Brighton's long-established Laughing Horse Comedy Club always guarantees the same thing; the unexpected.

Don't come here expecting to find ‎panel-show polished performances from floppy-haired posh lads barely out of short trousers; this is for the grafters, the up-and-coming and, very occasionally, those who really shouldn't bother.

Opener Paul T Eyres has been doing the rounds for the best part of a decade and, to be fair, usually performs to more people than the 30 or so who can squeeze into the venue.

He was clearly debuting some new material, as testified by the frequent glances to the prompts ‎penned on his hand, but what his set lacked in structure was more than made up for by some withering observations about Starbucks, Ikea, and middle-class guilt.

Speaking of class and backgrounds, Dave Bailey came up with the line of the night by describing his parents as being so typically English that he wasn't conceived, "but came free with the Daily Mail".

While his set ended limply, his calmly-delivered critiques of what makes people cool (it's not about wearing a hat) and the repressed English psyche‎ were well-crafted and showed a real knack for timing.

Aussie headliner Sarah Bennetto, however, never really found her rhythm, despite some decent material.

While her self-deprecating take on being "trunky" and her tale of a brilliant social experiment she conducts on public transport were both clever and cutting - and got plenty of laughs - her set was more of a series of stories than a coherent routine.

‎Of the three, for my money, Bailey is the one to watch. And for anyone looking for a good Saturday night out, Laughing Horse is always a safe bet.