Comedy                                                           DeLuxe, The Pleasure Garden                   February 11

Coming from a background in radio and appearances on ABC shows like Spicks and Specks, Adam Rozenbachs has perhaps arrived in Perth with a predetermined audience in mind.

Upon taking the stage, the comic almost immediately launches into an anecdote about a wedding he attended along with a swathe of well-known Australian TV funnymen – Mick Molloy, Adam Hills, Wil Anderson, Dave Hughes. The awkward name-dropping comes off as an attempt to reassure us that he is part of a certain comedy canon.

Australian he most definitely is, but Rozie’s larrikin humour lacks the trademark Hughesy deadpan or Wil Anderson cockiness. Instead, his angry man routine feels a little too easy. There is the requisite Tindr joke, the cutting observation that “cafes these days are too wanky,” and a story about a Thail holiday gone awry. While his set solicits some genuine laughter from the audience, and includes some fun impromptu banter with the women sitting in the front row, the gags here are far from risky.

This is safe and cheerful morning radio style humour. Rozenbachs performed for a packed house, and his audience knows what they’re in for. For aficionados of cheeky bloke comedy and die-hard Spicks and Specks fans, there’s this guy. For everyone else, there’s the rest of the Fringe World Festival.

It’s Not Me, It’s Youz runs until Sunday the 15th of February. You can find tickets via the Fringe World Guide here.