'One of the best things to come out of my BBC1 show is the corporate brand sponsorship," boasts Omid Djalili. "I got £1,000 last week from Speedo not to wear their products."

Omid is funny. Not only is he a bit funny to look at (with his bald egg-shaped head and protruding belly) but his self-deprecating humour, sharp wit and eye for irony, make him fabulously comical. He has made his name by playing on and up his ethnicity. He is Iranian, although he grew up in Britain, and his previous touring shows have had rather provoking titles like The Arab and The Jew. His show began with him springing on to stage and doing a completely convincing impression of an Arabic entertainer - all heavy accent and wild gesticulations. Very amusing and so realistic I thought that was his genuine personality - until he slipped casually into his real voice - middle class RP English.

The tension between his Iranian heritage and English way of life inspires much of his material. In this show he delves into the comic aspects of English idiosyncrasies, such as queuing and discussions on the weather, but makes a serious point about how foreigners in Britain are treated with "casual racism". This kind of "playing with race', as he calls it, can be heard in football stadiums. He gives examples such as the one Iranian football player being nicknamed 'The Ayatollah' and a Korean player inspiring the chant: "He'll shoot, he'll score; he'll eat your Labrador!"

Omid puts on a variety of brilliantly done accents, from Glaswegian to Nigerian. He pokes fun at both British and Iranian culture and speaks of how there are expectations (failed I think) of him being a spokesman for the Middle East. "They had to admit Abu Hanza was just not working," he quips, quickly changing subject.

At the end, after being implored by fans, he did his 'belly dance' and several other silly, funny dances - to Arabic music, rock and even while twirling pink gymnastics ribbons around himself. The crowd, exploding with laughter and cheers, absolutely loved it. He got laughs all the way through his performance and the end was the climax. Omid said he dances to cheer people up and -guess what? - a middle-aged slightly funny-looking bloke doing a stupid dance really does the job.