Jim Jefferies - Alcoholocaust

Jim Jefferies is now a full-on comedy superstar, living in LA, with the HBO seal of approval. He’s even been asked to write a sitcom (although if the letter he reads out from one channel’s legal standards department about the issues they have with the pilot is anything to go by, don’t expect to see it broadcast this side of the apocalypse). But far from softening him, this realisation of his dreams has led him to be even more bitter and disappointed at life and everybody in it. A vitriol-fuelled rant about women leads straight into his dislike of lesbians before Christians and the Jewish community come into his sights.

The final quarter of the show is a tale that involves muscular dystrophy and brothels and yet somehow succeeds in being the least offensive part of the act by quite some way. This isn’t ground-breaking stuff, and Jim Jefferies knows he is neither big nor clever. But for those of you with a strong stomach, he is still ferociously funny.

Udderbelly’s Pasture, 08445 458 252, until 30 Aug (not 27), 10.30pm, £14–£17.50 (£12–£15); 27 Aug, 11.20pm, £17.50 (£15).