It's part of our instinct to want to laugh. Everything about Beasts (who were actually three young men) was, at the very least, amusing. Some sketches were long, some were short, and two or three bits had me giggling heartily.

Their material combined original ideas with concepts mixing popular culture references from ten or 15 years before: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Where's Wally, Jurassic Park and the music of Chris de Burgh.

I took more readily to the trio's original material, which was at times fascinating and at other times silly.

While not 100% grounded in reality, they constantly referenced the quirks and conventions of being painfully English and a bit awkward. Fans of Spaced or Big Train would lap this up.

Parents would be ill-judged to take children along, however. The group weren't afraid to throw a few swearies in to spice things up, often using them as a contrast tool for depictions of characters from mid-1990s childhood.

And criticism? There isn't much layering. Each routine follows a set-up of protestations or elaborations building to a punchline.

But these three beasts have talent. They are intelligent creatures and, regardless of your taste, there’s a joke for everyone.