ANOTHER big name comedy star is coming to Evesham Arts Centre in the form of Jo Brand.

It has been announced this week that the comedy star's work in progress show will be coming to the venue on Saturday, October 30.

Tickets go on sale on Friday, June 12 and are expected to sell out quickly so fans will need to be quick.

Long established as one of the country’s best comics, Jo will return to her stand up roots this winter trying out brand new material.

In her break from stand-up Jo has written and starred in the BBC’s series Getting On, for which she won a BAFTA, set on a hospital’s geriatric ward and partly inspired by her earlier career in nursing.

She put her cooking to the test on The Great Comic Relief Bake Off and was such a success on this show that she was named as the host of the hugely popular The Great British Bake Off – An Extra Slice.

She’s also sat on the judging panel for ITV’s Splash and recently presented the Have I Got Election News For You show on BBC1 the day after the General Election.

Jo’s other television credits also includes Jo Brand’s Hot Potatoes and the award-winning Through the Cakehole and she continues to appear on shows including QI, Countdown, Would I Lie To You, 8 Out of 10 Cats, and The Matt Lucas Awards.

Jo is multi-talented, taking the part of The Sergeant of Police in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance at London’s Gielgud Theatre, facing the formidable Alan Sugar for Comic Relief Does the Apprentice' and learning to play the organ for a sell out audience at The Royal Albert Hall for the BBC’s Play It Again.

The comic has also written several highly acclaimed best-selling books Can’t Stand Up For Sitting Down, Look Back In Hunger and the novels Sorting Out Billy, The More You Ignore Me and It’s Different For Girls.

Tickets go on sale at 10am from Evesham Almonry, by calling 01386 446944 and at EveshamArtsCentre.co.uk.

Show begins at 8pm with a support act to be announced shortly.

Minimum age 16.