@ Summerhall, Edinburgh, until Fri 3 Jul 2015

Robert Jägerhorn is a goofy, likeable Finn with a nice line in physical comedy, which, for this evening at least, puts his magic tricks slightly in the shade.

The premise of the show is that Jägerhorn has a lost Hitchcock classic to show us, a plan thwarted when the projector starts playing up. While twiddling his thumbs waiting for a technician to fix it, he falls into a few magic tricks to pass the time.

As it turns out, it’s rather a weak set up for what follows. The tricks he performs, reasonable enough in themselves, feel random and disconnected, an odd fit with this enforced break in proceedings. There’s a standard-issue card trick with a girl in the audience, and a guess-the-number routine involving a jar of popcorn. They only awkwardly follow on from the Hitchcock hiccup, and the combination of a vague sense of purpose and Jägerhorn’s occasionally uncertain delivery is not the smoothest watch.

Better is the physical farce of a clarinet-playing routine, with collapsing music stands and sticky microphones causing Jägerhorn a comical nuisance. A storytelling routine involving magazine covers is perhaps the highlight of the set – quick and witty, even if the magic behind it is a little transparent.

The Hitchcock finale makes apparent why the set has been built round it. It’s detailed and well prepared (Jägerhorn must be something of a fan) and makes a suitable climax, although an unfortunate prop malfunction disrupts its flow. He talks us through Hitchcock’s ‘lost’ film, conjuring up props and performing a cut-and-splice trick on the tape reel, a trick he overuses (it turns up three times in different guises). It’s the strength of Jägerhorn’s physical comedy that again shows through in a fast-paced character switching sequence.

Jägerhorn works hard for his hour and is a genial performer it’s hard not to warm to. This patchy set is not an ideal showcase for him.