ZANY, off-beat comedian Glenn Wool brought his new stand-up show – Creator, I Am But Pawn – to the Great Yorkshire Fringe in preview before heading north of the border to Edinburgh.

The Canadian expat has developed a reputation for mixing silly, over-the-top ranting with intelligent political commentary, often cutting surprising smart and subtle humour into his broader material.

Wool started off by explaining the premise of his new show, exploring the notion of the little voice someone sometimes hears in their head and whether or not the voice is truly theirs or that of some higher being.

This theme, however, was pretty much just a jumping-off point for a series of extended comedic anecdotes and absurdist outbursts on a variety of subjects, including relationships, cycling, racial issues and even the bombing of Hiroshima.

The show’s overall style might best be summed up as eclectic. Wool’s various diatribes and narratives had almost nothing to do with each other, but his frantic, energetic delivery and extremely quick wit somehow smashed everything together into one hilarious, continuous stream.

Wool was brilliantly unpredictable and wasn’t afraid of attempting a few risky or even quite dark jokes at points, some of which were almost cringingly awful but still drew massive laughter from the crowd.

Glenn Wool’s fast-paced, sometimes baffling style of comedy is definitely worth checking out. It’s creative, confusing and it might even make you think.