AMERICAN comedian, writer and musician Rich Hall is calling in at Lighthouse, Poole, as part of his UK tour.

An Evening with Rich Hall is on Thursday, April 24 from 8pm.

Award-winning Montana native Hall is renowned for his expertly crafted tirades and quick fire banter with audiences and delightful musical sequences.

He said ‘he left his job as a hurricane namer for the Meteorological Service’ to become a comedian two decades ago.

His plain spoken growling indignation and acerbic observations have an unerring talent for hitting his targets with precision every time, leaving his audience hanging on every word and winning him fans all over the globe.

The comic is the star of critically acclaimed BBC 4 documentaries about film genres, Rich Hall’s Continental Drifters, Rich Hall’s The Dirty South’, How The West Was Lost plus Channel 4’s topical late night show Stand Up For The Week.

Perrier (Edinburgh Comedy Festival) Award and Barry (Melbourne International Comedy Festival) Award winner Hall has been described as a ‘transatlantic messenger’ lampooning each country he visits with his common sense, and he is no less harsh to his homeland.

Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, has described Hall as the inspiration for the character of bartender Moe.

He was also a regular on Saturday Night Live for the show’s tenth season.

In 1998, Rich Hall created the character Otis Lee Crenshaw, a redneck jailbird from Tennessee, who has been married seven times, to women all named Brenda.

A singer-songwriter, Otis writes bourbon-soaked, Tom Waitsian tunes and blends this with audience banter, producing a perfect fusion of music and comedy.

Since then, Otis Lee Crenshaw has been charming sell-out audiences each year.

Tickets cost £16.50 and there is a discount for students, U18s, seniors, groups & ATL. Call 0844 406 8666 for details or see lighthousepoole.co.uk