HENNING Wehn isn’t the only headline act in York. Down the street in St Helen’s Square, hundreds of people have gathered to hear Jeremy Corbyn speak. “I wasn’t sure, with Jeremy Corbyn being down the road if there would be anyone rocking up,” he says.

In reality, Wehn’s show was always going to be packed. The three-night run in York - and all of his subsequent Edinburgh Fringe shows - quickly sold out, with a waiting list created for tickets at the Great Yorkshire Fringe.

Political developments are at the forefront of Wehn’s thoughts. Following the Brexit vote, the self-titled “German Comedy Ambassador” is reflecting on his own place in the country he has called home for 13 years.

“I always thought, to qualify as an immigrant you had to move somewhere better,” he says dryly. His outsider’s perspective on Britain draws some of the biggest laughs as he reflects on his arrival in the UK, and thinking “this must be the worst part of London” at every Tube station he emerged from. “I like the ramshackle nature of the UK,” he says. “Why should everything have to be perfect?”

While lamenting the vague compliment from one fan that he “really gets you thinking”, Wehn’s show tackles weighty issues that other comics may shy away from. He reflects on a class system in the UK that can translate into a hierarchy among those considered immigrants, and on a hypocrisy in the British mentality that immigration is largely welcomed to some extent but “no-one wants to see an immigrant outside their kitchen window... Essentially immigrants are like windfarms.”

Westphalia Is Not An Option is a funny observation of integration in Britain but Wehn’s message is often serious. He concludes, “If you move abroad it’s your job to assimilate” but it would be ideal if the people already living there “show a bit of interest and make that process easier.”