Sam Campbell – Companion | Adelaide Fringe 2022 review

If you like your comedy on the downright insane end of the spectrum, Sam Campbell will satisfy your every need.

Sam Campbell – Companion.

Sam Campbell – Companion

Comedy

Rating: *****

The Vault at GOUD

Until March 6

If you like your comedy on the downright insane end of the spectrum, Sam Campbell will satisfy your every need and have you wiping tears of laughter from your eyes.

Campbell is a weird unit. To give you an idea, if the love child of Courtney Barnett and Jerry Seinfeld took a bong hit then wandered into the Garden of Unearthly Delights, it might account for about 15 minutes of his wildly offbeat silliness.

An absurdist mastermind, he delivers an hour of ridiculous musings and bizarre multimedia content. From his confused delivery to his random bursts of quasi aggression, he could stand up and read his grocery list and still elicit roars of laughter.

There is a lot of material crammed into this set, with some kinks still to be ironed out. He could probably stretch three shows out of it – which makes you wonder whether Campbell spends an enormous amount of time writing gags or if comedy gold just shoots out of him at regular intervals.

Either way, it’s clear he was born for stardom.

If you’re looking for a set with any semblance of structure, look elsewhere.

But if you want to see one of the most exciting talents in the comedy industry, get booking.