A PACKED Arts Centre greeted the comedienne Jo Caulfield for her first visit to Bridgwater.

Having spent some time in the area earlier in the day, she seemed pleasantly surprised by the town.

With a brief introduction about her day in Bridgwater (revealing that it was “nicer than Taunton”), the audience was firmly on Jo’s side.

The show focused largely on the differences between men and women, mainly on the side of women.

There was no maliciousness towards men though, it was usually true, with some of the biggest laughs coming from the male members of the audience.

She covered a diverse range of topics, including not actually being married to her husband (the inspiration behind the title of the tour), a trip to Berlin, how women are depicted in adverts aimed at women, the difficulty in buying washing machines, and using a crossword to win an argument in the Quite Coach of a train.

There was a lot of audience interaction, particularly with a couple on the front row, and the survey of who in the room had been “flashed” to was surprisingly revealing.

Jo seemed to pitch the show perfectly for the audience, with plenty of laughs throughout.

TOM PAYNE