As the pink afternoon sunlight hits Sugar (a nightclub boasting in neon that, scientifically, sugar is more addictive than cocaine), you’d be forgiven for thinking ‘What sticky hell is this?’. It’s an ideal taster for what’s to come: Furiozo: Man Looking For Trouble is perfectly placed in this hormone-soaked temple full of absurd binaries and bodies hungry for delight.

And solo Polish clown Piotr Sikora delivers on the delight, throwing his body around the stage; not only for our pleasure but to woo lovers in this tale of hard living, toxic masculinity, and addictions. Should we laugh at such heaviness? Some, clearly including Sikora, believe that we must: how else can we defang such toxicity as cyclical poverty and police violence, which are truly not far-off topics to many of our fellow humans? Importantly though, the audience is cared for as much as challenged in a consent-first approach. 

It's a quick hour, heavily punctuated by interactive moments that bring the diverse audience to its feet on that sticky night club floor (although there’s no guarantee that all audiences will respond this way: their dynamic may impact on an individual’s experience of this show, that’s what makes it punk). Guiding us through laughter, horror, laughter again, gentle discoveries, and precision physical theatrics, Sikora can lift an eyebrow and turn the mood. In a completely non-verbal show, this ‘gentle-faced’ aggro clown holds the space with gravity and laughter simultaneously.