Tom Lawrinson has a manic energy that can barely be contained by an Underbelly stage. With a mischievous grin and a slightly villainous laugh, he gets the audience on his side immediately, poking fun at the cave-like Fringe venue before launching into the story of his life - specially, three years of his childhood spent in Spain.
He has the charm to pull it off
Although there seems to be a structure in place for his set, there is more 'madness to the method' than vice versa. Lawrinson has an active imagination, leading him to follow some of his more wild thoughts to their quite unexpected conclusions, and sometimes losing the thread of his original story in the process. Luckily, he has the charm to pull it off, keeping the audience in his pocket even if they don't seem to fully understand what they're laughing at.
The Fringe is the perfect place to work out the kinks in his set, because he clearly has the chops to grow into an impressive comic. Either he can commit more to the structure and tame some of his obscure ramblings, or he could fully embrace the chaos, leading the audience even further into the abyss with his whimsical tangents. Either way, I think we'd all enjoy ourselves.
