of his adventures. Powerpoint Presentation may be a much more domesticated affair than his previous exploits, but Gorman still delights in analysing the mundane and daft things he comes across day-to-day, complete with charts and graphs.

Far from being at all gimmicky, the Powerpoint element is woven seamlessly into the performance. Indeed, Gorman is essentially a standup with footnotes; his laughs are evidence-driven, fact-based and hugely satisfying. When Gorman tells us that a lifestyle magazine considers him among the finest literary Jews in the UK (he's not Jewish), we don't have to take his word for it: he's got proof. Similarly, his pitch-perfect deconstruction of the stupidity of advertising is backed up with real-life examples, projected for all to see. It is an approach that feels fresh, is executed perfectly and allows Gorman to craft some genuinely creative routines.

Powerpoint Presentation is clearly a labour of love borne out of an inherent nerdiness and an eye for the very silly. And judged by the frequency and intensity of the laughter, it is a storming success. A perfect, universally enjoyable, hour of comedy.