Olympia actor Morgan Picton has an easy, authoritative knack for comic timing, which made sense given his night job as a standup comedian. We saw him riffed on economics and ancient Rome for a dozen people, killing with insights that were probably too smart for most rooms, including that one. Theater Artists Olympia presents Picton in Top Turnbuckle, a live standup comedy special at the Midnight Sun. According to pre-show hype, Pictorn "will crush this town's despair with a flying elbow drop of locally grown jokes and exclusive door prizes. We will stand on the top rope together to confront the unknowable chaos inside of all existence and also hear a few one-liners about snack food. No one will go home with their misery intact, but one lucky audience member will go home with their very own Morgan Picton Starter Kit. Come and learn the ways of the Welsh Hammer as never before at the Midnight Sun." oh, my.

MORGAN PICTON'S TOP TURNBUCKLE. w/Phoebe Moore Friday and Delvin Foreal Saturday, 8 p.m., Midnight Sun, 113 N. Columbia, Olympia, $10 at the door or on brownpapertickets.com