He called his latest tour Happy And Glorious - and that's exactly what it was.

McIntyre opened his show with a seemingly genuine gripe which is shared by many of us locals: seagulls.

Declaring he had been sleep deprived since the start of his stint in Brighton, he couldn't understand why people had to shout rather than talk to each other outside the chip shop and throw them all over the place, attracting a pack of "monster-sized" gulls squawking all through the night (he does a good impression).

"What are you feeding them?" he asked. To which he knew the answer - "chips!"

Once the introductory jokes were over, the focus of the show was on domestic life. From his wife's unattractive sleeping habits, discovering Calpol as a new parent, using an iPad to silence the kids and the terrifying wildlife noises outside his country home.

The closest we got to McIntyre getting too personal though was a revelation that he is rectifying his heel-averse gait with special orthotics shoes - "as those in Eastbourne would know all about".

He rolled up his shiny suit trousers to show the audience - and there they were: a set of overdeveloped calf muscles that looked as if, in his words, his legs were "on upside down".

Meanwhile, McIntyre also had a pop at how posh Waitrose is, Brits abroad and waiters and waitresses that don't carry notebooks anymore.

The every-day simplicity of this ever-grinning comedian's jokes made his show impossible not to enjoy. Anyone would be sure to leave it feeling happy and glorious.

Five stars