The rubber-faced gagsmith has a lot of time for hecklers, to the extent that he actually invites them to goad him with their post-pub drunken drivel.

Carr, a Perrier Award nominee last year and winner of Time Out Award for Best Stand-up, was so taken with a Scottish lady called Heather in the front row he invited her on stage.

Heather aside, Carr once again showed his extraordinary talent for delivering hilarious one-liners and contorting his mouth and eyebrows to accentuate the humour.

The star, who has recently been seen on TV hosting Your Face Or Mine, kept up the momentum for 75 minutes with a hypnotic and varied set.

He made reference to Brighton's gay community, his girlfriend and numerous sexual dalliances and entranced us all with a range of new material.

Carr made us wince with some close-to-the knuckle gags and showed a packed crowd a series of offensive T-shirts and other merchandising.

Pushing out the boundaries, Carr, surely one of the brightest British comic hopes around, had the audience in stitches.

Review by Danny Harding, features@theargus.co.uk