A HOTHOUSE full of ‘legends’ greeted Lee Nelson at the Brewhouse on Friday for a night of comedy saturated in the message of social EQWALITEEE (innit), writes Daisy Blacklock.

It was great to see Taunton’s theatre thronging with punters for the BBC 3 comic, who arrived suited and booted all the way from Saaf Laandan.

His trademark cap was nowhere to be seen, flashing instead a waistcoat and a pair of camel shoes.

A springboard for exploring the meaty matter of identity – and our tendency to write a person’s story based on their dress sense.

Lee enjoyed the ‘nice mixed vibe’ provided his fans – teenagers at one end, an 84 year-old at the other.

Minutes into his act he had pitched two 16 year olds up for battle and had a couple snogging for the crowd. Cheeky chappy.

And what an unexpected feast of material our chav caricature swept through. National, regional, and global identities was the theme off which Nelson played.

Common comedy ground, freshened up with sneaking political consciousness.

He took us from the ‘Scottieland’ independence referendum, to UKIP’s Euro-stance; North Korea, soft-touch Republicanism, China’s rising star, the UK’s ‘beef’ with Argentina, even US gun culture, which he reasoned thus: “If I give you a mobile phone, do you think that would make you more or less likely to make a telephone call?”

But my favourite funny of the night by far was short and sweet: “Of course, Geordies are philosophers. ‘Wye Aye?’ ‘I don’t know.’”

NEXT up at the Brewhouse: The Bratislava Hot Serenaders in concert on Tuesday, July 22, 7.30pm. Tickets cost £17 (£15 students) online at www.brewhousetheatre.ticketsource.co.uk