Rich Hall is no newcomer to Brighton. His audience welcomed him back with relaxed, immediate laughter that came with knowing they were in for an hour of solid entertainment. And once again they were not disappointed.

There was nothing new about his style - he delivered his trademark acerbic and witty observations, scattering his attacks like a mean machine-gun taking no prisoners. In his sights this time were Obama, Cameron/Clegg, Kraft, The Tooth Fairy and poor old "Mike The Biker" (who works in a taxi office) in the front row.

As always his biggest laughs came when he improvised with the audience, extrapolating snippets of their lives and cleverly reincorporating them as the show progressed. Honing in on their insecurities and filtering them through his quirky jaded outlook, his gags cut close to the quick. Somehow, in the finale, he set their mundane lives to music - Mike became the legendary "Big Bad Mike" who saves children from wells. Hall united the whole audience in some bizarre anti-pc life-affirming musical-theatre way.

Hall claims to have fallen out of love with the UK and his encore, Crap Towns - a musical rendition of his tour poster featuring the likes of Grimsby, Hull, Aberdeen (but obviously not Brighton) - is the perfect outlet for all his vitriol.

If you like your American comedy sugar-coated like an episode of Friends, this isn’t for you, but if you like it witty, aggressive, opinionated and intelligent you’ll love Rich Hall